John Jones married Mary MNU in the region of Berks Co PA by 1740. They were not Quakers during the first decade of their marriage. They were received at Exeter MM (previously Oley MM) on 28 Jan 1751. Exeter Township was formed in Philadelphia Co PA, and became part of Berks Co PA at its creation in Oct 1751. On 26 Jul 1753, John and Mary Jones received a certificate from Exeter MM to Cane Creek MM in Orange Co NC; their certificate was received by Cane Creek on 6 Oct 1753. On 4 Feb 1769, the family was granted a certificate from Cane Creek MM to Fredericksburgh MM (Camden SC). They were residents of the Bush River community at the first meeting of Bush River MM on 4th month 1772, and then constituent members of Wrightsborough MM (St. Paul's Parish GA) when it was set off from Bush River MM on 4da 12mo 1774. Despite continuous membership in five different monthly meetings, there is no extant family record re the births of the Jones children. John Jones died at Wrightsborough MM on 9 Jun 1781; Mary Jones died there on 9 Oct 1802. The first record that definitely pertains to this couple was the christening of their third child, Phillipina Christina Jones, born May 1746, christened 31 Aug 1746 by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. The Rev. Stoever, of Lancaster Co PA, performed many marriages and baptisms at Lutheran congregations throughout southeastern PA and adjoining provinces. The Jones child was baptized at Atolhoe in then-Lancaster Co PA. The congregation became known as Altalaha, located in Rehrersburg in western Berks Co PA. Baptismal sponsors were Florian Bübinger (transcribed Burringer) and his wife Phillipina Christina. For Lutheran baptisms, the sponsor for whom the child was named was normally a close family connection, if not a close relative. Godmother Philipina Christina Mack was born 11 Aug 1707 in Schriesheim, Baden, daughter of Georg Conrad and Anna Margaretha Schwartz Mack. In 1729, Philipina Christina Mack accompanied her widowed mother Anna Margaretha on the ship Allen to Philadelphia. Most passengers were members of the Dunker (German Baptist Brethren) faith, started in 1708 by Alexander Mack, paternal uncle of Philipina Christina Mack. Alexander Mack and his three sons sailed on the same ship. All of the Macks settled in Lancaster Co. Anna Margaretha Schwartz Mack second-married Johannes Kitzmiller St. on 27 Oct 1730, and Philipina Christina Mack married Johannes Kitzmiller Jr. on 5 Jun 1731. Both weddings were performed by the Rev. John Casper Stoever at Earltown (Lancaster/Berks Co PA). Johannes and Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller had 6 children prior to his death in ~1745. Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller second-married Florian Bübinger on 4 Aug 1745 at Tulpehocken (near Womelsdorf PA), marriage performed by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. Florian Bübinger, b. ~1716, arrived in PA in 1738; he apparently had no family in PA. All of the Mack, Kitzmiller and Bübinger references place them in the northeastern quadrant of Lancaster Co that became western Berks Co in 1751. This is the region where John Jones would have become close enough to Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller Bübinger to name a child after her, and ask her to be the godmother. John Jones may possibly have had a German-born wife prior to marrying Mary by 1751. Nothing in the evidence requires two wives, although a span of more than 20 years for births of children can suggest that. At any rate, John and/or Mary lived in a predominantly-German community and "probably" had some connections with the Mack family. Historians of the Richard Gregory (1690-1765) family of Oley and Hereford Townships, Philadelphia/Berks Co PA, believe that his oldest daughter Mary Gregory (b. ~1720) married this particular John Jones. Richard Gregory's 1765 Berks Co PA will named his 15 children in birth order for boys, then girls. He was survived by wife Margretha, and his youngest children could read German but not English. His oldest daughter Mary was the wife of a John Jones in 1765; his second daughter Elizabeth was the wife of a George Mack. Margaretha Gregory, 5th daughter (of 8), was baptized in 1730 at New Goshenhoppen (Philadelphia/Berks Co PA) by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. At least five of the Gregory children relocated to Orange Co NC in the 1760's, and three of those continued south to Edgefield Co SC after the Revolution. These various coincidences (residence in same region, association with the German community, baptisms by same pastor, connection to Mack family, and the name Richard for the oldest Jones child) do not guarantee that the John Jones who married Mary Gregory was the same one who became a Quaker in 1751, but they tend to support the Gregory family's conclusions about the identity. The 1781 St. Paul's Parish will of John Jones lists his children in birth order. The 1746 birth of the third child, dates of marriage for the daughters, and the minor status of the two youngest sons as of 1781 provide enough information to approximate the dates and locations of birth for the 9 Jones children. Will of John Jones, Columbia Co GA Will Book No. 1, pp. 78-79: In the name of God, Amen I, John Jones of Wrightsborough Township in the Parish of St. Paul in the Province of Georgia, being sick and weak of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory praise be given to God, for the same, and considering the uncertainty of this life and being willing to settle my natural affairs in due time, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following: IMPRIMIS, I give and bequeath unto my oldest son Richard Jones twenty shillings sterling to be paid in one year after my decease. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Brown ten shillings sterling to be paid in one year after my decease. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Philipina Stanfield five shillings sterling. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Day, five shillings sterling. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son James Jones five shillings sterling, and apprehending him to be Weak in his sense and not capable to manage the affairs of life to advantage, do therefore will and direct my two sons Jonathan Jones and Nathan Jones, to take due and proper care of him, my son James Jones, and supply him with food and raiment he may have real occasion for the necessary support of life out of the lands and estate herein-after bequeathed to them, all the time he can be prevailed upon to dwell with the or either of the. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Jones five shillings sterling. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Anglin, five shillings sterling. Item: It is my will that my two sons, Jonathan Jones and Nathan Jones, their heirs and assigns forever all my plantation tract and parcel of land whereon I now dwell containing in whole four hundred acres, being in two surveys to be equally divided between them in goodness and quality share and share alike reserving the house and plantation and improvements for my loving wife Mary, to dwell on during her natural life only. I also do give and bequeath unto my above named sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones all my write [sic] and claim to one other tract containing one hundred acres of land situated in the Parish aforesaid adjoining the above mentioned tract is to be equally divided as directed in the other tract, share and share alike and it is my will also that they, my two sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones, doe in consideration of all said lands not bequeathed to them their heirs and assigns take due and proper care of my son James Jones while he can be prevailed upon to dwell with them as above directed, also my will is that if either of my two sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones should die before he arrived at lawful age then the survivors of them shall have possession and enjoy all the above mentioned plantations, tracts or parcels of land. Item: All the residue and remainder of my estate of whatever kind, quality, nature, or condition so ever, I give and bequeath to my loving wife Mary to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Item: I hereby authorize and impower my executor and executrix hereinafter named on receipt of money due for the same to make over, convey, assure and confirm with John Coates his heirs and assigns all that plantation, tract and parcel of land situate at or near Bush River in South Carolina by a deed or deeds good and valid in law. Lastly: I nominate constitute and appoint my loving friend Daniel Williams executor and my loving wife Mary executrix of this my last will and testament hereby ratifying and confirming the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of the 1st month one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. John Jones Signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the testament in the presence of John Stubbs Nathaniel Jackson Susanna Butler Personally appeared John Stubbs who being duly qualified affirmeth that he was personally present, and saw John Jones, deceased, sign, seal and declare the above to be his last will and testament and that he was of sound mind and memory, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that he signed his name as witness to the sd will at the request and in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of Nathaniel Jackson and Susanna Butler the other subscribing witness. John Stubbs Testified before me the tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1790 Lewis Gardner, J.P. Bush River properties of John Jones: Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Meeting of Tuesday 3 July 1770: John Jones 200 [acres] Berkley County [ " = surveyed for] James Hoge The 200 acres surveyed for James Hoge on 28 Jul 1762 was "in the fork between Broad and Saludy rivers and is situate Lying and being on a branch of Saludy river Called and known by the name of Bush Creek and is bounded Southeast on Land laid out to Jacob Brooks and on the other sides on vacant Land". Hoge apparently left the region without having his grant certified, so the plat was available to John Jones. Grant: 13 Jul 1770, John Jones, 200 acres in Berkley County Memorial: 21 Aug 1770, John Jones, 200 acres in Berkley County adj. Jacob Brooks Disposition of property: Newberry Co SC Deed Book A, 424-494: Lease and release. 