death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place preceded term_start spouse name occupation succeeded relations birth_place alongside office religion article_title
october 1806 may 17 , 1724 margaret jones hawkins william strother jones morton jones harvie elizabeth jones lewis anna gabriella american 17 may 1724 `` , virginia , united states bogota , '' port republic , rockingham county 1754 1755 1761 1758 1771 1748 1782 christ 's hospital `` , virginia , united states bogota , '' port republic , rockingham county samuel john madison william preston archibald wager earle andrew campbell position established thomas bryan martin 1748 1754 1758 1757 1771 1746 1757 margaret strother morton gabriel jones lawyer politician civil servant court clerk isaac james mercer israel christian samuel mcdowell andrew wodrow parkins thomas bryan martin thomas walker james keith john -rrb- john gabriel jones -lrb- nephew -rrb- thomas lewis , jones jr. -lrb- nephew -rrb- thomas lewis -lrb- brother-in-law -rrb- john -lrb- harvie -lrb- son-in-law -rrb- father -rrb- elizabeth jones -lrb- mother near williamsburg , york county , colony of virginia george john willson john willson fairfax george william fairfax mr. parker thomas walker member member of the house of burgesses from hampshire county member of of the house of burgesses from augusta county king 's the attorney for augusta county clerk of court for hampshire county house of burgesses from frederick county anglican gabriel jones -lrb- virginia -rrb-

gabriel jones -lrb- virginia -rrb-

gabriel jones -lrb- may 17 , 1724 -- october 1806 -rrb- was an 18th-century welsh american lawyer , legislator , court clerk and civil servant in the colony -lrb- and later u.s. state -rrb- of virginia .
jones attended christ 's hospital -lrb- also known as `` the bluecoat school '' -rrb- , after which he served as an indentured apprentice studying jurisprudence under a solicitor in the court of chancery and of lyon 's inn in middlesex .
at the age of 21 , jones was admitted to practice law following the completion of his apprenticeship .
he was persuaded by either thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron , the landowner of the northern neck proprietary , or his relative hugh mercer to return to virginia , where he engaged in the practice of law .
jones served as clerk of court for hampshire county , virginia -lrb- now west virginia -rrb- for a tenure lasting 25 years -lrb- 1757 -- 1782 -rrb- and represented frederick , hampshire , and augusta counties as a member of the house of burgesses of virginia .
in addition , jones also served as the king 's attorney for augusta county and as the coroner for frederick county .
he was elected to represent virginia at the continental congress but did not attend , and was elected to represent rockingham county in the virginia ratifying convention .
jones was an uncle of american pioneer john gabriel jones -lrb- 1752 -- 1776 -rrb- , and he was a friend of both george washington and thomas fairfax , 6th lord fairfax of cameron .
