Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

James Jones

Male Bef 1640 - Aft 1668  (> 30 years)


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  • Name James Jones 
    Birth Bef 1640 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1668  Great Wicomico, Northumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I137287  Tree1
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2023 

    Father Virginia Jones 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F14930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • brother of Nathaniel or Robert ?
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      1662-1666 Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book, Part 2; [Antient Press]; Page 90
      KNOW ALL MEN by these pr:sents that I JOHN HULETT, Administrator of the Estate of THOMAS READ, deced., have sold unto THOMAS GASCOINES of GREAT WICOCOMOCO in the County of Northumberland & to his heires &assignes for ever one thousand acres of Land being betwixt GREAT WICOCOMOCO RIVER aforesd. & the Branches of the sd. River, Southerly & Southwesterly & ye Branches of ( )ATOMAN RIVER in ( )TER County; & bearing Easterly ( ) the sd. River which ( ) belonging I the sd. JOHN HULETT for my selfe my heires to the sd. GASCOINE & to his heires against all p:sons that shall make claime thereto & do likewise ( ) to make acknowledgemt. of this sale ( )ttent for the abovesd. Land upon emd. ( ) I have sett my hand this 20th of
      ( ) JNO: HULETT
      10th Febr: 1662. This Sale of Land was acknowledged in -Northumberland County Court by JOHN HULETT unto the sd. THO: GASCOINES & is recorded
      I THOMAS GASCOINE within menconed doe assigne &sett over this sd. Bill of Sale & all my interest & title to me belonging unto JAMES JONES & JOHN TAYLER their heirs or assignes for ever as Witnes my hand this 24th of October 1659
      Test THO: DENT, THO: GASKIN
      ye marke of ROBT: MILLER
      10th Febr. 1662. This Assignemt was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by RICHARD DENNIS, Attorney of THOMAS GASKIN & recorded
      The pattent for this Land & the Lre. of Attorney are recorded in ye next leafe
      To all &c., Whereas &c., Nowe Know yee that I the sd. EDWD: DIGGES Esqr. &c. give & grant unto THOMAS READE One thousand acres of Land scituate in the County of Northumberland upon the South side of WICOCOMOCO RIVER & bounding North North East upon the lands of Mr ISAAC FOXCROFT & DAVID KIFFIN, West Northwest upon the land of GERVASE DODSON which was surveyed for JNO: PALMER extending 500 poles from FOXCROFTs & KIFFINs lands for breadth & 320 pole East Southeast for length, making a quaderangell figure including the sd. quantity, the sd. Land being due unto the sd. THOMAS READE by & for the transportacon of Twenty p:sons into this Colony whose names are in the records menconed under this Patt: To have & to hold &c., Dated the last day of November 165( )
      ED: DIGGES, W. CLAIBORNE, Secr.
      I THOMAS GASKIN in the County of Northumberland doe assigne & set over unto JAMES JONES & JNO: TAYLER of NORTHAMPTON County all my interest & title to this same pattent to them their heires or assignes for ever as Witness my hand this 24th day of October 165( )
      Test THO: ( ) THOMAS GASKIN
      ROBT. MILLER
      10th Febr: 1662. This Assignemt. was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by RICHARD DENNIS, Attorney of the sd. THOMAS GASKIN & recorded
      THO; GASKINs Lre. of Attor: to RICH: DENNIS
      Witness my hand this 20th of January 1662
      Witnesse hereunto: HENRY MAYES, THOMAS GASKIN
      ANTHONY ALERSON
      10th Febr. 1662. This Lre. of Attor, was recorded.

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      1662-1666 Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book, Part 2; [Antient Press]; Page 123
      TO ALL TO WHOME these pr:sents shall come Greetinge. Whereas it is agreed on betweene mee THO: DAVIS of WICOCOMOCO in Virginia, Planter, & JAMES JONES of the same playce, Planter, yt: ye sd: JAMES JONES is to have my Sonne, THO: DAVIS, untill he shall come to be of the age of one & twenty yeares, yt: is to say, untill the 10th day of Feb: wch: shall be in the years of our Lord God one thousand six hundred seaventy seaven, Therefore yt: I the sd, THO: DAVIS doe by ( ) sd: Child unto the same ( ) during. the sd. time to bee ( )ploymts. as he or they ( ) in consideration of his ( ) sd: Child both food & ( ) duringe the time of his ( ); Be it Remembered ( ) JAMES JONES or his assignes ( ) sd: Child is not to dispo( ) JONES or his Wife duringe
      ( ) whereof I have hereunto ( ) of Apr: 1664 the ( )
      Witness JOHN ROTHERAM THO: DAVIS
      This Indenture was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court the 20th June 1664 by THO: DAVIS & is recorded
      KNOWE ALL MEN by these pr:sents yt: I JAMES JONES appoynt & give full power unto JAMES POPE of WICOCOMOCO aforesd: to be my lawfull Attorney to act & doe for mee & in my behalfe in the binding. of THO: DAVIS, Sonne of THO: DAVIS, of WICOCOMOCO aforesd: an Apprentice & wt: my sd. Attorney shall act in ye cause I ye sd; JAMES JONES doe by these pr:sents acknowledge to be of as full force & power in the Law as if I my selfe were pr:sent; In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal. this 14th day of Apr: in the year of our Lord 1664
      In the pr:sents of JOHN ROTHERRAM JAMES JONES
      JOHN TAYLER, his marke
      20th June 1664. This Writinge was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by JAMES POPE, Attorney for the sd: JAMES JONES & is recorded
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      1666-1670 Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book, Part 1; [Antient Press]; Page 60-61
      KNOW ALL MEN by these p:sents that I JAMES JOANES doe hereby authorize & appoint my loving Freind, JAMES POPE, my Attorney for mee & in my behalf as if I my selfe were p:sonally p:sent to acknowledge in. Northumberland County Court the sale of Five hundred acres of Land unto Mr. LEONARD HOWSON, and alsoe ye Two hundred acres of Land to JNO: TAYLOR. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this 16th day of Novembr:1668
      Sealed signed & delivered in ye p:sence of us
      HENRY HUDSON, JAMES JOANES, his m:rke
      RICH, CONDWITH his m:rke
      KNOW ALL MEN by these p:sents that whereas we JAMES JOANES & JNO: TAYLOR being joint purchasers of One thousand acres of Land lyeing & being bounded as appeares by Pattent bearing date the twenty second day of June one thousand six hundred sixty Power, and recorded ye 7th July 1665, have consented & agreed to divide ye said land equally betwixt them as hereafter is expressed. That ye said JAMES JOANES is to have his moyetye boundinge upon ye Land of DAVID CUFFIN and upon Mr. LEONARD HOWSON and JOHN TAYLOR to have his moyetye according as it doth appeare by Survey made by JAMES GAYLARD, Surveyor; In Witness whereof and for ye true p:formance of ye said Devision wee have interchangeably bind our selves each to other in ye penall summe of ten thousand pounds of tobaccoe & caske as Witness our hands & scales this 14th day of Novembr. 1668
      Testes HEN HUDSON, JAMES JOANES, his m:ke
      JAMES POPE JNO: TAYLOR his m:ke
      17th Janry: 1668. Recog: & record
      To all &c., Whereas &c., Know yee that I Sr. WILLIAM BERKELEY Knt. &c., doe give & grant unto JAMES JONES and JOHN TAYLOR One thousand acres of Land scituate & being betweene GREAT WICOCOMICOE RIVER and ye Branches of ye said River, Southerly & Southwesterly, and the Branches of the COROTOMAN RIVER in LANCASTER County and bearing Easterly & Southeasterly from the Branches of ye said River, the said Land being formerly granted unto JOHN HUGH= and by ye said HUGHLETT sold unto THOMAS GASCOINES the 28th of May 1658, and by the said GASCOINES assigned over unto ye said JONES and TAYLOR the 24th of Octobr; 1659. To have and to hold &c., Dated the 22th of June 1664, Annoque Dom. Reyne Caroli 2d. 16th
