RN #84 New Kent Co. VA

New Kent Co. was formed 1654 out the upper part of Yorke Co.  Its location as the head waters of Pamunkey and Mattaponie Rivers made it an important geographic location.

Chronology of JONES surname 1655-1719
The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish 1684-1786 by Chamberlayne, 1937 Appendix D
   abstracted for JONES

George Jones 1684
Richard Joanes 1680
Orlando Jones 1707
John Joanes 1688

Negro Property Owners In Seventeenth-Century Virginia, WMQ - 3rd series, Vol. 12, 1955.

Analysis of Slaughter surname, New Kent Co.
Analysis of Thornton surname, New Kent Co.
New Kent Co., Virginia Land Grants, Patents & Records.

RN #58 Releated Surnames - Slaughter

The Slaughter family and my Jones family seem to stay close together from way back. 

John Slaughter 1620
Slaughter family, Virginia Historical Magazine ,Vol. 11, 1913.
Slaughter family, Colonial Families of The United States
Slaughter family, Virginia Familes (notes)
Slaughter family tree (notes)
     John Slaughter 1620
     Francis Slaughter(I) 1630
     Francis Slaughter (II) 1653
     Robert Slaughter (I) 1680 [multiple Robert Slaughter(s) from here]
Culpeper Co. VA notes
Jefferson Co., KY notes
Nelson Co., KY notes
Adair Co., KY notes
Mercer Co., KY notes
English history (notes)
Marriage records (notes)
Cadwallader Jones - Slaughter, Virginia Magazine of History, Vol. 31, 1923.
Governor Gabriel Slaughter (1816-1820)  7th Governor of KY
Multiple research notes on the Slaughter/Jones family connections.