Martha (Iremonger) Jones (abt. 1638 - bef. 1678)

Born about 1638 in Donnington, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 20 Feb 1678 before about age 40 in Northumberland County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Martha was the daughter of Samuel Iremonger and Bridget Corderoy/Cordray.^[1][2] She was likely to have been born in Donnington, Berkshire where her father had his residence. Her birth date is not known, but the licence for her parents' marriage was dated 1628; she is probably the first of her parents' children for whom no baptism record has been located and her sister Eleanor was baptised in January 1636/7: on that basis it has been estimated as about 1638 by Paul C Reed in a 1998 article in The American Genealogist.^[3] She is named in her father's 1643 will (proved in 1650), which entrusts the "education and breeding" of his children to his wife.^[4]

Martha's parentage appears to be confirmed by two documents relating to William Iremonger:^[3]

• a conveyance of 18 February 1668/9 in which William gave power of attorney to "his brother Robt. Jones and my sister Martha his wife"
• a gift of a heifer to his nephew and godson William Jones, son of his brother-in-law Robert Jones, on 7 April 1668

Martha married Robert Jones of Wicomico, Northumberland County, Virginia before 1657.^[1][2] His family origins are uncertain (see his profile.) They had the following children:

• William,^[1][2] named in his father's will and described as oldest son in an oath he swore on 22 November 1677 and in the grant of administration he received for his mother's estate^[5]
• Samuel,^[1][2] named in his father's will^[5]
• Robert,^[1][2] named in his father's will^[5]
• Maurice,^[1][2] named in his father's will, which indicates he was the youngest son and was under age when the will was made in January 1675/6^[5]
• Mary, who married George Wale: on 21 August 1678, her brother William paid her share of her father's estate to her, describing her as his sister, wife of Mr Geo. Wale, justice of Lancaster County^[5]
• at least one other daughter (daughters in the plural are mentioned in the will of Martha's husband)^[5]

A deed of 1662 records Martha's consent to the release of her dower rights in respect of land to the south of the Potomac River.^[5]

Martha's husband died in 1676. His will, dated 14 January 1675/6, was proved on 1 March 1675/6.^[1][2] It named Martha as executrix.^[5][6]

Martha died not long after her husband: her will was proved on 20 February 1677/8.^[1][2] (Mrs Keach's 1915 article on Robert Jones and his descendants gives the date as 20 December 1677/8^[5] - it may have been recorded as 12th month, which would be February.)

Research Notes

Family Origins

Mrs Keach's 1915 article on Robert Jones and his descendants suggests that Robert Jones' wife was Martha, daughter of Daniel Lluellen/Llewellyn, of Chelmsford, Essex, planter, citing Daniel's will in which his daughter Martha Jones is given 2 servants.^[5] The will is dated 6 February, 16 Charles II (6 February 1664) and refers to Daniel's daughter Martha Jones, with no indication of who her husband was and no suggestion that she was in Virginia. There is nothing in the will to identify this Martha Jones with the Martha of this profile.^[7]

See what is said above about Martha's parentage.

Daughters

An unsourced tree on Geni.com names three further daughters::^[8]

• Elizabeth, said to have married Thomas Haynes: probably meant to be Elizabeth, shown on WikiTree as wife of Thomas Haynes and John Pinkard
• Margaret, said to have married Christopher Garlington: probably meant to be Margaret, wife of Christopher Garlington - her family origins are unknown
• Frances, said to have married Erasmus Withers and John Curtis: she has a profile at Frances, and as at 28 October 2023 is shown as daughter of a different Robert and Martha Jones

As stated on the profile of Martha's husband, there were a number of Jones families in Virginia at this time.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 460, IREMONGER 15.iii, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 402, IREMONGER 21.iii
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Paul C Reed. The Royal Descent of the Bernard, Corderoy, and Ironmonger families of Virginia through the Seymour family, concluded, in 'The American Genealogist', Vol. 73, 1998, pp. 299-301, American Ancestors website
4. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/213/736, Will of Samuell Iremonger, Gentleman of Donnington, Berkshire, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Mrs O A Keach. Mr Robert Jones, of Fleet's Bay, Northumberland County, and Some of His Descendants in 'The William and Mary Quarterly', Vol. 23, No. 3. Jan 1915, pp. 191-202, Internet Archive
6. ↑ Beverley Fleet. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988, p. 556, Google Books
7. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/313/328, Will of Daniel Lluellin or Lluellyn, Planter of Chelmsford, Essex, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
8. ↑ Pam Wilson (manager). 'Martha Jones (Ironmonger)', Geni.com tree

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 28 October 2023.

Martha (Iremonger) Jones is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a project approved/badged Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet (vol. II, pages 459-460 IREMONGER). She is also a Gateway in trail badged in 2015 to surety barons Saher de Quincy and Robert de Vere. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of her aunt, Anna Cordray's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".