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Colonel Francis Jones 1692–1755 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1692

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1755

Death Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Father: Mathew '

Mother: Martha Jones

Spouse(s): Mary Jones

Children(s): Martha Jones, Lydia ✔️, Col. Sen.

Colonel Francis Jones was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of Mathew Francis Jones Lli And Martha Mary Harwood Jones. Colonel Francis Jones married Julian Newsome, Mary Elizabeth Betsy Ridley Jones, and had children including Col Francis Tignal Jones Sen, Lydia Jones Mims, Martha Jones. Colonel Francis Jones passed away in 1755 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Colonel Francis Jones was born in 1692 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of Mathew Francis Jones Lli And Martha Mary Harwood Jones.
  • Colonel Francis Jones married Julian Newsome, Mary Elizabeth Betsy Ridley Jones, and had children including Col Francis Tignal Jones Sen, Lydia Jones Mims, Martha Jones.
  • Colonel Francis Jones passed away in 1755 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Colonel Jones's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Jones
1692–1755
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Parents
Mathew Francis Jones llI '
1665–1736
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Martha (Mary Harwood) Jones
1672–1717
Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Matthew (Francis James) (Jones)
1640–1667
Wales
Elizabeth Jones
1645–1726
Mulberry Island, Warwick, Virginia, United States
Humphrey Harwood
1632–1712
Virginia
Anne Needler
1635–1698
Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Abraham Jones
1620–1688
MARGARET RAVENCROFT
1620–1688
Ralphe Albrighton
1608–1648
Elizabeth Taylor
1611–1648
Capt ^'
1600–1652
Grace Bray
1600–1652
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthony Jones
1590–1654
Anne Bassett
1595–1654
m@@ Albrighton
1573–1641
Susanne Whitley
1575–1613
Catherine Harwood)
1575–1652
Sir Harwood
1573–1661
Elizabeth Heyenes
1558–1630

Colonel Jones's Descendants

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Colonel (Francis) Jones (1692–1755) m. Mary (Elizabeth "Betsy" RIDLEY) Jones (Aug 1706–1784)
  1. 1. Martha Jones 1741–1817 m. John (Joshua) Griffin 1735–1796
    1. 1. Mary (Polly) Griffin 1776–1818 m. William (B) Cherry 1772–1826 m. Francis Crisp 1781–1813
      1. 1. Dicey Cherry 1805–1880 m. William Aaron 1790–1840
        1. 1. John (William) Aaron 1836–1878
        2. 2. Emanuel Herron 1818–1848
        3. 3. William Herron 1826–1856
        4. 4. Barbara Mclendon 1821–1855
        5. 5. Margaret Powell 1822–
      2. 2. Cherry Crisp 1800–
      3. 3. Thomas Crisp 1802–
      4. 4. Redden (Blount) Crisp 1804–
      5. 5. Samuel Crisp 1806–
      6. 6. Lemuel (G) Cherry 1803–1870
      7. 7. Charles (M) Cherry 1805–
      8. 8. Narcissa Cherry 1809–
      9. 9. Betsey Cherry 1804–
    2. 2. Sarah Griffin 1762–1818
    3. 3. John Griffin 1764–1880
    4. 4. Frederick Griffin 1774–
    5. 5. William (S) Griffin 1778–1865
    6. 6. Dempsey Griffin 1766–1823
    7. 7. Thomas Griffin 1769–1836
    8. 8. Francis Griffin 1770–1823
    9. 9. William Griffin 1750–1816
    10. 10. John (Griffin) Jr. 1750–1805
  2. 2. Lydia (Jones Mims) ✔️ 1745–1821
  3. 3. Col. (Francis Tignal Jones) Sen. 1736–1807

Colonel Jones's Timeline

2 Records

1692
1692
Birth of Colonel Francis Jones in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1755
1755
Age 63
Death of Colonel Francis Jones in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1692
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1755
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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