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Abraham Jones Sr (1691 - aft. 1758)

Abraham Jones Sr
Born in Charles City County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1719 in Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 67 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginiamap
Profile last modified | Created 2 Nov 2011
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Biography

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Abraham was a Virginia colonist.

Abraham Jones, son of Peter Jones (will dated June 16, 1721, pr. March 10, 1726), married Sarah Batte,[1][2] daughter of Henry and Mary (Lound) Batte.

Abraham, who was born about 1690,[2] is the great-grandson (in law) of Abraham Wood, through the Peter Jones named in his will:[1]

Four "grandchildren in law" were mentioned in the will of Abraham Wood, who died in 1682: "Abram Jones, Richard Jones, Peter Jones and William Jones", presumably the sons of his step-daughter Margaret who married Captain Peter Jones (who was included with William Jones among headrights for 400 acres in Charles City County on the Appamattox River granted to 638 Abraham Wood in 1638; the same Peter who served as a captain under General Abraham Wood).[3]

Abraham and Sarah (Batte) Jones "removed in 1749 to Amelia County".[2] They had the following children:[1][4][5]

  1. Thomas Jones, married Lucy Watson[2]
  2. Henry Jones, born 9 January 1727 (baptized 18 February 1727),[6] married Keziah Jones[2]
  3. William Jones, born 19 February 1730 (baptized 23 May 1731),[6] married Jemimah Jones[2]
  4. Peter Jones, born November 2, 1733 (baptized December 1733),[7] married Martha Jones[2]
  5. Abraham Jones, born February 16, 1720/1, baptized April 30, 1621, Bristol Parish, Virginia,[8] married Martha Jones[2][9]
  6. Margaret Jones died unmarried, 1795[2] (will proved 1794, Amelia County)
  7. Ann Jones, born 11 May 1724,[10] married Joseph Osborne[2] (before 1758, when she is named Ann Osborn in Abraham's will)[11]
  8. John Jones,[2] born December 14, 1742[12]

Abraham Jones left a will dated 29 September 1758 that was proved 23 November 1758 in Amelia County (Amelia Will Book 1, page 137).[11]

Research Notes

Abraham's September 1758 will mentions his deceased brother, Peter.[11]

Unsourced, now merged, profiles claim: Abraham was born in 1690. He passed away in 1749.

Detached from duplicate profiles for parents Peter and Mary: Jones-78977 & Batte-228. The duplicated profiles for his wife are in a proposed merge.

Duplicate profiles for son John are not actually duplicates. The John that was attached to [Jones-78976] is the son of Martha Batte, who married a different Abraham (if I'm reading an old comment on this profile correctly). Regardless, the son John listed on Abraham Jones-9312 (who married Sarah Batte) shows he was born in 1742. The profile for John (Jones-78975) that had been attached to this Abraham ([Jones-78976]) shows b/d: 1718-1790.

This "Unknown" Jones was automatically created by WikiTree when I added Margaret Jones and her siblings.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 p 288, "Jones of Petersburg" The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Apr., 1911), pp. 287-292 (Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 RBB Papers: Jones, Peter (accessed 9 May 2020).
  3. Allied Families: Early Virginia Jones Families by Kathryn Gearhart.
  4. Note: span of dates for children is possible (mother Sarah was born 1692 and died 1759, according to her profile), but additional sources would be nice.
  5. Reordered per Batte's research (numbered on his card in RBB Papers). A comment on Sarah's profile shows a different order, citing a comment "on the website of Jones researcher Kathyn Gearhart" that cites Fothergill's book (spouses are same; that list omits son John).
  6. 6.0 6.1 Bristol Parish Register, page 323 (accessed 14 April 2023).
  7. Bristol Parish Register (page 325).
  8. Bristol Parish Register
  9. RBB Papers: Abraham Jones notes that wife Martha (m Amelia, c1743) is "no relation".
  10. Bristol Parish Register
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Abstract of 1758 will included in RBB Papers (card 2 on Abraham; card 1 previously cited).
  12. Bristol Parish Register, page 326 (accessed 9 May 2020).

See also:

  • 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.
  • Fothergill, Augusta B. Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies (Old Dominion Press. Richmond, Virginia. 1924). Online at HathiTrust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005770497 (accessed 1 May 2020).
  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 January 2018, 23:53), entry for Abraham Jones( PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:97HH-85X); contributed by various users.






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This book states that Abraham son of Peter Sr. died in April 1719.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4241962?seq=4

posted by Teresa Davis
that wasn't this Abraham, who is named in the will of his father, Peter Jones II (1666-bef.1726), which was written in 1721 and proved in 1726. There are a lot of Peter Joneses in colonial Virginia.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
it's not this Abraham's uncle either - Abraham Wood Jones (1662-bef.1689), son of Peter Jones & Margaret (Unknown) Cocke (1641-aft.1718), was dead before his mother wrote her will in August 1718 (naming, among others, her grandson Peter Jones, son of son Abraham Jones decd.)

There's a WikiTree profile for an Abram who died in 1719, attached as son of Abram - see Abram Jones (bef.1660-1719) - who is likely the referenced Abraham. Text for his profile says "On 13 April 1719, "Peter Jones Jr. son of Abraham Jones" and Mary, his wife, made several conveyances in Prince George County".

