Edward Jones

Other Events:

• Tax List: 1679, Varina Parish Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Edward Jones was noted for 2 tithes in the 1679 Henrico County tithe list, indicating he either had a son or servant who was of age.
• Judgment: 1681, Surry County, Virginia, USA; In 1681 in Surry a judgment was entered against Edward Jones for payment to the estate of William Thompson for work done for Jones.
• Admin_Estate: 2 April 1688, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; In 1688 Edward Jones administered the estate of Thomas Fields (Mary's brother) Edward and Mary later mortgage his land.
• Constable: 1689, Virginia, United States; Edward was Constable for a precinct north of the James for the year 1690 and owned 533 acres of land adjoining Mary's father's property
• Court: 1689, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Ed Jones plt to this court bringing his acc ag John Field def that said Field being his tenant doth not perform some conditions of a lease granted him / non performance thereof is imputed to his want of nails, which he promises to procure as soon as may be
• Court: 1689, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Suit between Edward Jones and Reeve def. concerning the loss of a bull in the river by means of the def. dogs which were set on the bull
• Cout: 1689, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Edward Jones sued by William Byrd
• Court: 1690, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Edward Jones fined for not appearing in court
• Court: 1691, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Henry Prewitt in court, deposes he is 37, and that he saw a black bull floating the river belonging to Ed Jones, with Thomas Fields mark.
• Land: ca 1692; By 1692 this land Edward owned was mortgaged and He and Mary were living on her late father's property. Part of this land was also mortgaged in 1692.
• Deed: 1694, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; To John Pleasants 180 acres, part of land which was their brother, Thomas Fields.

Notes:

By studying the inventory you can learn several things about Edward and his environment; for example, those things that had to be imported were more valuable than that which could be found in the old Dominion. the Taylor thimble and books were items which probably came from the old world. The books indicate that Edward was educated. He signed his name on a number of documents, but the inventory verifies that he could read and write. He owned not only books but also an "inkhorn" (inkwell) plus the silver sal with which he sealed his correspondence.

Since it is believed that he was born in this country, he was probably educated by his fater who had been educated in the British Isles.

After Edward's death Henry Prewett deeded 220 acres of land to Mary, land that he and her brother had patented together in 1686 and next door to her sister, Henry's wife. The land appears to have been the very land upon which Edward and Mary had be living.

...being part of a patent to me in 1686 on which I now live, next to Thomas Field's Creek and land where John Higledy lives and were Edward Jones dwelt. Winesses: Giles Webb, John Wilson.

Edward married Mary Field in 1685 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Field and Mary Ann Burton) was born in 1664 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Dec 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Mary Fields married Edward Jones, a man of her father's age. Edward was Constable for a precinct north of the James for the year 1690 and owned 533 acres of land adjoining her father's property. By 1692 this land was mortgaged and they were living on her late father's property. Part of this land was also mortgaged in 1692.

1. Tabitha Jones, (Scruggs) was born in 1694 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died in Bef. 1768 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA.
2. Elizabeth Jones was born in 1693 in Virginia, United States.