Thomas Jones

Notes:

15 Jul 2007

Jones Family History

Compiled by D. Mitchell Jones. http://dmitchelljones.org/jonessix.htm

THOMAS6 JONES, (Ebenezer5, Thomas4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, WilliamA-1), b ca 1788 Surry Co., NC d 10 Feb 1883 Peeled Chestnut, White Co., TN bur Old New Hope Cemetery, White Co., TN m1st Susannah Montgomery b ca 1795 PA d 12 Oct 1853 Peeled Chestnut, White Co., TN bur New Hope Cemetery, White Co., TN m2nd White Co., TN 3 Jan 1858 Susannah Pirtle b ca 1807 TN d Lake Co., TN.1 Thomas probably moved to Buffalo Valley, Jackson County, Tennessee with his brothers Prettyman and Zachariah Jones, or he joined them in White County, Tennessee.

Thomas served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Matthew Cowan’s Company in Colonel Raulstons Regiment under General Carroll from 1 October 1814 to March 1815. As a member of General Carroll’s command he was at the Battle of New Orleans. See Chapter Four on his brother Prettyman Jones for more details of the battle. In his pension application he stated at the time he enlisted he was a resident of White County, Tennessee. Instead of joining a unit in his area he traveled the great distance to Buffalo Valley, Tennessee to serve with his brother Prettyman. This certainly indicates a close relationship between the two men.2

Thomas served as a survey chain carrier for two surveys for his brother Zachariah Jones on 28 July 1815 and 1 December 1816.3 He sold, on 14 Apr 1821 , land that bordered on Falling Water River to Anthony Vinson. The land included the improvement of William Childress. Thomas sold this land for $200.oo, but acreage was not specified.3a Thomas on theOn 24 July 1834 he had surveyed 30 acres of land on waters of Taylors Creek. The survey began below his land and corner of survey of Henry Burton’s, and bordered land of Zachariah. The survey chain carriers were Hamilton Lewis and Purteman [Prettyman] Jones.4 On 11 Jan 1836 as Thomas Jones, Senior he sold the 30 acre survey, a 31 acre survey, a 20 acre survey, a 10 acre survey, and a 76 ½ acre survey to David Goodwin5 He was probably the Thomas Jones who sold 50 acres on 11 August 1836 on the water of Mine Lick Creek in White and Jackson County to John Austin. The land included a spring and improvements where said Thomas Jones now lives.6 When John Austin, on 5 Dec 1836, sold this land to Robert Alcorn the deed states the

spring and improvement where Thomas Jones lived last summer.6a On 19 October 1836 John Young had 21 acres of land in White County, Tennessee surveyed, and on 10 April 1837 he assigned [sold] the survey to Thomas Jones. The land was on the waters of Townsends Creek and bordered John Young’s 153 ½ acres; William White; James Russell; William Russell; and Webster Hutchings.7 The land also crossed Cedar Creek, and Cedar Creek is where his descendants state he lived. On 1 Mar 1841 s Thomas Jones Sr sold 136 ½ acres of land.7a This was also near Old New Hope Baptist Church where he is buried.

Thomas is on the1811, 1812, 1813, and 1818, 1821 and 1822 White County Tax Lists with one white poll and no land. He is not on the 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, and it is obvious that he did not live in White County in those years. There are no White County Tax Lists for 1819 and 1820. In 1823 for the first time Thomas owns land as he was taxed on 60 acres on Taylor’s Creek. He appears yearly on the tax lists, and in 1828 he had increased his land holdings to 136 ½ acres. In 1836 he owned 180 acres of land. In 1837 he owned 143 acres which he owned through 1841. In 1847 he owned 180 acres of land.

