Another interesting similarity is that you mention your John married Caroline JONES and her fathers name was Samuel. The John WATKINS (b.1840) I have on my family tree married an Anne JONES and would you believe the name of Anne's father is Samuel. Recently, I made a new connection with a distant cousin of mine who is descended from John and Anne and because of that I've been looking a little bit into the Jones side of things even though that family is not directly connected to me.

I have a few censuses which include Ann and Samuel but cannot find any Caroline. In case this means anything to you I have a copy of the the birth certificate of Ann JONES, it lists the father as Samuel JONES and the mother as Elizabeth JONES - formerly GAGG.

Dave Watkins