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In the previous entry, in the first paragraph, it should have read: The
number of women in the Poythress family and associated families named
Elizabeth can cause as much confusion as the many men in the family named
Francis, John and William.
The year 1788 is as far as I have gone with this John Poythress, son of
Charles Poythress.
The Fifth Generation: John Poythress, son of Charles Poythress
Family
John Poythress was born after 1739. On April 9, 1739, a marriage contract
was entered, in Henrico County, between Charles Poythress and Catherine
Crawford, the parents of John Poythress. The contract was recorded in
Chesterfield County. His grandparents were Ralph Crawforth (Crawford) and
Elizabeth Claiborne Crawford Anderson.
Inheritance
In Chesterfield County, the Will of Elizabeth Anderson, of Dale Parish,
Chesterfield County, dated October 9, 1759, recorded in 1761.
To my daughter, Elizabeth Crowley, 1 negro.
To my grandson, John Poythress, 1 mulatto, and if he dies without heirs,
then to my son Claiborne Anderson.
To my grandson, John Anderson, 1 mulatto, and if he dies with out heirs,
then to my son Claiborne Anderson.
The rest of my estate to my son, Claiborne Anderson.
The witnesses were Henry Hamton, James Waldrop, John Waldrop and Penellope
Parrot.
Elizabeth Claiborne, daughter of William Claiborne III, married Ralph
Crawforth (Crawford), and was the mother of two children by him. Her
daughter, Catherine Crawforth, married Charles Poythress. Her daughter,
Elizabeth Crawforth, married Henry Anderson, Jr., the son of Elizabeth
Claiborne Crawforth Anderson's second husband, Henry Anderson. Henry
Anderson, Sr., died in 1734.
Professional Life
On February 21, 1769, in Lunenburg County, John Lanthrope, of Lunenburg
County, to John Poythress, of Prince George County. John Lanthrope, to the
intent that the sum of £38/10/0 may be secured and paid to John Poythress,
and for and in consideration of £38/10/0 to him paid by Poythress, lent,
paid, and advanced before the sealing, has granted Poythress a certain tract
of land in Lunenburg in Cumberland parish, adjoining the land of John
Parker, John Stegall, John Wright, and on Stony Creek, containing about 248
acres. If Lanthrope pays Poythress the £38/10/0 + interest + costs by next
February 21, then this mortgage shall cease and be utterly void. After
default Poythress may occupy the premises, or, in trust, may sell the
premises for the best price that can be had to discharge the debt, with the
overplus, if any, going to Lanthrope. The witnesses, John Ballard, Jr.,
Jere. Bailey, John Flood Edmunds and Sterling Edmunds.
Civic Activities
In August, 1766, to Peter Poythress and John Poythress, Gentlemen, greeting.
Peter Leath, by his deed of August, 1766, sold to Peter Randolph Bland, of
Prince George County, 400 acres, in Amelia County, on Leath's Creek. Eliza.,
the wife of Peter Leath cannot conveniently travel to our county to make
acknowledgement of the deed. You are therefore authorized to go to Eliza. to
receive her acknowledgment. Signed June 9, in the 7th year of our reign, T.
G. Peachy. Eliza Leath relinquished her right of dower to the conveyed
lands. Signed by Peter Poythress and John Poythress.
On November 20, 1766, in the Virginia Gazette, taken up, in Prince George
County, a horse colt, posted, and appraised to 50 shillings. John Poythress,
Jr.
In Southampton County, the Will of Edward Lundy, of St. Luke parish, dated
October 24, 1770.
A legacy to son, James; son, Drewry; son, John; son, Edward; son, Byrd;
land, in Sussex County; daughter, Elizabeth Harris; daughter, Christian
Reese (written Rose in another place); grandson, James Holt; granddaughter,
Clerimont Holt; grandson, Henry Holt. Executors, sons, Edward and Drewry
Lundy. The Will was dated October 24, 1770, and recorded March 11, 1773. The
witnesses were Henry Pritchett, John Poythress and James Day Ridley.
On December 13, 1770, in the Virginia Gazette, the vestry of Martin's
Brandon parish, in Prince George County, have ordered the following
additional improvements to be made upon the glebe of the said parish, to
wit: a kitchen, 32 by 18 feet, with a outside brick chimnies; a stable, 24
by 16 feet; a barn, 40 by 20 feet; a dairy, and a smoke house each 12 feet
square; a necessary house, 8 feet square, all well framed, weather boarded
with plank, and shingled with cypress shingles, underpinned with brick, and
tarred; a garden 200 feet square, ----- with heart of poplar or
cypress ----, with -------------. The dwelling house, which is 4- by - feet,
to be repaired, and to be well painted, and the foot to be tarred; a room to
be added to it at each end, 14 by 18 feet, and a fire place in each room; a
handsome porch, on each side the dwelling house 10 by 8 feet, and a porch at
one end of the house. The additional buildings and porches to be underpinned
with brick, and strong steps to each porch; the covered way into the cellar
to be altered, and the whole work to be finished in a workmanlike manner.
Part of the value of the buildings to be paid at the time of letting them,
other part in July next, and the remainder upon the work being finished.
Whoever is willing to undertake the said work is desired to meet the
subscribers at the glebe, on Monday the 31st of December next, who are
expected by the vestry, to agree with workmen for the said improvements.
Signed by Richard Bland, Theodorick Bland, Peter Poythress and John
Poythress.
On November 28, 1771, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be sold to the highest
bidder, on Thursday the 12th of December, at the late dwelling house of
James Holloway, deceased, in Prince George County. All the personal estate
of the said James Holloway, consisting of a variety of household furniture,
and a large stock of cattle, among which are three yoke of oxen, horses,
hogs and sheep. Crops of corn and fodder, the plantation utensils, and many
other articles. Six months credit will be allowed the purchasers, on giving
Bond and good Security. At the same time and place, will be hired several
likely slaves, consisting of men, women, boys, and girls; also to be rented,
for a term of years, a plantation in good order for the cropping, with
convenient outhouses. John Poythress and Hamilton Jones, executors."
On April 17, 1788, in Sussex County, account of the estate of John Edmunds,
deceased, by Sterling Edmunds, shows, among many others, John Poythress for
Major William Poythress, Colonel Peter Poythress.
I have listed only two daughters for Joshua and Elizabeth Robertson
Poythress. Elizabeth Robertson Poythress was the daughter of Archibald
Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was the daughter of
John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress. Elizabeth Poythress was the
daughter of John Poythress and Christian Peebles. The number of women in the
Poythress family and associated families can cause as much confusion as the
many men in the family named Francis, John and William.
The Fifth Generation: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred
R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress, Jr.
[211 1 Joshua Poythress (- 1794), m. Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of
Archibald and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. Joshua and his wife were
second cousins. They lived and died at Flowerdew Hundred and both were there
buried. She died 7 September 1787.
211 11 Elizabeth Poythress. Shown as a child of Joshua and Elizabeth
(Robertson) Poythress in the notes on the Robertson family made by Gov.
Wyndham Robertson. Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress was the governor's aunt.
