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Family History & Genealogy

The Jones Family

5,696 documented Jones ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

5,696Documented ancestors
1800Earliest record
9Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Jones

'Son of John' — one of the most common surnames in Wales and England.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Jones families we’ve reconstructed

Real Jones family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

John Jonesdate unknown
Wales
John Jones ⚭ Mary Meredith
childrenJane Jones · Richard Jones · Hugh Jones · Evan Jones · Daniel Jones · Mary Jones · Ann Jones · Elizabeth Jones · Sarah Jones
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James R. Jonesdate unknown
Marion County, Illinois
James R. Jones ⚭ Mahala Foster
childrenLizzie S. Jones · Willie C. Jones · James E. Jones · Mary J. Jones · Frank G. Jones · Lora N. Jones · Florence P. Jones · Rena M. Jones · Alta A. Jones
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Robert Jones1800 – 1875
Wales → Des Moines County, Iowa
Robert Jones
childrenJohn R. Jones · Robert Jones · William Jones · Thomas Jones · David Jones · Sarah Jones · Isaac Jones
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Patrick Jonesdate unknown
Ireland → Bertram township, Linn County, Iowa
Patrick Jones ⚭ Johanna Meadhin
childrenJulia Jones · Thomas Jones · Bridget Jones · John Jones · Patrick Jones · Annie Jones · Margaret Jones
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Mark C. Jonesdate unknown
Miami County, Ohio
Mark C. Jones ⚭ Mary C. Coppock (Mrs. Mary C. Pierson), Emma Jones (Mrs. Emma Coate)
childrenNora · Elizabeth · Harry · Elmer · Laura · Julia · Judson Ray
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Mary Jonesb. 1832
Wales
parentsDavid Jones & Jane Jones
Mary Jones ⚭ Mr. Morgan
childrenJohn A. Morgan · Ida Morgan · Emma Morgan · Julia Morgan · Anna Morgan · Lottie Morgan
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Margaret J. Jones1841 – 1881
Allen County, Ohio
parentsJohn D. Jones
Margaret J. Jones ⚭ William W. Roberts
childrenCharles Roberts · Frank Roberts · Jennie Roberts · Ella Roberts · William Roberts · Walter Roberts
Isaac Jonesdate unknown
Pennsylvania
parentsWilliam Jones & Emma Cause
Isaac Jones ⚭ Mary Milleson
childrenEli Jones · James Jones · Jonathan Jones · Joel Jones · Abigail Jones · Mary Jones
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John H Jones1858 – 1890
North Carolina, USA → Grayson, Virginia
John H Jones ⚭ Mary(Martha) De Board
childrenWilliam Thomas Jones · Rufus Marion Jones · Rufus marion Jones · Ambrose (Casey Jones · Ambrose Jones · Anderson
Jerry Jonesdate unknown
Monroe County, Iowa
Jerry Jones ⚭ Nancy J. Chance (married 1867)
childrenJames E. Jones · John L. Jones · Charles E. Jones · William Burton Jones · Willis Vernon Jones · Anna L. Jones (niece, reared)
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Hardin Jones1810 – 1887
Kentucky
Hardin Jones ⚭ Asenath Deweese (married 1832; she died 1859), Mary Skelton (married October 1859; died March 9
childrenMalinda Jane Jones (b. May 26, 1833) · John Green Jones · Martha E. Jones (b. January 11, 1836; m. A. L. Jones) · Amanda A. E. Jones (b. April 29, 1837; m. John A. Reel) · Mary J. Jones (b. November 16)
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Adelaide Gertrude Jones1843 – 1919
Brooklyn, New York → Clinton, Nebraska
Adelaide Gertrude Jones ⚭ James P. Jones (d. 1891)
childrenJames F. Jones · Adelaide Gertrude Jones (d. 1906) · Charles A. Jones · Mary V. Dippy · Franklin S. Jones
The Gordon Journal, 1920-01-08
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The documented line

