I have an Andrew Jackson Jones, born 1823 in Howard Cty, died September 6, 1900 in Baltimore., MD. Married Frances Ann Jones , born 1928 in Howard Cty , married Jan.28, 1846, died January 11, 1900 in Jonestown MD. They had 4 children, Josiah M. Jones,born 1847; Alexandre W. Jones, born 1848; Eliza A. born 1849 and William Henry Jones, born 1851(my connection). That is all I have going back. -------------- 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 >