Humphrey Jones "I" married Mary Dale (a daughter of Edward Dale and Diana 
Skipwith....as I recall, there was/is some "British royal blood" in that 
line), and they had a son who was named Humphrey Jones "II."  Humphrey Jones 
"II" married Elizabeth Unknown (unknown to me, anyway...unless there is 
something "buried" in my notes somewhere on her), and they had a son who was 
named Humphrey Jones "III."  Humphrey Jones "III" married Catherine Carter 
(from the same overall family as Robert "King" Carter of VA....but she was 
not his "direct-line descendant").  After Humphrey Jones "III" died, his 
widow Mrs. Catherine (Carter) Jones married second to Major Maurice Smith of 
Middlesex Co., VA (Maurice left his Will in Middlesex Co., VA in 1795; he 
was a descendant of the "family immigrant" to America who was named 
Alexander Smith).

Another member of this same overall Smith family married a descendant of 
Giles Webb in "next-door" Essex Co., VA.  In addition, there was also 
another/unrelated Smith family in Essex Co., VA....that was headed by a 
Nicholas Smith and his son Colonel Francis Smith (who married Lucy 
Meriwether and Anne Adams)....and that unrelated Smith family also married 
into the same Webb family (a "Webb brother" (James Webb, as I recall) 
married a woman in the "Colonel Francis Smith line," and his "Webb sister" 
married a man (Samuel Smith) in the unrelated "Alexander Smith line"). 
Essex Co., VA is on the other (South) side of the Rappahannock River from 
Richmond Co., VA.  Richmond Co., VA and the City of Richmond, VA are often 
confused.  The area North of the river (where Richmond Co., VA is today) 
eventually became the North Farnham Parish, and area South of the river 
became the South Farnham Parish.  Giles Webb is typically shown as having 
been born in the Richmond Co., VA area.

There were also several men who were named Rice Jones in what is today the 
Middlesex Co., VA area.  One of them married an Elizabeth Croshaw, and they 
had a son who was also named Humphrey Jones (so there were apparently AT 
LEAST the above FOUR men named Humphrey Jones who were in that general area 
of VA at various times in the 1600s/1700s).  Another man who was named Rice 
Jones, Junior married a Jane Cock/Cocke (a daughter of a Nicholas Cock). 
When Rice Jones, Junior died, his widow Mrs. Jane (Cock) Jones married 
second to a Lt. John Smith (a son of the "family immigrant" Alexander Smith 
mentioned above).  That Lt. John Smith (died abouut 1696, as did his father 
Alexander Smith) was the grandfather of the above-mentioned Major Maurice 
Smith.  I see conflicting information on the internet about the name of the 
father of this Rice Jones, Junior....but one would think that the father was 
probably also named Rice Jones.  I do not know how/if the various men who 
were named Rice Jones were related to Humphrey Jones "I," "II" and "III." 
As I recall, the Will of one of the men named Rice Jones referred to one of 
the men who were named Humphrey Jones as "my friend"....though I would 
certainly not be too surprised if they were all actually cousins.  Bill. 

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