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Birth Name: Michael McCorkle Jones
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 5, 1998
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Norwegian, German, Swiss-German, at least one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish
Mac Jones is an American professional football player, and model and actor. A quarterback, he plays for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously with the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His father played tennis in college, and his siblings have also been college athletes, his brother in soccer and his sister in tennis.
Mac’s paternal grandfather likely was Wyly King Jones (the son of Lynn Prichett Jones and Lavinia King). Lynn was born in Georgia, the son of Charles Marion Jones and Cora Belle Prichett. Lavinia was born in Georgia, the daughter of Joseph Clay Habersham King and Ida May Wyly.
Mac’s paternal grandmother likely was Olive May Sonenson (the daughter of Herbert Cyrus Sonenson and Catherine Ruth Hall). Herbert was born in Minnesota, the son of Soren Peter Sonenson, and of a Norwegian mother, Alice Gunderson. Catherine was the daughter of Harry Axtel Hall and Olive May Stoner.
Mac’s maternal grandfather was Allan/Alan James McCorkle (the son of Adolphus James McCorkle and Eugenia/Eugenie Jane Johnson). Allan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to parents who were also born in the state. Adolphus was born in New Orleans, the son of Peter A. McCorkle and Alice Mabel Flambrough. Eugenia was the daughter of E. J. Johnson.
Mac’s maternal grandmother was Rosemary/Rose Mary L. Hollander (the daughter of Charles Sandford/Sanford Hollander and Eleanor/Ellen Ruth Freund). Rosemary was born in the Panama Canal Zone. Charles was born in New York, the son of an Austrian Jewish father, Adolph Hollander, and a German Jewish mother, Pauline Fisher. Mac’s great-grandmother Eleanor was born in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, the daughter of Frank Albert Freund and Katherine/Kate Veigl, who were of German origin.
Sources: Genealogies of Mac’s maternal grandparents, Allan/Alan James McCorkle and Rosemary/Rose Mary L. (Hollander) McCorkle – https://www.findagrave.com
Mac’s maternal grandmother, Rosemary/Rose Mary L. Hollander, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Mac’s maternal great-grandfather, Charles Sandford/Sanford Hollander, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Charles Sandford/Sanford Hollander on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org