Lt. Arthur Jones

Arthur Jones was born abt. 1661 in Hanham, England to Arthur Jones (1624-1692) and Margaret Baratt (1634-1696). HIS PARENTS WEREN'T EVEN MARRIED UNTIL 1655, SO HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BORN IN 1641.

This Arthur was the son of Arthur's brother, Edward, of Isle of Wight

Brought over from England along with his mother and returning father by 1664 according to land patent:

Sept. 29, 1664 - William Miles and William Cooke, Sr. were granted a patent for 1,100 acres of land in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, located on the second branch of the Blackwater, for the transportation of twenty-two persons; Henry Wilson, Job Virgin, William Gobson, John Johnson, Arthur Jones, Samuel Jenkins, Edward Miller, Sampson Clarke, Arthur Jones, Peter Plumer, John Harris, Margaret Jones, Hanay Boyce, John Jackson, Stephen Pettus, William Stephens, William Edwards, Edward James, Thomas Petegrew, Stephen Williams, and Edward Williamson (Nugent, p. 525/Virginia Patent Book 5, p. 399 (460).

Note that Arthur is the only child of this couple named in this document which strongly suggests that he was their only child at that time and that he was still quite young.

Arthur Jones had two wives.

He married (1) Susanna King in 1679, daughter of HENRY KING and RUTH Guliann Connor. She was born about 1665 Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, and died in Dec. of 1691 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

He married (2) Prudence Baldwin Abt. 1695, daughter of GEORGE BALDWIN and MARY. [2]

Will of Arthur Jones, dated 22 Jan. 1715/16, ordered recorded 16 May 1716. Wife: Prudence (executrix). Son: Arthur. Daughters: Mary Kook, Sarah, Eliza. Jane, and Prudence.[3]

Children in the order of the will written in 1715:

1. Arthur Jones
2. Mary Jones, married Thomas Cooke
3. Sarah Jones
4. Jane Jones
5. Prudence Jones (1690-1753) 15 March 1690 Surry, Virginia, United States 8 May 1753 Surry, Virginia, United States married Henry Freeman (1686-1755)
6. Elizabeth Jones, married John Browder

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Life Sketch

Lt. Arthur Jones

Died in Isle of Wight County, VA Immediate Family: Son of Arthur Jones and Margaret.

Husband of Susannah King.

Father of Mary Jones.

Info from Jones family papers Arthur owned 900 acres in Isle of Wight County Virginia along the Black Water River. Most of his family relocated to North Carolina around 1770.

Parents: Arthur & Margaret (Barrett) Jones SP: 09 Aug 2000 LANGE

JOHN NEWMAN gives ARTHUR JONES the estate due his wife SUSANNAH dated May 1679. She was the daughter of HENRY KING Page 192 I sle of Wight County Will Book 1Will: 16 MAY 1716 Surry County, Virginia, United States

Parent: Arthur & Margaret Jones

Will of Lt. Arthur Jones IV:

Jan 22, 1715 – Lt. Arthur Jones IV was reaching the end of his life here on earth when he wrote his will. The will of was written on January 22, 1715 (less than two years after his first wife, Susanna’s, will was finally probated). Arthur's will was probated on May 16, 1716 (almost exactly three years after Susanna’s will was probated) in Surry County, Virginia, where he and his second wife, Prudence, along with his children by both wives, had moved to.

Summary

Will of Arthur Jones, dated 22 Jan. 1715/16, ordered recorded 16 May 1716. Wife: Prudence (executrix). Son: Arthur. Daughters: Mary Kook, Sarah, Eliza. Jane, and Prudence.[3]

Detail

Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia 1671-1750" by Eliza Timberlake Davis

JONES, Arthur: Leg.-To son, Arthur Jones, guns, tools, and bill of Thomas Lisbon's for 600 lbs. Tob., bill of Phillyp Luper for 600 lbs. tob. To daughter, Mary Hook, one sheep. To daughter, Sarah, land upon Joseph's Swamp & Nottoway River. To Daughter, Jane, land at corner pine... to the river. To daughter Mary, all the rest of the land at her mother's death. To daughter, Prudence, a Negro boy provided old John Freeman will acknowledge the land to his son, Henry, where he now liveth. To daughter, Eliz. Jones, pewter dishes, etc. Wife Prudence all rest of estate and negro. Makes her Exerx. James Sammon and Giles Underhill overseers of will. 22 Jan. 1715/16. Prob.: 16 May 1716. Wit.: Jones Williams, Wm. Bridges, Wm. Beech, Book 7, p. 14.

From Surry County, Virginia Will Book 7, p. 16:

