Maj. Wood Jones

Wood Jones

• Birth: 1701 - Prince George County, Virginia, USA
• Death: seen as 1777, 1783 and Jun 1790 - Amelia County, Virginia, USA
• Father: Peter JONES b: ABT 1655
• Mother: Mary BATTE b: ABT 1669

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176980049/wood-jones

Marriage 1 Sarah Stratton Babt1710
issue:
Phillip JONES B1753 D1789

Marriage 2 in 1760 to Unity Claiborne B1730 D1763 d/o William (IV) CLAIBORNE (b.Abt 1690) and Elizabeth WHITEHEAD

Issue:
Wood JONES Babt1760
Mary JONES b: ABT 1762

Marriage 3 Amy Jones (m1 William Watson D1752)
9nov1763 Amelia Co , Va
Divorced 1775 ?

issue:
Philadelphia JONES Babt1768 m1 John Hamlin

Notes

Wood was recommended to be a justice of Amelia Co., VA, 21 Mar 1740, and qualified on 21 Aug 1740. He qualified to a military commission, 18 Sep 1741; took the oaths as major, 27 Dec 1753; as lieutenant colonel, 24 Jul 1760; and as colonel of militia, 23 Aug 1764; and as County Lieutenant, 22 Mar 1770. He was a member of the House of Burgesses from Amelia Co., VA, 1752-55, and was sheriff of Amelia Co., VA, 1761-62.

References

• Burial record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176980049/wood-jones
• Alt. dates: 1701-1790.
• https://latrobefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I16148&tree=mytree Cites
  • [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p206. p207. < GoogleBooks >