He certainly would have had personal knowledge of her children. Several
printed accounts of the Cocke and Poythress families state that James Cocke,
son of Benjamin, married Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of Joshua, without
identifying the Joshua, and that they had a daughter Elizabeth Cocke who
married Jacob Hoffman. As to this last couple there can be no doubt. In 1955
I ran across a monument in the cemetery in Leesburg inscribed: "In memory of
Jacob Hoffman/and his wife/ Elizabeth Cocke/and their children/erected by
their grand-daughter/1928." If the mother of this Elizabeth Cocke had indeed
been the daughter of any Joshua Poythress at all she would have to have been
the daughter of Joshua 211 1. She could not possibly been the daughter of
Joshua 211 and Mary Short, for their daughter Elizabeth (as we shall see
later) married Simon Fraser in 1775. Elizabeth Poythress who married James
Cocke is said to have died in 1800. Tentatively I place her here. [Batte
refers to Wyndham Robertson as "Governor." I expect we may assume that this
Wyndham Robertson (or one of his descendants) is the author of "Pocahontas
and her Descendants."]
211 12 Mary Poythress. Shown in the notes of Gov. Wyndham Robertson.
Probably died young.
211 13 Susanna Peachy Poythress (1785 - 1815), m. 1804 John Vaughn Willcox
(11 Aug 1779 Charles City - 23 Nov 1863 Flowerdew Hundred, Pr. Geo.) John
Vaughn Willcox was very wealthy; a very large holder of Confederate Bonds.
He acquired by purchase the several parcels comprising the original
Flowerdew Hundred tract, including the original 300 acres that had been
given by John Hardyman in 1725 to his wife's great grandfather Joshua
Poythress 21. John Vaughn Willcox was buried in Blandford Cemetery in
Petersburg. Susanna Peachy (Poythress) Willcox was buried at Flowerdew
Hundred where a tombstone marked her grave until 1864 when the yankees
destroyed it along with all other Poythress monuments that were then there.]
Family
Joshua Poythress, Jr., was born about 1751, the son of Joshua Poythress and
Mary Short. He married Elizabeth Robertson, the daughter of Archibald
Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Their children were (1) Mary (probably
died young), and (2) Susanna Peachy (1785-1815), who married John Vaughn
Willcox. Joshua died in 1794, in Prince George County, Virginia.
Professional Life
In 1779, the U. S. Treasury offered to exchange new bills for presumably
counterfeit old paper money. Many Virginians made this exchange, in whole or
in part, to the Virginia Continental Loan office in 1779 and 1780. The
exchange could be for new money, applied to loans, or applied to taxes. The
records of exchangers and the amount exchanged provided a short proxy census
of Virginia in 1779:
Name County Entry # Amt. Deposited
Poythress, William Prince George 1019 $120
Poythress, Peter Prince George 1262 $311
Poythress, Joshua Prince George 1500 $484
Poythress, Thomas Brunswick 3765 $38
On April 24, 1779, in the Virginia Gazette, "Wanted a Skipper for a country
craft. Such a person well recommended for sobriety and diligence, will meet
with great encouragement by applying to the subscriber at Flower de Hundred.
Joshua Poythress, Jr."
On April 24, 1779, "taken from a negro belonging to one of the subscribers
craft, who says it was left on board by a sailor belonging to one of the
country vessels, a musket with an iron ramrod, branded Virg. on the butt.
The owner may have it by applying as above."
On April 1, 1789, in Prince George County, accounts of the estate of Joel
Sturdivant by John Sturdivant, Sr., executor. Names, among many, Francis
Poythress and Joseph Poythress.
Property: Personal Property and Land
On June 16, 1774, in the Virginia Gazette, Joshua Poythress, Jr., advertised
£5 reward for runaway indentured servant Benjamin Parrot. Whoever "secures
the said servant, so that I get him again, shall have £3 or if delivered to
me at Flower de Hundred, the above reward."
On February 10, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be sold at Blandford, on
Friday, the 1st of March next, to the highest bidders, eleven valuable negro
fellows, among whom is a very good ship carpenter. Also two schooner flats,
one 85, the other 70 hogsheads burthen, with their boats, and two smaller
flats burthen 35 and 32 hogsheads. Six months credit will be allowed to the
purchasers, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to Thomas Crawford,
Joshua Poythress, Jr."
On March 13, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, Thomas Crawford and Joshua
Poythress, Jr., advertised for a sale on April 8, three fellows, two
schooner flats, etc.
In 1782, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 266 + 200 =) 870 acres.
In 1783, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (400 + 200 =) 600 acres, 270 acres less than in 1782.
In 1785, in Prince George County, alterations made by transfer of land,
recorded by Peter Epes; from Joshua Poythress to Simon Frazer, 366 acres.
In 1787, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (400 + 200 =) 600 acres.
In 1788, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1789, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1790, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1791, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1792, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1793, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress,
on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1794, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1795, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1796, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1797, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1798, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1799, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
In 1800, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres.
Adjoining Property
On January 17, 1788, in Sussex County, Abraham Parham, Sr., of Sussex
County, to Abraham Parham, Jr., of the same, 170 acres, on the north side of
Mockerson Neck Creek, adjoining Robert Parham, Stith Parham, John Leath,
Joshua Poythress, Whotleberry Branch and William Burge. The witnesses, Joel
Hall, Abraham Haddon, Thomas Haddon Parham and William Burge.
Family Estates
On February 30, 1787, in Prince George County, settlement of the estate of
Alexander Robertson. [Note: this was a very complex document with numerous
columns, headings and subheadings]. Sums due to various persons, among
others: cash to John Poythress, cash to Joshua Poythress, to Ann Poythress
Morrison: £545, 12 slaves, several houses, plantation items. June, 1783
(date written?). The witnesses were Joshua Poythress, Richard Bland and
Elizabeth Blair Bland. Joshua Poythress (1751-1794) was the son of Joshua
Poythress and Mary Short. Richard Bland (1762-1806) was married to Susanna
Poythress (1769-1839), daughter of Peter Poythress and Elizabeth Bland.
After Joshua Poythress' Death
In February, 1802, in Prince George County, Archibald Robertson,
administrator, of Joshua Poythress versus Ro. Goode, executor of Anne
[Poythress] Morrison, John Baird, Nathaniel Wyche, administrator, of
Alexander Belches, Thomas Gordon, Ebenezer Maitland, Charles Duncan,
executor of Ro. Boyd, William Cole, Sheriff, of Prince George County.
John, thank you for your prompt reply. Although I did not receive a
Poythress CD, all I wanted to know was if Mr. Batte had published a book
or books and what his basic credentials were. My only interest is his
reference to the Wynnes. He offers information that is completely new
and, obviously, by the many "blanks" in his Wynne info, he has not done
any serious research on the Wynne family and when one doesn't know for
sure, it is dangerous to make undocumented inferences UNLESS one notes
that it is "speculation" ONLY. i.e., he wrote that Mary Wynne, only
daughter of Colonel Robert Wynne was born after 1655 and that she
married John Woodlief, born in 1614.
