Thomas,
I'm surprised to learn that Jack Elam sent you this descendant line as fact. Anyway,
here's my response:
In the Wells article (which is the source of the descendant line Jack gave you) the
proposed connection goes like this:
John Rolfe/Pocahontas------Thomas Rolfe/Jane Poythress------Jane Rolfe/Robert
Boling--------John Bolling/Mary Kennon------Jane Boling/Col. Richard Randolph------John
Randolph/Francis Bland--------John Randolph/female Peters------female Randolph/male
Ashby-------Garner Ashby/John Cassity.
But it is documented that the John Randolph who married Francis Bland was born on 26 JUN
1742 in "Curles", Henrico County, VA and married Francis on 9 MAR 1769 in
"Cawsons", Prince George County, VA. Their son John, who Wells claimed to be
Garner's grandfather, was born on 2 JUN 1773. We don't have an exact birth date
for Garner, but since we know that her first child was born 14 Jan 1766, we estimate that
she was born 1745-1748. Obviously she cannot be the granddaughter of a man who was born
nearly 30 years after she was.
So, I'm not saying it's impossible that Garner has some distant connection to
Pocahontas; I'm just saying that she absolutely is not a direct descendant as it was
shown in the article written by Henry Wells.
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas K. Marquis" <brotom(a)sigecom.net>
To: <cassity(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:27 PM
Subject: [CASSITY] Pocahontas Cassity relationship
This was given to me by my cousin Jack Elam. He and my Mother
Catherine (Cassity) Marquis are first cousins.
1. REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2 (POWHATAN1) was born 1595 in Virginia, and died 1617 in
Gravesend,England. She married JOHN ROLFE June 1614 in Jamestown,Virginia. He was born
1585 in England, and died March 22, 1621/22 in Virginia.
More About REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA):
Burial: 1617, Under the floor of the chancel of Gravesend,England
Child of REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA) and JOHN ROLFE is:
2. i. THOMAS3 ROLFE.
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS3 ROLFE (REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) He married JANE POYTHRESS.
Child of THOMAS ROLFE and JANE POYTHRESS is:
3. i. JANE4 ROLFE.
Generation No. 3
3. JANE4 ROLFE (THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) She married ROBERT
BOLING.
Child of JANE ROLFE and ROBERT BOLING is:
4. i. JOHN5 BOLING.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHN5 BOLING (JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) He
married MARY KENNON.
Child of JOHN BOLING and MARY KENNON is:
5. i. JANE6 BOLING.
Generation No. 5
5. JANE6 BOLING (JOHN5, JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1)
She married RICHARD RANDOLPH.
Child of JANE BOLING and RICHARD RANDOLPH is:
6. i. JOHN7 RANDOLPH.
Generation No. 6
6. JOHN7 RANDOLPH (JANE6 BOLING, JOHN5, JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3,
REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) He married FRANCIS BLAND.
Child of JOHN RANDOLPH and FRANCIS BLAND is:
7. i. JOHN RANDOLPH8 JR..
Generation No. 7
7. JOHN RANDOLPH8 JR. (JOHN7 RANDOLPH, JANE6 BOLING, JOHN5, JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3,
REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) He married _______PETERS.
Child of JOHN JR. and _______PETERS is:
8. i. _______RANDOLPH9.
Generation No. 8
8. _______RANDOLPH9 (JOHN RANDOLPH8 JR., JOHN7 RANDOLPH, JANE6 BOLING, JOHN5, JANE4
ROLFE, THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) She married ________ASHBY.
Child of _______RANDOLPH and ________ASHBY is:
9. i. GARNER10 ASBY.
Generation No. 9
9. GARNER10 ASBY (_______RANDOLPH9, JOHN RANDOLPH8 JR., JOHN7 RANDOLPH, JANE6 BOLING,
JOHN5, JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) She married JOHN
CASSITY, son of PETER CASSITY and ANN ARMSTRONG. He was born 1748 in Augusta County,
Virginia, and died in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Child of GARNER ASBY and JOHN CASSITY is:
10. i. JOHN11 CASSITY, b. 1784, Virginia.
Generation No. 10
10. JOHN11 CASSITY (GARNER10 ASBY, _______RANDOLPH9, JOHN RANDOLPH8 JR., JOHN7 RANDOLPH,
JANE6 BOLING, JOHN5, JANE4 ROLFE, THOMAS3, REBECCA(POCAHONTAS-MATOAKA)2, POWHATAN1) was
born 1784 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH BROWN.
More About JOHN CASSITY:
Date born 2: 1784
Child of JOHN CASSITY and ELIZABETH BROWN is:
11. i. JAMES B.12 CASSITY, SR., b. March 29, 1821, Morgan County Kentucky; d. November
16, 1884, Siloam Cem. (Near Bluestone Kentucky).
Brother Tom and Linda Marquis
Evansville, Indiana
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Luke 1:37 KJV
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