Ebenezer Jones-Mary Roten - Who was Daniel Roden?
Ebenezer Jones (1763-1862) was b in Delaware, lived 15-20 years in Rowan Co NC, then moved to Daviess Co Indiana and lived there the rest of his life. He married ca 1782 Mary Roten and they had nine sons and six daughters. There seems to be widespread agreement taht Ebenezer was the son of Zachariah Jones, who immigrated to America from Wales in 1763. There is not very strong evidence of Mary Roten's parents.
A Jones family bible was found by Marie W. McCormick. This small Bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1813. Mrs. McCormick speculates that the Bible belonged to Ebenezer and was passed to his son Wiley when Ebenezer died. When Wiley died, the Bible must have gone to Laura Jones, Wiley's eldest daughter, as her name and date of birth are given following the birth records for Ebenezer and Mary Jones' children. An Anna Purcell, a granddaughter of Ebenezer Jones, placed the bible on sale in the Wallace Grocery store south of Washington, Indiana. About 1980, when I learned of it, the Bible belonged to Mrs. Elva O'Brien Fisher, a great-great-granddaughter of Wiley R. Jones through his daughter Emily. In addition to the birth records for Ebenezer and Mary Jones' children, the following is written on the fly leaf:
"Daniel son of Nathaniel Roden (?) and
Sally his wife was born January 6th 1712.
this 19th of August 1816
Daniel Slinkard was born June the 24th 1819 (?)"
On the back of this fly leaf is written: "Bible (illegible) of E. and Mary Ro(illegible) Jones". The Daniel Roden referred to must have been an ancestor of Mary Roden Jones, possibly her father. Daniel Slinkard was presumably the son of Kattarine Slinkard, Ebenezer's second wife, whom he married in 1831.
I would appreciate any information on how this Daniel Roden ties in with Mary Roten.