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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Jones

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Jones Motto Translated
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Where did the Welsh Jones family come from? What is the Welsh coat of arms/family crest? When did the Jones family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

While the ancestors of the bearers of Jones came from ancient Welsh-Celtic Origins, the name itself has its roots in Christianity. This surname comes from the personal name John, which is derived from the Latin Johannes, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." This name has always been common in Britain, rivaling William in popularity by the beginning of the 14th century. The feminine form Joan, or Johanna in Latin, was also popular, and the surname Jones may be derived from either the male or female name.

Welsh surnames are relatively few in number, but they have an inordinately large number of spelling variations. There are many factors that explain the preponderance of Welsh variants, but the earliest is found during the Middle Ages when Welsh surnames came into use. At this time, there were no uniform spelling rules and because the general population was illiterate, they could not specify a particular rendition of their names. Therefore, scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, which often resulted in a single person's name being inconsistently recorded over his lifetime. The transliteration of Welsh names into English also accounts for many of the spelling variations: the unique Brythonic Celtic language of the Welsh had many sounds the English language was incapable of accurately reproducing. It was also common for members of a same surname to change their names slightly, in order to signify a branch loyalty within the family, a religious adherence, or even patriotic affiliations. For all of these reasons, the many spelling variations of particular Welsh names are very important. The surname Jones has occasionally been spelled Jones, Jonas, Jone and others.

First found in Denbighshire, where the Jones family was seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many people from Wales joined the general migration to North America in search of land, work, and freedom. These immigrants greatly contributed to the rapid development of the new nations of Canada and the United States. They also added a rich and lasting cultural heritage to their newly adopted societies. Investigation of immigration and passenger lists has revealed a number of people bearing the name Jones: Alice Jones, who arrived in Boston in 1635; Charles Jones and Humphrey Jones, who both settled in Virginia in 1636; as did Anne Jones in 1648; Owen Jones, who immigrated to Maryland in 1665.

Motto Translated: Without God, without anything.

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Suggested Readings for the name Jones

Camp, Jones, and Related Families by Nell Jones Carter.
Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia by L.H. Jones.
Climbing Our Family Tree by Edith Black.

Some noteworthy people of the name Jones

Mary Cover Jones (1896-1987), American psychologist, pioneer in the field of behavior therapy, who received the G. Stanley Hall Award from the APA in 1968
Bobby Jones (1902-1971), American golfer who won the Grand Slam of Golf in 1930
George Glenn Jones (b. 1931), American country singer, winner of many awards including the U.S. National Medal of Arts
James Earl Jones (b. 1931), American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage, perhaps best known for his deep baritone voice
Quincey Jones (b. 1933), American composer, music producer and media mogul
Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones (1913-1998), American, country musician and comedic actor
Marion Jones (b. 1975), American gold-medal winner for track and field in the 2000 Olympics
Jonathan David Samuel "Jo" Jones (1911-1985), American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (1923-1985), jazz musician who toured and recorded with Miles Davis Quintet from 1955 to 1957
Elvin Jones (1927-2004), American jazz drummer touted by Life Magazine as "the world's greatest rhythmic drummer"
Jacques Dewayne Jones (b. 1975), American Major League baseball player
Nathaniel Henry "Nate" Jones (b. 1963), American boxer nicknamed "The Snake" who won the National Golden Gloves in 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Ruth Gordon Jones (1896-1985), Academy Award-winning American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the neighbor in "Rosemary's Baby"
Ensign Herbert Charpoit Jones (1918-1941), who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1941
Edward P. Jones (b. 1951), American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004
Howard Mumford Jones (1892-1980), American writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University awarded the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Tom Jones (b. 1940), (born Thomas Jones Woodward), popular Welsh singer and actor particularly noted for his powerful voice
Catherine Zeta Jones (b. 1969), Welsh, Academy Award-winning actress
Calvert Jones (1804-1877), Welsh mathematician and painter, best known for his seascapes
William Ronald Rhys Jones (1915-1987), Welsh literary journalist and editor
Sir Edward Martin Furnival Jones (1912-1997), British espionage administrator
Alan Gwynne Jones (1892-1982), British artist, and Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980
David Robert Jones (b. 1947), better known as David Bowie, an English rock singer, who became famous for his wide variety of musical and personal styles
Gwyneth Jones (b. 1952), British science-fiction author
Loftus William Jones (1879-1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces
Malcolm Elwyn Jones (b. 1959), Scottish musician and multi-instrumentalist
Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869), English radical, lawyer, journalist, and poet
Inigo Jones (1573-1652), regarded as the first significant English architect, and the first to bring Renaissance architecture to England

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