Wood Jones (abt. 1715 - 1782)

Born about 1715 in Prince George county, Virginia

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Died 23 Aug 1782 at about age 67 in Amelia County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Captain Wood Jones served with 2nd Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Wood Jones is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A062815.

Wood Jones was born about 1715 in Prince George County, Virginia. He married twice. By his first wife (name not known), he had a daughter:^[1]

• Philadelphia Jones, born c 1750, married John Hamlin (1746-c1783)^[2] in Amelia County, about December 22, 1768.^[3][4] Their son Wood Jones Hamlin was born about 1770. Philadelphia died after 1790.

After his first wife died, Wood Jones married (2) Amey Jones Watson^[1] in Amelia County (November 9, 1763 bond).^[5]

Wood Jones, brother of Peter Jones, the founder of Petersburg, was a member of the house of burgesses for Amelia county in 1752.^[6]

In his father's Jan. 19, 1721 will^[7] (Prince George Co, VA, WB 1713-1728, p 943, Peter Jones, Sr. Will): "plantation on the great creek of Nottoway RIver, 100 acres, to be taken out of my tract of 400 acres"^[8]

Wood Jones died in Amelia county in 1783 (two dates found, may be will date and probate date: August 23, 1783^[1] and before October 22, 1783^[2]).

• Fact: Occupation (ABT 1770) maybe, Amelia Co., VA; Occupation: Member of the House of Burgesses - Virginia.
• Fact: will (10 Jun 1777)
• Fact: Burial ,Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 7, 2016), "Record of Captain Wood Jones", Ancestor # A062815.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} DAR record
3. ↑ Amelia county records: "Philadelphia Jones to John Hamlin, daughter of Wood Jones, Dec. 22, 1768." (American Historical Magazine)
4. ↑ This article shows Richard Jones on the bond for Philadelphia and John Hamlin.
5. ↑ "Marriage Bonds in Amelia County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jan., 1908), pp. 199-214 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915610). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915610 (page 209)
6. ↑ Page 269 [of... ? American Genealogical-Biographical Index Continental Census?]
7. ↑ "Prince George County Records," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 272-292 (Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241962
8. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index Continental Census (Ancestry) , cited as source for profile created by Betty Mattingly.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Jul 2018), "Record of Wood Jones", Ancestor # A062815.
• RBB Papers: Jones, Wood (accessed 9 May 2020). Biographical Card Files of the R. Bolling Batte (RBB) Papers, Library of Virginia Digital Collections. Part of Batte’s collection of genealogical and historical research consists of more than 30,000 typed and handwritten index cards containing biographical information compiled from original and secondary sources.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 May 2017, 02:02), entry for Wood Jones(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KG7K-PZ9); contributed by various users.
• Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members, cited as source for WikiTree profile Jones-8766 created through the import of Cash Family Tree.ged on Oct 8, 2011 by Justin Cash. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Justin and others.