Henry Jones (abt. 1742 - 1818)

Born about 1742 in Darlington, Baltimore County, English province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Mardock) Jones — married 9 Nov 1796 in Orange, NC

Descendants

Died Jul 1818 at about age 76 in West Elkton, Preble County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Henry was a Friend (Quaker)

Parents' Marriage date: 3 Feb 1740 in Perryville, Baltimore, Maryland.^[1][2][3]

Born: in 1742 in Darlington, Baltimore County, Maryland Province.^[4]

Died: in July 1818 in West Elkton, Preble, Ohio, United States.^[5]

Marriages

1. Marriage Date: Jan 1767. ^[6]

1. Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1796, in Spring, Orange, North Carolina, United States. ^[7][8][9]

Research Notes

• Note:Henry Jones was a saddler in Wrightsboro, Georgia and owned a tanyard. He was also the local shoe maker. He was called "The Little Giant" as he was said to be only five feet six inches tall, but weighed 300 pounds. He moved from Wrightsboro as early as 1795, moving first back to a Quaker community in North Carolina, and then to join Quakers in Ohio.
• Note: The following is taken from "The Story of Wrightsboro: 1768-1964 by Baker, Pearl. ^[10]

Chapter 3: The Quakers were not all farmers; they included quite a few craftsmen in their number. One such man, Henry Jones, was a saddler and owned a tanyard on the present-day Tanyard Creek. He must have been a very busy person, for, in addition to saddles, he made `Bridles, belts, scabbards, shoes, leather hats and coats.' He was called the `Little Giant', because while he was only five feet six inches tall, he weighed 300 pounds.

Henry Jones, the saddler, who owned the tanyard, was probably one of the busiest men in Wrightsboro, and no doubt employed extra help, because in addition to his other products, he also made shoes. People were hard on shoes then, as they walked a great deal more than we do, and the roads were very rough. "Shoes were both alike, no rights or lefts, and people rotated them so they would wear evenly. The uppers were sewed with heavy waxed linen thread, and attached to the soles with wooden `shoe-pegs,' which were whittled out when the cobbler had some spare time. .........

Chapter 7: Henry Jones, the saddler, had departed from the town as early as 1785, to return to North Carolina, but joined the Friends in Ohio. His heir sold the tanyard to Nathaniel Durkee in 1791. The Maddock mill was bought by Mercer Brown in 1795, and inherited by his son seven years later. Jesse and Nathan Stubbs sold their grist-and-saw mill in 1804.

• Note: The following is taken from A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenahll... ^[11]

".....He [Nathan Stubbs] first married Eleanor Jones, daughter of Francis and Sarah Jones, who died without issue. He then married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Henry and Keziah Jones, by whom he had ten children."

Sources

1. ↑ Note: Secondary information, must be verified. George Jones m.1742 married Elizabeth Lindley
2. ↑ "Re: [Q-R] Elizabeth Lindley," >, 28 Jan 2001 (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUAKER-R00TS/2001-01 : accessed 18 Jul 2015). "It is generally accepted that Elizabeth Lindley, b. 4 8M 1720 (Oct), dau. of James Lindley & Eleanor Parke, married her step-brother, George Jones 3 Feb 1740, St. George's Parish, Harford co., MD."
3. ↑ "Elizabeth Lindley, b. 4 8M 1720 (Oct), dau of James Lindley & Eleanor Parke, married her step-brother, George Jones, on 3 Feb 1740, St. George's Parish, Harford co,MD." [Harford County did not exist in 1740, this should be Baltimore County]
4. ↑ Henry Jones; b. 1742 p.b. Darlington, Maryland
5. ↑ Henry Jones d. Jul., 1818 p.d. West Elkton, Ohio
6. ↑ Note: Secondary information, must be verified. Henry Jones, married Keziah Hickson, January 1767.
7. ↑ Note: Microfilm record of original records. JONES, Henry Book 2, p 22 Dated May 7, 1818 Wife Prudence;.......
8. ↑ Note: Microfilm record of original records. Abstract of original record. JONES, Henry Book 2 p 22 Dated May 7, 1818 Wife Prudence;....... Page 13: Joseph Stubbs witnessed a will for Henry Jones on 5-7-1818. Will listed his wife, Prudance [sic]
9. ↑ Lists details of the marriage of "Henry Jones of Chatham county [North Carolina].... to Prudance Mardock .... of Orange County [North Carolina] on 9 Nov 1796.... "
10. ↑ THE STORY OF WRIGHTSBORO: 1768-1964 by Baker, Pearl. Published by Warrenton Clipper, Georgia: August 1965. Note: A locally written and printed history of the Quaker community, Wrightsboro, Georgia. Secondary information, but appears to have been well-researched.
11. ↑ MEND-0003 - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenhall of the Fifth Generation in America, by Stafford, Marmaduke. Publication: Privately printed 1939. Note: A privately published genealogy. No sources are given. Repository: #R26 Call Number: n/a Page 5 Certainty: 3

