During my childhood church going days [1950s early 1960s] the name "Abel" was tossed about fairly frequently. Every Sunday school class, and every pulpit discussed his name several times a year presenting the eternal question : "Am I my brothers keeper?". Well...anyway, I do not remember a single individual actually using the name Abel as a first name. For that matter, even today, recalling a single individual being named Abel escapes my memory.
Caroline Cunningham listed a few with :
1) an Abel Jones being found in the 1782 tax list, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia. He is
recorded as having "4 whites" and "6 blacks"
2) an Abel Jones found in the 1800 tax census of Buncombe County, NC
3) an Abel Jones found in the marriage list of Loudoun County Virginia 1831 when
on February 14 he joined with Julian Vanpelt (Cyrus Burson her guardian) .
So there you have it. Does anyone recall meeting an individual with the first name Abel?
These folks are recorded in Caroline Cunningham Collection: Vol.I p.1, Vol.II p.1, and Vol.III p.1.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Thursday, August 2, 2018
UFN : Abbridgston Jones
The first unusual first name [from here abbreviated "UFN"] is Abbridgston. Suspect it was spoken like Ab-bridgs-ton. Most likely it came from another surname or maybe from a geographic location. The name appears in the 1790 Census of Wake County, NC. He was listed as "head of household" with 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 2 females, and 1 slave. This would place him born around 1770 given his oldest was over 16 , and next two sons were under 16. [Based upon marriage age was started 18-21 years for males.] Anyone have this name in their family tree?
Source: Caroline Cunningham was a genealogist very interested in the JONES surname. Her focus was on JONES families from Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Her goal was "...to record in print some of the records found in the various archives of the United States in such a way that the tracing of Jones families is made easier." She published her work from Raleigh, North Carolina, August 1964. Presently, this work can be found in East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. It is titled: Caroline Cunningham Collection, Collection No 56. This first name appears on page 1, Vol.II. Would like to have thanked her in person, but her work stands alone in the Jones Surname Family Tree.
Source: Caroline Cunningham was a genealogist very interested in the JONES surname. Her focus was on JONES families from Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Her goal was "...to record in print some of the records found in the various archives of the United States in such a way that the tracing of Jones families is made easier." She published her work from Raleigh, North Carolina, August 1964. Presently, this work can be found in East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. It is titled: Caroline Cunningham Collection, Collection No 56. This first name appears on page 1, Vol.II. Would like to have thanked her in person, but her work stands alone in the Jones Surname Family Tree.
Monday, July 30, 2018
Unusual First Names
Over the years genealogy has brought before my eyes some very unusual first names. Different surnames, different geographical areas, different periods of time, and often different religious beliefs have all played some role. The next series of posts will deal with this subject for the surname JONES.
However, to begin this topic it might be helpful to present the most common first names being used among the JONES surname branches. The first table shows some work from years past published in my family newsletter. Of course for my own JONES family, Virginia was the geographic area. The time period was 1623 - 1666 since this was when my folks began to cross the great pond. In addition other common surnames like Smith, Williams, Johnson, and Brown were studied to discover if there were any differences in the first names that were being recorded. The four most common first names were William, Richard, Thomas, and John for the surname JONES. Other first names that were being used at least 100 times during this period are also shown. Interestingly, William was the most common first name among our JONES family tree branches.
The second table shows other first names for JONES compared to the different surnames evaluated. Only the surname Williams (a Welsh surname) shared any of these first names with JONES. None of these names were used with Smith, Johnson, and Brown. This would suggest that JONES and JOHNSON were not of the same tree branches. It is an interesting list of first names used among the JONES families during the period researched.
The next series of posts will present the very unusual first names. Let's go!
However, to begin this topic it might be helpful to present the most common first names being used among the JONES surname branches. The first table shows some work from years past published in my family newsletter. Of course for my own JONES family, Virginia was the geographic area. The time period was 1623 - 1666 since this was when my folks began to cross the great pond. In addition other common surnames like Smith, Williams, Johnson, and Brown were studied to discover if there were any differences in the first names that were being recorded. The four most common first names were William, Richard, Thomas, and John for the surname JONES. Other first names that were being used at least 100 times during this period are also shown. Interestingly, William was the most common first name among our JONES family tree branches.
