RN #245 Regression Analysis - Related Surnames (Vol. I)

(Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia deed/will abstracts, and the order book abstracts from 1656 to 1692 give a record of my early JONES family in Virginia.  The associated brick walls are numerous trying to climb the many branches.  This notebook contains my attempts by a method I call "Regression Analysis".   That is, starting with a date, and going in "regression" (backward in time) in a detailed account, placing associated family surnames in order of their occurrence.  An example is given below:

The Catlett family had a large role in connecting my JONES family to the county of Kent.  The figure above shows one page from the analysis for this surname.  William Catlett, John Smyth, and Ralph Rowzee are connected in a record of 18 Sept. 1690.  Going back in time (regression) each record that contains the surname "Catlett" is placed in order.  Associated surnames are then analyzed.

This notebook (Vol. I) contains the following surnames:

1. Jones, 2. Slaughter, 3. Lightfoot, 4. Taliaferro, 5. Catlett, 6. Thornton, 7. Lee, 8, Townsend, 9. Underwood, 10. Mosley, 11. Booth, 12. Hawkins, 13. Lucas, 14. Upton, 15. Williamson, 16. Nicholas/Nicholls, 17. Whitman, 18. Battaile, 19. Williams, and 20. Jefferys.

RN #244 Virginia Colonial Militia From 1656

Military organizations played an important role in early American history.  For the genealogist this history plays an important role in many family tree exploits.   This notebook contains my research into the early military organization of Virginia.  In 1651, seven military districts were formed.  Muster list can be an important record of individuals living in these areas.  The following content is contained:

Northampton Co. 1651 [formed 1642/43]
Charles City Co. 1655
Rappahannock Co. 1656
Lancaster Co. 1656
Middlesex Co. 1676
Northumberland Co. 1676
Surry Co. 1687

Virginia Officers in 1680
Virginia Militia Officers 1699

Various notes on county militia 1656 - 1754

An important reference is: "Virginia Colonial Militia 1651 - 1776", edited by William Armstrong Crozier, Southern Book Co., 1954.

RN #243 The Jones Surname : A Genealogical Classification System

This notebook contains reprints from The Jones Genealogist that group a number of articles that deal with my research into the Jones surname.  A Jones Classification System is what it attempts to develop based upon the historical use of the coat of arms associated with the various family groups.

The original research is contained in RN # 89 and RN #90.  Beginning Vol VI, No. 5, Jan/Feb 1995, this research was published in a series of articles.   They are grouped in this notebook.

RN #242 The Jones Surname In Early Kentucky 1773 - 1850

My genealogy research days began some 53 years ago with stories of my family in Kentucky.  This notebook contains much of the account of that research organized from articles published in my family newsletter called  The Jones Genealogist.

Kentucky's early development 1772 - 1779 is from Vol. 1, No. 2 [July/Aug] p. 4, 1989.  A series of reprints follow that deal with Early Kentucky Surveys and Grants, Military Warrants, early individual Jones names, and the various census tracts.   This includes a listing of the Jones head of household for the census of 1790 [the first census of KY], a listing by counties in KY [1790], the census of 1800, and 1850, KY marriages records [1780 - 1850], and whole group of articles that deal other topics about the Jones surname in KY during this early period. [Such as an index analysis of Kentucky Federal Court Records, Order Books, 1789 - 1804 ] 

RN #241 The Jones Surname In Early VA 1609 - 1800

This notebook contains reprints from The Jones Genealogist pertaining to the Jones surname in early Virginia.

The reprints begin :

  Article I : The Origin of The Jones Surname. Vol. I, No. 1 [May/June], p. 3-5, 1989.

followed by:

  Article II : The Joneses of Jamestown Before 1634, Vol. I, No. 2 [July/Aug], p. 1-2, 1989.
                   Elizabeth Joones, Ancient Planter, Vol. I, No. 5, [Jan/Feb], p. 5, 1990.
                                                                       Vol. I, No. 6, [March/Apr], p.3-4, 1990.
then followed by:

then followed by:

  Article IV:  Rent Roll of Virginia 1704 - 1705, Vol. III, No. 1, [May/June] p. 1-6, 1991.
  Article V: Virginia Colonial Militia : 1651 - 1776. Vol. III, No. 3 [Sept/Oct], p.3-6, 1991.
                  Land Bounty Certificates : For Service in The French and Indian Wars. Vol. III, No.2, 
                                                                                                    [July/Aug], p. 6, 1991.
  Article VI: Jones Marriages in Virginia.
                      Halifax Co. VA: 1772 - 1852. Vol. II, No.1 [May/June] p. 2-4, 1990.
                      Culpeper Co., : 1781 - 1815 Vol. III, No. 2 [July/Aug], p. 7, 1991.
                                                                    Vol. III, No. 3 [Sept/Oct], p.1-2, 1991.
                      Charlotte Co., 1764 - 1815.  Vol. III, No. 3, [Sept/Oct], p 7, 1991.
                                                                    Vol. III, No. 4, [Nov/Dec ], p.6, 1991.
  Article VII: Orange County Virginia History, Vol. II, No. 4, [Nov/Dec], p. 6-7, 1990.
                    Jones Surname in Lee Co., Virginia 1795 - 1820, Vol. I, No. 6, [March/Apr] p.5-6, 1990.

RN #240 Legal Records England and Wales 1485 - 1700 AD

Reprints from The Jones Genealogist continues in this notebook.  The legal records of England and Wales are presented for the surname JONES.

From 1485 AD to 1700 AD these records were abstracted for those cases involving the surname JONES.
The content was published in my newsletter from 1996 to 2003.  The titles and references are shown below.

RN #239 The Ancient Origin of The Surname Jones 1485 AD - 1663 AD

This notebook continues the story of the surname JONES.  It contains copies of reprints from my early research into this surname. [Which happens to be my surname.]  It continues from 1485 AD to 1663 AD.

It continues the dating from RN #238 which begins the story from 300 AD.  This time I will given the topics discussed in this post.  The research was completed and written between 1994 and 2001 as outlined below.

This outline gives the topic and sources researched for the surname JONES. What a deal!