John Medley, II

From Joshua Jones - Ulster, Northern Ireland c1745, Elinor Medley - Culpeper County, Virginia, lived Albemarle County, Virginia - Burke, Wilkes, & Buncombe Counties, North Carolina by Iris Teta Eubank Wagner, 4th great granddaughter

http://www.jones-buncombe-ancestraljourneys.com/jones_medley_2.htm

John Medley, Planter - Culpeper,Virginia

Elinor Medley’s father, John Medley, was a planter and lived in Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia. This would have been the southeastern corner of Culpeper, near Ruckersville. One of four colonial churches in Culpeper was located at Burton and later at Ruckersville. The will of John Medley was entered for probate in Culpeper County on October 20, 1763. He named his wife and children.

His wife Elizabeth named in the will, was one of four co-executors with Jacob Ward, Charles Brooking, and son John Medley. Daughters Elizabeth, younger daughters Elinor, Mary, and Martha are also named. The appraisal of the will mentions Capt. Thomas Jones, promissory note to John Medley.