The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
In ANCESTORS
The Jones Family Ii America Descel.
dsd from the Scion Of d Noble Race.
a Romantic Story Of the
Course Of Truo Loyo
Which Ran
Smooth.
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Jones Is Welsh name and derived
4 from John.
Tho Welsh had no stlrnafncs Until COM
! pellod by act OF Parliament to go ap-
y parelcd like Dnglishmen,33to wear their
i boards after tho English fashion, and
i Brown and Jones' s
1t Is not two centuries ago since Ger
4 many compelled German Jews to take
family names, and not many years since
Norway forced her army officers to take
sirr,ames. Even yet, In Norway and
Wales .surnameS arc not universal
among the lower classes.s 4
!. In the early days Of surname taking
some OF tho nations failed to understand
that unchangeableness Is the foundation
4 principle OF a family name. TO this day
there Is Confusion worse COMPOUNDED"
TO tho outsider who tries to trace Scam
dinayian gencalogy.
Elf, for example. Lars Oleson, has four
Sons, one Is perhaps Ole Peterson, ono
Il LARS Peter, another Peter Larson. and
3 ts,s last one, perhaps, Ole Olcso,l. The
{ Welsh bungled quito MS badly at first,
4 multiplying the word Ap, meaning son,
4 until such absurd names were evolved
z Gs Thomas "A p--J ohm p-Thomas APP
4 Howoll, Ap- Dran-V Vaughan. when mat
Z ters were finally simplifcd, Thomas the
ii son OF John. became Thomas Johr, o.
Johns, and by inserting 20" for euphony,
became Johaes or Jones.
1.-THE sole defect OF tho name JONES'
80 q memtcr OF the family declares, us
its commences; otherwise It Is a very
good nams."
II the primitive orthography. Johnes.
were adopted. the namc might still
sound % commonplace. but in reading
and writing It would have dlmost a
patriciai air. 5
rho Immigrant ancestor, or nrst set
tier inle America, was Major Thomas
Jones, called ''the Chevalier.'' descend
ant OF 40 noble family. He arrived In
Frcelde, daughter OF Thomas Townsend.
1Ie flight in the battle Of the Boync.
Joncswas the name OF the master OF the
VI Aay1wer. but OF him there are no re-
cord{ AT "a
iTlh southern family Of this name
clains h descent from that Robert Jones
Z, OF Wales who won his true love In
s. mot romantic manner He came to Viz
gita in the seventeenth century as boat
4: sYin on a Britisi, man-of-war. Failing
B !Jlove with n Norfolk damsel while his
x Sip lay of Old Point Comfort, he leaped
z Werboard the night previous to Ealing
& Ind swan ashore to his betrothed. They
married and settled near Norfolk.
N or the members Of the family who have
distinguished themselves was Samuel
Jones. a direct descendant OF the first
settler Major Thomas Jones. Samuel
was called the father OF the NV York
bar, ranking among the most profound
3jurists OF this or any country. Some Of
the most eminent turists and legislators
OF colonial times belonged to the Jones
4 family. ROBIN Jones was attorney for
the crown for North Carolina about 1901.
Tho family has numbered few doctors,
sclergymen. artlstk or writer's among It's
members, and not many have been in
q ctive service In time Of war. The most
distinguished for, military service was
Lieutenant de Lancey Jones' who dis
played gallantry and skin under. General
Worth during the Mexican War. There
were members OF the family In the Revo-
tuition and in the war OF 1872.
a. De John Jones Is ever to be re-
Inembered as physician to Washington
and surgeon to Franklin. He was one OF
the first professors OF surgery In Colum
bia College. under the royal charter,
j17e7-1TG. He was also the author of
several important medical works. ri
One of the most interesting members
OF the family was John Paul Jones. who,
however, was not bona-fde Jones' He
was John Paul, a bold. frank sailor. who,
when mere youth. happened to pay a
visit to those old patriots. Allen and
William Jones, who owned large estates
on the Roanoke River. They became so
much attached to the young sailor that
they adopted him. giving him their name.
which he promised to distinguish. Thus
he became John Paul Jones, and through
his friends, got his first commission In
the navy. ~
d Allen and william Jones were proml-
nent and trusted leaders IN the struggle
for Independence. Their Stato-Nor tn
the proud claim OF being
the first OF tho colonies to move in Its |
Congress for Independence. The Joneses
were members Of this Congress.
They were educated at Elton College,
..tho nursery of the gentlemen of Eng
land" It was said OF William Jones that
ne could draw a bill to better Language
than any other man OF his day.
A china punch bowl, presented TO
by the wife of Allen Jones,
Is still extant. It shows several cracks.
received while being hidden from Tarle-
toms men, The punch bowl played an
part at all Colonlai teasus'
at weddings. which were usu-
ally celebrated by at least twenty-two
dinner parties In as many
different houses.
Allen Jones' daughter was known as the
'TndIan Queen, on account or her great
beauty. She was especially famous for
Tho beauty OF her foot and instep.
The traits OF the Jones family are dis
tinctly marked almost to Imam. Good
Judgment and penetration, with remark
able memory. have distinguished Its lead
ng members. They arc choleric, san'l
y,ine, sociable hospitable, independent
md honorable. In politics they are DEM
ocrats as a rule; In religion, Church OF
England or Friends, fondness for
,enealogies marks tho elder members OF
he families no less than local and per-
'onal pride, and that clannlsh feeling
which Is so prominent among scotch-
men,. Longevity Is n Characteristic trait.
he Joneses, as a rule, living to green
I'D age,