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HEREDITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF CATESBY AP ROGER JONES. 



II (F F F F), Colonel Thomas Jones (died 1758), had large plantations in Virginia. I 2 

 (F F F M), Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of William Pratt, a wealthy merchant. 13 (F F M F), 

 James Skelton. 14 (F F M M), Jane Meriweather. 15 (M F F F), John Page (born 1720). 

 16 (M F F M), Jane Byrd. 



Fraternity of F F F: II 3, Frederick Jones (born 1732), removed to North Carolina. II 4, 

 William Jones (born 1734), went to sea before he was 16 years of age; he held some official posi- 

 tions in the colony. II 5, Walter Jones (born 1745), received his degree of doctor of medicine 

 at the University of Edinburgh; was a member of Congress. II 6 (F F F), Colonel Thomas Jones 

 (1726-1785-6), owned a large plantation; was clerk of Northumberland county court for years. 

 II 7 (F F M), Sally Skelton. II 8 (F F M), John Tuberville. II 10 (M F M), Mary Mason 

 Seldon. II 11 (M F F), Mann Page (born 1742). Fraternity of M F F: II 12, John Page, was 

 a member of Phi Beta Kappa. II 13, Elizabeth Burwell. 



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Fraternity of F F: III 1, Thomas ap Thomas Jones, was a major in the Revolutionary war, 

 acting as recruiting officer. He owned a schooner which was largely used for pleasure excursions. 

 Ill 2, Jekyll Jones, a political writer of some note. Ill 3, Meriweather Jones (born 1766), 

 was a lawyer and a distinguished political writer and leader of Richmond. He was said to have 

 eloped at 17; he engaged in many duels and was finally killed in one. Ill 4, Lucy Franklin Reed. 

 Ill 5, Franklin Reed, of the United States navy. Ill 6, Bathurst Jones, a member of the Vir- 

 ginia assembly. There is a tale that he took his life because of his wife's jealousy. Ill 7, Skelton 

 Jones, a lawyer and editor; was the participant in many duels and the number of men he had 

 killed made him morose and remorseful; he was finally killed in a duel. Ill 9 (F F), Major 

 Catesby Jones, a high-spirited, cultured gentleman and an active, energetic business man. Ill 10 

 (F M), Lettice Corbin Tuberville. Ill 11 (M F), William Byrd Page (born co. 1768), was a 

 planter; he was appointed assistant inspector of ordnance. Ill 12 (M M), Anne Lee, born 1776. 

 Fraternity of M M: III 13, Henry Lee (1756-1818), known as "Light Horse" Harry Lee. He 

 received a gold medal from Congress for his distinguished gallantry during the Revolutionary 

 war. Ill 14, Anne Hill Carter. Ill 16, Octavius Augustus Page (1765-1813), a lieutenant in 

 the United States navy, served on the Chesapeake. Ill 17, Peyton Randolph Page (born 1776), 

 was in the United States navy and captured by the British. Ill 18, Lewis Burwell Page (1778- 

 1826), a sailing-master in the United States navy. Ill 19, Hugh Nelson Page (born 1788), entered 

 the United States navy as a midshipman in 1811. He volunteered for Perry's squadron, taking 

 an active part in the battle of Lake Erie. He was voted a sword by Congress for his gallantry. 

 He served in various capacities in South American waters, in the Levant, and on the Pacific 

 coast, retiring with the rank of captain in 1855. Ill 20, Jane Page. 



IV 1, Walter Jones, an officer in the United States navy. IV 2, Taylor, of Norfolk, 



Virginia. Fraternity of F: IV 3, Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1789-1858), entered the navy in 1805 

 and rose to the rank of captain in 1829. He engaged in suppressing piracy, smuggling, and the 

 slave-trade in the Gulf of Mexico, 1808-1812. In 1814 he attempted with a small flotilla to 

 intercept a British squadron of 40 vessels but was obliged to surrender. IV 4, Mary Walker 

 Carter. IV 5, Philip de Catesby Jones (born 1792). IV 10 (F), Roger Jones (1788-1852), was 

 appointed second lieutenant of marines in 1809 and in 1812 was transferred to the artillery with 

 the rank of captain. He was breveted major for his services in the battles of Chippewa and 



