Jemima Standifer

Biography

“Descendants of William Standefer.” < link > Accessed 9 March 2024.

1. WILLIAM4 STANDEFER (JAMES3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born March 30, 1757 in Blackwater River, Halifax Co, VA, and died June 21, 1826 in Jasper, Marion Co, TN; b. Griffith Cemetery (Cedar Hill).

He married JEMIMA JONES June 24, 1779 in Henry Co, VA, daughter of THOMAS JONES and MARY. She was born August 15, 1761 in Henry Co, VA, and died September 17, 1838 in Marion Co, TN.

Children of WILLIAM STANDEFER and JEMIMA JONES are:

• i. FRANCES "FANNY"5 STANDEFER, b. July 29, 1781, Henry Co, VA; m. LUKE HENDRIX, January 12, 1801, Knox Co, TN.
• ii. MARTHA "PATSY" STANDEFER, b. January 19, 1783, Henry Co, VA; d. June 15, 1848, TN; m. JAMES ISRAEL STANDEFER, February 02, 1801, Knox Co, TN; b. September 10, 1779, Henry Co, VA; d. August 20, 1837, Kingston, Roane County, TN; b. Baptist Cemetery.
• iii. JAMES STANDIFER, b. September 10, 1784, VA; d. 1843, b. Panola Co., TX; m. NANCY ROGERS, 1816, Tennessee; b. 1797, Knoxville, TN; d. 1846, b. Panola Co., TX.
• iv. LUKE STANDIFER, b. May 23, 1786, Henry Co, VA; d. Bef. 1860, Lane Co, OR; m. JEMIMA BUTCHER, January 15, 1815, Marion Co, TN; b. 1797, VA; d. February 01, 1879, Lane Co, OR.
• v. WILLIAM H/J STANDERFER, b. May 29, 1788, Franklin Co, VA; d. Aft. 1860; m. (1) MARY "POLLY" GILBERT, Abt. 1809; b. 1790, KY. (2) MARY; b. 1807, KY; m.
• vi. MARY E. "POLLY" STANDEFER, b. May 17, 1790, Blackwater Creek, Franklin Co, VA; d. June 25, 1864, Marion County, TN; m. AMOS GRIFFITH, August 11, 1805, Anderson Co., TN.
• vii. NAOMI STANDEFER, b. February 10, 1794, Franklin Co, VA; d. October 09, 1843, Milam Co, TX; m. ISRAEL M. STANDEFER, JR., January 12, 1815, Knox Co, TN; b. November 08, 1781, Henry Co, VA; d. October 28, 1852, Burleson Co, TX.
• viii. SKELTON STANDEFER, b. August 03, 1795, Franklin Co, VA; d. March 08, 1825, Marion Co, TN; m. JANE STEWART, 1825; b. 1798; d. 1886.
• ix. SUSANNAH STANDEFER, b. November 06, 1799, Franklin Co, VA; d. Moniteau Co., MO; m. HENRY JOHN YARNELL; b. January 08, 1797; d. May 12, 1866 Moniteau Co., MO.
• x. ISAAC STANDIFER, b. October 13, 1801, Knox Co, TN; d. November 06, 1855, Milam Co, TX; m. (1) ELIZABETH B. STANDEFER, January 04, 1823, Monroe Co, MS; b. Abt. 1805, VA; d. Bef. 1834, Monroe Co, MS; m. (2) DORCAS JONES, September 24, 1834, Blount Co, AL; b. January 27, 1810, TN; d. March 08, 1897, McLennan Co, TX.
• xi. SAMUEL STANDEFER, b. August 07, 1803, Anderson Co, TN.
• xii. ALFRED STANDEFER, b. June 18, 1808, Marion Co, TN; d. August 11, 1850, Moniteau Co., MO or Milam Co., TX; m. JANE YARNELL, February 21, 1829, Knox Co, TN; b. December 12, 1806; d. March 09, 1852, Moniteau Co, MO; b. Yarnell cemetery.

Notes

Mary Jones, Bledsoe Co, TN to dau Jermina Standifer, wife of William Standifer....negro girl Becky, 7 yrs old. Proven 4/5/1824 by witnesses Adam Lamb and Mark Hendrix. Deed Book "A" p 167 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnmario2/deedbooka.html)

Origins

Jemima's parents were Thomas and Mary Jones.

From: "Prominent Jones Families of Anderson and Roane Countys, TN: Thomas Jones lived at Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., Va and at Poplar Creek Anderson Co., TN, East Fork. He served in the Revolutionary War. His wife's name was Mary."

Thomas and Mary Jones had four daughters who went to Tennessee with their husbands, two Peaks, one Standefer and one Griffith. Jemima's sisters: Susanna Jones, married Amos Griffith; Mary Jones married Jacob Peak; Lydia Jones married Abel Peak; Fanny married William Rippetoe.

References

1. “Descendants of William Standefer.” < link > Accessed 9 March 2024.
2. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10219021/person/341610437