There seems to be some continuing interest in Mosias Jones [probably of several generations], of colonial Virginia, an associate of the extended Robert Harris family of colonial Louisa Co. and others later of Albemarle Co. and still later of Madison Co., KY. The Jones family intermarried with the Harris family in colonial Virginia. Note counties listed above. Here are some garbled notes which may help some persons of the Jones-Harris families to untangle SOME of their roots, the surname Jones being as difficult to research as is Harris. As noted, these are notes, and I have made little effort to place events chronologically. However, I believe the migration trail may be similar of that of the Harrises, which is noted in first paragraph. Of course, Louisa Co., VA was formed from Hanover Co., VA, a burned county. The Virginia land patents, which are on the Library of Virginia website, may help you find some Hanover Co. records--but do not overlook adjoining counties, such as Goochland and Henrico Cos. Submotted by E.W.Wallace William Jones who married Isabella Black in May or June 1805--is he widower of Lucy Harris> See marriage of 1 Feb 1790. Rev May 2004 FOSTER JONES. There is limited information concerning Foster Jones. In Vol. 7 of the Lineage Book of the Daughters of the American Colonists, p, 277, Foster Jones, husband of Mourning Harris (b. 1754) is said to have died 1814. No documentation is presented. (Lineage of Mrs. Virginia Field Walton Brooks, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas.) Their children, according to W. H. Miller in his Genealogies [long title but pertaining to families of Madison Co., KY Tyre Harris Jones Mosias Jones Nancy Jones Christopher Jones Elizabeth Jones* Lucy Jones Foster Jones appears sporadically on the tax lists of Madison Co.KY. On the tax list of 1794, he is labeled Fauster Jones. He appears on the tax lists for these years: 1790 1791 - not listed 1792 - not listed 1793 - not listed 1794 - Fauster Jones 1795 1796 1797 1798 - missing 1799 (Comment: When a person failed to pay his taxes in Kentucky, a researcher may find a comment in the court records, as genearlly the court triple-taxed for non-payment of taxes. However, if the land-owner owned property in another county, frequently an adjoining county, he seems to have had the privilege of paying his taxes in that county,which frequently adjoined the *home* county. Therefore, a search of adjoining counties and also the court records of the *home* county may provide additional information.) We believe Mourning Harris, his first (?) wife, may have died after the death of her father, Christopher Harris, the elder, who had named Mourning Jones in his will. On 21 Nov 1799, in Madison Co., KY, Foster Jones m. Margaret Black, Tyree Jones, bondsman. We believe Tryee Jones is the son of Foster Jones. Margaret Black apparently was a widow as later, in 1805, Foster Jones gave consent for Isabella Black who married William Jones; Margaret Jones was mother of the bride. These are some marriages of some of Foster Jones's children: Is Foster Jones father of Robert Jones, the groom? 1797 - Robert Jones on 24 Jan 1797 m. Margaret Black; Margaret Black, mother of bride; John Harris, bondsman. (Marriages of Madison Co.) 1798 - Tyree Martin m. Mounring Jones (his probable cousin); Tyree H. Jones, bondsman; Foster Jones, father of bride. (Vockery & Vockery, MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 1, 1786-1822 [Richmond, KY: Published by compilers, 1993[, p. 52) Other marriages from above publication, various pages: 1799, 21 Nov - Foster Jones married Margaret Black; Tyree Jones, bondsman. Question: Had Mourning Harris Jones now died, and Foster Jones was marrying the mother-in-law of his son--the above named Margaret Black, the mother of Robert's bride of the same name? One finds instances of this kind of marriage, if one searches long enough. It appears that he did, as later in either May or June 1805, He Foster Jones gave consent as stepfather to the marriage of Isabella Black who married Wm. Jones; Margaret Jones was mother of the bride. Robert Jones was bondsman. Question: Had William Jones been married first to Lucy Harris in Feb 1790, at which marriage Christopher Harris was the bondsman? This may have been Christopher Harris, the son of the older Christopher Harris. 1797 Foster Jones was bondsman for this marriage: Edward Fowler & Lucinda Jones, Foster Jones, bondsman. George Webb Jones, father of bride. Two years later it appears Foster Jones married Margaret Black, widow. 1799 - Foster Jones m. Margaret Black, widow 21 Nov 1799; Tyre Jones, bondsman [his son?] 1805 - He, Foster Jones, gave consent as stepfather of Isabella Black who married Wm Jones, 3 May 1805; return 3 Jun 1805. (Q: Is Wm. Jones widower of Lucy Harris whom he married 1 Feb 1790? Christopher Harris bondsman.) ........ Foster Jones is shown as father of bride at the following marriage: Tyree Martin & Mourning Jones, 21 Feb 1798, Tyree H. Jones, bondsman; Foster Jones, father of bride. Bond returned 22 Feb 1798. (Tyree H. Jones is probably the bride's brother, and Tyree Martin is her probable first cousin. Other Martin bridegrooms during this time period who are probably related to Tyree Martin: Archibald (1789), Christopher (1790), David (1792), James (1788). (Conjecture) *The lineage book cited above shows Elizabeth Jones m in 1803. The groom seems have been to Greenberry Baxter (1778-1857) Nancy Jones (1778-1844) m. 1795 to Richard Sappington (1758-1810), according to Daughters of American Colonists Lineage Book, Vol. 7, page 150, lineage of Mrs. Virginia (Jennie) Pearl McKenzie Edwards, No. 6514. A partial list of Jones marriages of Madison Co., KY : Edward Fowler & Lucinda Jones, .... 1797... Foster Jones, bm., George Webb Jones, father of bride. According to an e-mail correspondent, Foster Jones had a sister named Lucy Jones who married Jesse Maupin. Also John Harris, son of Christopher Harris the elder and his 2nd wife Agnes McCord, married Margaret Maupin dau of John and Frances Dabney Maupin. The correspondent did not name her sources.