Looking for Ann JONES possibly born late 1600's to early 1700's. Parents unknown, married to James NAYLOR born circa 1688. Both possibly from Charles or Prince George's County. James son of George NAILOR from Cheshire (?) England. Date to America unknown. James and Ann Jones Naylor possible parents of Johanna Naylor who married Eleazer BIRCKHEAD in Maryland in 1726. Any help with these families greatly appreciated. -------------- Original message -------------- > I have info on Joneses of Maryland of 1700's. If this is your time frame, > please provide names and more info. > > Chris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:45 PM > Subject: [Jones] Re:Jones's of Maryland. > > > > PLEASE, do you have information on the Jones's of Maryland, Baltimore? My > > Jones married a Jones. I dont know their parents names. > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > >> Hello Cousin Marilyn. Yes, I do believe the Peter Jones and the > >> Cadwallader > >> Jones families are related. Much had been written about both of these > >> families. The classic is: Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies, by > >> Augusta > >> Fothergill, Old Dominion Press, Inc, Richmond, VA, 1924. If you have not > >> seen a > >> copy of this, you should try and locate one, since it is the foundational > >> work > >> on this family group. An additional reference is: A Genealogical History, > >> By > >> Colonel Cadwallader Jones, published 1899. Both references are muddy > >> about > >> the early immigration period, and leave many unanswered questions. I have > >> spent many years researching these families. To date my research suggest > >> that > >> they originate from the ancient Cornovii tribal groups which occupied the > >> strategic, geographic land entrance to what was to become Wales. They > >> occupied > >> the > >> land between the headwaters of the River Dee to the North, and the > >> headwaters > >> of the River Severn to the South. Thus they controlled the only "land" > >> access > >> to the bread basket of Wales. This became a key land bridge for the trade > >> between the tribal groups, and a key "military zone". The ancient trade > >> routes > >> were constantly contested and Iron age hill-forts dot the landscape. A > >> hotly > >> contested battle occurred here 5 August 642 AD, and a Christian King of > >> Northumberland was slain by a Pagan King of Merica. (This Pagan King was > >> recruited by > >> the King of NW Wales to fight!) Legend has it that the Christian King was > >> defeated, and to mock "Christianity", the Pagan King had his defeated > >> foe's > >> body parts attacked to several crosses. The Welsh came to call the place > >> Croes > >> Oswald. This to others became Oswestry. This area seems to be center of > >> our > >> family group. As you can tell, there is much more to this family story. > >> Copies of the references quoted above are located at the Joseph Wheeler > >> Jones > >> Memorial Library, Danville, KY. My personal research notebooks are also > >> available to the JONES researcher by appointment. Jerry. The Jones > >> Genealogist. > >> > >> > >> ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > >> Need to unsubscribe? Just send a message to [email protected] > >> put the word "unsubscribe" in either the subject line or message body. > >> > > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at > > [email protected] > > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this > > site: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > > search the archives: > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > > Unusual JONES given names, > > http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html > > > > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at > [email protected] > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Did you know that only 7% of Rootsweb subscribers support Rootsweb? > Thank you for your generous financial support of Rootsweb! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.htm >