Parents of Joseph are in Question, it is possable that his mother was Jeane Barrows, and his father was Joshua and that the will of Jane to her son Joseph, (listed as grandson of Peter) that lists " Jane relict of Jonathan" the record may have abreviated the name Jonathan, and miss- translated. Jno is the possible abrev. and then mistaken as Jonathan instead of Joshua. Ancestry for Josephs mother is give here with reservation, but it also ties into the Nicholson's, and Charles's which are also tied into so many of this family line. It is shown that Joshua Jones married Jeanne Barrows in Perquimans Co, NC records, on 7 Mar 1745/46
Alternate date of marriage as 27 Sep 1780.
WILL 12 MAR 1727/28
In his will in Perq. Co, April 1752 names children: John to whom he bequeathed "plantation where I now live & land at "Mile Branch." To son William he left 170 acres, son Peter "Plantation whereon I now live", dau's Mary, Hannah, & Margaret Jones, Sarah Sutton, Rebecca Denman, grandson Thomas Sherwood, Exrs son John and dau. Mary.