Mr. Battes states "The Wynnes came to America about 1651" Who is he
referring to--I am assuming Colonel Robert Wynne but I never heard of
any other Wynne coming with him at the same time; maybe so but why has
no one ever known it before? He also says Peter Wynne married Frances
Anderson and this has long been disproved by the pre-nuptial agreement
of 1712 between Joshua Wynne and Frances Cocke Anderson (Joshua's second
wife), etc., etc. In reference to Joshua Wynne being killed by the
Indians, he states that "upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the
Wynne's were the aggressors and that they never rest without revenge.
The Indians said that they and the Wynnes' were equal. . ." As far as
I know the Wynnes' names were not used in this manner at the trial. He
also refers to Thomas being with his brother at the time, which no
historian has ever said before. Again, I suppose I should let this go,
but I just hate to see so much incorrect data being thrown out there to
unsuspecting new genealogists. Please forgive me if I sound too
"strong" but this is a subject I feel "strongly" about. If one's
specialty is the Poythress family, "great" but one is skating on thin
ice when one tries to branch out into unfamiliar territory, right? It
would be like me trying to tell someone the history of the Poythress
family. Thank you for hearing me out. Deloris Wynne-Riley
-----Original Message-----
From: John M. Poythress [mailto:brerfox@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:24 PM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
Deloris....check the "Poythress in Virginia" CD-Rom under
"Batte on Poythress." The intro (first file) gives a
biography on Mr. Batte (1906-1996). I didn't keep a list of all to whom
I sent the CD so if you were omitted send me a snail mail and I'll be
happy to mail you one.
Best,
Maynard
-----Original Message-----
From: Deloris Riley [mailto:delorisriley@satx.rr.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:40 PM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
Michael, who is/was R. Bolling Batte? (I have not previously read
anything that he wrote). Has he been published or precisely, where did
you find his information regarding the early Wynne family? I find some
of his quotes quite new and innovative. I have been reviewing my Joshua
and Thomas Wynne records/data and will follow up when I hear from you.
Deloris Wynne-Riley
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:50 PM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
First generation from R. Bolling Batte:
1. Mary ______ was born in probably England, (P_1) W, and died AFT 1675
in
VA. She married Francis Poythress. He was born ABT 1609 in Probably
Newent,
Gloucester, England (P_1), and died ABT 1650 in VA, Immigrated from
England,
in VA by 1633. She married Robert Wynne ABT 1655, son of Peter Wynne and
Martha Coppin. He was born 1622 in Canterbury, Kent, England, and died
1675
in Charles City County, VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Francis Poythress are:
+ 2 i. John Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) B], and died
AFT
1694 in ~ Virginia.
3 ii. Thomas Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) C].
+ 4 iii. Francis Poythress was born ABT 1630 in [(P_1) D] Called
"Major",
and died ABT 1688 in VA.
+ 5 iv. Jane Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1645 in [P_1) A], and died
in
VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Robert Wynne are:
6 i. Robert Wynne was born AFT 1655, and died 1675 in young.
+ 7 ii. Joshua Wynne was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George County,
Virginia,
and died 1715.
+ 8 iii. Mary Wynne was born AFT 1655.
+ 9 iv. Thomas Wynne was born 1657 in Prince George County, VA, and died
1717.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
> From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne
with
> which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert
Wynne,
> and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in
our
> articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allen's article was
> written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he
corrected
> then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
> prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came
to
> light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
> during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
> Cocke's 1718 will. She never refers to 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' as her
> daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
> other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
> 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I
know
> of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
> fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
> conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
> Cocke's Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all may
> be interested in a short article entitled "Cameron Allen Validated:
> Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
> Virginia', published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN
GENEALOGIST,
> v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
> the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
> Joshua Wynne's widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
> Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last name
> unknown) who married Peter Wynne."
> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
> documentation. Deloris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
> Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
> cousins.
> Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
>
> The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and
Interpreter
> R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
> [7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
> County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
> Peter
> Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.]
>
> Family
> Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
> City
> County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
> Robert
> Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any
> man
> in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
> October
> 8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
> Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed
an
>
> estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition
to
> his
> 600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married Mary
> Jones
> about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the
fort
> built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
> and
> Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
> Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
> expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
> that
> negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
> testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
> who
> led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial Virginia.
> The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John
Anderson;
> (2)
> Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
> Worsham
> and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married
Edward
>
> Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
> Mary;
> (5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
> William
> Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
> On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
> Indians
> because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's
'great'
> men.
> Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
> aggressors
> and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they
and
> the
> Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
> bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the
> Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were
> unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
> Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
> that
> the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
>
> Son, Peter Wynne
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County,
to
> Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
> acres, on
> Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased,
in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
> Wynne,
> Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
>
> In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
> Hamlin,
> deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of
administration
> to
> John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith,
one
> of
> the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
granted
>
> administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
> Meredith
> one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and
was
> granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter
Wynne
> his
> security.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
> Elder,
> of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
> the
> same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon
Joseph
>
> Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
> lived,
> being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis
Poythress
>
> according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the
said
> Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
> Bonner
> and Thomas Poythress.
> On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
> Goodwynn
> (not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish,
in
> Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
> lands
> lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
> back of
> the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery
and
>
> seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
> named
> Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
> Thomas
> Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same
on
> the
> day and year within mentioned.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
> Poythress,
> the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne,
John
>
> Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
> On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
> languishes.
> On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
> Thomas
> Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
> witnesses.
>
> Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
> On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
> John
> Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160
acres,
> on
> the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall, Edward
> Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The witnesses
> were
> Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
> witnessed
> by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to
Anne
>
> Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
> Eldridge
> was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon
and
>
> Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann Epes,
> daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729)
was
>
> married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles
Fleming
> and
> Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne
(c.
>
> 1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>
> In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729,
proved
> October 1, 1729.
> To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of my
> son,
> William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
> To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
> If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
> daughter,
> my granddaughter.
> To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at
Coldwater
>
> Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
> To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
> To son, William, items.
> To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
> Martha
> Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
> To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
> To grandson, Isham Epes.
> To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
> To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
> and
> various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
> Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The
witnesses
> were
> Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
> On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George
> County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
> the
> same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
> Pace,
> and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William
Hamlin.
>
> William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
> Richard
> Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband
of
> Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John
Poythress
> and
> Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738), son
> of
> John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
> daughter
> of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
> Wynne
> (1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
> Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as
Sheriff.
>
> In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October 7,
> 1720.
> I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
> I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
> third
> part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean
the
> plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names are
> Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed
and
> furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
> I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
> their
> increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
> featherbed.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter,
one
> featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and Little
> Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of
land
>
> thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and furniture
> to
> him and his heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
> High
> Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him,
and
> three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
> heirs
> forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
> My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
> Prince
> George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
> Richard
> Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
> hereafter
> named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the residue
> if
> any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
> I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
> each of
> them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
> Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison
my
> executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
> making
> void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have
hereunto
>
> affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich. The
> witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
> court
> held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second
Tuesday,
>
> January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
> Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
> executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
> proved
> by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
> witnesses
> thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion of
> the
> said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
> Certificate
> was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
>
> On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
> Irby,
> Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
> the
> estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
> return
> the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
> Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> (1694-1729)
> was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>
> Son, Robert Wynne
> In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
> probated May 21, 1718.