The second table shows other first names for JONES compared to the different surnames evaluated. Only the surname Williams (a Welsh surname) shared any of these first names with JONES. None of these names were used with Smith, Johnson, and Brown. This would suggest that JONES and JOHNSON were not of the same tree branches. It is an interesting list of first names used among the JONES families during the period researched.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
L.O.C. for MD/PA/OH/WI (8)
The family genealogies for those listed:
"9440 JONES Jones, Richardson, Duhamel, and allied families of Maryland. By Laura Catherine (Jones) Thompson. (Chicago? 1962)
CS71.J76 1962"
"9405 JONES Genealogy of David Jones. Comp. by his great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ellen M. Beale. (Reading, Pa., B.F. Owen & co., printers) 1903
CS71.J76 1903"
"9424 JONES A record of the ancestors and descendants of Erasmus Jones and his wife Mary Sellers Jones, compiled by Lee Erasmus Rife....Philadelphia, Pa., 1936 (coat-of-arms) Contains also the Thomas and Sellers families
CS71.J76 1936"
"9435 JONES Some pioneer Jones families of Adams County, Ohio. By David Tracy Jones. Kankakee, Ill., Mimeographed at Oliver Nazarene College, 1960
CS71.J76 1960"
"9425 JONES Youngest son, by Chester Lloyd Jones. Madison, Wis. (Democrat printing company) 1938 'Story of the family....of Richard Lloyd Jones and of his son, Enos Lloyd Jones.'
CS71.J76 1938"
"9440 JONES Jones, Richardson, Duhamel, and allied families of Maryland. By Laura Catherine (Jones) Thompson. (Chicago? 1962)
CS71.J76 1962"
"9405 JONES Genealogy of David Jones. Comp. by his great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ellen M. Beale. (Reading, Pa., B.F. Owen & co., printers) 1903
CS71.J76 1903"
"9424 JONES A record of the ancestors and descendants of Erasmus Jones and his wife Mary Sellers Jones, compiled by Lee Erasmus Rife....Philadelphia, Pa., 1936 (coat-of-arms) Contains also the Thomas and Sellers families
CS71.J76 1936"
"9435 JONES Some pioneer Jones families of Adams County, Ohio. By David Tracy Jones. Kankakee, Ill., Mimeographed at Oliver Nazarene College, 1960
CS71.J76 1960"
"9425 JONES Youngest son, by Chester Lloyd Jones. Madison, Wis. (Democrat printing company) 1938 'Story of the family....of Richard Lloyd Jones and of his son, Enos Lloyd Jones.'
CS71.J76 1938"
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
L.O.C. for SC/FL/Bermuda (7)
The listings for the surname JONES in the Library of Congress continues:
"9403 JONES. A genealogical history by Colonel Cadwallader Jones. Columbia, S.C., printed by Ye Bryan printing company, 1900. Jones family of Virginia and the Carolinas. Edited by A.I. Robertson.
CS71.J76 1900"
"9437 JONES. The history of the Samuel Jones family, Kershaw County, S.C., 1756-1960, including allied families. By Hazel (Parker) Jones. (Kershaw, 1961)
CS71.J76 1961"
"9418 JONES. Florida plantation records from the papers of George Noble Jones, edited by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips ... and James David Glunt ... St. Louis, Missouri historical society, 1927 (Added t.p. Publication of the Missouri historical society) Records of El Destino and Chemonie plantations from 1847 to 1857, during the period of ownership by G. Noble Jones.
F315.J77"
"9429 JONES. Notes on the Jones family of Bermuda. By Lloyd Peniston Jones. Paget, Bermuda, 1947.
CS261.B4J6"
"9403 JONES. A genealogical history by Colonel Cadwallader Jones. Columbia, S.C., printed by Ye Bryan printing company, 1900. Jones family of Virginia and the Carolinas. Edited by A.I. Robertson.
