A Jones Family History
the first three hundred years (1700-2000)

White Chimneys: Come and Celebrate 300 Years of the Quaker Jones Family in America

So much new information has come to my attention since I first put this website on line in 2014 that I feel compelled to begin my research all over again and correct, explain and add what I’ve learned.

A lot of what I know now has come about because my Quaker Family website has stayed high in the search engines and fellow ancestors have found it and reached out to me with questions and corrections and often just mutual enthusiasm for family research. These “cousins” have offered their insights and discoveries, and it’s clearly time for me to update this family saga.

BUT, something very special has happened also. Recently I was contacted by the current owner of White Chimneys, now a Heritage Site and popular wedding venue in Gap, Pennsylvania, which was in the early 1720s the Gap Plantation, the homestead of our immigration ancestors, Francis and Rachel Jones, and three of their four sons, Samuel, Francis II and Henry and their offspring.

Since this historic site is approaching its 300th year, White Chimneys plans to celebrate this tricentennial on July 4th 2020, and has extended an invitation to all the ancestors of Francis and Rachel Jones to join them in this celebration. I’m not sure they realize how many of us there are, but I’ve offered to help them get the word out.

It’s a lovely part of the country and a lovely time of the year to visit … and it’s America’s birthday too. Why not plan a family trip and get in touch with your family’s roots.

Further news coming soon!