Identifier: captainrogerjone00jone (find matches)
Title: Captain Roger Jones, of London and Virginia : some of his antecedents and descendants, with appreciative notice of other families, viz: Bathurst, Belfield, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and others
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Jones, L. H. (Lewis Hampton) cn
Subjects: Jones, Roger, d. 1701 Jones family Browning family Carter family Catesby family Cocke family Graham family Hickman family Hoskins family Lewis family Meriwether family Skelton family Walker family Warren family Woodford family
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell's Sons
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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full well thathe was not one to be provoked or trifled with. Hewas a man of fine intelligence, of varied and mostextensive general information, of very delicate sensi-bilities, and great dignity of character. In early lifehe went to Richmond, Virginia, to read law under hisuncle Skelton Jones, but soon abandoned the idea,for what reason I know not. He had great confidence in the integrity of men ;being himself scrupulously honest in all his deal-ings with mankind, he expected the same of others,with the usual result of financial injury to himself.In early life he had been much in and about Wash-ington and Baltimore, and had come in contact withmany of the prominent characters of the times, whichmade him an exceedingly interesting conversational-ist. He was hospitable, and fond of entertaining athis home ; was a most assiduous reader, systematizedand digested well what he read, had a good memory,and sustained the reputation of being the best in- nen a.n o o o A o Crq ntp O•-t 7T n o
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Major Thoinas ap Thomas Jones. 59 formed man in his county. But he was not merelyregarded as being a well-informed, intelligent gentle-man ; by many he was regarded as one of undoubtedintellectual greatness. Said a certain legal gentle-man to me, whose astuteness in judging of men iswell recognized by those who know him, and whosebrother was a very promising graduate of West Point, My brother always said your grandfather was thebest informed and most intellectual man he had evermet. And, added this gentleman, who has nowgrown venerable in years, Thos. ap Jones was ageologist, a linguist, a statesman, and a philosopher ;his was the greatest intellect this county has known.He was, perhaps, morbidly considerate of the comfortand feelings of others. If, for instance, he were con-versing with the humblest individual who should mis-pronounce a word, he would adopt the mans pro-nunciation rather than call his attention to the mis-take by using the word correctly. He left a number of slaves i

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