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Sir William Jones 1536 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1536

Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England

Death Date: 12 Oct 1606

Death Location: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Jones,

Mother: Edith Turberville

Spouse(s): Alice Lee, Lady Forde

Children(s): Henry Jones, Alexander Jones, Robert Jones, Robert Jones

Sir William Jones was born in 1536 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, the child of John Jones, and Edith Turberville. Sir William Jones married Alice Lee, Lady Mary Margaret Forde, and had children including Henry Jones, Alexander Jones, Robert Jones, Robert Thomas Jones. Sir William Jones passed away in 1606 in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Jones was born in 1536 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, the child of John Jones, and Edith Turberville.
  • Sir William Jones married Alice Lee, Lady Mary Margaret Forde, and had children including Henry Jones, Alexander Jones, Robert Jones, Robert Thomas Jones.
  • Sir William Jones passed away in 1606 in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Jones's Ancestors

Self
Sir Jones
1536 – 1606
Birth Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Parents
John Jones,
1524 – 1563
Glamorganshire, Wales
Edith Turberville
1522 – 1572
Glamorgan, Wales
Grandparents
William (George) Jones
1505 – 1565
Treowen, Glamorganshire, Wales
Rosetta Crane
1507 – 1565
Glamorganshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
John Jones,
1460 – 1516
Anne Morgan
1461 – 1516
Sir Crane
1480 – 1548
Joane Dutton,
1482 – 1567
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Jones
1435 – 1496
Lady Kemeys
1436 – 1524
Dafydd Morgan,
1448 – 1524
Anne Delahey)
1452 – 1520
John Dutton
1457 – 1485
Eleanor Puleston
1465 – 1516

Sir Jones's Descendants

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Sir (William) Jones (1536 – 12 Oct 1606) m. Alice Lee (1540 – 1 March 1609) m. Lady (Mary Margaret) Forde (17 Jan 1543 – 9 Mar 1571)
  1. 1. Henry Jones (1562 – 3 April 1610)
  2. 2. Alexander Jones (1564 – 11 Apr 1609)
  3. 3. Robert Jones (1573 – )
  4. 4. Robert (Thomas) Jones (25 Sep 1573 – 08 Oct 1635) m. Agnes Jones (1572 – 1635)
    1. 1. Thomas Jones, (Jan 23, 1602 – March 9, 1680) m. Anne (Cowdrie) Greenwood (1606 – 25 Jun 1657) m. Abigail Elithrop
      1. 1. Thomas Jones (1620 – 7 Sep 1671)
      2. 2. Martha (Ann) Jones (18 Aug 1622 – May 20, 1710)
      3. 3. John Jones (Aug 1630 – 22 Jun 1673)
      4. 4. Abraham Jones (26 Aug 1632 – 25 Jan 1717) m. Sarah (Maria) Whitman (24 Aug 1640 – 11 Jun 1718)
        1. 1. Sarah Jones (7 Jul 1660 – 17 Feb 1702) m. Mordecai Lincoln (14 Jun 1657 – 28 Nov 1727)
        2. 2. Joseph (Thomas) Jones (4 May 1662 – 31 May 1769) m. Lydia Neale (8 December 1672 – 1719) m. Mary Vickre (1667 – 1724)
        3. 3. Thomas Jones (Jul 4, 1662 – 5 Oct 1735) m. Mary Loring (1668 – 1757)
        4. 4. John Jones (1668 – 1727) m. Sarah Lobdell\Ford (About 1666 – 1750) m. Elizabeth Bates (1688 – 1745)
        5. 5. Daniel Jones (ABT 1675 – ) m. Judith Leake (1680 – )
        6. 6. Ephraim Jones (January 1677 – 27 Jan 1752) m. Mary Adams, (6 Feb 1683 – 30 Jan 1733) m. Hannah Richards m. Mary Spears (6 Feb 1682 – 30 Jan 1733)
      5. 5. Ephraim Jones (27 Jul 1649 – 7 Aug 1671)

Sir Jones's Timeline

2 Records

1536
1536
Birth of Sir William Jones in Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Bridgewater, Somerset, England
1606
12 Oct 1606
Age 70
Death of Sir William Jones in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1536
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1606
    Event Place: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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