Robert Blackwell Jones

Brief Life History of Robert Blackwell

Robert Blackwell Jones was born on 16 January 1794, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. He married Elizabeth Goodwin Blackwell on 20 December 1815, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saint Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States in 1860. He died in 1866, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Robert Blackwell Jones
1794–1866
Elizabeth Goodwin Blackwell
1797–1877
Marriage: 20 December 1815
John Robert Jones
1822–1901
Vespena Emily Jones
1828–1888
Benjamin Stephen Jones
1831–1870
Paul Jones
1833–
Minerva A Jones
1834–1893
James Jones
1838–

Sources (6)

  • Robt B Jones, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Robert B. Jones, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
  • John B Jones, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1912"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

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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