> A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
> To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry, one
> shilling each.
> To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life, and
> then
> to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
> To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
> To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were
David
> Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
> administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
>
> Professional Life
> On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
> Mrs.
> Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will
annexed
> of
> Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
> On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young.
Henry
> Reed
> exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and
Rebecca,
> his
> wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
> one,
> Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county,
before
>
> commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
> inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco,
and
> was
> thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
> Poythress
> and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to
one
> of
> the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read
had
> of
> said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco.
There
>
> remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
> shortly
> afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
> begs
> recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew
and
>
> Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had gone
> to
> England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to
the
> ship
> owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those of
> the
> Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
> Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
> Batte,
> Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
> Rebecca,
> the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in
what
> goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
> and
> Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
> same.
> Peter Perry.
> On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an address
> of
> loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
> from
> Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke,
Anthony
> Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
> Randall
> Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
> Daniell,
> James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
> Anderson,
> James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
> Bland,
> Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
> George
> Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The
Sheriff
> was
> Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
> Peter
> Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij,
Joshua
>
> Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
> Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John Baxton,
> William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
> Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
> and
> James Thweatt.
> In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
> appointed
> interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
> their
> trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
> Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
> 1703,
> the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
> Wynne
> and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for
the
> tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas,
> the
> Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
> dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished."
This
>
> journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
> averting a
> tribal war.
> Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve
with
> Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory
as
>
> members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
> line on
> October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
> inhabitants
> of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
> discover
> the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
> were to
> ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins
and
> Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
> inhabitants
> of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
> Gentleman,
> aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more."
Major
> Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town.
Joshua
>
> Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
> Frances
> Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c.
1661-c.
>
> 1730s). John Poythress(3)
> was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
> (1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
> Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
> thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
> Nottoway
> River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called
by
> the
> name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent
knows
> or
> has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those
parts,
> the
> chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
> where
> Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
> Monksneck
> Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles
up
> Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora, which
> is on
> the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
> places,
> and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years
ago,
> and
> then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp
at
> the
> place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin
Indians
> lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
> Unote,
> and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
> Taurara,
> but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
> remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
> 12,
> 1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
> James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the
Virginia
>
> militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
> Thweatt
> owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
> was in
> Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which was
> in
> Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707 when
> he
> swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years
when
>
> questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North Carolina
> dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
> married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had been
> married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
> William
> Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife of
> James
> Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
> James
> Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
> June
> 14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
> commission
> from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county,
he
> accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
> sterling.
> Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time, taking
> the
> same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who
was
> of
> age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until
1726.
>
> Property: Land
> On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
> Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following land.
> On
> February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a
deed
> from
> Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
> Bartholomew,
> William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the son
> of
> Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
> On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County,
and
> Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin Harrison,
> Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
> side of
> the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
> Poythress
> and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband of
> Elizabeth Burwell.
> Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in Surry
> in
> 1708.
>
> As Witness
> On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
> Randolph,
> exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an
unlawful
>
> marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
> court to
> provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
> marry
> within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
> marry
> his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
> Frances,
> the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
> relict
> of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of
Rebecca
> and
> that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
> sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
> fathers.
> On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated
the
> charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles and
> Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
> Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
> live
> together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled. Charles
> quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
> cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled
his
> plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore
in
>
> court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes
stated
>
> that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore
that
> Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but
of
>
> diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that
he
> knew
> both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be
sisters
> and
> daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
> John
> Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often heard
> Mrs.
> Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the
daughters
>
> call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the
two
>
> sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
> brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to
the
>
> fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew
to
>
> give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
> settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of Turkey
> Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
> (1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
> Jane
> (-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
> half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
> Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
> death. He
> subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
> witness,
> John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
> Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
> Poythress'
> brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress'
half-brother.
>
> According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
> approximately the same age.
> On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last
Will
> and
> testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
> honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will
was
>
> examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
> Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
> Henry
> Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
> Littlebury
> Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
> Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who said
> the
> original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand without
> any
> blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
> 1705, at
> Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
> the
> back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one of
> her
> Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
> Francis
> Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
> Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of
her
>
> Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
> Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County, Gentlemen;
> and
> Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
> married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta
Maria
>
> Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
> Elizabeth
> Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
> (1658-1718),
> daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
> On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
> William
> Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of land,
> at
> Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
> plantation
> and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne,
John
> Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
> endorsement
> making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed,
> joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
> son,
> Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
> (1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines
(1666-1722)
>
> married Elizabeth Shands.
>
> Family Estates
> In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
> George
> County, proved December 11, 1712.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I
now
> live
> on, to him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to
him
> and
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck,
and
> to
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian
Swamp,
> to
> him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side of
> the
> Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make
sale
> of
> the said fifty acres of land.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
> I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
> I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy
and
> Frank Cook at nattuah.
> I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
> increase.
> I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
> increase.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto, Usse
> and
> Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
> disposing.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her
son,
>
> Tom.
> I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
> Cook.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
> during
> his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
> cow
> and calf and a new gun.
> I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
> I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife
and
> children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
> account of what they have in hand.
> I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
> negro
> child, Shu, goes with all.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
> and
> Jude, as her own proper estate to be
> at her own disposing.
> I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors
of
> this
> my last will and testament.
> I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
> Stainback to
> be the dividers of my estate.
> Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
> Leeth,
> Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
> At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
> written
> last Will and testament of Mr. John
> Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
> Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
> and
> the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
> Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
> the
> same is admitted to record.
>
>
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Michael, who is/was R. Bolling Batte? (I have not previously read
anything that he wrote). Has he been published or precisely, where did
you find his information regarding the early Wynne family? I find some
of his quotes quite new and innovative. I have been reviewing my Joshua
and Thomas Wynne records/data and will follow up when I hear from you.
Deloris Wynne-Riley
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:50 PM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
First generation from R. Bolling Batte:
1. Mary ______ was born in probably England, (P_1) W, and died AFT 1675
in
VA. She married Francis Poythress. He was born ABT 1609 in Probably
Newent,
Gloucester, England (P_1), and died ABT 1650 in VA, Immigrated from
England,
in VA by 1633. She married Robert Wynne ABT 1655, son of Peter Wynne and
Martha Coppin. He was born 1622 in Canterbury, Kent, England, and died
1675
in Charles City County, VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Francis Poythress are:
+ 2 i. John Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) B], and died
AFT
1694 in ~ Virginia.
3 ii. Thomas Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) C].
+ 4 iii. Francis Poythress was born ABT 1630 in [(P_1) D] Called
"Major",
and died ABT 1688 in VA.
+ 5 iv. Jane Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1645 in [P_1) A], and died
in
VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Robert Wynne are:
6 i. Robert Wynne was born AFT 1655, and died 1675 in young.
+ 7 ii. Joshua Wynne was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George County,
Virginia,
and died 1715.
+ 8 iii. Mary Wynne was born AFT 1655.
