 Jones was married on October 16 , 1749 , to Margaret Strother Morton ( 1726 – 1822 ) , the widow of George Morton and the daughter of William Strother and his wife Margaret Watts of King George County . Jones 's wife lived to be 97 , and was described by Waddell in his Annals of Augusta County , Virginia as " a lady of eminent Christian character " . Jones and his wife Margaret had three daughters , one son , and a child of unknown sex that died in infancy : Margaret Morton Jones Harvie , married to lawyer Colonel John Harvie of Albemarle County ; Elizabeth Jones Lewis , married to merchant John Lewis of Fredericksburg ( son of Fielding Lewis and his first wife Catharine Washington ) ; Anna Gabriella Jones Hawkins , married to John Hawkins of Kentucky ; and William Strother Jones ( born March 21 , 1756 ) , married to Fanny Thornton of Fredericksburg . 
