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Virginia Peter Joneses

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"Peter I" (Jones-6845) is sometimes called the Father of Petersburg. His grandson, "Peter III" (Jones-1543), is sometimes called the Founder of Petersburg. (Neither was known to use "I" or "III".)
  • "Father of Petersburg": "The founding fathers of Petersburg, Abraham Wood and Peter Jones, were military and trading leaders at the Fort Henry complex during the 17th century."[1]
  • "Founder of Petersburg": William Byrd II, who laid out Richmond and Petersburg, was accompanied by Peter Jones on his surveying expedition in 1733.[2]

Contents

Five Generations of Peter Joneses

Progenitor of this line: Peter Jones. "His parents, his birthplace, and the dates of his birth and death are not positively known."[2] Peter Jones and William Jones were transported to Virginia in 1638 by Abraham Wood.[3] "The founding fathers of Petersburg, Abraham Wood and Peter Jones, were military and trading leaders at the Fort Henry complex [more below] during the 17th century."[1]
  1. Major Peter Jones (died before Abraham Wood's 1682 will)
  2. Captain Peter Jones, with 1721 will (probated 10 January 1726/7), married Mary Batte[4]
  3. Major Peter Jones, with 1754 will[5] (1691-1758), married Dorothy Chamberlayne (1710-1781)[6]
  4. Peter Jones (after 1731-1804), married Elizabeth Wilkenson ("Peter Jones Sheriff"[7])
  5. Peter Jones (1776-1826), married Elizabeth Chastain and... had a son, so obviously not the same Peter Jones who built Folly Castle in 1763, named in the following passage, from a biography posted by Historic Petersburg Foundation.[2]
"For several generations of Peter Jones's family, there was a Peter Jones. The second Peter Jones was born about 1655 and was referred to as Captain Peter Jones. He died about January 1727. Among his 10 children was the third Peter Jones, who was born about 1691. He was the Peter Jones who accompanied William Byrd II on his surveying expedition in 1733. He died in 1756, and among his 11 children was the fourth Peter Jones, who inherited the Fort Henry lands. The fourth Peter Jones died suddenly in 1756, and the Fort Henry property was left to his son, the fifth Peter Jones. He was born before 1728 and died about 1779. He erected Folly Castle in 1763, one of the three oldest homes in Petersburg. It is the signature home in the Folly Castle National Historic District and is located at 323 West Washington Street."[2]
Note: A problem arises after the third Peter Jones in the lineage presented in the preceding paragraph (shown below in the second bullet; the first is the lineages based mostly on wills):
  • Peter (c1634-a1682) -> Peter (c1655-a1727) -> Peter (c1691-1754) -> Peter (c1735-1804) -> Peter (a1783-c1826)
  • Peter (c1634-a1682) -> Peter (c1655-a1727) -> Peter (c1691-1756) -> Peter (-1756) -> Peter (c1728-1779)
The lineage that leads to Peter who built Folly Castle and died childless is flawed, in that Peter [3] and [4] have the same death date and the Peter of Folly Castle ([5]) has a birth year contemporary with [4].

Families

[1] Peter Jones (Jones-6845), married Margaret (Unknown-560616), who married (2) Thomas Cocke

Peter Jones, thought to have been born c1635, died before Abraham Wood, whose 1682 will named 'grandchildren in law'[3][8]
Evidence of a daughter who married Joshua Wynne is found in Margaret's 1718 will:[9][10]

[2] Peter Jones (Jones-8083) married Mary Batte (Batte-7),[11] daughter of Thomas Batte[12]

Peter Jones, born after 1655, was living in 1726: "Capt Peter Jones" is listed as present for Bristol Parish Vestry (Sunday, 16 October 1726).[13] He left a will dated 19 January 1721 that was probated 10 January 1726/7 in Prince George County, Virginia.[4] His will named wife Mary Jones and 10 children.[4] The only spouse named in the will was that of daughter Mary Jones:
Other spouses have been added from R. Bolling Batte's research ("RBB Papers" - which numbers this Peter "III"). The children have been listed in the order Batte numbered them:[11]
  1. Son Abraham Jones,[4] married Sarah Batte[11]
  2. Daughter Mary Jones, wife of Peter Jones[4][11]
  3. Son Peter Jones,[4] married Dorothy Chamberlayne[11]
  4. Son William Jones[4][11]
  5. Son John Jones[4][11]
  6. Son Thomas Jones[4][11]
  7. Son Wood Jones,[4] m (2) Amy Jones[11]
  8. Daughter Ann Jones[4][11]
  9. Daughter Margaret Jones,[4] m Richard Jones[11]
  10. Daughter Martha Jones[4][11]

