William Jones (1772 - abt. 1851)

Born 10 Aug 1772 in Chatham, North Carolina

Ancestors

Died about 1851 at about age 78 in Butler, Ohio, United States

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Biography

WILLIAM JONES was the first member of the Jones family that settled in Wayne Twp. He came in 1802, at the same time with his father, Henry Jones who settled in Curtis Twp., Preble County. William Jones was born in 1774, and died in 1851. He owned at one time twenty-three hundred acres of land. His wife was Elizabeth Culbertson. She was born about 1775, and died in 1846. They were both natives of North Carolina, and were buried together in Preble County. They had eight children, five of whom, all girls, survived them. Andrew Jones, his son, was born in North Carolina, in 1799, and was a mere infant when brought to Butler County. Susan was born in 1794, dying in Indiana; Keziah, in 1797; Amy, widow of John Fox, 1802, lives in Preble county; Jemima 1805; John, 1808; Mary, 1810; Elizabeth,1813; Sarah, 1820; and Rebecca, 1823. The last, the wife of Barzillai Inman, lives in Wayne Twp. Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 616, Wayne Twp.

• Children:
  • Susan b. 1794
  • Keziah b. 1797
  • Andrew b. 1799
  • Amy b. 1802
  • Jemima b. 1805
  • John b. 1808 died as an infant
  • Mary b. 1810
  • Elizabeth b. 1813
  • Sarah b. 1820
  • Rebecca b. 1823

Sources

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QHJ-8RJ : 13 October 2021), William Jones and Amy Swain, 1850.
• Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. 1 Hinshaw, William Wade. With Supplement By Thomas Worth Marshall. Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore:1969 Repository: #R140 Call Number: GenR 929 H596 V. 1 Page 1044 Certainty: 3 Wrightsborough Monthly Meeting [Columbia (now McDuffie) County, Georgia] Henry Jones Keziah Jones Ch: .... William b. 8-10-1772. ....
• Personal letter to William W. Brewer and Robert Brewer (1980) Singleton, Eugene Publication: Unpublished Note: This information comes from a letter which Eugene Singleton wrote, to which he attached his Genealogical Charts. It is secondary information. Repository: #R141 Call Number: n/a Pages 164-165 Certainty: 3 Note: Microfilm copy of original records. JONES, Henry Book 2 p 22 Dated May 7, 1818 Inv. filed Dec. 1819 ......sons.....William;......
• Preble County, Ohio Will Abstracts 1808-1836 From Will Record Books A & B. n/a Publication: not recorded Note: Abstracts of original records. Page 13 Note: Abstract of original record. Page 13: Joseph Stubbs witnessed a will for Henry Jones on 5-7-1818. Executors of the will were Nathan Stubbs, Samuel Stubbs, et. al. Will listed his...2 sons: George William... (Bk. B Page 22)
• A History & Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio - Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 616, Wayne Twp.