An American Family History

William and Elizabeth Jones

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.

The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.

William and Elizabeth Jones married about 1664.

William was born about 1645 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland where he was a wealthy planter.

William Jones, Jr. was born about 1665.

Elizabeth Jones Duvall Simpson was born about 1667.

Jane Jones Clark (or Clarke) was born about 1670.

Ann Jones Pattison Cheney was born on June 6, 1673.

Mary Jones Trogden Beddingfield was born about 1675.

In 1674 William and James Powell sold Wilson's Grove to William Jones. Wilson's Grove was 200 was acres between the heads of the South and Anne Arundel Rivers in Anne Arundel County. It was originally granted to Robert Wilson.

On August 17, 1685, William gave Wilson's Grove to his daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and John Duvall.

On September 3, 1694, Richard Jones, William Jones, Sr., and William Jones, Jr. were listed as debtors to Elizabeth's father-in-law, Mareen Duvall's, estate.

On October 10, 1704 William Jones was granted more land in Anne Arundel County.

William signed his will on May 31, 1705 and died in June, 1705.

After his death, Elizabeth married James Sanders.

On January 16, 1715, William Jones, Jr. and James Sanders mortgaged John's Cabin Ridge and the north addition of Beard's Habitation to James Carroll, who sold the mortgage to William's son-in-law, Charles Cheney for 5 shillings.

Planter is an archaic term for a settler. Plantation was a method of colonization where settlers were "planted" abroad. A plantation is also the kind of large farm that was the economical basis of many American Colonies and owners of these farms were also called planters.

Anne Arundel County, Marylandwas established in 1650.

John's Cabin Ridge was on the north side of Flat Creek in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
1666 - Granted to Richard Beard
1668 - Sold to James Sanders
1705 - Part inherited by Mary Jones Beddenfield
1715 - Part mortgaged by William Jones, Jr. and James Sanders to James Carroll, who sold the mortgage to Charles Cheney.
1740 - Inherited by Elizabeth Beddenfield Ricketts

American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (or li) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.

The first settlers homes included primitive dugouts and log cabins.

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