Thomas was a farmer. The 1850 Agricultural Census shows Thomas owned 60 acres improved land and 122 acres unimproved land with total value of $600. He owned 3 horses; 3 milk cows; 2 oxen; 7 other cattle; 15 sheep; and 40 hogs with value of $341. His farm produce was 20 bushels of wheat; 400 bushels of corn; 100 bushels of oats; 8 pounds of wool; 10 bushels irish potatoes; and 10 bushels sweet potatotes; and 25 pounds of butter. In 1860 Thomas owned 50 acres improved land and 50 acres unimproved land with total value of $700. He owned 3 horses; 2 milk cows; 2 oxen; 1 other cattle; 10 sheep; and 20 hogs. His farm produced 5 bushels of wheat; 250 bushels of corn; 100 pounds tobacco; 20 pounds wool; 1 bushel of peas and beans; 20 bushels of Irish and sweet potatoes; 104 pounds of butter; and 12 gallons molasses. In 1870 Thomas owned 45 acres improved land and 105 unimproved land with total value of $800. He owned one horse; 2 milk cows; 2 oxen; 7 sheep; and 10 hogs. His farm produced 18 bushels of winter wheat; 150 bushels of wheat; 15 pounds of wool; 5 bushels Irish potatoes; 20 bushel of sweet potatoes; five dollars worth of orchard produce; 100 pounds of butter; and 5 gallons of molasses.

Thomas and his wife, Susan Jones, on 19 August 1879 deeded his land to his grandsons, Zachariah and William Montgomery, for supporting him in his old age.8 Sarah, the mother of Zachariah and William Montgomery, is the only one of Thomas’ children identified in the records. One of the problems is that Thomas lived longer than some of his children. We are able, however, through family tradition, naming patterns, and associations to identify several others in census records. We feel that Thomas in naming his children followed a distinct pattern in naming children after members of his family. He named a son John R. after his grandfather, John Rogers, and daughter Anna, after his mother Ann. He named a son ,Ebenezer, after his father and brother. His sons, Prettyman and Zachariah, were named after his brothers, and daughters, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Sarah,after sister-in-laws. When you compare the children as listed they fit the 1820, 1830 and 1840 White County, Tennessee with the exception that in 1830 census there was an additional son born 1810-1815. Children:9
+ 4661. (i) JOHN R.7 JONES b 14 Jan 1810 White Co., TN m1st Matilda Dildline m2nd Sarah Swift.
+ 4662. (ii) REBECCA7 JONES b ca 1814 White Co., TN m William McGarr.
+ 4663. (iii) PRETTYMAN7 JONES b ca 1815 TN d aft 1834 and bef 1850 White Co., TN.
+ 4664. (iv) ANNA7 JONES b ca 1819 White Co., TN m Aaron Young.
+ 4665. (v) SARAH7 JONES b ca 1821 White Co., TN m William Montgomery.
+ 4666. (vi) ZACHARIAH7 JONES b ca 1822 White Co., TN m Mary Bennett.
+ 4667. (vii) ELIZABETH7 JONES b ca 1825 White Co., TN m Leonidas Bennett.
+ 4668. (viii) EBENEZER7 JONES Jr b 12 Dec 1826 White Co., TN m Sarah Jane Roberts.
+ 4669. (ix) WILLIAM J. 7 JONES b ca 1827 White Co., TN m Mary Ann Little.
+ 4670. (x) MATILDA7 JONES b ca 1832 White Co., TN m 11 Jan 1862 White Co., TN Robert Gamble.
+ 4671. (xi) MARY JANE7 JONES b ca 1834 White Co., TN m John Davis.
+ 4672. (xii) MARGARET7 JONES b ca 1835 White Co., TN m William P. Davis.
+ 4673. (xiii) RILEY M. 7 JONES b ca 1838 White Co., TN.

