Person:Nicholas Jones (4)

Name	Nicholas Jones, Esq., of Abergavenny
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1650	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Marriage	17 Apr 1683	Canon Frome, Herefordshire, Englandto Alice Hopton
Death`^?`	Bef 27 Oct 1695	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales[date of wife's next marriage]

Notes on the Spouse of Nicholas Jones

Note of Caution: the Harleian MS, No. 4, 181, folio 247 incorrectly lists the widow of Nicholas Jones, son and heir of William Jones, Recorder of Abergavenny as "Anne" Hopton, who would later marry Sir James Morgan. This error is propagated in later genealogies, including Morgan (1902)², etc. Scroggins (2009)¹ has presented proof that it was not Anne, but rather Alice Hopton who married 1st Nicholas Jones in 1683 and 2nd Sir James Morgan in 1695.

References

Scroggins, William G. Leaves of a Stunted Shrub: a genealogy of the Scrogin-Scroggin-Scroggins family. (Cockeysville, Maryland: Nativa, LLC, 2009)
Vol 2, p 103.

Nicholas Jones of Abergavenny and Alice Hopton of Canon Frome were married in April 1683 at Canon Frome. Alice was the daughter of Sir Edward Hopton, who was in the Commission of the Peace, but was not a Judge ; and was born on the 18 June, 1656. ...
Morgan, Appleton. A history of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to present times. (New York: Published for subscribers only, 1902)
p 165.

[Note of Caution: incorrectly identifies Sir James Morgan's 1st wife, Ann Hopton, as the widow Jones when it was actually his 2nd wife, Alice Hopton, who was a cousin to his 1st wife.]