I also have an Alson Bluford Jones (b.c.1800), son of Benjamin Jones. This Alson had a son Elisha (b.1835), so I wouldn't be surprised if this Alson and the Elisha of Davidson, NC weren't very closely related, perhaps brothers. The family of Alson (1800) moved to Mississippi then Louisiana. -- Randy Jones Wayne Spence <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting that you say you'd not seen the name Alson Jones, but more interesting that I too have an Alson born in 1843 in Stokes County NC, the son of Elisha Jones born 1802 in Davidson, NC. They both end up in Polk and Dallas Counties in Missouri by the 1870's. \^/ayne ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [Jones] Alson > Hello Marleen. I am afraid that I have not seen the name Alson used with > the > JONES surname. Almost all of my work has been done on dates prior to the > 1700s, so it could be more commonly used since this time period. I only > have > one Alston Jones in Chatham Co., NC, Will Bk, C., p. 104, dated 1855? > This > name does not appear in Burke, 1840 edition, but there is the spelling > Alton, > Alston, Alstone, but do not appear Welsh. There are several recent texts > on > Welsh surnames, i.e., The Surnames of Wales, by John and Shelia Rowlands, > and > Welsh Family History, by the same. They deal with surnames mostly after > the > 1800's, but do not list Alson in the index. Do you have a specific > reference and > date? Jerry. > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > JONES Family Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: JONES > > ==== 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com