Mother: Rachel Sargent Vanhook Gibson 1763-1831
Catherine had a sister named Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Vanhook married Zachariah Jones. In his will, her father disowned Zacharia and Elizabeth if they didn't have any kids, whether between them or as a result of the death and re-marriage of either of them. Their 'inheritance' if they got it would be a share of a Negro woman named Nancy and her children.*
The reason we care if they had any kids is because we think that the William R. or W. Read Jones (maybe the same person by slightly different names) was their son. This William R. or Read married Catherine Vanhook's niece, Annis Vanhook, and she and the mysterious Jones man were the parents of Ann Jones Mourning.
(Part of the confusion is that Zachariah Jones' will names 'Annis, wife of William R'. But the marriage records says Anness Vanhook married Read Jones. Zachariah's will does not say Annis was his daughter. It just names her as a legatee. She was a widow when Zachariah's will was written. We can assume some sort of relationship between them, but no way of telling what it was.)
Just to make things more complicated, there are two girls, Elizabeth and Mary Jones, who we think are sisters of Ann Jones Mourning. They married John and Miles Gibson.
After Lawrence Vanhook, Jr. died, his widow, Rachel married a widower named John Gibson who we think was the father or Grandfather of John and Miles. We don't really have to be concerned about the Gibsons, but it would be interesting to know if the Jones family they married into was part of our Jones line.
These Van Hooks moved from NY to NJ to VA to NC and KY. It's hard to track them and the related families because the boundary lines of VA and KY and the county boundaries in both changed radically during that period. The counties split and divided endlessly.
*The historical side is people apparently bought shares or 'parts' of slaves. In 1820, a man purchased a slave who had been purchased from a woman who bought him from Lawrence Vanhook, Jr.'s heirs. She had to buy all 6 'parts' from various owners. The slave was freed by his last buyer.
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Information Source: Catherine was extensive researched by Nancy Brown Tomlin. Catherine is Nancy's 2nd great grandmother.
Contributor: Evelyn L. Jones Christensen (46631821)....4th great grandmother.
Mother: Rachel Sargent Vanhook Gibson 1763-1831
Catherine had a sister named Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Vanhook married Zachariah Jones. In his will, her father disowned Zacharia and Elizabeth if they didn't have any kids, whether between them or as a result of the death and re-marriage of either of them. Their 'inheritance' if they got it would be a share of a Negro woman named Nancy and her children.*
The reason we care if they had any kids is because we think that the William R. or W. Read Jones (maybe the same person by slightly different names) was their son. This William R. or Read married Catherine Vanhook's niece, Annis Vanhook, and she and the mysterious Jones man were the parents of Ann Jones Mourning.
(Part of the confusion is that Zachariah Jones' will names 'Annis, wife of William R'. But the marriage records says Anness Vanhook married Read Jones. Zachariah's will does not say Annis was his daughter. It just names her as a legatee. She was a widow when Zachariah's will was written. We can assume some sort of relationship between them, but no way of telling what it was.)
Just to make things more complicated, there are two girls, Elizabeth and Mary Jones, who we think are sisters of Ann Jones Mourning. They married John and Miles Gibson.
After Lawrence Vanhook, Jr. died, his widow, Rachel married a widower named John Gibson who we think was the father or Grandfather of John and Miles. We don't really have to be concerned about the Gibsons, but it would be interesting to know if the Jones family they married into was part of our Jones line.
These Van Hooks moved from NY to NJ to VA to NC and KY. It's hard to track them and the related families because the boundary lines of VA and KY and the county boundaries in both changed radically during that period. The counties split and divided endlessly.
*The historical side is people apparently bought shares or 'parts' of slaves. In 1820, a man purchased a slave who had been purchased from a woman who bought him from Lawrence Vanhook, Jr.'s heirs. She had to buy all 6 'parts' from various owners. The slave was freed by his last buyer.
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Information Source: Catherine was extensive researched by Nancy Brown Tomlin. Catherine is Nancy's 2nd great grandmother.
Contributor: Evelyn L. Jones Christensen (46631821)....4th great grandmother.
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