[3] Peter Jones (Jones-1543), married Dorothy Chamberlayne (Chamberlayne-6),[15] daughter of Thomas Chamberlayne and his second wife, Elizabeth Stratton (Thomas's first wife was Mary Wood, daughter of Abraham Wood).[16] Dorothy selected as her guardian Richard Jones Jr. in the "August Court 1723".[17] Dorothy is recognized as a Patriot Ancestor by the DAR.[6]

Peter Jones, born about 1691, moved out of Bristol Parish in March 1746/7[18] and died in Amelia County.[5] Peter Jones and Dorothy had 11 children.[2] "Jones of Petersburg" references his will, proved 24 December 1754 in Amelia County, to list his 11 children.[5] An abstract of his will is on his profile, naming 11 children but noting that it was probated 24 August 1758. Baptisms for several children are in the Bristol Parish Register (BPR). Dorothy's DAR record lists four children (which means a DAR member joined based on descendancy from that child).

[4] Peter Jones (Jones-8753), married Elizabeth Wilkinson (Wilkinson-10441) on 12 April 1775.[20]

Peter Jones was born in Amelia County (so in 1747 or later - his father moved from Bristol Parish in March 1746/7, and a birth/baptism for this Peter, son of Peter and Dorothy, is not recorded in the Bristol Parish Register, which covers from 1720 to 1789). This Peter Jones, "of the County of Amelia and Raleigh Parish", wrote his will on 1 February 1804 and it was proved in Amelia County Court on 28 June 1804. He names his son Peter sole executor of the will (see Fothergill, page 202[8] for a transcription, which names other children, his brother John and others).
Note: Richard Jones of Amelia County had a son Peter also: "In April, 1757, Richard Jones, Sr., of Amelia County, conveyed to Peter Jones, Jr. his son, 700 acres in Raleigh Parish, Amelia County...."[3]

[5] Peter Jones (Jones-8910), married Elizabeth Chastain (Chastain-177).

Peter Jones and Elizabeth Chastain's son John Lawson Jones was born in 1803 in Charlotte County, Virginia.[20]

Note that the "fifth-in-a-row" Peter Jones is not Peter Jones, builder of Folly Castle (in 1763) who died childless. The dates don't track - one biography says the builder of Folly Castle was born before 1728,[2] so he couldn't possibly be the son of [4] Peter Jones, whose father married in 1727.

In addition, the Peter who built Folly Castle left his estate to his niece, Sarah Newsum, the daughter of Lucy Jones, who is the daughter of the fourth consecutive Thomas Jones. Sarah married Erasmus Gill and they lived in Folly Castle (see Erasmus Gill's profile for more information).