+ 9 iv. Thomas Wynne was born 1657 in Prince George County, VA, and died
1717.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
> From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne
with
> which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert
Wynne,
> and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in
our
> articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allen's article was
> written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he
corrected
> then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
> prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came
to
> light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
> during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
> Cocke's 1718 will. She never refers to 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' as her
> daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
> other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
> 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I
know
> of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
> fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
> conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
> Cocke's Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all may
> be interested in a short article entitled "Cameron Allen Validated:
> Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
> Virginia', published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN
GENEALOGIST,
> v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
> the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
> Joshua Wynne's widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
> Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last name
> unknown) who married Peter Wynne."
> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
> documentation. Deloris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
> Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
> cousins.
> Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
>
> The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and
Interpreter
> R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
> [7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
> County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
> Peter
> Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.]
>
> Family
> Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
> City
> County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
> Robert
> Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any
> man
> in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
> October
> 8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
> Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed
an
>
> estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition
to
> his
> 600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married Mary
> Jones
> about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the
fort
> built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
> and
> Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
> Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
> expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
> that
> negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
> testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
> who
> led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial Virginia.
> The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John
Anderson;
> (2)
> Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
> Worsham
> and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married
Edward
>
> Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
> Mary;
> (5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
> William
> Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
> On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
> Indians
> because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's
'great'
> men.
> Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
> aggressors
> and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they
and
> the
> Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
> bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the
> Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were
> unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
> Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
> that
> the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
>
> Son, Peter Wynne
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County,
to
> Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
> acres, on
> Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased,
in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
> Wynne,
> Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
>
> In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
> Hamlin,
> deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of
administration
> to
> John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith,
one
> of
> the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
granted
>
> administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
> Meredith
> one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and
was
> granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter
Wynne
> his
> security.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
> Elder,
> of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
> the
> same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon
Joseph
>
> Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
> lived,
> being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis
Poythress
>
> according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the
said
> Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
> Bonner
> and Thomas Poythress.
> On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
> Goodwynn
> (not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish,
in
> Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
> lands
> lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
> back of
> the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery
and
>
> seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
> named
> Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
> Thomas
> Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same
on
> the
> day and year within mentioned.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
> Poythress,
> the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne,
John
>
> Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
> On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
> languishes.
> On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
> Thomas
> Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
> witnesses.
>
> Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
> On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
> John
> Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160
acres,
> on
> the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall, Edward
> Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The witnesses
> were
> Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
> witnessed
> by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to
Anne
>
> Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
> Eldridge
> was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon
and
>
> Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann Epes,
> daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729)
was
>
> married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles
Fleming
> and
> Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne
(c.
>
> 1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>
> In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729,
proved
> October 1, 1729.
> To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of my
> son,
> William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
> To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
> If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
> daughter,
> my granddaughter.
> To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at
Coldwater
>
> Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
> To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
> To son, William, items.
> To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
> Martha
> Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
> To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
> To grandson, Isham Epes.
> To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
> To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
> and
> various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
> Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The
witnesses
> were
> Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
> On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George
> County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
> the
> same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
> Pace,
> and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William
Hamlin.
>
> William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
> Richard
> Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband
of
> Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John
Poythress
> and
> Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738), son
> of
> John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
> daughter
> of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
> Wynne
> (1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
> Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as
Sheriff.
>
> In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October 7,
> 1720.
> I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
> I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
> third
> part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean
the
> plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names are
> Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed
and
> furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
> I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
> their
> increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
> featherbed.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter,
one
> featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and Little
> Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of
land
>
> thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and furniture
> to
> him and his heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
> High
> Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him,
and
> three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
> heirs
> forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
> My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
> Prince
> George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
> Richard
> Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
> hereafter
> named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the residue
> if
> any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
> I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
> each of
> them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
> Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison
my
> executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
> making
> void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have
hereunto
>
> affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich. The
> witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
> court
> held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second
Tuesday,
>
> January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
> Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
> executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
> proved
> by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
> witnesses
> thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion of
> the
> said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
> Certificate
> was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
>
> On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
> Irby,
> Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
> the
> estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
> return
> the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
> Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> (1694-1729)
> was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>
> Son, Robert Wynne
> In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
> probated May 21, 1718.
> A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
> To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry, one
> shilling each.
> To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life, and
> then
> to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
> To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
> To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were
David
> Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
> administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
>
> Professional Life
> On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
> Mrs.
> Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will
annexed
> of
> Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
> On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young.
Henry
> Reed
> exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and
Rebecca,
> his
> wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
> one,
> Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county,
before
>
> commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
> inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco,
and
> was
> thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
> Poythress
> and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to
one
> of
> the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read
had
> of
> said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco.
There
>
> remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
> shortly
> afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
> begs
> recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew
and
>
> Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had gone
> to
> England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to
the
> ship
> owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those of
> the
> Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
> Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
> Batte,
> Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
> Rebecca,
> the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in
what
> goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
> and
> Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
> same.
> Peter Perry.
> On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an address
> of
> loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
> from
> Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke,
Anthony
> Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
> Randall
> Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
> Daniell,
> James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
> Anderson,
> James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
> Bland,
> Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
> George
> Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The
Sheriff
> was
> Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
> Peter
> Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij,
Joshua
>
> Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
> Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John Baxton,
> William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
> Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
> and
> James Thweatt.
> In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
> appointed
> interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
> their
> trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
> Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
> 1703,
> the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
> Wynne
> and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for
the
> tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas,
> the
> Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
> dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished."
This
>
> journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
> averting a
> tribal war.
> Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve
with
> Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory
as
>
> members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
> line on
> October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
> inhabitants
> of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
> discover
> the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
> were to
> ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins
and
> Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
> inhabitants
> of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
> Gentleman,
> aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more."
Major
> Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town.
Joshua
>
> Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
> Frances
> Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c.
1661-c.
>
> 1730s). John Poythress(3)
> was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
> (1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
> Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
> thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
> Nottoway
> River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called
by
> the
> name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent
knows
> or
> has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those
parts,
> the
> chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
> where
> Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
> Monksneck
> Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles
up
> Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora, which
> is on
> the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
> places,
> and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years
ago,
> and
> then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp
at
> the
> place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin
Indians
> lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
> Unote,
> and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
> Taurara,
> but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
> remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
> 12,
> 1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
> James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the
Virginia
>
> militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
> Thweatt
> owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
> was in
> Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which was
> in
> Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707 when
> he
> swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years
when
>
> questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North Carolina
> dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
> married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had been
> married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
> William
> Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife of
> James
> Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
> James
> Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
> June
> 14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
> commission
> from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county,
he
> accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
> sterling.
> Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time, taking
> the
> same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who
was
> of
> age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until
1726.
>
> Property: Land
> On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
> Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following land.
> On
> February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a
deed
> from
> Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
> Bartholomew,
> William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the son
> of
> Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
> On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County,
and
> Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin Harrison,
> Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
> side of
> the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
> Poythress
> and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband of
> Elizabeth Burwell.
> Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in Surry
> in
> 1708.
>
> As Witness
> On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
> Randolph,
> exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an
unlawful
>
> marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
> court to
> provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
> marry
> within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
> marry
> his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
> Frances,
> the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
> relict
> of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of
Rebecca
> and
> that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
> sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
> fathers.