And the 1721 will of Peter Jones Senior, which names son Abraham (so, still living) also names son Peter AND son-in-law Peter Jones, as well as daughter Mary Jones, wife of Peter Jones. This Mary (daughter of Peter Senior) and her husband Peter Jones are probably the the Peter Jones Jr., "son of Abraham, and his wife Mary" listed in the Prince George County land record, dated 13 April 1719.

This matches up with what the book you cited actually says: "He left a son called Peter and a son-in-law called Peter, the latter a son of Abraham Jones, who was dead in April, 1719."

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Is continued project protection still needed?
posted by Jillaine Smith
yes


30 characters needed: 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
OKay, I've switched the project box from VA to USSC; could you please change the profile management? Thanks.
posted by Jillaine Smith
done


here's the 30 chars: Your comment must be at least 30 characters long.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I saw this today - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1036362/what-happened-to-the-virginia-online-records - perhaps the images of wills you've cited have moved also?
posted on Jones-86396 (merged) by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Jones-86396 and Jones-9312 appear to represent the same person because: re-proposing. found/posted link to RBB card for daughter Susannah. She lived in Tennessee & when widowed moved to Georgia. The Florida transcription says children of Abraham listed were "living in Florida". If more research is needed, please postpone rather than reject.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Jones-86396 and Jones-9312 do not represent the same person because: I'm rejecting this for one reason. The will of Margaret Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-86394), dau. of Unknown Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-86396) names a niece, Susannah (Jones) Hart, dau. of her brother Abraham Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-86395). The Abraham Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-24618) who was the son of Abraham Jones (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-9312) and Sarah Batte, didn't have a daughter named Susannah (the children of this Abraham are enumerated in a Florida lawsuit). I'll take a look at the RBB cards (it's been years since I looked at them) and see what I can find about Susannah (Jones) Hart. I could be wrong and more research might clarify things.
posted by Sarah Sharpless
Susannnah (Jones) Martin Hart, daughter of Abraham and Martha (Jones) Jones, died 1806 in Georgia:

http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/drawerIII/disk8/CC/BA/042/Jones0568?95

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
So are we ready to complete this merge now?
posted by William Foster Jr
I've re-proposed the merge. The duplicate children will need to be merged too. I've proposed a merge for the duplicate Peter Joneses.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
@Sarah Please confirm that we good to go now?
posted by William Foster Jr
Jones-86396 and Jones-9312 appear to represent the same person because: RBB cards for Margaret and Abraham support that the Margaret who died unmarried with a will dated 1794 is dau. of Abraham who married Sarah Batte.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Jones-78976 and Jones-9312 appear to represent the same person because: working on merging a bunch of duplicate Jones profiles. These are now ready to merge. Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
ps - I've been working on trying to straighten out the Peter Joneses. See Space:Virginia Peter Joneses.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
i set an unmerged match.. the other Abraham's attached to this Abraham's parents but the wife attached isn't his (this Abraham married Sarah Batte). There's also a son John attached to both that will need to be looked at. I just proposed merges for the duplicates of Abraham's parents. I'll look at Abraham's profiles after they're completed.

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
From Thomas Batte's profile: Mary Batte m Peter Jones of Charles City County;[6] Mary (b 1669) m Peter Jones, brother of her sister Martha's husband Abraham Wood Jones ...

Martha and Mary are Thomas's daughters.

The named Abraham and Peter are the sons of Peter Jones-6845 and his wife Margaret. See Space:Virginia Peter Joneses.

After the duplicate profiles for Abraham's parents are merged, we can look to straightening out the duplicates for Abraham (this Martha is not his... didn't look at son John).

posted on Jones-78976 (merged) by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Please Fix the error #868 Inline citations after <references /> tag (per my suggestions report.

Also, I am noticing that Abraham Jones Sr is the father of 2 Abraham Jones Jr's. Is that correct? Should the brother of Abraham Jr be Thomas as shown under Sarah Batte-44 ?

My apologies if I'm incorrect.

posted by Angela (Walker) Herman
update - again working on Joneses & making some progress, at least with Peter Joneses. See Space:Virginia Peter Joneses.

<sigh> I'm beginning to think that Abraham (m Sarah Batte) _is_ the son of Peter & Mary (Batte) Jones. (Sarah and Mary are first cousins.)

update: It was too hard to track all the Peters & Abrahams with him unattached to his (best we know) correct parents. So he's attached to Mary Batte-7 & her husband Peter Jone-8083

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
i believe this entry, Abra born feb 16 1720 - last entry on this page: https://archive.org/stream/vestrybookandre01chamgoog#page/n335/mode/1up - is for their son.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Researching Ancestry.com today, I discovered this match for my ancestors. Thank you Lindsey for all your hard work. I would be honored to be the profile manager for this profile.
This profile is a work-in-progress. Under the developing rules on historically-significant ancestors over 300-years-old supervisors are doing expedited merges. We need one manager to take primary responsibility for each profile. Management rights and/or trusted status may be terminated per policy. Please see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Historically-significant_ancestors for more details. Please feel free to contact me with any questions as well. Thanks!
posted by Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie