Joseph Jones, Sr.

Notes:

JOSEPH SR.'S OCCUPATIONS: Delegate from Virginia; member of the colonial House of Burgesses; served on the committee of safety in 1775; delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1776; served in the State house of delegates in 1776, 1777, 1780, 1781, and 1783-1785; Member of the Continental Congress in 1777 and 1780-1783; appointed judge of the Virginia General Court January 23, 1778, and resigned in October 1779; reappointed to the same court November 19, 1789; member of the State convention in 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution; major general of State militia.



JOSEPH'S PARENTS: Hester (or Esther) Davis b. Abt. 1687 Charles Co., MD; d. 1762 Hanover Parish, King George Co., VA; buried: (place unknown); m.#1 William Lampton [1]; m.#2 James Jones.

Widowed Hester (nee Davis) Lampton m.#2 Abt. 1724 King George Co., VA; James Jones b. Abt. 1687 (place unknown); d. 10 NOV 1744 Hanover Parish, King George Co., VA; buried: (place unknown).

JOSEPH'S SIBLINGS:

1) Elizabeth "Eliza" Jones b. Abt. 1725 King George Co., VA; d. Bet. 1774 and 1792 Westmoreland Co., VA; m. 1752 King George Co., VA; Andrew Spence Monroe b. 1727 Westmoreland Co., VA; d. 1774 Monroe Creek, Westmoreland Co., VA. Burial places unknown. FIVE CHILDREN (all born in Westmoreland Co., VA): Elizabeth Monroe b. 1754; [U.S. PRESIDENT] James Monroe b. 28 APR 1758; Spence Monroe b. 1760; Andrew Augustin Monroe b. 1762; Joseph Jones Monroe b. 1764.
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Joseph married Mary Taliaferro about 1742. Mary (daughter of John Taliaferro, Jr. and Mary Catlett) was born in 1722 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died between 1771 and 1777 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mrs. Mary Waugh-Dawson after 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph Jones, Jr. was born in 1777; died after 1790.

James married Esther (or Hester) Davis about 1687. Esther was born about 1687 in Charles Co, Maryland; died in 1762 in Hanover Parish, King George Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All the Lampton and Jones children were raised together by Hester (nee Davis) Lampton Jones and her second husband James Jones; until their marriages or death.

NOTE: Most of the boys apprentised to James Jones in bricklaying, masonry, and running the Jones' family tavern.
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