Peter Jones was born about 1700 probably in Maryland on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.  It is not known who his parents were.  There was a Peter Jones of Kent County that is easily confused with our, but I believe they are separate individuals.  Probably cousins, if I can find the connection.

The other Peter Jones is believed he was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones. Thomas left a will written in Nov. 22, 1748, proved July 9, 1749 that names his wife three sons, William, Jacob and Peter, and 3 daughters.  re. Jane Baldwin Cotton.  1991.  Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1748-1753.  Vol. 10, page 40. This Peter Jones married Mary Bollas in Kent county Maryland and had a son Jacob Jones.  However, the Kent County Md Peter Jones continued buying and selling well after our Peter Jones had died.

Jones were found in both  Kent County Delaware and Kent and Cecil Counties Maryland and they may be connected. The line between Delaware and Maryland is purely a surveyors line. If there were not markers, you could not tell when you crossed from one state to the other. The line was not clearly stated until Mason and Dixon drew it c 1765. 

Peter Jones actively engaged in buying and selling land.  Cecil Ct. Deed book 6, page 57.  on March 24th 1740 Peter Jones bought part of land grant called None So Fine in Finland from John Campbell for 290 pounds for about 150 acres.  Thomas Jones, testified on his behalf.   A few years later, he purchased the remainder of the original land grant.  Cecil Ct. Deed Book 6, page 425 on Oct. 2, 1744, Peter Jones purchased c 158 acres from Rachel Croker, widow for 115 pounds and about 300 pounds of tobacco.  The original land grant was for 350 acres.  He now owns 308 acres.

Directly across the open water to the north lies the historic Mt. Harmon.  open to the public during mild months.  The house there was built about 1730 and functioned actively well past the time None So fine in Finland was in the Jones family.  Mt. Harmon is a grand 3 story brick home that was set on a dock from which the owner owned his own schooner for shipping tobacco to England and returning with fine goods for the elegant house.  Thus it is entirely possible that None So Fine was also the home of some grandeur as well.

Sadly, on Feb. 19, 1750 the Cecil County Maryland Deed Book 7, page 254 has a valuation of  "land, plantation, houses, out houses and orchards belonging to Jacob Jones, orphan and heir at law of Peter Jones late of Cecil County, deceased.  The plantation was 308 acres called None so Fine in Finland, on the north side of the Sassafras River on a neck between the river and Back Creek. Joseph Redgrave is listed as guardian, which strongly suggest there is no living widow. 

Peter Jones is thus known to have only one child:  Jacob Jones born c1734.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

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1.  Who were Peter's parents?
2.  What is his connection to the Thomas and Peter of Kent County MD
3.  Who & when did he marry?

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Date created 9/12/2014
Date edited 12/5/2014
Date edited 6/21/2015