• "In the Name of God, Amen. I ARTHUR JONES being very ill but in perfect sence being Desirous to make this my last Will and Testament. First I give my Sole to God Almighty, my body to the Ground to be Decently buried.
• Item I give to my Son Arthur Jones my wearing clothes and my Shoemaker’s tools and my two guns and a bill of Thomas Lisbons for Six hundred pounds of Tobacco and a bill of Phillip Lupes for Six hundred pounds of Tobacco and Coopers tools.
• Item I give to my Daughter Mary Cook one Shilling.
• Item I give to my Daughter Sarah a parcel of Land lying between Joseph’s Swamp and Nottoway River Beginning at Doby’s Lower Corner tree so running on Doby’s Line to a red oak Corner tree thence Southerlyward to the River and down the River to a marked tree so running down the River to the fishing place and down the bottom to a mark and then Southerlyward to the River and down the River to the mouth of Joseph’s and a Cow and Calf to her and her heirs forever.
• Item I give to my Daughter Jane a parcel of Land beginning at Doby’s Corner pine to Southerly to the River and a Cow and Calf and two pewter Dishes to her and her heirs forever.
• Item I give to my Daughter Mary all the rest of my Land after her Mother’s Decease to her and her heirs forever.
• Item I give to my Daughter Prudence my Negro boy Dick provided that old John Freeman will acknowledge the land to his son Henry where he now Liveth to him and his heirs forever after so done I give the Negro to them and their heirs forever.
• Item I give to my Daughter ELIZ JONES my Negro boy Darby to her and her heirs forever and a Cow and Calf and two Pewter Dishes.
• Item I give to my Loving Wife Prudence all the rest of my Estate real and Personal with two Negroes named Lew and Robert to her and her heirs forever.
• Now after all I make my Loving Wife Prudence my Executrix first to pay the Debts then the Legacys of this my Last Will and Testament."
• Overseers of this will were James Sammon and Giles Underhill. Witnesses were Jones Williams, William Bridges, and William Beech.

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Will of Susanna:

From IOWCWB 2, p. 565 follows her will verbatim:

• "In the Name of God amen I SUSANA JONES being in health of Body and in perfect memory blessed be to God for to appoint and ordaine to the Consent of my loveing husband ARTHER JONES that to be my last Will and testament in Manner and form as followeth -
• Imp the Land which my Father HENRY KING gave me by Will I give part unto my daughter ELIZA JONES that plantation that Thomas A…. formerly lived upon and a hundred acres which be in all a hundred and fifty acres to her and her heirs Lawfully begotton -
• Imp I give unto my Daughter Mary Jones a hundred and fifty acres of land lying on the other side of the Meadow Branch Eastward to her and her heirs Lawfully begotton Witness our hands and seals this nineteenth Day of December One thousand Six hundred Ninety and One -
• Signed and Delivered in the presence of us . . . Arther Jones (seal) John Person Susanah {} Jones (seal)
• The marke of Richd. R Bennett Junr.
• At a Court held for Isle of Wight County
• John Person Junr. the 26th day of May 1713
• The RJ marke of The . . . will was proved in Court by the Oaths of -
• Richd. Jones Richd. Bennett and Richd. Jones and admitted to -
• Thomas Proud wbk 2 p.565 Isle of Wright R. 26 May 1713
• Test H Lightfoot C C"

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NOTE: In his will, as can be seen, Arthur names his daughter, "Eliz. Jones", commonly accepted by some other researchers to be the daughter of Prudence rather than Susanna. However, that is not the case. It seems quite improbable that Arthur and Prudence would have had two daughters named Elizabeth and Mary, as some posit, since it appears quite obvious that both of Susanna's daughters were still alive as late as 1713 (when their mother’s will was probated). And the Mary mentioned in Arthur’s will was already married when he wrote it, but Elizabeth was not.

It seems obvious that Elizabeth Jones married John Browder later in 1715, the year Arthur Jones wrote his will, and after he wrote it. So, she was not yet married when he wrote his will in January but married soon thereafter. That is absolutely perfect to fit marrying John Browder, and having her first child, Arthur, later in 1715.

Please also note that the fact that Arthur refers to his wife at the time, Prudence, as Mary's "mother" does not mean that Prudence was her natural mother. But she was obviously the only mother Mary and Elizabeth really knew since their own mother died so early.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-112694

Posted by Richard Jordan: “....In 1692 the brothers Arthur, Jr. and Richard Jones were tithed in Sunken Marsh, Surry County, for two tithes. They both removed to Isle of Wight County by 1693. Their sister, Sarah, also came to Virginia. Blackaby Terrell died in Isle of Wight in 1726. Patience Tyrell, their daughter married James Jordan. Their granddaughter, Patience, married her second cousin, Samuel Jones, grandson of Richard Jones.”[3]

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• Will of Arthur Jones, Book 3, 1, p. 181:
• merchant, of Hamilton Parish
• wife Margaret
• land in Pembroke (occupied by Richard Stamers), Sandys, and Paget (occupied by Thos. Parker)
• son Joseph (deceased, widow Martha, daughter Ann)
• brother Edward (now in Wight Co., Virginia, issue: Arthur, Edward, Richard, Sarah)
• brother Richard (deceased, issue: Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Susanna, Samuel)
• brother Samuel (late of Gloucestershire, has issue)
• wife's brother John Barrett (late of Redding, Berkshire, has issue)
• wife's kin Mrs. Margaret Baker, widow (late of Upper Steadwell, near London)
• executors: Charles Walker, William Pitt, William Green
• witnesses: John Thornton, William Cox, Joseph Darrell, Francis Jones
• dated 1692, Aug. 29; probate 1692, Oct. 27

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References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-18740
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCSY-X58 (“Born 1661 in London” - error)
3. https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Jones_(1641-1715) (“Born 26 May 1641 in Hopewell, Virginia” - error)
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-24833 (“Born 1658 in Isle of Wight, Virginia” - error)
   1. 3. Surry County, VA Wills and Deeds, 1715-1730 (Part I), p. 16
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanham Hanham is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, adjacent to, but not within the City of Bristol. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2003.
6. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 20 2024, 23:50:17 UTC