CS71.J76 1900"
"9437 JONES. The history of the Samuel Jones family, Kershaw County, S.C., 1756-1960, including allied families. By Hazel (Parker) Jones. (Kershaw, 1961)
CS71.J76 1961"
"9418 JONES. Florida plantation records from the papers of George Noble Jones, edited by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips ... and James David Glunt ... St. Louis, Missouri historical society, 1927 (Added t.p. Publication of the Missouri historical society) Records of El Destino and Chemonie plantations from 1847 to 1857, during the period of ownership by G. Noble Jones.
F315.J77"
"9429 JONES. Notes on the Jones family of Bermuda. By Lloyd Peniston Jones. Paget, Bermuda, 1947.
CS261.B4J6"
Thursday, November 9, 2017
L.O.C. for KY/VA (6)
The genealogies continue for Kentucky and Virginia held in the Library of Congress:
"9041 JONES Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia. Some of his antecedents and descendants. With appreciative notice of other families, viz. Bathurst, Belfield, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walter, Waring, Woodford, and others. Notes by Judge L.H. Jones ... Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell's sons, 1891.
CS71.J76 1891"
"9410 JONES [same as above] with additional comments... Binders title: Roger Jones and his descendants. 'New or supplementary edition.' 'Introductory letter.' signed L.H. Jones. Louisville, Ky., August 1911.
CS71.J76 1911"
"9415 JONES Peter Jones and Richard Jones genealogies, compiled from original sources by August B. Gothergill. Richmond, Va., Old Dominion press, Inc., 1924.
CS71.J76 1924"
"9041 JONES Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia. Some of his antecedents and descendants. With appreciative notice of other families, viz. Bathurst, Belfield, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walter, Waring, Woodford, and others. Notes by Judge L.H. Jones ... Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell's sons, 1891.
CS71.J76 1891"
"9410 JONES [same as above] with additional comments... Binders title: Roger Jones and his descendants. 'New or supplementary edition.' 'Introductory letter.' signed L.H. Jones. Louisville, Ky., August 1911.
CS71.J76 1911"
"9415 JONES Peter Jones and Richard Jones genealogies, compiled from original sources by August B. Gothergill. Richmond, Va., Old Dominion press, Inc., 1924.
CS71.J76 1924"
Thursday, October 5, 2017
L.O.C. for CT/NJ (5)
To continue Genealogies in The Library of Congress for the JONES surname:
"9404 JONES. ...History and genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Israel Jones who removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Conn., in the year 1759. Comp. for Hon. Asahel W. Jones by L.N. Parker. (Norwalk, O. Laning co. ) 1902
CS71.J76 1902"
"9433 JONES. The path of destiny; a history of events which shaped the destinies of our forefathers and a genealogy of the descendants our (sic) Benjamin Jones of Connecticut and the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. By Howard Linden Jones. (Orland ? Fla., 1953 ?)
CS71.J76 1953"
"9427 JONES. Ancestral lines, revised and enlarged. Compiled, edited, typed, printed and published by Melvin E. Jones ... Trenton, N.J., Traver's book store, 1941.
CS71.J76 1941"
The above reference is also given 9426 under "Ancestral lines, revised and enlarged, compiled, edited, typed printed and published by Melvin E. Jones ... Los Angeles, Calif., 1938."
"9404 JONES. ...History and genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Israel Jones who removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Conn., in the year 1759. Comp. for Hon. Asahel W. Jones by L.N. Parker. (Norwalk, O. Laning co. ) 1902
CS71.J76 1902"
"9433 JONES. The path of destiny; a history of events which shaped the destinies of our forefathers and a genealogy of the descendants our (sic) Benjamin Jones of Connecticut and the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. By Howard Linden Jones. (Orland ? Fla., 1953 ?)
CS71.J76 1953"
"9427 JONES. Ancestral lines, revised and enlarged. Compiled, edited, typed, printed and published by Melvin E. Jones ... Trenton, N.J., Traver's book store, 1941.
CS71.J76 1941"
The above reference is also given 9426 under "Ancestral lines, revised and enlarged, compiled, edited, typed printed and published by Melvin E. Jones ... Los Angeles, Calif., 1938."
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