> On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated
the
> charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles and
> Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
> Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
> live
> together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled. Charles
> quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
> cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled
his
> plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore
in
>
> court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes
stated
>
> that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore
that
> Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but
of
>
> diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that
he
> knew
> both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be
sisters
> and
> daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
> John
> Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often heard
> Mrs.
> Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the
daughters
>
> call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the
two
>
> sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
> brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to
the
>
> fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew
to
>
> give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
> settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of Turkey
> Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
> (1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
> Jane
> (-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
> half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
> Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
> death. He
> subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
> witness,
> John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
> Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
> Poythress'
> brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress'
half-brother.
>
> According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
> approximately the same age.
> On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last
Will
> and
> testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
> honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will
was
>
> examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
> Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
> Henry
> Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
> Littlebury
> Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
> Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who said
> the
> original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand without
> any
> blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
> 1705, at
> Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
> the
> back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one of
> her
> Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
> Francis
> Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
> Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of
her
>
> Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
> Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County, Gentlemen;
> and
> Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
> married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta
Maria
>
> Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
> Elizabeth
> Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
> (1658-1718),
> daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
> On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
> William
> Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of land,
> at
> Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
> plantation
> and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne,
John
> Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
> endorsement
> making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed,
> joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
> son,
> Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
> (1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines
(1666-1722)
>
> married Elizabeth Shands.
>
> Family Estates
> In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
> George
> County, proved December 11, 1712.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I
now
> live
> on, to him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to
him
> and
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck,
and
> to
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian
Swamp,
> to
> him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side of
> the
> Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make
sale
> of
> the said fifty acres of land.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
> I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
> I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy
and
> Frank Cook at nattuah.
> I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
> increase.
> I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
> increase.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto, Usse
> and
> Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
> disposing.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her
son,
>
> Tom.
> I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
> Cook.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
> during
> his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
> cow
> and calf and a new gun.
> I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
> I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife
and
> children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
> account of what they have in hand.
> I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
> negro
> child, Shu, goes with all.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
> and
> Jude, as her own proper estate to be
> at her own disposing.
> I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors
of
> this
> my last will and testament.
> I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
> Stainback to
> be the dividers of my estate.
> Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
> Leeth,
> Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
> At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
> written
> last Will and testament of Mr. John
> Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
> Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
> and
> the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
> Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
> the
> same is admitted to record.
>
>
>
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Thanks Barbara,
I know Faye Poss. She use to work with Wayne.
Judy
>
> From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal(a)earthlink.net>
> Date: 2005/12/30 Fri PM 07:24:25 EST
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Write-ups sought for East Georgia settlers
>
> A friend mentioned this to me & I thought the below appeal would be of
> interest to some of you who may have had ancestors who were early
> settlers in east Georgia.
>
> Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com) and Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
> have been working hard the last few years editing, researching, and
> indexing 150+ family sketches that have been sent in for publication
> in "East Georgia Settlers." They need more articles. Each
> sketch/article should be regarding one family group who moved to one of
> the EGGS counties from some other area. If you have any questions, or
> want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these ladies with EGGS:
> Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
> or Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com)
>
> EGGS counties are: Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert,
> Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper,
> Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam,
> Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren and Wilkes.
>
> The EGGS has a website you may wish to see:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs/
>
> One does not have to be a member of EGGS (East Georgia Genealogical
> Society) to enter a sketch/article. Again, for more info, or questions,
> or if you want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these
> ladies with EGGS:
> Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
> or Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com)
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>
A friend mentioned this to me & I thought the below appeal would be of
interest to some of you who may have had ancestors who were early
settlers in east Georgia.
Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com) and Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
have been working hard the last few years editing, researching, and
indexing 150+ family sketches that have been sent in for publication
in "East Georgia Settlers." They need more articles. Each
sketch/article should be regarding one family group who moved to one of
the EGGS counties from some other area. If you have any questions, or
want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these ladies with EGGS:
Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
or Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com)
EGGS counties are: Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert,
Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper,
Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam,
Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren and Wilkes.
The EGGS has a website you may wish to see:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs/
One does not have to be a member of EGGS (East Georgia Genealogical
Society) to enter a sketch/article. Again, for more info, or questions,
or if you want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these
ladies with EGGS:
Patsy Harris (patsydudney(a)yahoo.com)
or Faye Poss (fayeposs(a)aol.com)
The Fourth Generation: Colonel Peter Poythress, of Branchester, in Prince
George County
R. Bolling Batte on Peter Poythress
[281 Peter Poythress (1715-1785), m. c. 1756 Elizabeth Bland (1733-1792),
daughter of Richard and Anne (Poythress 271) Bland of "Jordans," Prince
George County. Peter Poythress resided at "Branchester" in Prince George. He
represented that county in all sessions of the House of Burgesses from 1768
through the last in 1776. He was also a member of both the 1775 and 1776
conventions. Peter and Elizabeth (Bland) Poythress had one son and eight
daughters, through whom they have many descendants. [Observation with
respect to the supposedly "legendary" nine Misses Poythress, all daughters
of Peter Poythress of Branchester and all married: Three of the daughters
(Sally, Agnes, and Jane) had 28 children between them. Only one daughter
(Lucy) is shown with "no issue" and Mr. Batte's document is silent on five
other daughters. If the five unmentioned only had half as many children as
the three mentioned....we should not be surprised that "Poythress" shows up
for a long time all over Virginia as an "honorary" middle name.]
281 1 Ann Poythress (1757 - 1804), m. 1777 in Pr. Geo. John Randolph
(1743-1803), son of Henry and Tabitha (Poythress 285) Randolph of
Chesterfield.
281 2 Elizabeth Poythress (1759 - 1806), m. 1776 in Pr. Geo. William Mayo
(1757-1837) of "Powhatan Seat", Henrico County, son of John and Mary (Tabb)
Mayo. Her husband was educated at William and Mary College, served in the
Revolution, represented Henrico in the House of Delegates, and was a member
of the first Board of Trustees for the Virginia Theological Seminary. Both
died at "Powhatan Seat" and were buried there. In 1894, all remains at the
Powhatan graveyard were reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery and all tombstones
thither removed. In 1807, William Mayo m. (2) Lucy Fitzhugh in Petersburg.
281 3 Mary Poythress (1762 - 1815), m. 1780 at "Branchester," Pr. Geo. Co.,
John Batte (1757-1816) of "Mancelle," Prince George County, son of Robert
and Martha (Peterson) Batte of that county. John and Mary (Poythress) Battle
resided at "Mancelle" which was part of the original grant made to Henry
Battle in 1668. John Batte was a captain in the militia and one of the
justices of the Prince George court. Mary died at "Mancelle" 17 Dec 1815 and
was buried in the Batte graveyard on the place. John died 19 Sept of the
following year while on a visit to the White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier
County. He was buried in the churchyard of the Old Stone Church in
Lewisburg, (now) West Virginia. His tombstone is still standing.
