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Jane (Evans) Jones (abt. 1680 - 1711)

Jane Jones formerly Evans
Born about in Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, Walesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Wife of — married 6 Jun 1705 in Gwynnedd MM, Chester, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 31 in Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvaniamap
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Jane was a Friend (Quaker)

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Biography

Parentage

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Was Jane Evans, the wife of Richard Jones, son of Rees John William, a daughter of Thomas and Anne? Her marriage certificate and the placement and list of witnesses certainly suggests this: Richard Jones of Merion, yeoman, and Jane Evans of Gwynnedd on the Welch Tract, at Gwynnedd Meeting Place, 4, 6, 1705. Wit: Evan, John Gainor and Sarah Jones; Thomas, Anne Lowry, Robert, Hugh, Evan and Lowry Evan. However, she is not in the list of children given by Howard Jenkins in 1897.[1]

Marriage

Jane Evans of Gwynnedd and Richard Jones of Merion, yeoman, were married on the Welch Tract, at Gwynnedd Meeting Place, June 6, 1705.[2][3]
Richard "m. first, 6. 4mo. 1705, Jane Evans, who d. 27. 2mo. 1711, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House."[4][5]
The marriage certificate contents: Richard Jones of Merion, yeoman, and Jane Evans of Gwynnedd on the Welch Tract, at Gwynnedd Meeting Place, 4 mo., 6, 1705. Wit: Evan, John Gainor and Sarah Jones; Thomas, Anne, Lowry, Robert, Hugh, Evan and Lowry Evan, etc. (Haverford MM records). The list of witnesses named Evans suggest she is an unattributed daughter of Thomas Evans and Anne of Gwynedd (and later Goshen) as the other Evans names are the names of Thomas' children.

Children

Children of Richard Jones and Jane Evans:
  1. Ann Jones born January 11, 1707 and married September 12, 1729, Thomas Goodwin who born about 1694 and died April 1775. "Thomas Goodwin, was a native of Wales, and resided in Llandewy, Merionethshire, from which place he emigrated to the United States during the early settlement of Pennsylvania, and settled at Edgemont, in what is now Delaware county, Pennsylvania, on property since occupied by Everard Passmore, becoming the founder of the Goodwin family of this section. He was originally a minister of the church of England, but became a Friend and was unfrocked about the time of his settlement here. His son, Thomas Goodwin, married Ann Jones, also of Welsh descent, and a daughter of Richard Jones, of Goshen township..."[6][7]
  2. Rees Jones married Amy Cock, daughter of Henry Cock.[7][8]
  3. Hannah Jones born 11-8-1709/10 [January 8, 1709/10].[7]

Death

Jane, wife of Richard Jones, died on April 27, 1711 and was buried at Merion Friends Meeting in Merion Station, Pennsylvania.[4]

Sources

  1. Jenkins, Howard M. Historical Collections Relating to Gwynedd : A Township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Settled 1698, by Welsh Immigrants ; with Some Data Referring to the Adjoining Township of Montgomery, Also a Welsh Settlement. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Author, 1897, p. 151.
  2. Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
  3. The date of their marriage was according to Quaker Calender. See also: Swarthmore College. “The Quaker Calendar.” Swarthmore College: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, 2018, <https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library/quaker-calendar>.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Browning, Charles H. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: W.J. Campbell, 1912. Print. Page 134.
  5. Jane, wife of Richard Jones, died on April 27, 1711 and was buried at Merion Friends Meeting in Merion Station, Pennsylvania.
  6. Biographical Sketch of Samuel Rhoads DOWNING (1893); Chester County, PA, Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Glenn, Thomas A. Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor : Historical and Genealogical Collection Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, Settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682. Norristown [Pa.: Printed for the subscribers by Herald Press, 1896, p. 81.
  8. There are some notes on this line HERE. We suspect Rees' son Evan married Jane Williams, daughter of Ellis & Lydia (Haines) Williams. We suspect that the Norris who appears later in the Gwynedd minutes is a son of Evan & Jane. This line is of Goshen Meeting, so beyond the scope of this description of Jones of Gwynedd.




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