Theories

[1] Peter Jones's wife Margaret is said to be a step-daughter of Abraham Wood. Why?
  • because Abraham married Margaret's mother? (her mother is not known; Abraham's wife or wives are not known)
  • because Abraham was guardian of Margaret? (no evidence to support this)
  • because Abraham was guardian of Peter? (he transported Peter to Virginia in 1638, and Peter is said to have been born in 1634, but otherwise no evidence to support this)
  • because Abraham's 1682 will names "grandchildren in law" who are the children of Peter Jones and his wife Margaret? (interpreting "in law" to mean "step", and assigning the step relationship to Margaret)
  • because Abraham was named guardian for Peter's under-age children?
Most researchers say that Margaret was Abraham's step-daughter, pointing to the will's "grandchildren in law", and various women have been proposed as her mother/wife of Abraham. None have survived close scrutiny. I think that perhaps the more likely supposition is that Abraham was either Peter's guardian or the guardian of Peter's children who were not yet of age, and Margaret was simply Peter's wife.
The term "in law" as used in Virginia in 1682 is not the same as today's:
  • "In-law: This term was used in a much broader sense than it is today, referring to any relationship created by a legal event, like a marriage. For example, a stepfather was typically called a father-in-law. Likewise, a son-in-law could have meant a stepson, the husband of a daughter, or even the husband of a stepdaughter or daughter-in-law. Even terms like 'brother' and 'sister' have to be interpreted in a broad sense. 'Brother' could have been used for stepbrothers, half-brothers, the brother of a sister or sister-in-law, even for a close friend or member of the same religious group." ~ Colonial Legal Terminology[21]
As Bob Baird says:
  • "Terminology often, if not usually, had meanings very different from the modern sense of the same word. 'Orphan', for example, meant a minor whose father was dead, and implied nothing about the mother. 'Son-in-law' included the modern relationship we would call stepson and 'cousin' included relationships like nephew or niece."[22]
Whatever "grandchildren-in-law" meant to Abraham, the following from "Deep Virginia Roots" sums it up nicely:
"Peter, Margaret, and their family were certainly treated as the closest family by Wood; not only did he turn over his political and business interests to Peter, but his will named the Jones children as his heirs along with a daughter Mary."[23]
The following passage from the same site, attributed to Alan Vance Briceland's book Westward from Virginia: The Exploration of the Virginia-Carolina Frontier 1650-1710, is worth sharing:
"Berkeley and Wood's explorers failed in their search for a viable route to the South Sea. Governor Berkeley was forced to leave Virginia to answer charges raised by the followers of Nathaniel Bacon and died soon after his arrival in England. Although historians have generally treated him unsympathetically, it was Berkeley's determination that sent Englishmen beyond the Appalachian Mountains, preparing the way for the opening of the frontier. Like Berkeley, John Lederer was driven from Virginia in disgrace, returning to Europe and to obscurity. James Needham had met death in the wilderness, mourned only by a few friends. Edward Bland died shortly after completing his journey, his name and exploits soon forgotten except among his own family. Thomas Batts, Robert Fallam, and Gabriel Arthur were quickly assimilated back into the Virginia population, disappearing from view [note: all of these men except Lederer traveled under Wood’s direction]. Of the great pioneers of the first frontier, only Abraham Wood achieved any prominence and recognition for his efforts. Wood alone lived long enough to realize the importance of what he and the others had done in the years from 1650-1675. They had opened a continent, taken its dimensions, invited others to follow, and set the English nation on the road of western expansion."

Locations

See their profiles for specific information, but in general, this Jones family spread from Charles City (today's City Point)[24] to Dinwiddie County, mostly within Bristol Parish:
Bristol Parish, created in 1643, served Charles City County (to 1702), Henrico County (to 1735), Prince George County (to after 1785), and Dinwiddie County (also to after 1785):
"The statute creating Bristol Parish on both sides of Appomattox river, from the mouth up to the falls, in (then) Charles City & Henrico Counties,... did not give the name of the "parent" parish. When Prince George Co was formed from Charles City, in 1702 that part of Bristol Parish went too. When Dale Parish was formed in 1735, it included that part of Bristol Parish in Henrico Co. When Dinwiddie Co was formed from Prince George Co in 1752, Bristol Parish served both counties."[25][26]
Parish records prior to 1720 are lost. The first Vestry meeting recorded in Bristol Parish's Vestry Book (1720-1789)[27] was held 30 October 1720 at the Parish Church, which "was on the river, as its name, "The Ferry Chapel," implies." After 1737, Vestry meetings were held at the new "Brick Church on Well's Hill", today called Blandford Church.[28] The "oldest marked grave dates from 1702" in the adjacent cemetery.[29] See below for mentions of Peter Jones in the Vestry Book.[27]
  • Charles City County (formed 1634)[30]
  • Henrico County (formed in 1634)[30]
  • Prince George County (formed from Charles City County in 1702-1703)[30]
  • Amelia County (formed from Brunswick and Prince George Counties in 1734-1735),[30] served by Raleigh Parish from 1734 to after 1785; Raleigh Parish was formed, "with Amelia Co, from part of Bristol Parish in Prince George Co and part of St. Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co"[25]
  • Dinwiddie County (formed from Prince George County in 1752)[30]
Note: Today's county seat of Charles City County - the town of Charles City - is centered upon the courthouse built in 1730. "Charles City, Charles City County" In the 1600s is misleading, as it refers to either the colonial town "Charles City Point" (today's City Point) or when the county seat was in Westover Parish.[31] The county seat of today's Charles City County is "the community of Charles City" (the mailing address of the County Court House is Charles City, Virginia).[32][33][34]
The Independent City of Petersburg was incorporated in 1850,[30][35] but Petersburg is much older, having been named by William Byrd II in honor of Peter Jones. The settlement had grown around Fort Henry and Peter Jones' Trading Station.
The Fort Henry Historical Marker in Petersburg is Marker Number QA-6.[36]