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1. There are questions about the age of Thomas in the several censuses’ he gave different ages. In 1850 age 62; 1860 age 75; 1870 age 83; and 1880 age 95. He was also confused in his pension application for his War of 1812 service, pension 18100. In his affidavits he gave different ages on 15 Nov 1850 age 62; 30 Mar 1855 age 68; and 31 Mar 1871 age 85. Using census and pension records we have range of birth from 1785 to 1788. In pension application he stated the name of his second wife as Susanah Pirtle and that she had been previously married to a Hooper and Duncan. W. M. Montgomery in Civil War Questionaire’s stated his father was William Montgomery, and that his mother was Sallie Jones and grandfather was Thomas Jones. See "The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionaires" compiled by Gustavus Dyer and John Trotwood Moore, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC., p 1560.
2. Pension record #18100, U S Archives, Washington, DC.
3. Record Group 50, Early Tennessee Land Records Roll 29, Vol. 20,p 405 and Book K p 330, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
3a. White Co., TN Deed BK G p 237, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
4. Record Group 50, Early Tennessee Land Records, White Co., TN Surveys Book 7 p 258, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
5. White Co., TN Deed Book M p 193, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
6. White Co., TN Deed Book K p 83, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
6a. White Co., TN Deed Book K p 72, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
7. Mountain District Survey #5262, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
7a. White Co., TN Deed Book C, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
8. White Co., TN Deed BK 26 p 318, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
9. Three children are not specifically identified through family tradition. Those three are Anna, wife of Aaron Young, Rebecca, wife of William McGarr, and Ebenezer Jones. Young descendants state that Anna was a Jones, and we believe she was the daughter of Thomas as Aaron Young was the son of John Young who sold land on Cedar Creek to Thomas Jones. Also it appears from the deeds that John Young lived next to Thomas Jones, and it is only logical that a boy and girl next door would marry. Descendants of Rebecca McGarr state that she was a Jones and was related to Thomas Jones Jr. Since Thomas, Jr’s siblings are identified in the records the only way she could be related is as a cousin. Since her descendants state she is buried at New Hope Cemetery in White Co., TN where Thomas Sr and his other descendants are buried we assume she is a dau of Thomas Sr. Ebenezer in his Mexican War pension application states that he was born in White Co., TN. He later lived in Warren Co., TN at the same time as Ebenezer son of Ebenezer Jones brother of Thomas Sr. Ebenezer son of Ebenezer Jones is identified, as his father is living with with him on the 1850 Warren Co., TN census. Also Ebenezer son of Ebenezer Jones has many associations with Ebenezer’s other son H. M. Jones. We also know that Zachariah Jones did not have a son Ebenezer from the records, so it is obvious that Ebenezer the Mexican War veteran was the son of Thomas Jones, Sr.

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Birth: 1788
Surry County
North Carolina, USA
Death: Feb. 14, 1883
Peeled Chestnut
White County
Tennessee, USA


Family links:
Parents:
Ebenezer Jones (1746 - 1796)

Spouse:
Susan Montgomery Jones (1795 - 1853)*

Children:
John Russell Jones (1808 - 1884)*
Rebecca Jones McGar (1814 - 1894)*
Zachariah Jones (1822 - 1914)*
William J Jones (1828 - 1905)*
Mary Jane Jones Davis (1834 - 1926)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
New Hope Cemetery
White County
Tennessee, USA

Created by: Ken Ellis
Record added: Oct 17, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 60219634

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Family/Spouse: Susan Montgomery. Susan was born in 1795 in Pennsylvania; died on 12 Oct 1853 in Peeled Chestnut, White County,Tennessee; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Cassville, White County,Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna D. Jones was born in 1819 in White County, Tennessee; died on 28 Aug 1898 in DeKalb County, Tennessee; was buried in Young Bend Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Birth: Jan. 3, 1746
Worcester County
Maryland, USA
Death: Dec. 26, 1796
Blount County
Tennessee, USA


Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Jones (1724 - 1798)

Children:
Thomas Jones (1788 - 1883)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Lindan S Caldwell
Record added: Mar 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 86529970

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Ebenezer Jones
Born 3 Jan 1746 in Worcester Co., Maryland (became Sussex Co., Delaware)
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth (Prettyman) Jones
Brother of Elizabeth Jones, Comfort (Jones) Harvey, Ebenezer Jones Jr. and James R Jones
Husband of Ann (Rogers) Jones — married 1771 in Sussex County, Colony of Delaware
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Prettyman Jones, Ebenezer Jones Jr., Comfort Jones, James R. Jones, Zachariah Jones, Thomas Jones and Thomas Jefferson Jones
Died 26 Dec 1796 in Blount Co.,Tennessee

Biography

Ebenezer Jones was born in January 1746, in Worcester County, Maryland on land that became Sussex Co., Delaware after the Mason-Dixon Line survey. He was the son of Thomas Jones and his wife, Elizabeth (Prettyman) Jones. His mother was the daughter of [[Prettyman-86 | John Prettyman III], making Ebenezer a cousin of the large Prettyman family of Sussex County.
"Ebenezer, [son] of Thomas Jones," was baptized January 3, 1747, at St. Georges' Protestant Episcopal Church, near Lewes, Delaware.[1] He grew up on a farm just one mile from that of John & Comfort (Prettyman) Rogers, who had a daughter Ann, born ca. 1756. Ebenezer Jones and Ann Rogers were married in 1771 in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware.

