Hi All
I have been reading this with interest. I wondered if anybody knew anything about Jeremiah Wood Jones son of Jerry Bach, its just that I know My GG Grandfather was a Jeremiah Jones who was a Harpist in Abergavenny. I know that his father was a Jeremiah Jones, Harpist. I know that Jeremiah Wood Jones had brothers called Theophilus and John and my GG Grandfather called his son Theophilus John. (Or the one son I know about) What I have been told by my grandmother and her sisters was that he had cousins who played for for Queen Victoria.
I have researched the Woods and know that Jerry Bach used the name Jones for official purposes, and comes up as Jones on the 1841 and 1851 census, I am sure I also have his death certificate which is under the name Jones. Although on the burial register he is buried as a Wood.
We had no idea of any gypsy link, but my G Aunt left me some books by George Borrow when she died, and I think maybe she knew.
I would love to know for sure.
Allie H