> Could > there be any possibility that you have traced any of your Jones family to > this area? Hi Scarlett, My Jones family became Quakers as I think several of the Salem witch families did--distancing themselves from the Puritans no doubt. They pretty much lived around Salem (Amesbury/Salisbury MA). My latest Jones ancestor Lydia moved with her husband Benjamin Hoag from Amesbury to the Quaker meeting at Oblong NY in 1758. She only had one brother John Jones and he married Hannah Dow (the Dows were another big Quaker family). Of course your ggrandfather could have descended from any of the males of previous generations in this family. From then on this branch of my family followed a Quaker migration pattern to Michigan and then to Whittier CA. If your Jones line were Quakers or came from MA then the liklihood that we are cousins would increase. Have you written away for yr ggrandfather's birth or death certificate yet? Those would give the names of his parents. Your next best bet is the census. Also there is a Jones surname list on the web. I can give you further details if u aren't already on it. Good luck with your huntin' Lesllie P.S. If u are named after an ancestor's surname, the Scarletts were another Quaker family that intermarried with my family in our migration pattern and a lot of these families did migrate together. Sorry I can't be of more specific help. ******************* Hi, just read your message on the net about the Jones family in Salem. I am a descendant of Jones'. Needless to say with that name we are having a very difficult time tracing backwards. This name was Thomas J. Jones (not sure about the middle initial). Supposedly born in Alabama. He was raised in and around what is now Howard County, Arkansas. He died in Garland County, Arkansas and is buried in the Fleming Cemetery, just West of Hot Springs, Arkansas on U.S.270 West. He died in the earlier part of the 1900's. Could there be any possibility that you have traced any of your Jones family to this area? If so, please advise. Thanking you in advance for taking the time to read this. Scarlett G. Fleming-Donahue. P.S. Thomas Jones was my Greatgrandfather, maternal side.