Thomas M. Jones

"Know all men by these presents that we John Jones (B) and Richard D Dunn & James Wright are held and firmly bound unto Warner Lewis, Edmund Noel, Jones C Clopton and Larkin Hundley Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Essex County now sitting in the sum of four thousand dollars ... Sealed with our seals and dated this 16th day of June 1834, in the 58th year of the Commonwealth - The Condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound John Jones (B) his executors and administrators shall well and truly pay and deliver or cause to be paid and delivered unto DOROTHEA JUNE, MARY ANN, ELLEN AND SUSAN JONES ORPHANS OF THOMAS JONES DECEASED all such estate or estates as now is or are or hereafter shall appear to be due to the said Orphans when and as soon as they shall attain to lawful age" This bond fixes three things. (1) The four girls are SISTERS. (2) Their father is THOMAS JONES and he is DEAD by 16 Jun 1834. (3) Susan Jones was an orphan, which the family has always said. Because Orlando S. Jones's 1861 will (SourceID 347) calls BOTH Susan "wife of Henry W L Temple" AND Mary Ann "wife of E. Lawrence Wright" his NIECE, Thomas Jones was Orlando's BROTHER.

"...the said THOMAS JONES and KETURAH HIS WIFE, that the said Hoskins & Carlton should deliver up the said property and the increase thereof to the children of the said THOMAS M. JONES & KETURAH HIS WIFE, both those now in being and those hereafter to be born..." "...are the ONLY CHILDREN of the said Thomas M. Jones and <struck: Susan> KETURAH HIS WIFE..." [the clerk eye-skipped "Susan" from two lines above, STRUCK IT, and wrote Keturah] "...that the said KETURAH the wife of the said Thomas M. Jones SURVIVED HIM AND DIED DURING THE PRESENT YEAR - and they now sue for a division..." "...and that their GRANDFATHER THE SAID JOHN JONES, who has been duly appointed their GUARDIAN, has all the property..." "...the following property to wit SEVEN NEGRO SLAVES NAMED CARTER, SUKEY AND THEIR CHILDREN ANDREW, PATRICK, TURNER, BAYLOR AND VIOLET and the future increase of the females..." ⛔ THIS REFUTES THE NAME 'SELENA', which stood uncited in this tree for years. The wife of Thomas M. Jones was KETURAH. The letter is a capital K with its two diagonal arms; the same pages show what this scribe's S looks like. She SURVIVED Thomas and died in 1837. ◎ AND IT SOURCES [866] THOMAS M. JONES TO [2121] JOHN JONES DIRECTLY: the orphans' guardian, 'John Jones (B)' of the 1834 bond, is stated here to be their GRANDFATHER. ⚠ The four children are all INFANTS (under 21) in 1837, so all were born after 1816. ⚠ Keturah's maiden name is NOT in this cause, and that is a settled negative rather than an unread page: the 1827 deed has NO 'Whereas' recitals at all and is signed by John Jones and Thomas M. Jones ONLY. It is a father-and-son settlement, not a marriage settlement, so there is no recital block where a bride's family could sit.