Jones ancestors in the record

Deceased Jones ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Joel Jones was born in 1826 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
Robert Jones
1800 – 1875
Wales
George W. Jones
1804 – 1896
Dubuque
Pamelialc Jones
1807 – 1881
Iowa
Hardin Jones
1810 – 1887
Kentucky
m. Asenath Deweese (married 1832; she died 1859), Mary Skelton (married October 1859; died March 9
Margaret Jones
1810 – 1892
Iowa
James Kelly Jones
b. 1812
Marietta, Ohio
Joshua Jones
1812 – 1865
Iowa
M. G. Jones
b. 1822
Washington County, Indiana
m. Helen Robinson
Isaac Jones
b. 1823
Trumbull County, Ohio
Oliver T. Jones
1825 – 1894
St. Clair County, Illinois
m. E. E. Lancaster
A Jones
1825 – 1899
Guthrie County, Iowa
Joel Jones
b. 1826
Harrison County, Ohio
Arius Wilmeth Jones
1826 – 1881
Belmont County, Ohio
Elizabeth Jones Jones
1829 – 1911
Linn County, Iowa
Mary Jones
b. 1832
Wales
m. Mr. Morgan
Jane Jones
b. 1832
Montgomeryshire, Wales
m. Richard Morgan, John P. Morgan
John Green Jones
b. 1834
Putnam County, Indiana
Caroline Jones
1840 – 1911
Mayfield, Ohio
m. Augustus Hoppe, Craig
Margaret J. Jones
1841 – 1881
Allen County, Ohio
m. William W. Roberts
Adelaide Gertrude Jones
1843 – 1919
Brooklyn, New York
m. James P. Jones (d. 1891)
Wm Ae Jones
1843 – 1904
Linn County, Iowa
Thomas Jones
b. 1850
near White Plains, New York
Robert Jones
b. 1850
Winfield, Iowa
m. Miriam Crawford
Catherine E Jones
1852 – 1945
Linn County, Iowa
William J. Jones
b. 1853
Wayne County, Iowa
m. May Buoy
Sarah E. Jones
b. 1853
Osage County, Kansas
m. Thomas L. Jones
Elizabeth Jones
b. 1855
Des Moines County, Iowa
m. Cassius E. Yohe
Frank Fernando Jones
1855 – 1941
Wme A Jones
1856 – 1927
Linn County, Iowa
John H Jones
1858 – 1890
North Carolina, USA
m. Mary(Martha) De Board
John L. Jones
b. 1862
Yellow Springs township, Des Moines County, Iowa
m. Sarah E. Portlock
Bertha Jones
d. 1862
Dubuque County, Iowa
Allen Jones
1862 – 1925
Guthrie County, Iowa
Effie McCollum Jones
1869 – 1952
Webster City
Priscilla Jones
1871 – 1976
Iowa
Anna Jones
1871 – 1969
Iowa
Richard Jones
1872 – 1968
Iowa
Anna Jones
1872 – 1977
Iowa
Otis Jones
1873 – 1965
Iowa
John Jones
1873 – 1966
Iowa
Charles Jones
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Winny Jones
1873 – 1969
Iowa
Fred Jones
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Emory Jones
1874 – 1965
Iowa
May Jones
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Hannah Jones
1874 – 1962
Iowa
Marion Jones
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Alva Jones
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Minnie Jones
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Della Jones
1874 – 1969
Iowa
Nell Jones
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Rhoda E Jones
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Irene Jones
1875 – 1973
Iowa
Louis Jones
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Maggie Jones
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Richard Jones
1875 – 1964
Iowa
Orin Jones
1875 – 1963
Iowa
James F Jones
1875 – 1971
Iowa
Rose Jones
1876 – 1968
Iowa
William T Jones
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Alice Jones
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Dora Jones
1876 – 1971
Iowa
Fleta Jones
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Lou Jones
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Henry Jones
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Henry Jones
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Cornelius Jones
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Luther Jones
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Harvey Jones
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Frank H Jones
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Whitley B Jones
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Albina Jones
1877 – 1918
Lafayette, Indiana
m. C. M. Martin
Eva Jones
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Hattie Jones
1877 – 1966
Iowa
Jennie Jones
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Bertha Jones
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Elizabeth Jones
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Edris Jones
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Celia Jones
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Myrtle Jones
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Mottie Jones
1877 – 1971
Iowa
David Jones
1877 – 1963
Iowa
William Jones
1877 – 1967
Iowa
S Jones
1877 – 1974
Iowa
William Jones
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Charles Jones
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Grace A Jones
1877 – 1973
Iowa
Grace Jones
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Florence Jones
1878 – 1974
Iowa
William Jones
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Richard Jones
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Wallace Jones
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Frank Jones
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Roland Jones
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Myrtle Jones
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Chester Jones
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Grace M Jones
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Sarah Jones
1878 – 1976
Iowa
David Jones
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Julia Jones
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Rola Jones
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Charles Jones
1878 – 1964
Iowa
John Jones
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Vernon Jones
1878 – 1969
Iowa
John Jones
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Ethel Jones
1878 – 1978
Iowa
Lotta Jones
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Jonathan Jones
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Rosa Jones
1878 – 1975
Iowa
Bessie Jones
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Thomas Jones
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Clarence Jones
1879 – 1971
Iowa
Allie Jones
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Elam Jones
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Sophia Jones
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Lenley Jones
1879 – 1972
Iowa
David Jones
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Julia Jones
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Laura Jones
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Minda Jones
1879 – 1976
Iowa
Anne Jones
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Frederick Jones
1879 – 1965
Iowa
William Jones
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Harry Jones
1879 – 1981
Iowa
Caroline Jones
1879 – 1976
Iowa
Leonard Jones
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Fred Jones
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Harvey Jones
1879 – 1975
Iowa
Clara Jones
1879 – 1972
Iowa
Mary Jones
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Mattie Jones
