When Jonah Jones was born on 1 February 1792, in Salem, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Jones, was 33 and his mother, Ann Bowen, was 22. He married Mary Sowden on 12 December 1825, in Bristol St Matthias, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 17 May 1857, at the age of 65.
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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 NamesIn all they had 22 children, only 3 of whom lived to adulthood. They lived in Bristol, Glostershire, England, where he was a carriage maker, owning his own business. They lived in comfort and luxury …
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