Brief Life History of John
When John Jones was born on 12 April 1680, in Bettws, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Francis Jones, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 31.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Legacy NFS Source: John Jones - Church record: birth-name: John Jones
- Johannes Jones, "Wales, Montgomeryshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
Parents and Siblings
1650–1711 Male
1650– Female
Siblings (6)
1672– Female
1677– Male
1680– Male
1688– Female
1700–1767 Male
+1 More Child
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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