8 & 9 March 1771, John Jones of Berkley County, SC, planter, and Mary his wife, to Moses Embree of same, weaver, for 15 shillings, 200 acres in the fork of Broad & Saludy River, adj. Jacob Brooks, granted to John Jones 13 July 1770, grant recorded in Book FFF, page 6. John Jones (Seal), Mary Jones (X) (Seal), Wit: Enos Ellimon, John Duncan (mark), John Jones Jun'r. Proved by the oath of John Duncan 12 July 1771 before John Caldwell, J.P. for Craven County. SC Deed Book G-4, 55-59: Lease & release. 7 & 8 Jan 1772, Giles Chapman & Sarah his wife of Craven County, for £300 SC money, to John Jones of same, by grant 16 Dec 1766 to Giles Chapman Senr., 300 acres on Scotch Creek in the fork between Broad and Saluday [Saluda] River, at the time of surveying called Berkley County but now Craven County, adj. Laurance Ryley, John Brooks. (Plat included, being 193 acres granted by Giles Chapman to Elizabeth Teague near Rileys corner). Giles Chapman (LS), Sarah Chapman (I) (LS), Wit: Eliza Teague, Joseph Brown, Giles Chapman Junr. Proved in Craven County before Thos Wadlington, J.P., by the oath of Eliza Teague, 2 Feb 1772. Recorded 2 Sept. 1773. Disposition of property: Newberry Co SC Deed Book C, 897-898: 7 Oct 1796, John Coate of Newberry county for £10 sterling to Rosanah Russell of same, 200 acres, part of 300 acres granted to Giles Chapman and conveyed by Chapman to John Jones. John Coate (seal), Wit: Fred Nance J.P., J.R. Brown, J.N.C. Susanah Coate, wife of John Coate, relinquished dower 7 Oct 1796 before J.R. Brown, J.N.C. Recorded 7 Nov 1796. [The transfer of title from the estate of John Jones to John Coate, as referenced in the 1781 will, was not recorded in Newberry Co, but the subsequent sale of the land by Coate was recorded.] Harriet Imrey

Harriet you are phenominal! On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Harriet Imrey <hhimrey@gmail.com> wrote: > John Jones married Mary MNU in the region of Berks Co PA by 1740. They > were not Quakers during the first decade of their marriage. They were > received at Exeter MM (previously Oley MM) on 28 Jan 1751. Exeter > Township was formed in Philadelphia Co PA, and became part of Berks Co > PA at its creation in Oct 1751. On 26 Jul 1753, John and Mary Jones > received a certificate from Exeter MM to Cane Creek MM in Orange Co NC; > their certificate was received by Cane Creek on 6 Oct 1753. On 4 Feb > 1769, the family was granted a certificate from Cane Creek MM to > Fredericksburgh MM (Camden SC). They were residents of the Bush River > community at the first meeting of Bush River MM on 4th month 1772, and > then constituent members of Wrightsborough MM (St. Paul's Parish GA) > when it was set off from Bush River MM on 4da 12mo 1774. Despite > continuous membership in five different monthly meetings, there is no > extant family record re the births of the Jones children. John Jones > died at Wrightsborough MM on 9 Jun 1781; Mary Jones died there on 9 Oct > 1802. > > The first record that definitely pertains to this couple was the > christening of their third child, Phillipina Christina Jones, born May > 1746, christened 31 Aug 1746 by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. The Rev. > Stoever, of Lancaster Co PA, performed many marriages and baptisms at > Lutheran congregations throughout southeastern PA and adjoining > provinces. The Jones child was baptized at Atolhoe in then-Lancaster Co > PA. The congregation became known as Altalaha, located in Rehrersburg > in western Berks Co PA. Baptismal sponsors were Florian Bübinger > (transcribed Burringer) and his wife Phillipina Christina. For Lutheran > baptisms, the sponsor for whom the child was named was normally a close > family connection, if not a close relative. Godmother Philipina > Christina Mack was born 11 Aug 1707 in Schriesheim, Baden, daughter of > Georg Conrad and Anna Margaretha Schwartz Mack. In 1729, Philipina > Christina Mack accompanied her widowed mother Anna Margaretha on the > ship Allen to Philadelphia. Most passengers were members of the Dunker > (German Baptist Brethren) faith, started in 1708 by Alexander Mack, > paternal uncle of Philipina Christina Mack. Alexander Mack and his > three sons sailed on the same ship. All of the Macks settled in > Lancaster Co. Anna Margaretha Schwartz Mack second-married Johannes > Kitzmiller St. on 27 Oct 1730, and Philipina Christina Mack married > Johannes Kitzmiller Jr. on 5 Jun 1731. Both weddings were performed by > the Rev. John Casper Stoever at Earltown (Lancaster/Berks Co PA). > Johannes and Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller had 6 children prior to > his death in ~1745. Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller second-married > Florian Bübinger on 4 Aug 1745 at Tulpehocken (near Womelsdorf PA), > marriage performed by the Rev. John Casper Stoever. Florian Bübinger, > b. ~1716, arrived in PA in 1738; he apparently had no family in PA. All > of the Mack, Kitzmiller and Bübinger references place them in the > northeastern quadrant of Lancaster Co that became western Berks Co in > 1751. This is the region where John Jones would have become close > enough to Philipina Christina Mack Kitzmiller Bübinger to name a child > after her, and ask her to be the godmother. > > John Jones may possibly have had a German-born wife prior to marrying > Mary by 1751. Nothing in the evidence requires two wives, although a > span of more than 20 years for births of children can suggest that. At > any rate, John and/or Mary lived in a predominantly-German community and > "probably" had some connections with the Mack family. Historians of the > Richard Gregory (1690-1765) family of Oley and Hereford Townships, > Philadelphia/Berks Co PA, believe that his oldest daughter Mary Gregory > (b. ~1720) married this particular John Jones. Richard Gregory's 1765 > Berks Co PA will named his 15 children in birth order for boys, then > girls. He was survived by wife Margretha, and his youngest children > could read German but not English. His oldest daughter Mary was the > wife of a John Jones in 1765; his second daughter Elizabeth was the wife > of a George Mack. Margaretha Gregory, 5th daughter (of 8), was baptized > in 1730 at New Goshenhoppen (Philadelphia/Berks Co PA) by the Rev. John > Casper Stoever. At least five of the Gregory children relocated to > Orange Co NC in the 1760's, and three of those continued south to > Edgefield Co SC after the Revolution. These various coincidences > (residence in same region, association with the German community, > baptisms by same pastor, connection to Mack family, and the name Richard > for the oldest Jones child) do not guarantee that the John Jones who > married Mary Gregory was the same one who became a Quaker in 1751, but > they tend to support the Gregory family's conclusions about the identity. > > The 1781 St. Paul's Parish will of John Jones lists his children in > birth order. The 1746 birth of the third child, dates of marriage for > the daughters, and the minor status of the two youngest sons as of 1781 > provide enough information to approximate the dates and locations of > birth for the 9 Jones children. > > Will of John Jones, Columbia Co GA Will Book No. 1, pp. 78-79: > > In the name of God, Amen > I, John Jones of Wrightsborough Township in the Parish of St. Paul in > the Province of Georgia, being sick and weak of body, but of sound and > disposing mind and memory praise be given to God, for the same, and > considering the uncertainty of this life and being willing to settle my > natural affairs in due time, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint > this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following: > > IMPRIMIS, I give and bequeath unto my oldest son Richard Jones twenty > shillings sterling to be paid in one year after my decease. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Brown ten shillings > sterling to be paid in one year after my decease. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Philipina Stanfield five > shillings sterling. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Day, five shillings > sterling. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my son James Jones five shillings > sterling, and apprehending him to be Weak in his sense and not capable > to manage the affairs of life to advantage, do therefore will and direct > my two sons Jonathan Jones and Nathan Jones, to take due and proper care > of him, my son James Jones, and supply him with food and raiment he may > have real occasion for the necessary support of life out of the lands > and estate herein-after bequeathed to them, all the time he can be > prevailed upon to dwell with the or either of the. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Jones five shillings sterling. > Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Anglin, five shillings > sterling. > Item: It is my will that my two sons, Jonathan Jones and Nathan > Jones, their heirs and assigns forever all my plantation tract and > parcel of land whereon I now dwell containing in whole four hundred > acres, being in two surveys to be equally divided between them in > goodness and quality share and share alike reserving the house and > plantation and improvements for my loving wife Mary, to dwell on during > her natural life only. I also do give and bequeath unto my above named > sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones all my write [sic] and claim to one other > tract containing one hundred acres of land situated in the Parish > aforesaid adjoining