They had the following children:[2]

1. Prettyman JONES b: 22 Feb 1772 in Dagsboro HD, Sussex Co., DE.
2. Ebenezer JONES b: ABT 1774 in Sussex County, DE.
3. Comfort JONES b: ABT 1775 in Sussex County, Delaware.
4. James R. JONES b: ABT 1779 in Sussex County, Delaware.
5. Zachariah JONES b: ABT 1781 in Sussex County, Delaware.
6. Thomas JONES b: ABT 1788 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

The Ham/m Family Tree - Ebenezer Jones It was a frontier area at that time. Most homes were of log construction and the Jones family were farmers.

Research Notes

D.Mitchell Jones' Writings on Ebenezer Jones: NOTE: D. Mitchell Jones died in 2006; in May 2014, his family removed his genealogical web site from the Internet, thereby removing his research and writings from public view. Mitch always allowed other family genealogists to copy his material; several pieces of his web site thus "live on" on Rootsweb and WikiTree and Ancestry. These writings on Ebenezer Jones were transcribed on: Watson-Stubbs Family Tree - Ebenezer Jones and placed here by Chet Snow. Please do NOT remove without consultation. Oct. 13, 2015.

"Ebenezer5 Jones, (Thomas4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, William A-1), b 3 Jan 1745/46 Worcester Co., MD; d 26 Dec 1796, Blount Co., TN. Ann Rogers b ca 1748/49 Worcester Co., MD d ca. 1803/4 Blount Co., TN dau. of John Rogers and Comfort Prettyman. Ebenezer was baptized at St. Georges' Protestant Episcopal Church which on the church records is listed "Ebenezer of Thomas Jones" b. Jan 3, 1746/47. The next record of Ebenezer is also in the St. George Church records which lists his son's birth and baptism as "Prettyman son of Ebenezer and Ann Jones," b. Feb 22, 1772 and baptized Dec 6, 1772."

"On Mar 16, 1776 Ebenezer was granted 100 acres of land on the north side of Sheep-pen Branch in Sussex County, PA (DE). The 100 acres was called "Jones First Choice", and adjoined a tract of land he lived on. On Jan 19 1780 Ebenezer purchased for 30 pound 70 acres from Robert Ingram, and on Jan 20, 1780 he purchased 76 acres of "Good Hope" from his father for 50 pounds."

"It is apparent that Ebenezer and his family moved from Sussex County in 1786 for in that year he sold all his land. On Feb 4 1786 Ebenezer of Sussex, DE, Planter, sold to John Darby 76 acres of land called "Good Hope" and 100 acres of "Jones First Choice" on the north side of Sheep-pen Branch for 200 pounds. Also on the same day Ebenezer and Ann his wife sold to John Darby for 50 pounds the 70 acres he had purchased from Robert Ingram. Another indication that he moved in 1786 is that he is on the 1784 and 1785 Tax lists of Dasborough Hd, Sussex Co, but he is not on the 1787 Tax List which is the next surviving list."

"We do not know why Ebenezer moved from Sussex Co. but it is only reasonable to assume that he moved to acquire better land and to improved his family's economic conditions. One writer wrote that, "most Delawareans felt that the end of the Revolutionary War with Great Britain would bring prosperity. Instead they encountered frustrations, disappointments, and hardships. Paper money declined in value in relation to specie until 1785, when the state called in the paper money issued in the past and redeemed it at the rate of seventy-five to one in new bills. Clashes between political parties intensified, resulting in both verbal and physical abuse."

"Between 1786 and 1796 the only references to Ebenezer are found in August County, Virginia. At this period of time the classic migration pattern from Delaware to the present states of Georgia, Kentucky, North & South Carolina, and Tennessee was to go north to Pennsylvania and down the Valley of Virginia. Augusta County is in the Valley of Virginia and would have been a logical stopping place on the way South. Ebenezer is found on the 1787 Tax list in Augusta County, Virginia with no white males between ages of 16-21, two horses, and two cattle. He is listed on Jan 21 1789 List of Insolvent for Taxes of 1787 as Ebinezer Jones gone to Kentucky and owning two horses. Also on this list were Jobe Ingram, Samuel Gillaspy, Henry Null, and Abraham Ingram. He is also on the Mar 18 1790 Insolvents list for 1788, and is listed as Ebenezer Jones moved to Carolina with 1 slave and 7 horses. Other names on the list were Abram, Job, and Uriah Ingram."