Petersburg

"The establishment of Fort Henry at the Falls of the Appomattox in 1645 expanded the English settlement that began in the previous decade south of the Appomattox River."[1]
"Key to Wood's success was his appointment in 1646 as commander of Fort Henry... where the city of Petersburg, Virginia is today.... Fort Henry was also one of the few places where trade between Europeans and interior Native American tribes could take place. While that trade was small throughout most of the century, Wood owned land by the fort, operated a trading post, and came to profit through his landholdings, political leadership, and dominance of this point of exchange."[23]
"By 1676 Abraham Wood had... turned his responsibilities at the fort and trading post over to his son-in-law Peter Jones. Wood had 'transported' Peter to Virginia in 1638, at a time when bringing new colonists from Europe entitled the transporter to grants of land. The frontier trading hub became known widely as 'Peter Jones Trading Post' or 'Peter Jones Trading Station.' Decades later in 1733, Colonel William Byrd II established a new city in the same location named Petersburg for the trading post and its original owner. Ruins of the trading post structures are still preserved downtown."[23]
"In the autumn of 1733 he [(William Byrd)] conceived the plan to establish what became the cities of Petersburg and Richmond at the falls of the Appomattox and James rivers, the latter of his own property."[37] Peter Jones was "a fellow traveller of Col. Byrd in 1733.[38]
"In 1733, William Byrd II led a surveying trip that included Majors Mayo and Munford, John Banister, and the third Peter Jones, the grandson of the original Peter Jones. Byrd located and named what became the cities of Petersburg and Richmond. Richmond was laid out at the Falls of the James River, and the other city "at the Point of Appamattuck River [was] to be named Petersburgh." The site of Byrd's "Petersburgh" had been a settlement since the 1630s and 1640s, and the name "Peters Point" was already in use to designate the location."[2]
"Three counties meet at Petersburg. Petersburg proper is in Dinwiddie, Pocahontas is in Chesterfield, and Blandford in Prince George."[39]

Bristol Parish

Following are notes for entries from the Bristol Parish Vestry Book[27] and History of Bristol Parish,[40] but with so many Peter Joneses (see next section), it was not always possible to determine which Peter should be noted (in those cases, a link to a profile was not added to the "Peter Jones" named in the entry).
  • 1720, 30 October: Captain Peter Jones is in attendance at the first Vestry meeting recorded in Bristol Parish's Vestry Book (1720-1789).[27][41] (He is listed as present at Vestry meetings until January 1726/27.)
  • 1724, 29 June: "Capt Peter Jones & his son Abra Jones are Appointed Counters".[42]
  • 1724, 29 June: "Capt. Peter Jones and his son William are appointed to count tobacco plants".[43] One of these entries may be a mistranscription. If so, I would think this one in error.
  • 1725, 28 June: "Capt Peter Jones & his Son Peter Jones are Appointed Counters".[44]
  • 1726, 29 June: Peter Jones "minor and his brother Wm. Jones are Appointed Counters". [45]
  • 1726, 16 October: This is the last Vestry that has Capt Peter Jones listed as present.[46]
  • 1727, 11 July: Peter Jones and brother Abra Jones procession... Wm. Davis and Tho Jones son of Peter Jones procession.[47]
  • 1728: Peter Jones joined the Bristol Parish Vestry.[48]
  • 1729: Mr. Peter Jones Jr. took oath/became vestryman.[49] He's listed as present at Vestry through November 1734.[27]
  • 1735, 27 March: Captain Peter Jones (on into 1740, where suddenly ranks are dropped; October 1741 they're back & he's still a captain).[50]
  • 1742, 14 October: Captain Peter Jones "appt'd church warden for coming year, with Capt Theok Bland"[51]
  • 1746: 25 August: Major Peter Jones was present.[52]
  • 1746/7, 23 March: Maj Theoderick Bland "chosen & Appointed Vestryman for this Parish in the room of Majr Peter Jones who is moved out of the Parish."[52]
  • 1762: Peter Jones mentioned in connection with an expansion of Petersburg.[53] - perhaps this Peter, son of Peter & Mary (Jones) Jones... other Bristol Parish Peter Joneses have moved to Amelia County.
  • 1771: Peter Jones joined the Bristol Parish Vestry.[54]

