Keeping Up With The Jones'

It truely is a small world after all..............

Mike's Great Grandfather Virgil CUNNINGHAM's parents were John CUNNINGHAM AND Sarah Francis JONES. Sarah's father was John JONES son of Edward JONES.

Jean's 4th Great Grandfather, Calvin T GUNTER'S parents were John T GUNTER and Susanna JONES. Susanna was the daughter of Elijah JONES who was the son of John JONES.

The question is.........is this the same family?????

JONES is a tough family to connect to because.....well everyone who needed a new name became a SMITH or a JONES

Let's take a look!

Mike's JONES line through CUNNINGHAM (Mike Slocum's Mother's Paternal line)

                   Major Edward Jones  - a British Foot Soldier  

                       1776 - ? - Wales/England

         John J Jones

          1813, Wales -1889, Ohio

                   Mary Edwards

                       1780 - ? - Wales/England

Sarah Francis JONES (Married Virgil, Father of Chester, Father of Dorothy Cunningham wife of Clarence Slocum, Mike's parents.)

1840-1915

                         Thomas Cherrington

                          1779-1844 Ohio

          Elizabeth Cherrington

          1816-1870 Ohio

                    Sarah Westlake

                       1782, Virginia -1848, Ohio

Now let's look at Jean's GUNTER Line (Maternal Grandmother)

                                              John JONES b 1749 Virginia Colonies d. 1829, North Carolina

                    Elijah JONES b. 1779 Virgina Colonies d. 1833 Kentucky

                                              Elizabeth PETTYPOOL b. Virginia Colonies 1750 d 1818, North Carolina

Susannah JONES b.1802 Kentucky d 1835 Iowa (Wife of William GUNTER father of John, father of Calvin T, father of James W. GUNTER father of Jennie Phoebe GUNTER Jean's grandmother who married Stephen J. SHAVLIK)

                          Sarah HAMBRICK b.1777 Virginia Colonies d. 1857 Illinois

Jean's JONES family appears to have imigrated from England some time before 1749. Benjamin JONES (father of above John JONES)  Served in the Revolutionary War as a private.

There is still more to discover about these folks but this is all this BLOG will hold.