1879 – 1975
Iowa
Edith Jones
1879 – 1972
Iowa
Daisy Jones
1879 – 1974
Iowa
Wm Thomas Jones
b. 1880
m. Rhilda Anderson
William Thomas Jones
1880 – 1970
smythe county, virgina
m. Rhilda Anderson
John Henry Jones
1880 – 1952
Linn County, Iowa
Mary Jones
1880 – 1978
Iowa
Susie Jones
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Ross Jones
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Carl Jones
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Ira Jones
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Louis Jones
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Mae Jones
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Sam Jones
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Albert Jones
1880 – 1968
Iowa
Jessie Jones
1880 – 1965
Iowa
Claire Jones
1880 – 1967
Iowa
James Jones
1880 – 1965
Iowa
Merritt Jones
1880 – 1962
Iowa
Mary Jones
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Edward Jones
1880 – 1976
Iowa
Nellie Jones
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Herbert C. Jones
1880 – 1970
Oskaloosa
Charles Jones
1881 – 1954
Iowa
Nellie Jones
1881 – 1945
Iowa
George Jones
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Mary Jones
1881 – 1975
Iowa
Veda Jones
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Delbert Jones
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Marie Jones
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Sarah Jones
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Colman Jones
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Mary Jones
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Henrietta Jones
1881 – 1973
Iowa
Eliza Jones
1881 – 1970
Iowa
John Jones
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Walter Jones
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Anna Jones
1881 – 1973
Iowa
Charles Jones
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Alice Jones
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Fred Jones
1881 – 1975
Iowa
William Thomas Jones
1882 – 1971
Virginia, USA
m. Rhilda Anderson
John Jones
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Harry Jones
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Mary Jones
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Kathryn Jones
1882 – 1975
Iowa
Lulu Jones
1882 – 1978
Iowa
Adah Jones
1882 – 1971
Iowa
Lavine Jones
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Frances Jones
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Albert Jones
1882 – 1962
Iowa
Harriett Jones
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Lydia Jones
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Ruth Jones
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Erma Jones
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Maude Jones
1882 – 1977
Iowa
David Jones
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Charles Jones
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Osborne Jones
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Grace Jones
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Louise Jones
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Edith Jones
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Ruth Jones
1882 – 1971
Iowa
Charles Jones
1882 – 1962
Iowa
Lucy Jones
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Elmer Jones
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Norton Jones
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Elizabeth Jones
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Gilbert Jones
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Stella Jones
1882 – 1981
Iowa
Frank Jones
1882 – 1967
Iowa
James Jones
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Rufus marion Jones
1883 – 1974
Virginia
Rufus Marion Jones
b. 1883
William Jones
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Lena Jones
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Burza Jones
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Edith Jones
1883 – 1968
Iowa
William Jones
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Emma Jones
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Jennie Jones
1883 – 1969
Iowa
William Jones
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Earl Jones
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Wilmer C Jones
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Olive Jones
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Olive Jones
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Edward Jones
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Neal Jones
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Frank Jones
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Clara Jones
1883 – 1974
Iowa
John Jones
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Anna Jones
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Bertha Jones
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Orien Jones
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Maurice Jones
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Sarah Jones
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Joe Jones
1883 – 1983
Iowa
Morgan Jones
1883 – 1963
Iowa
William Jones
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Forest Jones
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Robert Jones
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Hattie Jones
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Bernard Jones
1883 – 1986
Iowa
John Jones
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Lydia Jones
1883 – 1979
Iowa
William Jones
1883 – 1962
Iowa
Oscar Jones
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Clarence Jones
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Arthur Jones
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Elizabeth Jones
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Sibbitha Jones
1884 – 1912
Indianapolis, Indiana
m. Arthur Jones
Devere Jones
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Rella Jones
1884 – 1978
Iowa
Lillian Jones
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Mae Jones
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Gertrude Jones
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Everett Jones
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Herb Jones
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Gretta Jones
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Nellie Jones
1884 – 1974
Iowa
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Common questions

Jones genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Jones surname come from?

'Son of John' — one of the most common surnames in Wales and England.

How far back does the Jones family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1800. Most Jones lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Jones family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Jones family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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