Cadwallader Jones (1652 - 1699)

Born Jul 1652 in Stafford, Essex Co., English Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1699 at about age 46 in Stafford, Stafford Co., English Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Cadwallader Jones was born about July 1652, in Stafford, Essex, Virginia.

Henry G. Taliaferro claims his mother was Francis Baldwin by her second husband, Richard Jones (who died by 28 Dec 1653)^[1]

Others suggest that Cadwallander Jones was born about 1630 and his parents were Ann (Jefferies, 1612-1703) and Richard Jones (1608-1681); this would place Cadwallader closer in age to his later wife.

Here is part of a document that confirms Cadwalader Jones' father:

THIS INDENTURE made the (blank) in the year of our Lord according to the computation used in England One thousand six hundred Eighty & one and in the year of the Reign of or: Soveraigne Lord Charles the second &c. the three and thirtieth Between CADWALADER JONES of Virginia, Son & heire of RICHARD JONES, late of LONDON, Merchant deceased, and JOHN JEFFREYS of LONDON Esqr, of the one part and Sr: ROBERT JEFFEREYS, Knight, one of the Aldermen of the City of LONDON of the other part Witnesseth that the said CADWALADER JONES and JOHN JEFFEREYES for the sum of Five Shillings apiece to them paid by the sd Sr. ROBERT JEFFEREYES and for other valuable consideration them hereunto especially moveing have sold unto the said Sr. ROBERT JEFFREYES all that ye Lordship and MANNOR of LEY with the rights and appuirtenan ces called or known by the name of LEY with the rights and appurtenances thereof within the Parrish of BEERFFERIES in County of DEVON and all that the Capital Messuage or Man con House of the said MANNOR called or known by the name of LEY wth apptenances and all those lands and hereditamts, with their appurtenances in TEMERTON-FOLLETT in the said County of DEVON and all that Cottage with the appurtenances in HAWCOMBE in the said County of DEVON and all Copice of Copice Wood containing by estimation Fifteen acres being in BEERFFERIES and all houses, buildings barns Stables gardens woods proffitts libertyes franchises and hereditaments whatsoever to the said MANOR Lordships and premises belonging whereof the said CADWALADER JONES and JOHN JEFFERIES or either of them now hath any Estate of Inheritance in fee simple of all and singular the title of said premises To...^[2]

Siblings b: UK

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1. Cadwallander Jones, b: c1630; d: 1655 Essex Co, VA
2. Elizabeth Jones, b: 1633; d. 1695
3. Peter Jones, Sr., b: 1634; d: 21 Dec 1674 Charles City Co, VA.

He was probably raised on his mother's Chocktank plantation. In 1673, he purchased 600 acres on Peumansend Creek (present Caroline County, Virginia), part of a larger patent of 1445 acres he registered in Jamestown later that year.

He was called Lieut.-Colonel as early as 1676. In late 1677, he and David Jones (relationship likely, but specific relationship not known) were granted over 14,000 acres in Stafford (present day Fairfax) County for transporting 282 persons.

He was in command of a fort at the head of the Rappahannock River in 1679, during which time he also worked as an Indian trader, which may have led to his financial difficulties and bankruptcy, which is much documented in contemporaneous documents. He fled to England by 1689 when he was commissioned as governor of the Bahamas. He was back in Virginia by 1698/99, and in the summer of 1699 received a grant of 500 acres in present Fairfax County. After this, he disappears from the Virginia records-- having either died or left the colony again.

Marriages

He is assumed to have married the Catherine Jones who appears with him on a Rappahannock County court record dated 21 Dec 1685. Examination of nine documents between 1673-1687 suggests that he was the second husband of Catherine Debnam, the widow of Robert Talliaferro. If so, she was a good ten years his senior. The marriage to Katherine Debnam was on about December 1672 in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia

As her second husband, he was in possession (through her dower rights) of Talliaferro's Mount, (property of Katherine's first husband, Robert Talliaferro)-- property that ultimately was inherited by her Taliaferro son. Supposedly, Cadwallader was bankrupt by 1686 and he left the colony.^[3]

He had one issue, a daughter Francis Jones, who married Robert Slaughter. She was the beneficiary of her father's estate.

"Over the course of his life, Col. Cadwallader Jones was a planter, a merchant, an explorer, a soldier, a bankrupt, and a politician. While serving as governor of the Bahamas, he would be accused of numerous crimes-- not the least of which was being too friendly with the pirates."^[4]

There is also record of a "Cadwald Jones Jr" in a memorandum dated 10 Aug 1685, but no other record of such a person; he could not have been son of Lieut Col Cadwallader Jones and Katherine as they did not marry until 1673/4.

There was reference to a son of Lieut Col. Cadawallader Jones who was a ship's Captain during Jones' time in the Bahamas. But HGT makes a strong case that this was actually Jones' stepson, Richard Talliaferro.

Cadwallander Jones was supposedly a student or graduate of Oxford University in England.^[5]

• supposedly arrived in Virginia about 1681 (from England).^[6]

Research Notes

Who was his mother?

• A Jeffries? Some online sites claim that his mother must have been a Jeffries and an earlier wife of his father Richard Jones. They seem to be basing this on the presence of several Jeffries in the indenture above, suggesting that Cadwallader must have been related to the Jeffries in that document. If so, then Cadwallader was born prior to 1650 when his father had married someone else.
• Francis Baldwin? Others, including [researcher who published in The Virginia Genealogist] , insist Cadwallader's mother was Francis Baldwin who married first, a Townsend, then Richard Jones, then ... The will of Francis' brother Robert leaves a bequest to her Townshend children (called niece and nephew in the will) and to Cadwallader Jones "cousin." Cousin was often used interchangeably with niece/nephew, though why use cousin in the same paragraph as niece/nephew is suspicious, suggesting that Frances was stepmother of Cadwallader, but why would her brother make a bequest to his sister's stepson?

A previous version of this profile claimed that Richard Jones of Virginia was the father of Cadwalla(n)der Jones. While Cadwallader Jones did have a father named Richard Jones, that Richard was a merchant of London where he died.^[7] Cadwallader's father Richard never lived in Virginia. Therefore, we've detached the Virginia Richard Jones as father of this Cadwallader.

Sources

1. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, information on this profile is extracted from: Henry G. Taliaferro, "Who was Catherine, wife of Col. Cadwallader Jones of Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, 38 (1994): 163-89
2. ↑ 1682-1686 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Part I; [Antient Press]; Page 6-10
3. ↑ Henry G. Taliaferro, "John Talliaferro of the Mount," in The Virginia Genealogist, 48 (2004):88. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Vol 48, p 88, without citing source, unfortunately; link for members
4. ↑ Jeffrey A. Duvall, "Murderers, Mistresses and More," in The Virginia Genealogist, 50(2006):127 (footnote #23)
5. ↑ Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 and Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. link for ancestry.com subscribers
6. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. link for Ancestry.com subscribers
7. ↑ 1682-1686 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Part I; [Antient Press]; Page 6-10

• Fairfax Harrison, "Western Explorations in Virginia between Lederer and Spotswood," in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 30 (1922), pp 323-40
• Henry G. Taliaferro, "Who was Catherine, wife of Col. Cadwallader Jones of Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, 38 (1994): 163-89

See also:

• GenForum, Debnam
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/jones/35515/ - claims he died in 1655, but is totally unsourced. Use with great caution.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Jones-9370 was created on 01 Nov 2011 by Lindsay Coleman through the import of Stough Family Tree.ged. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lindsay and others.