Elizabeth Jones

22 October 1818–1 February 1906 (Age 87)
Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Jones was born on 22 October 1818, in Virginia, United States, her father, Solomon Jones, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Kirby, was 21. She married Jeremiah Yoak in 1838, in Randolph, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Barbour, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 1 February 1906, in Belington, Barbour, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Yoak
1821–1861
Elizabeth Jones
1818–1906
Marriage: 1838
Claudius C. Yoak
1841–1880
Lucinda Yoak
1842–1927
Martha Ellen Yoke
1846–1908
Deborah Yoak
1848–1914
Florence Yoak
1850–1860
John B. Yoak
1854–1921
Mary E. Yoke
1856–1937
Solomon Elliott Yoak
1861–1920
Elizabeth Yoak
1861–
Yoak
1861–1861

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1838Randolph, Virginia, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 1
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
    Age 6
    “The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 
    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
    Age 26
    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 432177;2007: 988471; 2010: 1425470)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.

    Possible Related Names

    John
    Joines

    Sources (18)

    • Elizabeth S. Yock in entry for John B. Yock, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
    • Elizabeth Yoke, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Elizabeth in entry for J. Right and M. E. Yoke, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932"

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