Jones Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Jones Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.75 Linear Feet
Creator:
Jones family, Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908, Curtis family, Foster, Adam, Jones, Mary Fauntleroy, Jones, Mary Throckmorton, Jones, Richard P., Jones, Warner Throckmorton, Page family, Taliaferro family., and Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Jones Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of "Land's End," Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.

The first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson L. Fray, Jr.

Addition Mss. Acc. 1955.001 was given by Maria Talcott, but the material deals with the same family, so it has been included with the Fray gift accessions. She was a first cousin of Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray and granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.

Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray was the daughter of William Fauntleroy Cocke and great granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis. The 1969 accessions are family papers and documents from both the Jones and Curtis families with some material relating to the Cocke family.

Harriet's parents were Richard and Martha Washington Throckmorton Jones and her siblings were William Langborne, Mary Lanborne, Lucy Ann (married Mann Page), John James Emanuel, Richard P. (married Maria Greenhow Curtis) and Warner Throckmorton Jones (never married and lived with both his Curtis relations through the years). Harriet Jones Curtis's children were Martha, Harriet, Lucy, Mary, Fanny and Charles Curtis.

Acquisition information:
Gifts of 1969 and 1976 were made by Mrs. Jackson L. Fray, Jr. Mss. Acc. 1955.001 is a gift of Maria Talcott.
Processing information:

Further processing and completion of inventory done by Anne Johnson in 2011.

Arrangement:

Subseries were not used with this collection due to difficulty separating papers into their family of origin. When possible, the papers have been grouped either by recipient or creator, whether individual or family. Most of the correspondence is arranged chronologically and is a mix of the Jones, Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and related families. Most envelopes were missing which made it difficult to ascertain not only who received the letters, but who wrote them.