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Captain Peter Jones

Male 1651 - 1726  (75 years)


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  • Name Peter Jones 
    Title Captain 
    Born 1651  Charles City, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Mar 1726  Prince George Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20254  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 31 May 2018 

    Family Margaret Lewellyn Wood,   b. Abt 1641, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F7524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66504027/peter-jones.
      MAJ Peter Jones, Sr.
      Birth 1634, Charles City County, Virginia
      Death 21 Nov 1674 (aged 39?40)
      Charles City County, Virginia
      Spouse
      Margaret Lewelyn Wood Jones, 1641?1718 (m. 1655)
      Child:
      Capt Peter Jones, Jr.
      Birth 1651
      Charles City County, Virginia
      Death 10 Mar 1726 (aged 74?75)
      Prince George County, Virginia Colony
      Spouse
      Mary Batte Jones, 1665?1730 (m. 1688)


      Capt. Peter Jones, Jr. died before 1727.

      The town of Petersburg,VA was named for Peter Jones, Jr. Petersburg was founded in 1748/9 by act of the Virginia General Assembly, on parcels platted into lots by Peter's son Abraham. By this time Peter was already deceased and Abraham had removed to Amelia County, although he obviously still retained the ownership of the Prince George County land. He was Captain in the Virginia Militia.
      Peter Jones, Son of Peter and Margaret Lewelyn (Wood) Jones, Sr.
      Husband of Mary (Batte) Jones ~ married October 1688, Henrico Co., VA
      Their children were ...
      1. Peter Jones (m. Dorothy Chamberlayne)
      2. Martha Jones (m. Benjamin Ragsdale, Sr.)
      3. John Jones, Sr. (m. 1st., Sarah "Sallie" Batte and 2nd., Elizabeth Judkins)
      4. Mary Jones (m. 1st., Richard Parker, Jr. and 2nd., John Worsham)
      5. Frederick Jones, Sr. (m. Elizabeth "Betsy" Epes)
      6. Abraham Jones (m. Sarah "Sallie" Batte)
      7. William Jones
      8. Thomas Jones
      9. Wood Jones (m. 1st., Sarah "Sallie" Stratton) and 2nd., Amy Jones)
      10. Margaret Jones (m. 1st., Edward Goodrich and 2nd., Col. Richard Jones)


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