      WILLIAM BERKELEY
      KNOW ALL MEN by these p:sents that I the within menconed JAMES JOANES doe hereby assigne & sett over unto LEONARD HOWSON his heires & assignes all my right in the within menconed Pattent being Five hundred acres of Land for my moyety being now laid out betwixt the said JONES and the within menconed JOHN TAYLOR, and I the said JAMES JONES doe hereby oblidge my selfe my heires to surrender up in Court by my selfe & my Wife ye said Land unto the said LEONARD HOWSON his Exrs. or assignes upon demand; In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this Sixteenth day of Novembr: one thousand six hundred sixty & eight
      Signed sealed & delivd: in ye presence of us
      JOHN TAYLOR his m:ke; JAMES JOANES his m:ke
      HEN: HUDSON, JAMES POPE
      17th Janry: 1668. Recog. p. JAMES POPE, Attor: JAMES JONES & record
      Reced. of LEONARD HOWSON in full consideracon of the within men coned Pattent the just summe of Ten thousand pounds of tobacco and caske as Witnesse my hand this 16th day of Novembr: 1668.
      JAMES PANES his m:ke
      Teste HEN. HUDSON
      JOHN TAYLOR his m:ke; JAMES POPE
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      1666-1670 Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book, Part 1; [Antient Press]; Page 63
      To all &c, Whereas &c., Know pee that I Sr. WM: BERKELEY Knt. &c., doe give & grant unto JAMES JONES Two hundred acres of Land on the Southward side of a tract of One thousand acres of Land formerly Pattented by THO: READ lyeing neare TURKEY COCK HILL in WICOCOMICOE, bounding as folloveth; North Northeast upon ye said one thousand acres; South Southwest towards & among some Branches of COROTOMAN, East Southeast and West Northwest upon ye Maine Woods, includinge some indifferent good land lyeing upon & neere ye said Branches, the said Land being due unto ye said JAMES JONES by & for ye transportacon of Foyer p:sons &c., Dated ye 27th day of Septembr: 1660 Annoq: R. Carolis 2d: 13th
      WILLIAM BERKELEY
      KNOW ALL MEN by these p:sents that I JAMES JOANES doe for mee my heires sett over unto JOHN TAYLER his heires and assignes all my right of ye abovemenconed Pattent as it is granted to me my heires for ever and I doe hereby oblige my selfe to surrender up ye abovesd: grant in Court unto ye said JOHN TAYLER upon demand; as Wittness my hand this 16th day of Novembr: 1668
      Testes HEN. HUDSON, JAMES POPE sign JAMES JOANES
      LEON: HOWSON
      17th Janry: 1668. Recog: Cur: JAMES POPE, Attor: JAMES JONES & record

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      1683-1686 Northumberland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 3; [Antient Press]; Page 211
      Northumberland County Court 16th of January 1683/4
      - JONES agt COPPAGE
      Whereas it appeares to this Court by a Bill under the hand of WILLIAM COPPAGE dated the 14th of February 1681/2 that the said COPPAGE stands indebted unto Mr. THOMAS JONES ye sume of five hundred pounds of tobacco and cask, Judgment is granted the said JONES against the said COPPAGE for the said sume with costs als Execution
      - LAMBERT agt JONES
      Whereas an Attachment was awarded WILLIAM LAMBERT against the Estate of JAMES JONES for sixteen hundred pounds of tobacco and cask, which Attachment is returned executed on one feather bed and bolster, one red rug, one blankett, two paire of canvas sheets and one little table. The Court judging the Attachment to be soe served [the said JONES being an house keeper and a Freeholder of this County and happily at this time abroad about his necessary occasion] doe order Mr. WILLIAM SHOARES being obliged with the said JONES, his Wife, for the payment of the debt in case the next Court the said JONES doe not appeare or the said goods not be secured that the Attachment may acquiese

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