Amy (Jones) Hankins (abt. 1754 - bef. 1792)

Born about 1754 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Hankins — married about 1769 in Lunenburg County, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1792 before about age 38 in Charlotte County, Virginia

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Biography

Birth

Much of the information about Amy Jones is guesswork. Amy married John Hankins about 1769 probably in Lunenburg or Charlotte County, Virginia. The date is a guess based on the approximate birth of Amy's first child, Elizabeth, in 1769. This would mean Amy was only 15 or 16 years old when she married and thus born about 1754.

No records of guardianships nor a consent for the marriage of Amy have been found in the incomplete court or church records so we conclude her parents were alive when she married.

Origins

Identification of the parents of Amy Jones has not been proven. Numerous clues indicate who Amy's parents might be and the reasons for concluding they were Phillip Jones, Jr. are discussed here.

Researchers should be cautious as to whether the Richard Jones, husband of Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones (1748 Lunenburg VA Will) is the Richard Jones brother of Phillip Jones, Junior. There were several Richard Jones in Lunenburg County, VA causing this caution.

Two of the "other" Richards were Richard Jones who died 1792 in Lunenburg County and left a will naming a son Richard Jones. ^[1]They may be the same men mentioned in British claims made about 1800 after the Revolutionary War in Lunenburg County showing Richard Jones, Sr "died many years ago" and Richard Jones, Jr "removed to Kentucky". ^[2]

Additional considerations are: Richard Jones and his son Richard Jones, Jr. who were in Amelia and Lunenburg County. ^[3]

Shining light into this puzzle about the time of Amy's marriage (c 1769) there was a connection between the Jones and Hankins families found in a Halifax County court case. Amy's father-in-law Daniel Hankins as the assignee of Philip Goode vs Humphrey Hendrick^[4]won a court case and received compensation.^[5] There was a Philip Goode (born about 1708) the son of Martha Jones ^[6] and Samuel Goode.^[7] Martha would have been Amy's aunt because she was the sister of Phillip and Richard Jones. This connection between the Goode, Jones and Hankins families offers circumstantial evidence which Jones family Amy belonged to as well as affirming her father must have been Phillip or Richard Jones. Since no records have been found for Richard Jones after 1750 and Amy was born about 1754 there being no court records or guardianships for her it would appear Phillip Jones was the father of Amy.

There was another Goode relationship through Philip Goode husband of Anne Jones (sometimes known as Prissilla Anne), the daughter of Thomas Jones and Amelia "Amy" Parham. In 1764 Thomas Jones (Sr? or Jr?) made a deed in Lunenburg County, Virginia to Phillip Goode. ^[8] The connection of this Philip Goode would be to Richard Jones, brother of Phillip Jones, because Richard's wife was Elizabeth Jones, sister of Anne Jones, the wife of Philip Goode.

We do know John Hankins and his wife Amy by 1774 were living in the vicinity of Spring Creek in Charlotte County on land adjoining Thomas Read, John Foster, James Foster^[9][10] and Clement Read^[11]and where Phillip Jones, Jr. had owned a large plantation but he sold it in 1762. ^{[12] [13]}

It is all rather nebulous but from available records it appears Amy was probably a daughter of Phillip Jones who is mentioned in the deeds for property adjoining the Hankins family. ^{[14] [15] [16]} However, Phillip Jones Jr had a brother, Richard Jones, ^[17] who also owned land ^[18] in what became Charlotte County, Virginia on Spring Creek. ^[19] Unfortunately there is no further documentation to show Richard Jones either had a family or even what happened to Richard after 1750. Although there is a deed 1772 in Spotsylvania County from Alexander Spotwood to Richard Jones for 300 acres St George  Parish,  Spotslvania Co. which mentions Richard's sons Francis and John. Consider there is also a 1769 deed for Phillip Jones (residing in Caroline County) selling land in St George Parish, Spotsylvania County. Are these the same men from Lunenburg?

Now Richard (of Lunenburg) had a wife thought to be Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones. We don't know if they had children.^[20] Lacking this it has been supposed since Phillip Jones and Richard Jones resided in Lunenburg/Charlotte County on land adjoining Daniel Hankins and his son John Hankins married Amy Jones then one them is the best candidate to be the father of Amy. (Note: Part of Lunenburg County became Charlotte County in 1764.)

