Can any tell me about the Jones and Gregory family link www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu Under my mother side and then under Gregory Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elton Jones" <etjones@worldnet.att.net> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: [Jones] Jones names VA c1600-1700 > I just got hold of a 3,000-page genealogy work from the Ballew Family Association that includes more than 25,000 names, mostly from Tidewater Virginia in the 1600s 1700s. There are many Jones names listed. I thought I would share here the Jones names that that are referenced. Here goes: > > > > *Richard Jones, married to Francis Baldwin of Glassthorne, is in James City in 1620. > > *Gilbert Jones died in 1685 in Henrico. > > *Abraham Wood of Fort Henry died 1682 in Charles City. His will gave land to grandchildren; Abraham Jones, Richard Jones, Peter Jones, William Jones. > > *Alice Jones was killed March 22, 1622 in an Indian raid at Edward Bennet's plantation, Isle of Wight. > > *Brooke Jones of Gloucester County Va, killed at Battle of Yellow Tavern 1864, was the son of Col Catesby Jones (Capt in the War of 1812) and Mary Brooke Taliaferro descendant of Thomas Jones (c1690-1758) born England and Elizabeth Catesby, daughter of Dr. William Cocke. Thomas Jones is the son of Capt Roger Jones of London. > > *Thomas Cocke (will of 1696), son of Richard and Temperance Bayly, married Margaret Jones, widow of Peter Jones and step-daughter of Maj. Gen. Abraham Wood. > > *Lewis Jones and Edward Jones on April 25, 1636 became servants to Elizabeth Parker, Henrico Co. > > *Maj. Peter Jones of Petersburg married Dorothy Chamberlayne, eldest daughter of Maj. Thomas Chamberlayne (born in England, living in Va in 1670, member of HoB 1692, died 1719) and Elizabeth Stratton (married 1709), daughter of Edward Stratton of Henrico. > > *Richard Jones in James City in 1635 > > *Richard Jones, Mary his wife, and Nicholas Jones are alive in 1637. > > *Agnes Cocke married Joseph Harwood of Charles City. Agnes is daughter of Thomas Cocke (1638-1696) and Margaret Jones (daughter of Abraham Wood and widow of Peter Jones). > > *Margaret Strother, second daughter to William Strother and Margaret Watts, married first Henry Morton and then (Oct 16, 1749) to John Gabriel Jones, kinsman to Lord Fairfax. Their daughter, Margaret, married Thomas Mann Randolph, then Dr Brockenbaugh, then John Harve. > > *Mary Townsend (1669-1727) (daughter of Robert Townsend [1640-1675] who was the son of Richard Townsend who came to James City Va in 1620 at age 14 on the ship Abigaile) married John Washington (1671-1727), son of Joice Jones Washington. > > *George Washington, first President of U.S., married Martha Dandridge Custis, daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones. > > *Francis Baldwin of Glassthorne Northampton second marriage c1620 to Richard Jones are parents to Cadwallader Jones. > > *Sarah Jones, elder sister to Elder John Jones (b1669) married Morecai Lincoln, ancestor to President Lincoln. > > *Christopher Jones was captain of the Mayflower in 1620 the carried 102 pilgrims to Plymouth instead of Va. > > *David Jones, a carpenter, built the house at Pope's Creek Plantation (Wakefield) where George Washington was born. > > *Lawrence Washington (1635-1677) married (1660) Mary Jones, daughter of Edmund Jones, and then married (1670) Joyce Hawkins. > > *Capt. Henry Batte, son of Capt. John, married Mary Lounds, daughter of Henry and Ann Lounds. In 1720 part of his estate was divided between five daughters: Mary, wife of John Porthress; Elizabeth, wife of William Ligon; Anne, wife of William Stratton; Rachel, wife of James Purhm; and Sarah, wife of Abraham Jones. > > > > If anything here strikes a cord, please email and maybe we can track down some additional data from the text. Regards. > > > > Elton, who found zero connections in the book, Jones > > > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at jones-admin@rootsweb.com > 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 > >