Rev. Rowland Jones, vicar of Wendover

ROWLAND JONES was born 1599 in LITTLE KIMBLE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, and died SEP 1665 in WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. He was the son of THOMAS JONES and ANCORATT TURNER.

He married ALICE, widow COLLIER. She was born ABT 1608 in PROB WALES.

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-22267

Rowland was born in 1608 in Buckinghamshire, England, alternate year is 1598. He married Alice Bannester Ward Collier, as her third husband. Rowland Jones wrote his will September 1, 1665, he died November 17, 1665 in Wendover, England. [1]

January 21, 1632: Earned B.A. Degree at Christ Church College, Oxford[2]

Dec. 23, 1632: Bishop John Bancroft of Oxford ordained Rowland Jones a deacon

June 16, 1633: Rolandus Jones was ordained a priest with ceremony in St. Giles Church, Oxford.

1635: Bishop Bancroft named Rolandus Jones curate of Burford and Fulbrooke. He would have been an assistant priest in both parishes.

1636: Oxfordshire, England, Rowland B. Jones married the widow Alice Bannester Ward Collier. Alice' maiden name is Bannester, her 1st marriage was in 1623, Enstone, Oxfordshire, England, to Thomas Ward. Her 2nd marriage was in 1625, Burford, Oxfordshire, England, to John Collier.

1641: Rolandus Jones was named curate of Swynbrooke, or Swinbrook. Swinbrook is a village on the River Windrush, abt 2 miles east of Burford in Oxfordshire. His son Rowland was born there in 1644.

May 8, 1661, Bishop Robert Sanderson appointed Rolandus Jones rector of Little Kimbell. Little Kimble is roughly forty miles east of Swinbrook.

July 28, 1662, Rev. Jones subscribed to the Act of Uniformity even though he was already in office. On that same day Bishop Robert Sanderson licensed Rev. Jones, rector of Little Kimbell, as preacher for the diocese of Lincoln.

1663: Roland Joanes, MA was again appointed rector of Little Kimble.

Jan. 23, 1663, Benjamin Laney, Bishop of Lincoln, appointed Roland vicar of Wendover. Wendover is abt three miles from Little Kimble, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, abt 45 miles northwest of London. According to Roland's will, he was vicar of Wendover when he died on Nov 17, 1665, but church records show he had resigned the Wendover vicarage, possibly due to illness. He was still rector of Little Kimble at the time of his death.[3]

Children mentioned in Rowland's will of 1665:

• Rowland Jones Jr, christened 24 October 1644 Oxford, All Saints, Oxfordshire, England, died 1688 Virginia [4]
• Jane Jones Gooch, born 1646, died 1701 Virginia, married Lt. Col. Henry Gooch
• Anne Jones Heritage, christened November 23, 1645, St. Giles Crippl Gate, London, England, married name Heritage[5]
• Mary Jones Thompson
• Elizabeth Jones, christened December 1646, North Nibley, died 1665/1666
• Michael Jones, died 1665/1666
• 'Rowland and Alice had an additional daughter named Jane, Christened May 15, 1642, St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, England, she was buried October 7, 1642[6]

'Will add children when birth dates determined

"The Hist. of the Descendants of the Settlers of Adams Co MS" says

"...Sir Thomas ap John (Johnes/JONES), of Abermarlais manor, Knight, from Carmarthenshire, Wales, and his wife, Dame Jane, had a son...(Rev) Rowland Bartholomew JONES. His will, proven 1614, Wales..." According to that, this Sir Knight Thomas JONES, (1570-1614 Wales) was the father of Rev. Rowland B. JONES Sr.(1608-1665 Eng), father of Rev Rowland JONES Jr. (1644-1688 Va).

Will

Roland will written Sept 1, 1665, gives his body to be buried inside the Wendover church. In his will, he names wife Alice [rec'd a legacy of 12 shillings], children: Rowland [rec'd 25 pounds sterling, all his father's books and papers], Anne, Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Michael [these five children each rec'd 5 pounds sterling & the balance of Rowland's goods were to be divided between them.] Elizabeth was named main executor, with his cousin Michael Thompson of Stepney as next in line to be executor. But, within six months by Feb 14, 1666 both Elizabeth and Michael had died, and Rowland Jr. was appointed executor.

Allied Families Early Virginia Jones Families by Kathryn Gearhart 2009:
She wrote: That Edward Jones and Susannah Jones Bressie were not included in their father's will, because they were Quakers.[7][8]

Rowland Jones Jr, in his will of 1688, wrote: 'loveing kinsman Edward Jones' referring to his brother Edward Jones, who was also appointed executor of Rowland's will. Later, in Edward Jones' will of 1690, he makes mention of Rowland's wife, Ann and Rowland's son, Orlando.[9]

Notes

26 DEC 1653 - WILLIAM DEBNAM, 1500 acs. in Mockjack Bay., 26 Dec. 1653, p. 55. Beg. at marked tree of George Ludlow, Esq., a mile distant from a branch in Severne &c. through Cedar Island to the Bay, Sly. along the bay side including all the marshes to Oaken Island, to N. side of Shawes Cr. &c. to marked tree of sd Squire Ludlow &c. Trans. of 30 pers: Robert Woodstock, John Butcher, ... John Gurrington, Rowland Jones, Samuel Stephens, Bennedick Gracewood. [Note: Assuming three years to seat the claimed land, it is deduced that Rowland Jones emigrated from England to Virginia in about 1650. The estimated birth year of Rowland Jones, Jr., subsequent Rector of Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, VA, is 1644 which would have him being 6 years of age in 1650, much too young to be travelling unaccompanied. It is therefore inferred that Rowland Jones, William Debnam?s headright, is Rowland Jones, Sr., Vicar of Wendover, Buckingham. Most of Rowland Jones, Sr.?s brothers appear to have emigrated to Virginia prior to 1650 and it is speculated that he was making a scouting trip to Virginia.]««s228»

Sources

• Cary, Wilson Miles. “Descendants of Rev. Rowland Jones, First Rector of Bruton Parish, Va.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, 1897, pp. 192–197. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1914886.
• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886
• Genealogies of Virginia Families. William and Mary Quarterly, Vol III, p.192-197. Heale-Muscoe.
• Oxfordshire Family History Society & Oxfordshire History Centre, Rowland Jones, Father: Rowland Jones
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (: 11 February 2018, Rowland Jones in entry for Ann Jones, 07 Jul 1648); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 380,200.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (: 11 February 2018, Rowland Jones in entry for Jane Jones, 07 Oct 1642); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 380,200.
• Reference: Allied Families Early Virginia Jones Families by Kathryn Gearhart 2009
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (: 11 February 2018, Susanna Joanes, 10 Dec 1643); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,854.
• 'Encyclopedia of Virginia biography, under the editorial supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler [1]
• Descendants of Rev. Rowland Jones, First Rector of Bruton Parish, Va.Wilson Miles Cary, The William and Mary Quarterly , Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan., 1897) , pp. 192-197. Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900. Yates Publishing.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142558982/rowland-bartholomew-j...
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bfulgham&id=I24752

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Seen as son of Sir Thomas Jones, Kt.

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