"In the Blount County, Tennessee Court Minutes we see an inquest was held about the death of Ebenezer Jones. He was found dead on Dec 26, 1796, and having with him. a gun and an ax. He died having a claim of 320 acres of land, a house, six head of cattle, and other property."

"It is probable that Ebenezer and his family moved to Tennessee from Augusta County, Virginia. At the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785, the Cherokee's agreed that the boundary between the Whites and the Indians would be the ridge dividing the water of Little River and the Tennessee River, and agreed to the cession of all the lands south of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, east of that ridge. The Dumplin Creek Treaty along with the great land grab of the 1780's by North Carolina's Legislators combined to open large areas of good rich land at very cheap prices to settlers. This opportunity for cheap land was a magnet drawing people into the area that would later be Tennessee. It was especially easy for settlers to move by way of the valley system that extended from Pennsylvania through Virginia into present day Tennessee. This was a much easier and more natural route into Tennessee that crossing the mountains while traveling from East to West. Blount County, Tennessee was at this time still a frontier area. Peace with the neighboring Indians was achieved only a few months before Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796. Consistent with the frontier conditions is that homes in the area were of log construction, and that our Joneses were farmers."

Descendants of William Jones.

Generation No. 1. 1. WILLIAM1. JONES. Notes for WILLIAM JONES: JONES FAMILY LINEAGE COMPILED BY MITCHELL JONES. [1]


D. M. Jones Sources:

1. St. George's Chapel and Church, Indian River, Sussex Co. DE Microfilm, FHL, Salt Lake City, UT, p. 14. 2. Blount Co, TN Court Minutes, Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol. 1, A-C, p. 30 4. Sussex Co, DE Wills A97/3 & AA94/114 5. St. George's Chapel, FHL, p 60 6. Sussex Co, PA (DE) Surveys, FHL, SLC, UH, Microfilm, pp. 313-314.

Sources

? Wright's Vital Records, p. 60 [birth of son named "Prettyman"]
? From the research of D. Mitchell Jones - see below. They may have had one or two more daughters, not mentioned in local records.
See also:

LDS family tree
TNTcarden.com
D. Mitchell Jones
AJLambert.com
Roberts/Holland Tree - Ebenezer Jones
Acknowledgments

Thank you to Holly Knight for creating] Jones-19593 on 31 Aug 2013.
Thank you to Chet Snow for researching this profile, editing the biographical sketch, adding children and sources and adding the Research writings of family genealogist D. Mitchell Jones as transcribed and copied on a Rootsweb web site, on October 13, 2015.

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Birth:
Worcester Co., Maryland (became Sussex Co., Delaware)

Ebenezer married Ann Rogers in 1771 in Sussex County, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Planter

Notes:

William Thomas Jones Jr.
Born 1724 in Somerset, Maryland
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Ebenezer Jones and Hannah (Kenney) Jones
Brother of Thomas Jones Jr., Martha Jones, Ann Jones, Zachariah Jones, Bridget Jones, Ann Jones, Agnes Jones and Lavinia (Jones) Prettyman
Husband of Elizabeth (Prettyman) Jones — married 25 May 1749 in Sussex, Delaware
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Ebenezer Jones, Ann (Jones) Short and Thomas Jones
Died 1798 in Sussex, Delaware, United Statesmap
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William Thomas Jones Jr. was born in 1724 in Somerset Co., MD. He married Elizabeth Prettyman about 1745, daughter of John Prettyman. She was born Abt. 1726 in Sussex Co., PA, and died Bef. 1795 in Sussex Co., DE.