the above mentioned tract is to be equally divided > as directed in the other tract, share and share alike and it is my will > also that they, my two sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones, doe in > consideration of all said lands not bequeathed to them their heirs and > assigns take due and proper care of my son James Jones while he can be > prevailed upon to dwell with them as above directed, also my will is > that if either of my two sons Jonathan and Nathan Jones should die > before he arrived at lawful age then the survivors of them shall have > possession and enjoy all the above mentioned plantations, tracts or > parcels of land. > Item: All the residue and remainder of my estate of whatever kind, > quality, nature, or condition so ever, I give and bequeath to my loving > wife Mary to her, her heirs and assigns forever. > Item: I hereby authorize and impower my executor and executrix > hereinafter named on receipt of money due for the same to make over, > convey, assure and confirm with John Coates his heirs and assigns all > that plantation, tract and parcel of land situate at or near Bush River > in South Carolina by a deed or deeds good and valid in law. > Lastly: I nominate constitute and appoint my loving friend Daniel > Williams executor and my loving wife Mary executrix of this my last will > and testament hereby ratifying and confirming the same. In witness > whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of the 1st > month one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. > John Jones > Signed, sealed, and > acknowledged by the > testament in the presence of > John Stubbs > Nathaniel Jackson > Susanna Butler > Personally appeared John Stubbs who being duly qualified affirmeth that > he was personally present, and saw John Jones, deceased, sign, seal and > declare the above to be his last will and testament and that he was of > sound mind and memory, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that > he signed his name as witness to the sd will at the request and in the > presence of the Testator and in the presence of Nathaniel Jackson and > Susanna Butler the other subscribing witness. > John Stubbs > Testified before me the tenth > day of October, in the year > of our Lord, 1790 > Lewis Gardner, J.P. > > Bush River properties of John Jones: > > Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Meeting of > Tuesday 3 July 1770: > John Jones 200 [acres] Berkley County [ " = surveyed for] James Hoge > The 200 acres surveyed for James Hoge on 28 Jul 1762 was "in the fork > between Broad and Saludy rivers and is situate Lying and being on a > branch of Saludy river Called and known by the name of Bush Creek and is > bounded Southeast on Land laid out to Jacob Brooks and on the other > sides on vacant Land". Hoge apparently left the region without having > his grant certified, so the plat was available to John Jones. > Grant: 13 Jul 1770, John Jones, 200 acres in Berkley County > Memorial: 21 Aug 1770, John Jones, 200 acres in Berkley County adj. > Jacob Brooks > Disposition of property: > Newberry Co SC Deed Book A, 424-494: Lease and release. 8 & 9 March > 1771, John Jones of Berkley County, SC, planter, and Mary his wife, to > Moses Embree of same, weaver, for 15 shillings, 200 acres in the fork of > Broad & Saludy River, adj. Jacob Brooks, granted to John Jones 13 July > 1770, grant recorded in Book FFF, page 6. John Jones (Seal), Mary Jones > (X) (Seal), Wit: Enos Ellimon, John Duncan (mark), John Jones Jun'r. > Proved by the oath of John Duncan 12 July 1771 before John Caldwell, > J.P. for Craven County. > > SC Deed Book G-4, 55-59: Lease & release. 7 & 8 Jan 1772, Giles > Chapman & Sarah his wife of Craven County, for £300 SC money, to John > Jones of same, by grant 16 Dec 1766 to Giles Chapman Senr., 300 acres on > Scotch Creek in the fork between Broad and Saluday [Saluda] River, at > the time of surveying called Berkley County but now Craven County, adj. > Laurance Ryley, John Brooks. (Plat included, being 193 acres granted by > Giles Chapman to Elizabeth Teague near Rileys corner). Giles Chapman > (LS), Sarah Chapman (I) (LS), Wit: Eliza Teague, Joseph Brown, Giles > Chapman Junr. Proved in Craven County before Thos Wadlington, J.P., by > the oath of Eliza Teague, 2 Feb 1772. Recorded 2 Sept. 1773. > Disposition of property: > Newberry Co SC Deed Book C, 897-898: 7 Oct 1796, John Coate of Newberry > county for £10 sterling to Rosanah Russell of same, 200 acres, part of > 300 acres granted to Giles Chapman and conveyed by Chapman to John > Jones. John Coate (seal), Wit: Fred Nance J.P., J.R. Brown, J.N.C. > Susanah Coate, wife of John Coate, relinquished dower 7 Oct 1796 before > J.R. Brown, J.N.C. Recorded 7 Nov 1796. > [The transfer of title from the estate of John Jones to John Coate, as > referenced in the 1781 will, was not recorded in Newberry Co, but the > subsequent sale of the land by Coate was recorded.] > > Harriet Imrey > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >