Hayes Part 3 - Jones

Feb 19
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The second owner of the land at Hayes was Frederick Jones, who purchased the tract from Edward Smithwick around 1708. Jones first arrived in this country in 1702 with his brother Thomas and both initially settled in James City County, Virginia, near Williamsburg. Frederick Jones’ plantation there was known as Tutter’s Neck.

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