The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.
John Jones was born about 1720.
His wife was named Mary.
Richard Jones (1738),
Ann Jones (1739, married Henry Morgan and Joseph Brown),
Nathan Jones
(1740),
Margaret Jones (1744, married Stephen Day)
Philipina Christina Jones (1746, married John Stanfield),
John Jones, Jr. (1746),
Jonathan Jones (1748),
Mary Jones (1752, married John Anglin),
James Jones (1756).
On August 31, 1746, Phillipina Christina was christened by the Rev. John Casper Stoever at Atolhoe in what was then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her sponsors were Florian Bübinger and his wife Phillipina Christina.
In 1751 they became Quakers. On January 28, 1751 they were received at Exeter Monthly Meeting (previously Oley). Exeter Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania became part of Berks County in 1751.
On July 26, 1753, John and Mary Jones received a certificate from Exeter Monthly Meeting to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, North Carolina.
In 1764, the Quakers of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting felt forced to disown the son of John and Mary Jones for "absconding from his parents in years past as also inlisting himself into a ridgment." In what was becoming an increasingly common comment, the meeting noted that "labour been Extendid to him" but he did not appear to be willing to "make satisfaction" to the monthly meeting so he was disowned. (from Privacy and Power in the Development of North Carolina's Religious Culture by J Mark Leslie)
On September 6, 1766, Margaret Day was reported to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting for marrying out of unity.
In 1774, they were members of Wrightsborough Monthly Meeting in St. Paul's Parish, Georgia when it was set off from Bush River.
On June 9 , 1781 John died in Georgia.
In April-June 1782 John, Jonathan and Nathan Jones were disowned by Wrightsborough Monthley Meeting for service in the American Revolution.
Mary died there in 1802.
Europeans began to settle in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania area about 1710. It was part of Chester County until May 10, 1729.
Choosing a Godparent sponsor was not just a formality in 17th century Germany. Each child had one Godparent of the same gender. It established ties between families that were near kinship. The Godparent was expected to provide spiritual support and material support in times of need.
