Joseph JONES b. 1838 near Launceston, Tasmania, son of Joseph CRAWLEY & Sarah JONES appears to have changed his name from Joseph CRAWLEY to Joseph JONES. His parents, both convicts were married in Launceston in 1838.

Joseph JONES was married in 1860 in the Casterton District, Victoria Australia to Mary Ann WOMBWELL, b. 1840, Langley, Essex, England, daughter of Peter WOMBWELL 1819-1892 and Susan DYER c.1818-1865.

Joseph JONES died in 1919 at Merino and his wife Mary Ann died in 1913.

Joseph JONES and Mary Ann WOMBWELL had the following known family with connections to Merino....

1. Mary Jane JONES, b. 1862, Sandford, Vic, d. 1938, m. 1880, Walter Benstead KING 1855-1904.

2. Annie Marie JONES, b. 1863, Merino, Vic, d. 1934, m. Frederick Harris KING 1865-1939.

3. Susannah Sarah JONES, b. 1865, Merino, Vic, d. 1891, Heywood, Vic m. Henry George PEVITT, 1862-1908.

4. Henry Joseph JONES, b. 1867, Merino, Vic, d. 1884, Merino, Vic.

5. Walter Thomas JONES, b. 1869, Merino, Vic, d. 1948, Coleraine, Vic m. Annie Elizabeth BUNGE.

6. Martha Charlotte JONES, b. 1874, d. 1874, Merino, Vic.

7. David Peter JONES, b. 1875, Merino, Vic, d. 1955, m. Annie GOODES.

8. William John JONES, b. 1879, Merino, Vic, d. 1861, m. Sarah Elizabeth GOODES.