Elizabeth (Prettyman) Jones (abt. 1726 - bef. 1795)

Born about 1726 in Sussex County, Delaware Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Jones — married 25 May 1745 in Sussex County, Delaware

Descendants

Died before 25 Mar 1795 before about age 69 in Sussex County, Delaware, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Prettyman Name Study.

Elizabeth Prettyman was born about 1726 in Sussex County, Delaware. She married Thomas Jones Jr. She was the daughter of John Prettyman III and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth (Hall) Prettyman. She was born on their plantation in Sussex County, English colony of Delaware (officially "the 3 lower counties of Pennsylvania" until 1776.

In May 1745, Elizabeth Prettyman, John III's daughter, married Thomas Jones Jr. in Sussex County, Delaware. The couple lived on Jones' "Pepper's Choice" plantation on the Sheeppen Branch creek in Worcester County, Maryland. They had 8 children:

1. Ebenezer Jones b: 3 Jan 1746 in Worcester, Maryland Colony
2. Ann Jones b: 1747 in Worcester, Maryland Colony
3. Thomas Jones b: 1749 in Worcester, Maryland Colony
4. Miles Jones b: 1752 in Worchester, Maryland
5. Nancy Jones b: 1755 in Worcester, Maryland
6. Elizabeth Jones b: 1756 in Worcester, Maryland
7. Comfort Jones b: 1768 in Worcester, Maryland Colony

She died about 1795 in Sussex County, Delaware or Worcester County, Maryland. The family had property in both counties at that time. Her husband was an American patriot and a Sergeant in the Continental Army fighting the British.

Research Notes

• LINEAGE OF JONES FAMILY DELMARVA – Compiled by Mitchell Jones.

JONES GENERATION FOUR. 7. THOMAS4 JONES, (Ebenezer3, Thomas2, William A-1), b ca 1724 Somerset Co., MD d ca 1798 Sussex Co., DE m ca. 1745/6 Elizabeth Prettyman, b. ca 1726 Sussex Co., PA (DE) d, bef 1795 Sussex Co., DE, dau of John Prettyman.

We believe that Thomas only had one wife, and that was Elizabeth (Betty) Prettyman. We have only found three references to her. The first is in the will of her father, John Prettyman, on 21 April 1745. In that will she is listed as Elizabeth Prettyman, and she must have married shortly after the will was made. In the will she received two slaves, Diana and Phillis. The other two references to her are in deeds. We have mentioned previously the deed where they sold land to Zachariah Jones. The other deed was executed on 7 August 1767, Thomas Jones of Worcester County, Maryland, Planter, and Elizabeth, his wife, Margaret Hills, and Solomon Stockley sold land to John Futcher.98 The land had been willed by John Prettyman to

his son, Thomas Prettyman (Esquire) and Thomas had died. Elizabeth Jones and Margaret Hills, daughters, Solomon Stockey, only child of another daughter of John Prettyman, sold the land to John Futcher, grandson of another daughter of John's. On this deed Thomas signed the deed, and Elizabeth signed with her mark. From Thomas's will it is obvious that Elizabeth died before 25 March 1795.^[1]

• Note: Some dates are conflicting between sources. Jones-43207

• Thomas PRETTYMAN.

Reference Number: 1580 Sex: M Birth: 1685 in Accomack Co., VA Death: BEF 17 JUL 1719 in Tower Hill, Sussex Co., DE Note: !Thomas Prettyman married Comfort Leatherbury. She was the daughter of Perry Leatherbury and Comfort Bagwell, the daughter-in-law of Robert Burton. P. 49, The Prettyman Family by Rev Prettyman, in the Prettyman File. (Narrative continues at link) [2]

• Elizabeth PRETTYMAN.

Sex: F Birth: ABT 1716 Note: !17 May 1719: Mentioned in father's will. "Item I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Preteman one feather bed and bolster and.." (Narrative continues at link) [3]

Elizabeth (Prettyman) Jones was born about 1749 in sussex, Delaware.^[2]She married Major Thomas Jones.^[3] https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1903604

Research Notes

• Jones is not the LNAB of Elizabeth. She is the daughter of

Thomas Prettyman Sr. Profile will not allow an edit of her Birth name.

• Elizabeth married Sergeant Thomas Jones.

• Descendants of John Pratyman (Prettyman).

Generation No. 11

11. JOHN11 PRETTYMAN (JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born in England, and died 1688 in Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Children of JOHN PRETTYMAN are: 12. i. JOHN12 PRETTYMAN, d. 1723, Sussex County, Delaware. ii. WILLIAM PRETTYMAN, d. March 1723/24.

