The JONES Family of Poolesville,
Montgomery, Maryland |
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ANN MILDRED JONES (1824
- 1909) m. Franklin Cummings
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INDEX to Jones files
EDWARD JONES
Parents: Unknown
"Two brothers came over from Wales. They were Edward and Richard Jones. Edward was my grandfather, his son Edward was my father, he married Sarah White and settled near Dickerson Station, and took up a large tract of land, the old homestead was on the land owned by John Augustus Jones afterwards." [Ref]
Dickerson Station is near Poolesville.
Children of Edward Jones:
EDWARD JONES (1735 - 1790)
Parents: Edward Jones
"Edward Jones son of Edward born May 8th, 1735 and departed this life November 25th about 9 o'clock in the evening of the year of our Lord 1790." [Ref] He was buried in the family burial ground in Dickerson but his grave was moved to the Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville, Montgomery, Maryland on 28 Nov 1895. He married Sarah Mary White on 22 Jul 1761. [Ref][Ref][Ref says 24 Jul]
Edward is believed to have received a grant of land from Lord Baltimore; as he had 11 sons, he called the place "Eleven Brothers". [Ref][Ref] The 598-1/4 acres piece of land called "Eleven Brothers" was surveyed for Edward Jones on 23 Aug 1786. It was patented to him on 4 Sep 1788. [Ref] Click here to see the original patent certificate on the Maryland State Archives webpage.
"...Edward and Sarah (White) Jones raised eleven sons and two daughters. So he called his farm "Eleven Brothers." [Ref]
Children of Edward Jones and Sarah Mary White:
LIEUT. JOSEPH JAMES WILKERSON JONES (1776 - 1840)
Parents: Edward Jones and Sarah Mary White
Capt. Joseph James Wilkerson Jones was born on 18 May 1776. [Ref][Ref][Ref] He died on 15 Dec 1840. [Ref] He was originally buried in the Chiswell Family cemetery in Poolesville, but was reintered in the Monocacy cemetery on 28 Nov 1895. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of his grave. He married his first cousin Ann Newton Chiswell [Ref, 2;226] on 23 Dec 1806. [Ref][Ref][Ref, lic. dated 22 Dec.]
Lieut. Joseph James Wilkerson took over his father's estate in 1790 [not likely, he was 14]. [Ref]
Joseph was made a Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Infantry on 1 Feb 1801. [Ref]
He was a soldier in the Seminole War. [Ref, p. 1;738]
In 1820 Joseph headed a household consisting of one free white male 26 - 44 [Joseph] one free white female 26 - 44 [Ann], one free white male 10 - 15 [unknown], three free white females 10 - 15 [Mary, Sarah and someone else], three free white males under ten [Edward, Joseph, William], one free white female under ten [Margaret] and 12 slaves. [Ref]
In 1820 there was also a Joseph J. Jones who lived in Vansville [in Beltsville, adjacent to Montgomery county], Prince George's county. He shows up in the 1830 and 1840 censuses as well. It is likely that one or both of the following records belong to him.
Capt. Joseph J. Jones was appointed chair of the delegates from the second election district of Ann Arundel and Prince George's counties who met in May 1832 to select a delegate to represent the district in the convention to choose a Vice President candidate. To read a newspaper clipping about this, click here.
Martha Cissel, Joseph J. R. Cissel and Joseph J. Jones sued several members of the Cissel and Perry families over a petition to partition parcels of land in Ann Arundel county called Trusty Friend and Watts Forest on 14 Sep 1832. [Ref] Trueman Belt sued Joseph J. Jones over a contract to purchase springs in Beltsville on 28 Nov 1838. [Ref]
In 1840 Welkerson Jones lived in Medley, heading a household consisting of
one free white male 60 - 69 [Joseph], one free white female 50 - 59 [Ann], two
white males 20 - 29 [William, ?], one male 15 - 19 [John], one female 15 - 19
[Ann], one boy 10 - 14 [Nida], one girl 5 - 9 [Lizzie] and 14 slaves. [Ref]
Medley in is Poolesville.
Children of Joseph James Wilkerson Jones and Ann Newton Chiswell:
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Above: Leonides Jones Below: Elizabeth Isabella King |
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ANN MILDRED JONES (1824 - 1909) Parents: Lieut. Joseph James Wilkerson Jones [Ref, p. 440][Ref] and Ann Newton Chiswell [Ref][Ref] Ann Mildred Jones was born on 14 Apr 1824. [Ref][Ref][Ref, says Mar 1825] She died on 22 Apr 1909. [Ref][Ref] She is buried in the Monocacy cemetary, Beallsville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She married Franklin Cummings [Ref][Ref, p. 440] on 1 Apr 1850 [Ref, no day] in Montgomery county. [Ref][Ref, p. 534, says 2 Apr] In 1900 Ann was living with her deceased daughter Elizabeth Ann's family in Brownsville. [Ref] journal |
References
Bureau of the Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1820.
United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1840.
Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
Bureau of the Census, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 1870.
Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
Bureau of the Census,Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
Crook, M. C., comp., Information on Benjamin White and Elizabeth Smith, Will of Elizabeth White, PG County, Box 14; Brumbaugh, Maryland Records.
Cummins, Albert Oren, Cummings Genealogy: Isaac Cummings, 1601-1677, of Ipswich in 1638 and some of his descendants, Montpelier, A.O. Cummins, 1904.
Cummings, Ann M., Journal
Cummings, Franklin and Ann M., Letters
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, database on-line], Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Everett, Annie White, "Eleven Brothers," material given by Mr. J.A. Jones II for the files of Montgomery County Historical Society.
Jones, Joseph James Wilkerson's book: "This book shows the generations of our family, let it be kept sacred among the family, so they may see back their generations." (transcribed copy)
MacKenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, v. 4, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1912.
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http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_unit.cfm?county=mo&qualifier=S&series=1202&unit=196
Mooar, George, The Cummings Memorial : A genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings, an early settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts, New York: B.F. Cummings, 1903.
No author, "Public Meetings," Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, MD, Issue 19, col A, 10 May 1832.
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Rentfro, Eleanor Russell, "Cummings, Franklin," Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcu10, accessed December 12, 2010.
Research of Mrs. Edward M. Feeney.
Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Western Maryland, Vol. I-II, Philadelphia, PA, USA: 1882.
Shirk, Ida Morrison Murphy, Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott: of Poplar Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Baltimore, Day Print. Co., 1927.
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