Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Jones was born on 25 April 1805, in Cedar Creek, Hanover, Virginia, United States, his father, William Strother Jones Esq, was 36 and his mother, Sophia Marie Russ, was 29. He married Marie Ann Higginbotham on 30 April 1837, in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He died on 28 March 1841, in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- 1840 United States Federal Census
- Benjamin Jones, "Louisiana, Marriages, 1816-1906"
- Benjamin Janis in entry for Sophie Janis, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
Spouse and Children
1805–1841 Male
1807–1889 Female
Children (5)
1830–1899 Female
1834–1856 Female
1835–1925 Female
1838–1887 Female
1838– Female
Parents and Siblings
1769–1822 Male
1775–1895 Female
Siblings (1)
1805–1841 Male
World Events (8)
1807 · Louisiana is Divided into 19 Parishes
Age 2
1808
Age 3
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 14
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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