Research

In light of these doubts let me insert some very detailed and excellent research from Joe B. O'Connor which offers a different view. "Jones - Mix & Match" Thomas Jones lived on Ash Camp Creek. His land fell into Lunenburg County, Virginia from Brunswick County, Virginia. Phillip and Richard Jones' adjoining Spring Creek, Lunenburg County, Virginia Land Grants were in the same vicinity as Thomas Jones. ^[21] I (Joe) would contend that: Godfrey Jones, son of Thomas Jones; David Jones, son of Thomas Jones; Thomas Jones, son of Thomas Jones; Richard Jones (POSSIBLE brother of Phillip Jones), son in law of Thomas Jones ( I state POSSIBLE because we do not know which Richard Jones is the son in law of Thomas Jones ) and Phillip Jones are all Geographic Candidates to be your Amy Jones Hankins father.

In 1762 Phillip Jones disposed of what was remaining of his 1749 Lunenburg County, Virginia Land Grant (Spring Creek).

Phillip Jones 1763 Lunenburg County, Virginia Land Grant (Reynolds Fork) is approximately 15 miles from his 1749 Lunenburg County, Virginia Land Grant (Spring Creek)^[22]

When Phillip Jones died it appears that he was still in possession of the 200 Reynolds Fork acres. What happened to this land ??? End of comments from Joe O'Connor.

Now, we return to the narrative of information about Amy.

Hankins Land Records

Another obscure fact that offers circumstantial evidence of the family connections for Amy Jones is the fact her husband John Hankins owned land adjoining William Watkins ^[23] Of course if Phillip Jones was Amy's father then Jane Watkins would have been her mother. Along this same line it should be noted that co-incidentally when John Hankins died in 1795 his estate was appraised by Ben Watkins, Josiah Foster^[24] and Richard Watkins. ^[25] This is all rather cozy and seems to fit together but once again paper work is missing.

John and Amy must have been on good terms with Daniel Hankins as he gave them land on two occasions (1774 and 1778) and left the bulk of his estate to their son, Robert; this decision may be because the Courts had appointed Daniel as the guardian of Robert when his father died.

Death

After Amy's death, John married Felicia Collins, daughter of Mary Collins (Charlotte County Marriage Bond, 22 March 1792).

