JONES

The JONES family descends from Captain Roger Jones of London who emigrated in 1680. In the Welch tradition, many family members adapt the "ap" designation of a man's father. Thus Catesby ap Roger Jones indicates that Catesby is the son of Roger Jones.

• Major Catesby Jones, ??-??
  • Major General Roger ap Catesby Jones, Adjutant General of the Army, 1788-1852
    • Commodore Catesby ap Roger Jones, 1821-1877, in command of the CSS Virginia (often called the Merrimack) when it fought the USS Monitor.
      Married Getrude Thomas Tartt, 1842-1926, in 1865
      • Gertrude Letitia Jones Melvin
        • Miss Page Melvin, my godmother and a wonderful Lady.
      • Mattie Moran Jones Haralson (1877-1980), my grandmother
        • Page Haralson Seier, my aunt
        • Martha Haralson Tyson, my mother
          • Jon Edward Tyson
          • William Mabry Tyson
          • Edward Page Tyson
  • Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Admiral of the Pacific Fleet, 1790-1858

Other information:

• Jones, Judge L. H.
  Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia
  Some of his Antecedents and Descendants
  Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. Albany, NY. 1911. 442pp.
  Originally published 1891 at 283pp.
  • Google Books copy of 1891 version.
  • A copy of the 1911 supplement.
• From information at Library of Virginia Digital Library
  • Marriage records
    • Meriwether Jones (1766-??) to Lucy Franklin Read (1769-??) in 1789.
      Note this contradicts the information in the notes on Meriwether Jones in the above genealogy.
    • Nathaniel Anderson to Sally Jones on Dec 2, 1787.
  • War of 1812 muster rolls from Virginia
    • Capt. Catesby Jones, MR 492 (Probably Col. Catesby Jones, 1788-1845)
    • Lt. Catesby Jones, MR 888
    • Catesby Jones, MR 114
    • Capt. Thomas Jones, MR 505 to Thos. W. Jones, MR 616 (24 Thomas Jones's)
      The genealogy has Thomas ap Thomas Jones (1784-1843) and Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones(1790-1858).
  • Mexican War muster rolls from Virginia
    • Thomas R. Jones p. 76

Last updated Thu, Apr 12, 2007 Mabry Tyson