Generation No. 12

12. JOHN12 PRETTYMAN (JOHN11, JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) died 1723 in Sussex County, Delaware.

Notes for JOHN PRETTYMAN: Residence: Moved from Virginia to the Angola Neck area of Sussex County, Delaware in 1696

Children of JOHN PRETTYMAN are: 13. i. THOMAS13 PRETTYMAN, d. 1719. ii. ROBERT PRETTYMAN, d. July 1721; m. SARAH BURTON. iii. WILLIAM PRETTYMAN, m. ELIZABETH WAPLES. iv. JOHN PRETTYMAN, b. 1677; d. 1745; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

Notes for JOHN PRETTYMAN: Occupation: Justice of Sussex County, Delaware

v. MARY PRETTYMAN, m. WILLIAM DAY.

Generation No. 13

13. THOMAS13 PRETTYMAN (JOHN12, JOHN11, JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) died 1719. He married COMFORT LEATHERBURY, daughter of PERRY LEATHERBERRY and COMFORT BAGWELL.

Children of THOMAS PRETTYMAN and COMFORT LEATHERBURY are: 14. i. THOMAS14 PRETTYMAN, b. 1740; d. April 18, 1804, Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex, Delaware. ii. ROBERT PRETTYMAN. iii. ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN, d. 1769.

Generation No. 14

14. THOMAS14 PRETTYMAN (THOMAS13, JOHN12, JOHN11, JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1740, and died April 18, 1804 in Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex, Delaware. He married ELIZABETH INLOE, daughter of THOMAS INLOE and MARY UNKNOWN.

Children of THOMAS PRETTYMAN and ELIZABETH INLOE are: 15. i. COMFORT15 PRETTYMAN, d. 1797. 16. ii. GEORGE PRETTYMAN, b. Lewes, Sussex, Delaware; d. February 05, 1797, Lewes, Sussex, Delaware.. iii. WILLIAM PRETTYMAN, d. 1831. iv. BURTON PRETTYMAN. v. ROBERT PRETTYMAN, d. 1810; m. LURANIA WARREN. vi. THOMAS PRETTYMAN. vii. ANN PRETTYMAN, m. UNKNOWN MORRIS. viii. MARY PRETTYMAN, m. UNKNOWN INGRAM. ix. PATIENCE PRETTYMAN, m. EDWARD KNOWLES. x. TABITHA PRETTYMAN, m. UNKNOWN MORRIS. xi. AGNES PRETTYMAN, m. UNKNOWN WILLIAMS. xii. ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN, m. UNKNOWN PEPPER. xiii. HESSY PRETTYMAN. 17. xiv. SARAH PRETTYMAN.

Generation No. 15

15. COMFORT15 PRETTYMAN (THOMAS14, THOMAS13, JOHN12, JOHN11, JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) died 1797. She married JOHN RODGERS.

Notes for JOHN RODGERS: While you are correct in giving Ann's birthplace as Worcester County, MD, the settlement of the Penn-Calvert dispute put the Rogers farm in Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex County, DE just prior to the American Revolution. The site is about 3 or 4 miles southwest of the countycourthouse at Georgetown. Source: hvprettyman_at_dol.net

Child of COMFORT PRETTYMAN and JOHN RODGERS is: i. ANN16 ROGERS, b. Bet. 1752 - 1757, Worcester Co., MD; d. Bet. 1803 - 1804, probably Blount Co, TN; m. EBERNEZER JONES, Abt. 1771. Notes for ANN ROGERS: Ann left few records. There were many possibilities for her surname including Ingram and Prettyman. The conclusion is Rogers. John Rogers in his will of Oct 6, 1794 mentions "my well beloved children that are married and left me heare after mentioned I gave and bequeathe Eatch of them one shilling sterling and no more that is to say Ann Jones & Comfort Fisher& Rachel Warren & Polla Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney. The witnesses to the will were David Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney. The were all neighbors of John Rogers and the Joneses. There was one farm between John Rogers and the Joneses, and it is only logical in that period of time that Ebenezer would marry the daughter of a neighbor. Another point indicating Ann was the daughter of John Rogers is that two of her sons named their first born sons John R. Jones. This is even more important when we consider that three other daughters of John Rodgers named sons John. Orpha Marvel names a son, John Rogers Marvel; Leah Marvel had a son, John R. Marvel; and Levina marvel named her first child, John Marvel.

