Mary (Field) Scruggs (1664 - bef. 1718)

Born 1664 in Henrico County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Jones — married before 1686 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 20 Dec 1718 before age 54 in Henrico County, Virginia

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Biography

Mary Field was born in 1664 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia, the daughter of Thomas Field and Mary Burton.^[1]

Mary Fields married Edward Jones, the Constable for a precinct north of the James for the year 1690. Edward Jones died before 1695. From this marriage there were two daughters:

1. Tabitha Jones, who married John Robinson.
2. Elizabeth Jones, who married John Turbefield

Mary Fields Jones then married Charles Scruggs, born before 1666, who was transported to Virginia before 1679 by Henry Wyatt of New Kent County. He was a widower with a daughter, Mary Scruggs, who married John Pyrant and was mentioned in her grandfather's will, being left a " heifer and a cow ". Charles Scruggs and Mary Fields Jones married between April 1697 and February 1, 1698\99. From this marriage there was a daughter:

1. Judith Scruggs, born about 1700, who married William Bradshaw

When Charles wrote his will in 1718, Judith was left "all my worldly goods ". William, his son-in-law, was his executor. ^[2]

Two of Mary's grand children, Susannah Robinson, daughter of Tabatha Jones and John Robinson, and William Bradshaw, son of Judith Scrugs and William Bradshaw, were married.

She passed away in 1718.

Sources

1. ↑ Familypedia
2. ↑ Fields references some court documents

See also:

• Henrico Wills Book 1, p 42. Inventory of Edward Jones taken 31 Mar 1696 by court order of 19 Feb 1695/6. Recorded 1 Apr 1696, p 628. Mary Jones granted administration of estate of husband Edward Jones on 1 Feb 1695/6, p 631.