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We believe that Thomas only had one wife, and that was Elizabeth (Betty) Prettyman. We have only found three references to her. The first is in the will of her father, John Prettyman, on 21 April 1745. In that will she is listed as Elizabeth Prettyman, and she must have married shortly after the will was made. The lifestyle of Thomas and Elizabeth was probably very much like that of Thomas's parents in that they lived on a farm, and all of their food would have been raised on the farm. They would have had cattle and hogs for their meat, and probably grew corn and wheat for their bread. They would have had a garden in which they grew a variety of vegetables. They would have had sheep for wool clothing, and would have grown flax for linen. Since Thomas owned slaves, and Elizabeth had inherited two female slaves from her father; they would have had the slaves to help with the farm and household chores. Elizabeth or the slaves would have spun the wool and flax to make thread for cloth. Then she or the female slaves would have made all the clothing for the family. It is obvious from Thomas's will that he owned a horse to ride, and his wife had a horse to ride as she owned a side saddle. Notes for ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN: b. Sussex Co., PA (DE) Children of WILLIAM JONES and ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN are: 5. i. EBENEZER5 JONES, b. January 03, 1745/46, Indian River, Sussex, Delaware or Worcester Co., MD; d. December 26, 1796, Blount Co., TN. ii. ANN JONES, b. Abt. 1747, Worcester Co., MD. Notes for ANN JONES: b. ca 1747/8 She apparently died young as no other record of her was found after she was baptised at St. Georges. iii. MILES JONES, b. Abt. 1752, Worcester Co., MD; m. SCARBOROUGH HARRIS. iv. THOMAS JONES, b. Abt. 1754, Worcester Co., MD; m. MARY. 6. v. ELIZABETH JONES, b. Abt. 1756, Worcester Co., MD. vi. NANCY JONES, m. WINGATE SHORT. Notes for NANCY JONES: b bet 1755-1774 Worcester Co., MD. Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS JR. JONES: Thomas appears to have been born and lived all his life on the family farm "Peppers Choice" located on Sheeppen Branch. We first find him on the 1740 tax list of Somerset County, Maryland. The next record of him is when his son, Ebenezer, was baptised at St. Georges Protestant Episopal Chapel, and the church records list Ebenezer as born 3 January 1746/7. We do not know when the Joneses first started attending St. Georges, but they may have been attending for several years, as Thomas's father's first cousin, Parker Aliff, did attend. The Prettyman family had a long association with St. George's. St. George's is located in the Angola Neck area and Love Branch area in Sussex County, and is presently about seven miles northwest of Millsboro between Millsboro and Lewes. Land for St. George's was donated in 1706, and a log church was built that year. The church is still in existence, with a modern brick building surrounded by the gravestones of Burtons, Prettymans, etc. The oldest tombstone at St. George's is the tombstone of Thomas Prettyman, Esquire, brother of Elizabeth Prettyman Jones. Thomas Jones was a farmer, and was sometimes described as a "Planter" in the records. "Planter" at this time meant the owner of a plantation, but we should not confuse this plantation with the large southern type plantation. The term "Planter" seemed to imply that his landholdings put him in a social class above that of the small farmer or "Yeoman" farmer. By his landholdings Thomas would seem to qualify for the title "Planter". As his father's heir at law) he inherited all of his father's land which included 150 acres of "Good Hope", 96 acres of "Jones Neck", and 150 acres of "Peppers Choice". D. Mitchell Jones

JONES GENERATION FOUR.
4. WILLIAM THOMAS JR.4 JONES (EBENEZER3 , THOMAS2 , WILLIAM1 ) was born Abt. 1724 in Somerset Co., MD, and died Abt. 1798 in Sussex Co., DE. He married ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN Abt. 1745, daughter of JOHN PRETTYMAN. She was born Abt. 1726 in Sussex Co., PA, and died Bef. 1795 in Sussex Co., DE. [1]

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William Thomas Jones
BIRTH 1724
Somerset County, Maryland, USA
DEATH 1798 (aged 73–74)
Maryland, USA
BURIAL Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 86531911 · View Source

Planter on his families farm, "Pepper's Choice".
Married Elizabeth Prettyman in 1745.

Family Members
Parents
Ebenezer Jones
1692–1767

Children
Ebenezer Jones
1746–1796

Occupation:
on his family farm, "Pepper's Choice"

Thomas married Elizabeth Prettyman on 25 May 1749 in Sussex County, Delaware. Elizabeth was born in ~1726 in Sussex County, Delaware; died before 1795 in Sussex County, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ebenezer Jones
BIRTH 1692
Sussex County, Delaware, USA
DEATH 29 Jul 1767 (aged 74–75)
Maryland, USA
BURIAL Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 86532040 · View Source

Family Members
Children
William Thomas Jones
1724–1798

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Ebenezer married Hannah Kenney in 1720. Hannah was born in (Sussex County, Delaware); died in 1767-1770 in (Maryland). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Bridget LNU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ruth Colledge. Ruth was born in 1637-1647 in England; died in BY 5 Sep 1694 in Sussex County, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]