Collateral and Other Peter Joneses

Soooo many... a few are
  • Peter Jones (b c1690, will dated 26 Oct 1734), son of Abraham (son of [1] Peter) and Martha Batte (daughter of Thomas Batte); son-in-law of [2] Peter Jones (married [2]'s daughter Mary Jones, born after 1693).
  • Peter Jones, born 28 March 1731, son of Peter Jones... Abraham Jones's son Peter (who married Mary, daughter of [2] Peter Jones).[55] This son of Peter & Mary has a warning on his profile, about three Peter Joneses whose baptisms are recorded in the Bristol Parish Register:
  • Peter Jones, son of Thomas (brother of [4] Peter Jones), was the father of James Chamberlain Jones, 10th Governor of Tennessee
  • Peter Jones, born 17 November 1720, Prince George County, married Sarah (Tanner) Jones.[57]
  • Peter Jones, born 15 April 1751, Amelia County, Virginia,[58] son of Peter and Sarah (Tanner) Jones. (Peter Branch Jones is a nephew, son of Batte Jones.[59])
  • "Peter Sheriff Jones", born 14 February 1735, Bristol Parish, married Mary Vinah, died 4 January 1793 in Clark, Kentucky (according to his profile as of 4 May 2020). The only attached profile with any details is a daughter, Elizabeth, "of Unknown Jones and Vinah Unknown", born 11 April 1774 in Orange County, Virginia, married in Kentucky in 1797 and died 5 February 1863 in Clark Co, KY. Note: The Peter distinguished from the others by "Sheriff" is Jones-8753, the son of Peter and Dorothy (Chamberlaine) Jones & was Sheriff of Amelia County. He married Elizabeth Wilkinson.
  • Peter Jones, died after 21 Jul 1794 (according to his profile; citation is apparently to his mother Susanna's 1794 will, Amelia Co. Will Book).
  • Peter Jones born 1739 in Wales, "of Hampshire County", Virginia, left a will dated 14 May 1792 (wife Catherine, son Peter among children named), proved "At a Court held for Hampshire County the 19th day of October, 1795". His DAR record shows birth in c1748, Virginia; wife Catherine, son Moses (named in will posted on Jones-46312).[60]
  • Peter Jones, son of Peter from Wales, born 20 April 1762, Essex County, died 1828 in Ohio (according to his profile as of 4 May 2020).
  • Peter Jones, died between 15 February 1790 and June 1795, Brunswick County, Virginia (date of will/will proved date). Profile cites will but link to Ancestry takes me to "Join Ancestry" page.
  • Peter Jones, died 1771, married Elizabeth Bolling.[61][62]
  • Peter Jones, died 4 Aug 1679 in Perquiman, North Carolina
  • Peter Jones (c1670-c1752), Perquimans - son of just-named Peter Jones-41087
  • Peter Randolph Jones (1796-1883), Buckingham County, son of Abraham Jones, Patriot Ancestor[63]

