RN #92B CRUNCH Data Set JONES Surname

This notebook contains the data set using CRUNCH, a program available in 1993.  Its file name is JONES1, and contains the variable list and computer printout of the file dated 01-07-1993.  Printouts for each variable is contained.  They are categorized by English monarchs, "Normans", "Plantagents", "Lancaster/York", "Tudors", "Stuarts", "Commonwealth", and "StuartsII".  Reference sources are coded.  Variable lists were then printed for Wales and England giving a breakdown and analysis for the JONES surname during the study period 1273-1714.  This is the "hard copy" of this research. There were 26 variables included in the study.

RN #92A Legal Data Set Jones Surname

This notebook is the file of data pertaining to the legal records of England 1200AD - 1700 AD.  They are the "hard" copies of the information collected from the index of the public record office Great Britain.  This was the actual data coded and analyzed for the JONES surname which is the source of many of the articles written in The Jones Genealogist.

The above figure is from one set of records published by Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963 showing the primary source of the data included in this notebook.  This page is from 1515-1529 index of the legal records.  These were analyzed for the surname JONES.

The above figure shows the actual page as printed in the primary source.  The dates are 1518-1529, bundle 421, with the individual files as numbered, and the information contained for each case.  Each JONES was entered into the data set and analyzed for the information given.  This should give the reader an idea of the information contained in this notebook.

RN #93 House of Tudor Trevor (Context)

This notebook contains my first pass at the study of the family line of Tudor Trevor.  It contains a detailed record of the linage of Tudor Trevor from 850 AD.  It records the generations from Tudor Trevor to the JONES surname that takes its branch from this family.

Generational study dating from 1120 AD.
JONES of Llwyn-0nn, Co. Denbigh
Generation 1 (Ynyr ap Gadforch) - generation 24 (Thomas Parry-Jones)
Detailed chronological tables 800AD- 1900 AD.
Coat of Arms study for Tudor Trevor and associated Jones.

Over the years, much of this information was revised and documentation established.  This work started in the 1970s.

RN #92 Jones Surname Welsh Counties

This notebook continues the analysis of the JONES surname for the counties of Wales.  It is again arranged in chronological order (dates) and alphabetically by county.  It contains an analysis of the legal records of England as they were applied to the counties of Wales.

The figure above is a copy of one page from the county of Cardigan.  It shows the name, date, plantiff(s), location, and bundle/no. of the case identified.  This data set is the result of several years work done prior to 1993.

RN #91 Jones Surname English Counties

The ancient origin of the JONES surname is documented in the next two notebooks.  Utilizing an index of the legal records of England, a chronology of the JONES surname was researched.  It involves the Chancery Proceeding mostly, but other records are also included.  This notebook contains an alphabetical listing for the English counties.(#91)  The next notebook (#92) contains the analysis for Wales.  The records begin as early as 1300.  This notebook also contains a computer print out that uses DbaseII, a program available in the early 1990s.  It is dated 09-12-1993.

A sample page from notebook #91 is shown above from Hereford county.  The subject of the case is listed, followed by the date recorded, any other additional information abstracted, and the bundle and number of the file.  Each English county is abstracted and arranged alphabetically.  The data set is an extensive analysis of the documentation of the JONES surname as it appears in the English legal records prior to 1700.

RN #90 The Jones Classification System

Roots to the JONES surname has many branches.  There is not just ONE crest or arms to the families that carry this surname.  This notebook contains an attempt to classify the groups of families that are the origins of many JONES families.  They originate in Wales, and reflect my research and analysis into these family groups.

House of Trevor...before 900 AD.
House of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn...before 1000 AD.
House of Goch...before 1460 AD.
House of Herbert.
House of Llowarch ap Bran.
House of Griffith ap Nicholas.
House of Shrewsbury.
House of Jestyn ap Gwrgrant.
House of Ievan ap Ieuan.
House of Cadifn Vawr.
House of Trench. (Ireland)
House of Treowens. (Viscount Raneleig)

The Jones Classification System: published The Jones Genealogist, beginning Vol. VI, 1994-1995.

RN #89 JONES arms - The Heraldic Lion

This notebook contains the research dealing with the JONES surname.  It is mostly the heraldic lion with is the most common symbol found on the arms of the JONES surname.

The heraldic lion.
Primary charge analysis by color. (tincture)
Gold Lion Rampant
Black Lion Rampant
Green Lion Rampant
Blue Lion Rampant
Red Lion Rampant

Distribution of symbols by groups/origins.  English/Welsh/Ireland.