There is another mention of Ann Jones in the records. On April 26, 1798 "Annis Joans and part of her family" was issued a passport "to pass and Repass unmolested to her former place of Residence over the Indian Line on Purpose of Taking away her Stock and taking care of the Grain now a Growing on Said place." We believe this is a misspelling of her name because as we later see her sons, Ebenezer, Prettyman and Zachariah, also had been removed from Indian lands.

Notes for EBERNEZER JONES: Ebenezer was baptised at St. Georges's Protestant Episcopal Church which on the church records is listed Ebenezer of Thomas Jones b. Jan 3, 1746/47. The next record of Ebenezer is also in the St. George Chruch records which lists his son's birth and baptism as Prettyman son of Ebenezer and Ann Jones b. Feb 22, 1772 and baptised Dec 6, 1772. [4]

Died Y. AFT 1765. Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. Age: 52-53.

Event: MARR 1725 Sussex Co, DE. Age: 12-13.

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Jones/6000000008211136660
3. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Maj-Thomas-Jones/6000000026890143939

• Elizabeth Jones (Prettyman) MP

Gender: Female Birth: 1726 sussex, Delaware, United States Death: 1795 (69) sussex, Delaware, United States Immediate Family: Daughter of Thomas Prettyman, Sr and Comfort Prettyman. Wife of Maj. Thomas Jones Mother of Ebenezer Jones, II; Ann Short; Zachariah Jones; Thomas Jones, Jr.; Elizabeth Jones; Miles Jones and Nancy Jones « less. Sister of Robert Prettyman and Thomas Prettyman, Jr Half sister of Elizabeth Coulter. [5]

• Descendants of John Pratyman (Prettyman).

Generation No. 13

13. THOMAS13 PRETTYMAN (JOHN12, JOHN11, JOHN10, JOHN9, THOMAS8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4 PRATYMAN, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) died 1719. He married COMFORT LEATHERBURY, daughter of PERRY LEATHERBERRY and COMFORT BAGWELL. [6]

• Elizabeth Jones (Prettyman)

Birthdate: 1726 (69) Birthplace: sussex, Delaware, United States Death: 1795 (69) sussex, Delaware, United States Immediate Family: Daughter of Thomas Prettyman, Sr and Comfort Prettyman Wife of Maj. Thomas Jones Mother of Ebenezer Jones, II; Ann Short; Zachariah Jones; Thomas Jones, Jr.; Elizabeth Jones; Miles Jones and Nancy Jones. Sister of Robert Prettyman and Thomas Prettyman, Jr Half sister of Elizabeth Coulter. [7]

• Maj. Thomas Jones.

Birthdate: 1725 (73) Birthplace: somerset, Maryland, United States Death: 1798 (73) sussex, Delaware, United States Place of Burial: Dorchester, Maryland, USA Immediate Family: Son of Ebenezer Jones and Hannah Jones Husband of Elizabeth Jones Father of Ebenezer Jones, II; Ann Short; Zachariah Jones; Thomas Jones, Jr.; Elizabeth Jones and 2 others Brother of Zachariah Jones, Sr. and Col William T Jones Occupation: Soldier, Farmer. About Maj. Thomas Jones Thomas appears to have been born and lived all his life on the family farm "Peppers Choice" located on Sheeppen Branch. We first find him on the 1740 tax list of Somerset County, Maryland. The next record of him is when his son, Ebenezer, was baptised at St. Georges Protestant Episopal Chapel, and the church records list Ebenezer as born 3 January 1746/7. We do not know when the Joneses first started attending St. Georges, but they may have been attending for several years, as Thomas's father's first cousin, Parker Aliff, did attend. The Prettyman family had a long association with St. George's. St. George's is located in the Angola Neck area and Love Branch area in Sussex County, and is presently about seven miles northwest of Millsboro between Millsboro and Lewes. Land for St. George's was donated in 1706, and a log church was built that year. The church is still in existence, with a modern brick building surrounded by the gravestones of Burtons, Prettymans, etc. The oldest tombstone at St. George's is the tombstone of Thomas Prettyman, Esquire, brother of Elizabeth Prettyman Jones. Thomas Jones was a farmer, and was sometimes described as a "Planter" in the records. "Planter" at this time meant the owner of a plantation, but we should not confuse this plantation with the large southern type plantation. The term "Planter" seemed to imply that his landholdings put him in a social class above that of the small farmer or "Yeoman" farmer. By his landholdings Thomas would seem to qualify for the title "Planter". (Narrative continues at link) [8]