DAR Records

Virginia Peter Joneses
  • Peter (1720-1799) of Prince George/Amelia Counties, m Sarah Tanner
    - record has note: "3 men of the same name in Amelia Co in 1783."
    - son is Peter m Jane Stokes
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062523.
  • Peter (1733-aft. 1796) of Prince George/Nottoway Counties, m Martha Jones
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062530.
  • Peter (c1748-bef. Oct. 1796) Hampshire County, m Catherine
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062525.
  • Peter (1751-1815) of Amelia/Lunenburg Counties, m Jane Stokes[64]
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062527.
  • Peter (c1760-1833) of Augusta County, m Martha Breeden (son John, m Martha Breden)
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A125200.
Other Peter Joneses
  • Peter (1747-1795) of Pennsylvania, married Elizabeth Rose
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062518.
  • Peter (1749-1809) of Pennsylvania, married Catherine Kerlin
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062521.
  • Peter (1752-1829) of Pennsylvania, married Rebecca Scott
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062522.
  • Peter (1758-1820) of Pennsylvania, died in Illinois, married Cassandra
    *Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062520.
  • Peter (1760-1842) of Maryland, married Mary Branson
    Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Private Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062517.
Other Joneses
  • Frances Jones...
    • Frances (Jones) Barnett (had been attached as Peter and Sarah's daughter but no supporting sources - source for the profile was just her FindAGrave memorial as of 9 February 2021, which doesn't mention parents).[65]
    • Frances (Jones) Ellington (Jeremiah Ellington born 1737, both he & Frances born Amelia County)[66]
    • Frances Jones, 3rd wife of William Blount.[67] This DAR record has them as parents of Martha Blount (bp 1777), wife of Ambrose Wilkins (m 1796, d 1815), with Martha died Petersburg, Virginia, 1819. First wife of William was Martha Peete.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Historic Petersburg: Old Towne Petersburg (accessed 1 May 2020).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Biography of Peter Jones", Historic Petersburg Foundation, Inc. (accessed 30 April 2020).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Allied Families: Early Virginia Jones Families by Kathryn Gearhart
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 "Prince George County Records"
    The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
    Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 272-292
    Published by: Virginia Historical Society
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241962
    Page Count: 21 (transcription of will on page 284)
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 JSTOR: "Jones of Petersburg" (pages 289-290).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 20, 2016), "Record of Dorothy (Chamberlayne) Jones", Ancestor # A062051.
  7. ↑ RBB Papers: Peter Jones (accessed 7 May 2020). Biographical Card Files of the R. Bolling Batte (RBB) Papers, Library of Virginia Digital Collections. Part of Batte’s collection of genealogical and historical research consists of more than 30,000 typed and handwritten index cards containing biographical information compiled from original and secondary sources.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 See also the following book, which includes transcriptions of many Jones family wills:
  9. ↑ Benjamin B. Weisiger, III. Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part One, 1654-1737, privately published, ® 1976 by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III.
  10. ↑ Abstract from information posted on her profile. Kathryn Gearhart's site has a transcription. Both accessed 1 May 2020
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 RBB Papers: Jones, Peter (accessed 9 May 2020).
  12. ↑ From Thomas's profile: Mary Batte m Peter Jones of Charles City County;[6] Mary (b 1669) m Peter Jones, brother of her sister Martha's husband Abraham Wood Jones[7]
    • [6]... "Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families," William Clayton Torrence, The William and Mary Quarterly (online articles accessed March 24, 2015)
      • Part I, Vol. 24, No. 2., (Oct., 1915), pp 116-142.
      • Part II, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jan., 1916), pp. 202-210.
      • Part III, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Apr., 1916), pp. 262-283.
    • [7]... Thomas Batte, Ancestors of Joe Bruce Evans (website; accessed March 24, 2015)
  13. ↑ BPR, page 29.
  14. ↑ RBB Papers: Jones, Peter (accessed 9 May 2020).
  15. ↑ RBB Papers: Jones, Peter (accessed 9 May 2020).
  16. ↑ See Fothergill, pages 175-176.
  17. ↑ See Fothergill, page 175, citing "Henrico Records, vol. 1719-24, p. 300."
  18. ↑ BPR, page 122.
  19. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Thomas Short", Ancestor # A104365..
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 DAR record for a descendant of Peter Jones, son of Dorothy (Chamberlayne) and Peter Jones (accessed 2 May 2020).
  21. ↑ Robert W. Baird. Colonial Legal Terminology (accessed 1 May 2020).
  22. ↑ Robert W. Baird. Common Law, Statutes, and Equity in the Colonies (accessed 1 May 2020).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Deep Virginia Roots, "Posted on April 22, 2017 by Charlie" (accessed 1 May 2020).
  24. ↑ Today's City Point, "first known as Bermuda Cittie [and] located in Charles City Shire when it was formed in 1634." ~ Wikipedia: City Point, Virginia (accessed 6 May 2020)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Virginia parishes, posted by Freddie Spradlin on Virginia Genealogy Web (accessed 1 May 2020), based primarily on "Hening's Statutes at Large (see vagenweb.org/hening/) and the list of parishes in The Hornbook of Virginia History, 4th edition, edited by Emily J. Salmon and Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., Library of Virginia, Richmond, 1994."
  26. ↑ See also WikiTree's Category: Bristol Parish, Virginia.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne. The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, online courtesy of archive.org (accessed 13 May 2020).
  28. ↑ The History of Bristol Parish, page 10, page 89, and page 121.
  29. ↑ Blandford Cemetery (accessed 13 May 2020).
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995 (accessed 1 May 2020)
  31. ↑ See Wikipedia: City Point, Virginia (accessed 6 May 2020).
  32. ↑ See Wikipedia (Charles City County, Charles City) and the County's website: About the County, which says "Charles City is the county seat. There are no incorporated towns within the county." (accessed 6 May 2020).
  33. ↑ See also "Charles City County: Comprehensive Land Use Plan" (pdf), posted on the County's website:
    • page 21 of 188, the entry for the current Charles City Courthouse, which is on the National Register of Historic Places: Built circa 1730, succeeding earlier county seats at City Point and Westover."
    • page 19 of 188 has an overview of the history of the county.
  34. ↑ See details about Westover Parish on Spradlin's Virginia parishes and "The History of Westover Parish" Spradlin links to (a dead link, but captured by archive.org's WayBack Machine and available here (accessed 6 May 2020).
  35. ↑ See WikiTree's Category:Petersburg, Virginia.
  36. ↑ The Historical Marker Database, Petersburg, Virginia, Fort Henry (accessed 20 April 2024).
  37. ↑ Dictionary of Virginia Biography: William Byrd (1674–1744), contributed by Thomas L. Long, Martin H. Quitt (accessed 8 May 2020).
  38. ↑ See page 19, History of Bristol Parish.
  39. ↑ Philip Slaughter. A history of Bristol Parish, Va. : with genealogies of families connected therewith, and historical illustrations, page 19 (accessed 13 May 2020).
  40. ↑ Philip Slaughter. A history of Bristol Parish, Va. : with genealogies of families connected therewith, and historical illustrations, online courtesy of archive.org (accessed 13 May 2020).
  41. ↑ See page 10, The History of Bristol Parish.
  42. ↑ See page 17, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  43. ↑ See page 11, History of Bristol Parish.
  44. ↑ See page 24, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  45. ↑ See page 28, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  46. ↑ See page 29, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  47. ↑ See page 35, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  48. ↑ See page 122, History of Bristol Parish.
  49. ↑ See page 46, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  50. ↑ See page 75, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  51. ↑ See page 102, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 See page 122, Bristol Parish Vestry Book.
  53. ↑ See page 21, History of Bristol Parish.
  54. ↑ See page 123, History of Bristol Parish.
  55. ↑ JSTOR: "Jones of Petersburg" (page 288). The 1721 will of Mary's father - [2] Peter Jones - names his son-in-law Peter as well as [2]'s son, [3] Peter.
  56. ↑ Will of Margaret Jones. Amelia Co., VA, WB 5, pp. 265-266, w. 5 Apr 1794, p. 24 Dec 1795 & 24 Mar 1796. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/u2kje8p - Wants land in Dinwiddie Co. to be sold....
    • brothers Henry Jones, Peter Jones
    • nephew Joseph Jones son of Thomas Jones
    • brother William Joneses children
    • Robert Marshall senior
    • neices Agness Wooldridge & Sarah Chambers
    • neice Susannah Hart daughter of my brother Abraham Jones [ Susannnah (Jones) Martin Hart died 1806 in Georgia see her RBB card ]
    Exrs: nephew Colonel Joseph Jones, nephew William Jones, nephew Lewelling Jones
    Wit: Jos Osborne, Abraham Marshall, Anne Osborne
  57. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062523.
  58. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062527.
  59. ↑ See RBB Cards for Peter Branch Jones and Batte Jones.
  60. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 May 2020), "Record of Peter Jones", Ancestor # A062525.
  61. ↑ RBB Papers: Manlove, Elizabeth (Bolling), accessed 4 May 2020.
  62. ↑ Landon Covington Bell. The old free state : a contribution to the history of Lunenberg County and southside Virginia, volume 2, page 162 (accessed 11 May 2020).
  63. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 May 2020), "Record of Private Abraham Jones", Ancestor # A061772.
  64. ↑ See also:
    • Bell, L. Covington. The old free state: a contribution to the history of Lunenburg County and southside Virginia (1927 : The William Byrd Press, Inc., Richmond, Va.), volume 2, page 331.
  65. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #40941568 for Frances Jones Barnett (accessed 9 February 2021)
  66. ↑ Descendant record for Jeremiah Ellington, patriot ancestor:
    • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 February 2021), "Record of Jeremiah Ellington", Ancestor # A037395.
  67. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Feb. 2021), "Record of William Blount", Ancestor # A011524.
See also:
  • Biographical Card Files of the R. Bolling Batte (RBB) Papers, Library of Virginia Digital Collections. Part of Batte’s collection of genealogical and historical research consists of more than 30,000 typed and handwritten index cards containing biographical information compiled from original and secondary sources.
  • Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, I-J starts on page 321 (accessed 12 May 2020).
  • Geni: Capt Peter Jones & son Peter (use with caution - much information does not appear reliable; for example, names his parents as Richard Jones and Anne Jeffries; they were not).
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #77053902 for Major Peter Jones (1624-21 Nov 1674) has no sources (and also names his parents as Richard Jones and Lady Anne Jeffries; they were not).
  • GenForum: 2 December 2008 post by Al Batts, "Batte and Jones Families" (accessed 2 May 2020). Gives a good overview of the possibilities.
  • WikiTree: Batte of Oakwell also has a good overview of the possibilities for Thomas Batte's family.
  • Grimes, John Bryan. Abstract of North Carolina Wills (Raleigh, Uzell, and co: 1910). Page 197. For example: From the will of William Jones of North Carolina: Son John... '(land at "ye Rich Thick'tt, Virginia," after his decease to his sons, John and James), also one hundred acres of land on Deep Run Swamp to go to his sons, David and William, after his decease)'.
  • Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, I-J starts on page 321 (accessed 12 May 2020).
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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
found another Peter Jones of Virginia...