• Census Of 1807, Butler County, Ohio; Heiss, Willard and R. Thomas Mayhill, Editors Publication: Eastern Indiana Publishing Co., Knightstown, IN: no date. Note: This was a special census taken in 1807 and discovered in the county comissioners room of the Butler County Court House in 1962 by Esther Benzing, Butler County Archivist. In the opinion of the editors it was a list of all households having voters and the number of voters in each. Call Number: 977.175 H365 Page 15 Certainty: 3 Butler County, Ohio, 1807 Jones, Henry 1, W [The "W" = Wayne Township] [there were two Jones, Henry listed, undoubtedly Henry and his son Henry]. Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1; Hinshaw, William Wade. With Supplement By Thomas Worth Marshall. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore:1969. Call Number: GenR 929 H596 V. 1, page 1044 Wrightsborough Monthly Meeting [Columbia (now McDuffie) County, Georgia] Henry Jones, Keziah Jones, Ch: Elizabeth b. 9-26-1760 [This birthyear cannot be correct; it should probably be 1768, which would match better with the birthdates of the other children, and with her parent's marriage date] George " 7-20-1770. William " 8-10-1772. Sarah " 2-19-1775. Kezia " 11-20-17--(torn) Ann " 3- 1-18--(torn) . Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Personal letter to William W. Brewer and Robert Brewer (1980) Singleton, Eugene. Unpublished Note: This information comes from a letter which Eugene Singleton wrote, to which he attached his Genealogical Charts. It is secondary information. Page 11, Chart #182 Note: Secondary information, must be verified. Henry Jones --- b. 1742, p.b. Darlington, Maryland m. Jan., 1767; d. Jul., 1818; p.d. West Elkton, Ohio; married Keziah Hickson. Henry was the son of George Jones and Elizabeth Lindley. Blossom Family Documents William W. Brewer, Jr 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Blossom Family Documents Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762
• Preble County, Ohio Will Abstracts 1808-1836 From Will Record Books A & B. n/a. Note: Abstracts of original records. 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 Henry Jones' wfe, Prudance, and his 5 daughters; Elizabeth Stubbs, Sarah Culbertson, Mary Case [or Cose],Rachael Hawkins, Anne Bogue; 2 sons; George and William. Rachael Hawkins received the big Bible. Will mentions household goods he had in his first wife's time. (Bk.B Page 22) . Stubbs Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277-6762 Stubbs Family Documents
• The Probate Records of Preble County, Ohio (1807-1835) n/a Publication: unpublished Note: Microfilm of the original records. Microfilm SL#859,778 Pages 164-165 Certainty: 3 Note: Probate records of the County of Preble, State of Ohio. JONES, Henry Book 2, pg 22 Dated May 7, 1818 Inv. filed Dec. 1819 Wife Prudence; sons George and William, dau. Elizabeth Stubbs, Sarah Culbertson, Mary Cose, Rachel Hawkins, Ann Baugen Ex. Nathan Stubbs, Thomas Talbert, Samuel Stubbs Wit. Nathan Goodwin, Joseph Hollingsworth, Joseph Stubbs. Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Early Ohio Tax Records Powell, Esther Weygandt (compiler) Publication: Esther Weygandt Powell, Akron, Ohio:1971 Note: Compiled from official records Preble County Tax Records, Pages 321 & 324 Henry Jones appears on the 1811 Preble County Tax List paying taxes on Section 33, Township 4, Range 3, and again on the 1816 Tax List, which does not show property owned. Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• THE STORY OF WRIGHTSBORO: 1768-1964 by Baker, Pearl. Published by Warrenton Clipper, Georgia: August 1965. Note: A locally written and printed history of the Quaker community, Wrightsboro, Georgia. Secondary information, but appears to have been well-researched. National Genealogical Society Library 4527 Seventeenth Street N. Arlington VA 22207-2399 National Genealogical Society Library .
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenhall of the Fifth Generation in America, by Stafford, Marmaduke. Publication: Privately printed 1939. Note: A privately published genealogy. No sources are given. Page 5 Mendenhall Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277-6762 Mendenhall Family Documents

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Jones-3811 was created through the import of Robb Brock_2011-03-17.ged on 17 March 2011.

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