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The Will of Capt. John Jones of St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline County, was written on 16 March 1779. It devised to his wife, Ann, the plantation whereon I now live and the land and plantation thereunto adjoining formerly belonging to her father, Thomas Madison." At Anne Madison's death, the Will goes on to say that the plantation be equally divided between John and Anne Jones' sons, William Jones and Madison Jones. The Will also says: "if I have interest in any lands in Maryland under any deed or instrument of writing from my father or by inheritance, I desire the same shall be sold at public auction and the money to be divided amongst all my children and their lawful representatives." He also directed that all "my lands in Spotsylvania County and all my land and interest in land in the counties of Lunenburg and Charlotte" be disposed of at public auction and the proceeds equally distributed to the testator's three daughters. The Will mentions 7 total children. [Report of George H. L. King, deceased, certified genealogist, November 18, 1974]
George Madison was advanced to the rank of first Lieutenant in 1777 and to the rank of captain in July 1779 after the death of Captain John Jones. [ ]
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Essex County, Virginia Historical Society, Bulletin 14, Nov 1978
BEAVER'S HILL
by Edward Wright Haile
Robert Gaines Haile married first Matilda I. Wright (1789-1817), daughter of Edward Wright and Polly Pitts Wright of "Wrightsville", King and Queen County.
They had two daughters, Mary C. Haile (b. 1812) who married first Arthur L. Barnes and second R. G. Leavel, and Emily A. Haile (b. 1815) who married N. I. E. Whitlocke.
Robert Gaines went in the army, served in the war of 1812, and returned home with the rank of Captain.
In the year 1818 he began the construction of Beavers Hill.
Matilda Wright Haile had died in 1817 and Robert Gaines married in 1821 Elizabeth Buckner Jones (1798-1874), daughter of Captain William Jones (d. 1818) and Elizabeth Buckner (cl. 1818) . Capt. Jones was the son of Capt. John Jones (c. 1730-1779) and Ann Madison (Jones) (1733-1819) and was through his mother, a second cousin to President James Madison.
When his father John Haile, Sr. made his will in 1809 he made no mention of his son Robert Gaines
though he includes his other two sons Richard Thomas and John Jr. To John Jr. fell the bulk of his estate.
We assume Robert Gaines was about to have the will upset after his fathers death for soon after his brother John Jr. deeds him half equity. Robert Gaines thereupon bought out the other half and this property is apparently where he erected the present house of Beavers Hill.
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1768-1772 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 15; [Antient Press]; Page 424-426
Indenture 11 Nov 1771 between JAMES STODGHILL and ANN, his wife, and JOHN JONES .. for £50 .. sell 120 acres on Swift Run on the Foot of the Great Mountain .. land whereon John Jones now liveth bounded Samuel Ham; Swift Run
Presence: W. Bell, James Stodghill
John Goodall, George Bruce Ann Stodghill
Recorded Orange County 28th November 1771.
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1768-1772 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 15; [Antient Press]; Page 426-428
Indenture 11 Nov 1771 between JAMES STODGHILL and ANN, his wife, and JOHN JONES .. for £20 .. sell 76 acres branch of Swift Run land James Stodghill now liveth
Presence: W. Bell, James Stodghill
John Goodall, George Bruce Ann Stodghill
Recorded Orange County 28th November 1771.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1736 - 1779 (> 43 years)