Capt Peter Jones of the 14th VA Regiment - "Joined said Regiment the same Winter at the Northward at the Valley Forge whilst in winter quarters". He is listed on the Valley Forge muster roll for the regiment - see https://valleyforgemusterroll.org/14th-virginia-regiment/

He gave his age as 76 in 1823 (so, born c1747) and stated that "he the said Peter Jones entered the revolutionary War as Lieutenant in the fall of the year 1775 in the State of Virginia". See his pension application (also source for Sinth's/Cynthia's info): http://revwarapps.org/s8772.pdf

He died in Warren County, North Carolina on 10 February 1833 leaving "no widow" and a single daughter: "Cynthia P. Hawes, X her mark" (living 27 February 1837, when she filed for a pension based on her deceased father's service; she was 45).

Peter said that his daughter was 24 in one of his statements, but it appears to be undated (maybe 1832 or 33?). At that time, "Sintha" was unmarried.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
sorry - meant to also note that as of this date, neither he nor his daughter appears to have a WikiTree profile.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Gossage-102 Mary Gossage
Excellent example of a research space - especially for sorting out folks with the same names in subsequent and the same generation. There is so much of that in large families during colonial times it becomes mind-boggling at times.
posted by Mary Gossage
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
a 1924 genealogy, but still of interest:

https://books.google.com/books/about/Peter_Jones_and_Richard_Jones_Genealogie.html?id=Wx5WAAAAMAAJ

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Gossage-102 Mary Gossage
I have a Wilkerson line and many sources say Wikerson, Wilkinson, and Wikenson are used interchangable. In fact in this book you have shared a link Wikinson is mentioned many times, and the Wilkinson wife, Elizabeth, of one of the Peters, mother of another Peter, is mention under Wilkerson, instead of Wilkinson. So I guess I should probably be researching all spelling variations. And it looks like your sources might also provide Wikinson information. I will be using them. Thank you! My line is in Boonesboro a century later than Elizabeth which by then had become Kentucky rather than Virginia. (One of the county histories says my ancestor Mrs. Wilkerson was a midwife who delivered one of Mrs. Boone's children so they may have been some of the nearest neighbors to one another.) I have found mention of earlier Wikinson/Wilkersons, but no definitive connections. One source I was perusing (which I did note . . . somewhere) was Musters of earliest Virginia immigrants and it has Wikersons being transported (indentured). Don't know if all later Virginia Wilkinson's are descended from them but perhaps.
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Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Such a great page. Would you be willing to add [email address removed] as a co-manager (or at least trusted list)? We're compiling a list (for good categorizing) of freespace pages like this on to increase their visibility.

Also, Liz, can you help me, as new co-leader of US Southern Colonies, understand when freespace pages should be Open and when Green/public? I tend to lean towards Open free space pages, but perhaps there's a reason I'm not thinking about. Thanks.

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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
it's the level of confusion. As you can imagine, there's a lot of confusion regarding Peter Joneses of Virginia. I've added the project to the trusted list. Virginia Project is a manager.
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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi! I've got some bits to clean up still, but I'm mostly done with this page that started as a reference for the first 5 generations of the Petersburg Peter Joneses. If you're researching a colonial Virginia Jones family, this page may offer some help - at least, I hope it will! Cheers, Liz
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