Footnotes

1. ↑ Bell, Landon C. Lunenburg County, Virginia Wills 1746-1825. Part 2. will # 296 Richard Jones, written 3-12-1782, probate 6-13-1792.
2. ↑ USGW Archives>files>va>court British Claims Against Citizens. Reports of John Craghead, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Special Agent. "Debts due Alexander Spiers, John Bowman & Co. Store, Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County".
3. ↑ Fothergill, Augusta B. Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies. Old Dominion Press, Inc. Richmond, Virginia, 1924. p 281-285
4. ↑ Humphrey Hendrick was a blacksmith who was often in debt and one time was in debtors prison. Baird,Robert W. The Pamunkey Hendrick Chronicles 1690-1800. Published July 2011. P21-24 Chapter Il, The line of Adolphus Hendrick son of Hance Hendrick.
5. ↑ 18 Aug 1768 Halifax County, Virginia, Judgment: In the matter of Daniel Hankins, assignee of Philip Goode, vs. Humphrey Hendrick in Debt, an attachment having been made on a case knife, and the Defendant not appearing to replevy, (Replevy is to recover or take back goods that are being unlawfully withheld or withheld from their rightful owner). Judgment for Plaintiff for £14, the amount of the debt declared, to be discharged by payment of L7 with legal interest from 24 Dec 1762. Halifax County, VA, Court Orders, 6:223.224. 235
6. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett. Virginia Historical Genealogies. P94-96. Oct 20,1735 Martha Goode to John Reade 300 acres on the north side of the Appomatox River formerly belonging to Samuel Goode,late husband of Martha.
7. ↑ Goode, George Brown 1851-1896. (1887). Virginia Cousins: a study of the ancestry and posterity of John Goode of Whitby, a Virginia colonist of the seventeenth century, with notes upon related families, a key to southern genealogy and a history of the English surname Gode, Goad, Goode or Good from 1148 to 1887. Richmond, Va.: J. W. Randolph & English. Online copy at HathiTrust.org, pages 37 and 41 and 50 Philip Goode 1771-1824
8. ↑ Lunenburg County Virginia Deed Book 8, p 380.
9. ↑ Martindale, Donald L. Some Descendants of George Foster of Charlotte CO., VA, 1695-1997 Emphasizing Three Foster Families (James, Allen, and Singlton) Who Migrated from Union County, South Carolina to Yell County, Arkansas in 1842. Roanoke, Va.: D.L. Martindale, 1998. FHL Collection 929.273 F811m
10. ↑ Amelia Co., Virginia Will Book 2, p. 62. Will of George Foster dated 14 December, 1771, probate September 24, 1772. Ex. Wife Mary Foster, son Abraham Forrest Foster, George Foster, John Foster, James Foster, Travis Foster, Giles Foster, Daughters Judith Foster, Mary Foster, Temperance Foster. Wit. Edmund Borum, Ishmael Davis and Bartholomew Dupuy. And in addition: Court Order Bk. 17, Amelia Co., VA. James Foster, John Foster, Shaderick Holt & Judith his wife, Norton Dickerson & Mary his wife, James Fulks & Sally his wife, Plaintiffs vs. Mary Foster, Abraham F. Foster & George Foster, executors of George Foster, deceased, Defendants} In Chancery
11. ↑ Eggleston, J. D. Distinguished Descendants of Colonel Clement Read and Bushy Forest and Other Charlotte County Homes of the Early Reads: Two Addresses. unknown: unknown, 1932.
12. ↑ Virginia Land Grant 15 Dec 1749 Phillip Jones 642 acres Lunenburg Co., on the head branches of the Spring Creek Fork of Little Roanoak. Virginia Land Patents Book 29, p13
13. ↑ Feb 2, 1762 from Phillip Jones of the Parish of Cornwall in Lunenburg, to Clement Read of same, for £300, a certain tract of land in Cornwall Parish and land on both sides of Spring Cr containing 1042 acres, being the land whereon Jones now lives, being part of a larger tract of land patented to the said Phillip Jones on Nov 15, 1749, 100 acres of the said land being the other part, was formerly conveyed to Francis Washam (Worsham) by deed. Signed: Phillip Jones. Witness: none. Recorded: Feb 2, 1762.- Lunenberg Co., VA: Deed Books 7 & 8 1761-1764, Deed Book 7, p165
14. ↑ Jul 13, 1759 from William Holt of Lunenburg Co, to Daniel Handkins of Lunenburg, for £120, all that tract of about 550 acres of land in L on both sides of Spring Cr fork of Little Roanok (River) and bounded by Phillip Jones, new lines. Lunenburg Co., VA: Deeds 1746-1752, Deed Book 5, p 454
15. ↑ Lunenburg Co. VA Road Orders 2 November 1762, Page 138 Edmund Toombs is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Phillip Jones's Path into the same Road, and it is ordered that William Baily, William Roulet, James Shelton, Phillip Jones, Robert Worsham, Daniel Handkins, Michael Gill and John Mitchell William Hatchet, John Hatchet David Roberts, James Foster and John Haney and William Fosters hands do assist in clearing the new Road
16. ↑ Virginia Land Grant 7 Jul 1763 Daniel Hankins 400 acres Lunenburg Co., on the head branches of Maherrin, and head branches of Little Roanoak, adjoining Hill and Philip Jones lines. - Virginia Land Patents Book 35, p 282
17. ↑ Henrico Co., VA: Deed Book 1744-1748, p222
18. ↑ Sunlight on the Southside, Transcribed by Thomas Walter Duda. [1] A List of Tithables Taken June Ye 10th, 1748 By Mathew Talbot: p 75 Richd Jones, next door to George Foster, Senr. p 76 Phillip Jones, Richard Jones, Robt. Jones, William Jones, Thos. Jones.
19. ↑ Land Grant 1 Jun 1750 Richard Jones 550 acres Lunenburg Co., on both sides Spring Creek Fork of Little Roanoak adjoining Philip Jones’s land. Virginia Land Patents Book 29, pp232,233
20. ↑ Jones Families of Virginia, by Kathryn Gearha rt [2]
21. ↑ Ash Camp Creek, Lunenburg (Brunswick) County, Virginia Land Grant. 1746 May 5. James Easter (?sic Foster) is Appointed Surveyor of the Road from the Mouth of Ash Camp Creek the most Convenient way into Colo. Randolph's Road, and it is Ordered that Thomas Jones's Male labouring Tithables, Clement Read's Male Labouring Tithables and Philip Jones's Male Labouring Tithables assist in clearing the same.
22. ↑ For a visual go to Google Maps. Do Directions from: Eureka, Walton, VA 23947 to Formosa, Bacon, VA 23967
23. ↑ Charlotte County Virginia Order Book 13, page 73
24. ↑ Josiah Foster's brother was George Foster married Sally Handkins 22 December 1789 in Charlotte County, Virginia.
25. ↑ Charlotte County Virginia Order Book 2.

Sources

• Pankey, George Edward. John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia and his Descendants. Ruston, Louisiana. Vol 1 (1969), p458-462; Vol 3 (1981) p50-55 The Hankins Family.