281 4 Lucy Bland Poythress (1764 - ante 1823), m. 1806 in Prince George John
Eppes ( - 1832), son of John and Susanna (Epes) Eppes of "Hopewell." No
issue. John Eppes later married Hannah Roane.
281 6 Sally Bland Poythress (1768 - 1828), m. (1) at "Branchester," Prince
George County, Richard Lee (1726-1795) of Westmoreland County, son of Henry
and Mary (Bland) Lee of that county. Four Lee children were born of this
marriage. In 1796, Sally m. (2) in Westmoreland County Willoughby Newton,
son of John and Elizabeth (Vaulx) Newton of that county. There were five
children by this marriage. "Squire" Richard Lee was buried at "Burnt House
Field" in Westmoreland. Sally Bland (Poythress-Lee) Newton was buried at
"Lee Hall" in that county. [Spouse of Sally Bland Poythress # 281 6, "Squire
Lee" is brother of Harry Lee and uncle of General Robert E. Lee.]
281 7 Susanna Poythress (1769 - 1839), m. 1787 at "Branchester" Richard
Bland (1762-1806), son of Richard and Mary (Bolling) Bland of "Jordans."
Richard Bland was a grandson of Richard and Anne (Poythress 271) Bland, and
brother of Elizabeth Blair Bland who married William Poythress 281 5. They
both died at "Jordans" and were buried there, leaving issue.
281 8 Agnes Poythress (1779 - 1821), m. 1788 at "Branchester" Roger Atkinson
(1764 - 1829) of "Olive(?) Hill," Chesterfield County, son of Roger and Anne
(Pleasants) Atkinson. There were ten children. She died 28 Nov 1821 in
Halifax County while visiting a married daughter. Roger Atkinson later
married Sarah Spotswood in Petersburg. He died 23 April 1829.
281 9 Jane Poythress (1773 - 1837), m. 1792 Joseph Mayo (1771 - 1820) son of
Joseph and Martha (Tabb) Mayo of Richmond. There were nine children. Joseph
Mayo died in Richmond 1 Oct 1820 leaving a will on record. Jane (Poythress)
Mayo died 20 Mar 1837 in Faquier County at the home of her daughter
Elizabeth Bland Mayo who had married Charles James Stovin.
Family
Peter Poythress was born April 2, 1730, in Prince George County, Virginia.
He married Elizabeth Bland, the daughter of Richard Bland and Anne
Poythress, about 1756. Their children were (1) Nancy Anne Poythress (c.
1757-1804), who married John Randolph, the son of Henry Randolph and Tabitha
Poythress; (2) Elizabeth Bland Poythress (c. 1759-8/6/1806), who married
William Mayo, the son of John Mayo and Mary Tabb; (3) Mary (Polly) Poythress
(c. 1762-12/17/1815), who married John Batte, the son of Robert Batte and
Mary Peterson; (4) Lucy Bland Poythress (c. 1764-bef. 1823), who married
John Eppes, the son of John Eppes and Susanna Epes; (5) William Poythress
(c. 1765-bef. 5/15/1810), who married Elizabeth Blair Bland, the daughter of
Richard Bland and Mary Blair Bolling; (6) Sally Bland Poythress (c.
1768-5/28/1828), who married (1) Richard Lee, the son of Henry Lee nad Mary
Bland, and Willoughby Newton, the son of John Newton and Elizabeth Vaulx;
(7) Susanna Poythress (10/16/1769-1839), who married Richard Bland, the son
of Richard Bland and Mary Blair Bolling; (8) Agnes Poythress (c.
1770-11/28/1821), who married Roger Atkinson, the son of Roger Atkinson and
Anne Pleasants; and, (9) Jane Poythress (c. 1773-3/20/1837), who married
Joseph Mayo, the son of Joseph Mayo and Martha Tabb. Peter died December 19,
1787, in Prince George County, Virginia.
Daughter, Nancy Anne Poythress
On May 2, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, "Marriage: John Randolph, Esquire,
of Chesterfield County, to Miss Nancy Poythress, daughter of Colonel Peter
Poythress, of Prince George County."
Daughter, Mary (Polly) Poythress
On June 28, 1780, in the Virginia Gazette, Marriage, Mr. John Batte, of
Prince George County, to Miss Polly Poythress, daughter of Colonel Peter
Poythress, of the same county.
Daughter, Agnes Poythress
On September 20, 1788, in Prince George County, Roger Atkinson married Agnes
Poythress. On September 24, 1788, in the Virginia Gazette and Independent
Chronicle, on Saturday last, Roger Atkinson, Jr., Esquire, to Miss Agnes
Poythress, of Prince George, the 6th daughter of the late Peter Poythress.
According to RBB's dates, she is the 7th daughter, Anne-1757,
Elizabeth-1759, Mary "Polly"-1762, Lucy-1764, Sarah "Sally"-1768,
Susanna-1769, Agnes-1771, and Jane-1773.
Inheritance
On September 13, 1743, the Will of Robert's father, Mr. Robert Poythress, of
Martin's Brandon parish, in Prince George County, was proved by Richard
Bland, William Batte and William Poythress. He appointed his brother,
William Poythress, Colonel Richard Bland and Mr. John Gilliam to divide his
estate. He appointed his wife, Elizabeth, and his sons, Robert and Peter to
be executors of his Will. He gave his son, Peter, his lands containing about
600 acres, lying on the Nottaway River and known by the name of Tanotoro,
and 297 acres, lying on Butterwood, that he bought from James Glover, and
nine negroes, Prince, Sterling, Cimon, Jack, Sarah, Bett, Agnes, Aneky and
Harry. His son also received 1/4th of his furniture, a share of the stocks
and 1/4th share of the remainder of his estate. The court was held at
Fitzgerald's.
Robert Poythress (I) received 350 acres at the Indian swamp from his father,
John Poythress, in his December 11, 1712, Will. On May 9, 1717, Robert
Poythress (I) bought 500 acres, in Prince George County, from Stith Bolling.
On September 12, 1721, Robert exchanged 267 acres with William Parham for
100 acres in Martins Brandon, Prince George County. On March 22, 1732,
Robert leased 267 acres at the Indian swamp to John Parham. On September 28,
1728, Robert bought 291 acres at the Butterwood swamp, in Prince George
County, which he left to his son, Captain Robert Poythress, in his 1743
Will. On July 12, 1735, Robert bought 600 acres from his brother, David
Poythress, part of which, Tanotoro, was left by John Poythress to his son,
David Poythress, in his 1712 Will. Robert left this land to his son, Colonel
Peter Poythress, in his 1743 Will. On September 28, 1728, Robert had land
adjacent to the 297 acres bought by Robert Glover, in Prince George County.
He left this property to his son, Colonel Peter Poythress, in his 1743 Will.
On June 17, 1735, Robert bought 412 acres, in Surry County, from Thomas
Bolling, Mariner, which he left to his son, William Poythress, in his 1743
Will. On June 1, 1741, Robert bought 400 acres, in Amelia county, that he
left to his son, William, in his 1743 Will.
On May 16, 1749, in the Surry County court, upon the attachment obtained by
Peter Poythress and Elizabeth Poythress, executors, &c, of Robert Poythress,
deceased, and Joshua Poythress, executor of Thomas Poythress, deceased,
against the estate of Thomas Sessom who has privately removed himself or so
absconded that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on him for a
debt of £62/1/4 current money due to the plaintiff from the said defendants.
This day came the plaintiff by their attorney and the Sheriff having made
return that he had executed the said Writ in the hands of Richard Hill and
had summoned him to appear whereupon he the aforesaid Hill being solemnly
called but made default and it appearing to the court that there is due to
the plaintiff £10/11/8½ from the said defendant. Therefore it was that the
plaintiff recover the aforesaid sum of £10/11/8½ against the said Richard
Hill together with interest for the same after the rate of five Centum per
annum to be computed from May 4, 1749, to the time of payment and their
costs by them expended and the said defendant in mercy, &c. Joshua
Poythress, son of Joshua Poythress, and first cousin of Thomas Poythress,
was the executor of Thomas Poythress' (1683-1749) Will.
In July, 1751, in the Surry County court, Elizabeth and Peter Poythress,
executors of Robert Poythress, deceased, plaintiffs, against Judith
Eldridge, executrix of Thomas Eldridge, deceased, defendant, on a Scire
facias to have execution of a decree of this court obtained by the Plaintiff's
testator in his lifetime against the said defendant the 21st day of July
1742. The defendant appeared by her counsel and prayed and has leave until
the next court to answer.
In May, 1755, in the Sussex County court, Elizabeth and Peter Poythress,
executors, &c, of Robert Poythress, deceased, who was assignee of Judith
Eldridge, executrix of Thomas Eldridge, deceased, plaintiffs versus Henry
Meachum, executor, &c, of Edward Mecham, deceased, defendant presentment for
adultery, the case was continued. In February, 1756, Elizabeth and Peter
Poythress, executors of Robert Poythress, deceased, who was assignee of
Judith Eldridge, executrix of Thomas Eldridge, deceased. plaintiffs against
Henry Meachum, executor of Edward Meacham, deceased, defendant by petition
for 38 shillings said to be due by Note of hand. This day came the parties
by their attorneys who being heard of and upon the premises and mature
deliberation thereupon had and the plaintiff producing the said Note for the
aforesaid sum of thirty eight shillings therefore it was considered that the
plaintiffs recover the same against the said defendant and his costs by him
in this behalf hands of the said Henry if so much thereof he hath in his
hands unadministered, if not, the cost was to be levied of his own proper
goods and chattles. Present was Thomas Vines, Gentleman.
Professional Life
In September, 1750, in Surry County, the court doth nominate and recommend
to the Honourable Thomas Lee, Esquire, President of His Majesty's Council
and Commander-in-Chief of this Dominion, the following persons as duly
qualified to be added to the Commission of the Peace for this County. To
wit: Benjamin Cocke, Robert Jones, Henry Browne, Richard Blow, Hartwell
Cocke, Peter Poythress, William Seward, Jr., Laurence Gibbins, John Irby,
John Mason, Jr., Edward Pettway, George Briggs and John Avent, Gentlemen,
and Augustine Claiborne was requested by the court to wait on his Honour,
the said President, with this recommendation and to request that all those
Gentlemen that refused to qualify themselves under the present Commission
may be yet continued in the Commission of the Peace for this County. Absent
was John Ruffin, Gentleman.
Before 1754, in the Prince George County records, a letter from Edmund
Pendleton, Speaker of the House, to the Sheriff, of Prince George County, to
elect someone to the House of Delegates in the place of Peter Poythress, who
has vacated his seat due to infirm state of health.
On June 29, 1767, an Act imposing duties on glass, paper, painters' colors
and tea imported into the American Colonies was enacted.
In the Session of March 31, 1768, the Burgesses from Prince George County
were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress (in place of BoIling, deceased).
On April 14, 1768, in the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Captain Peter
Poythress was returned as a Burgess for Prince George county, in the stead
of Colonel Alexander Bolling, deceased.
In the Assembly of May, 1769, representing Prince George County were Richard
Bland and Peter Poythress. [There was but one session of this Assembly which
met on May 8, and was dissolved on May 17, 1769. On the 17th, the Governor,
Lord Botetourt said: "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses, I
have heard of your resolves and augur ill of their effects. You have made it
my duty to dissolve you, and you are dissolved accordingly."] On May 25,
1769, in the Virginia Gazette, Peter Poythress was listed as one of the
signers to The Virginia Association. [Peter Poythress' name is on the
Monument in Williamsburg and is found in the list of Burgesses, who in
Raleigh Tavern on May 18, 1769, May 27, 1774, and August, 1776, voted
against the importation and purchase of British Manufactures.]
In the Session of November 7, 1769, representing Prince George County were
Richard Bland and Peter Poythress. [Assembly of 1769-1771; this Assembly
first met on November 7, 1769, and afterwards by successive adjournments and
prorogations, on May 21, 1770, and July 11, 1771. On July 20 of the last
named year it was prorogued to the fourth Thursday in October, but by
proclamation of October 12, this Assembly was dissolved]. On March 5, 1770,
an Act for repealing all duties except on tea. On this same date, the Boston
massacre.
In the Session of May 21, 1770, the Burgesses from Prince George County were
Richard Bland and Peter Poythress.
On December 13, 1770, in the Virginia Gazette, the vestry of Martin's
Brandon parish, in the county of Prince George, have ordered the following
additional improvements to be made upon the glebe of the said parish, to
wit: a kitchen, 32 by 18 feet, with a outside brick chimnies; a stable, 24
by 16 feet; a barn, 40 by 20 feet; a dairy, and a smoke house each 12 feet
square; a necessary house, 8 feet square, all well framed, weather boarded
with plank, and shingled with cypress shingles, underpinned with brick, and
tarred; a garden 200 feet square, ----- with heart of poplar or
cypress ----, with -------------. The dwelling house, which is 4- by - feet,
to be repaired, and to be well painted, and the foot to be tarred; a room to
be added to it at each end, 14 by 18 feet, and a fire place in each room; a
handsome porch, on each side the dwelling house 10 by 8 feet, and a porch at
one end of the house. The additional buildings and porches to be underpinned
with brick, and strong steps to each porch; the covered way into the cellar
to be altered, and the whole work to be finished in a workmanlike manner.
Part of the value of the buildings to be paid at the time of letting them,
other part in July next, and the remainder upon the work being finished.
Whoever is willing to undertake the said work is desired to meet the
subscribers at the glebe, on Monday the 31st of December next, who are
expected by the vestry, to agree with workmen for the said improvements.
Signed by Richard Bland, Theodorick Bland, Peter Poythress and John
Poythress.
In the Session of July 11, 1771, from Prince George County were Richard
Bland and Peter Poythress. Assembly of 1772-1774 [This Assembly first met on
February 10, 1772, though the writs for election were dated October 31,
1771.
In the Session of February 10, 1772, representing Prince George County were
Richard Bland, and Peter Poythress. Assembly of 1772-1774 [This Assembly
first met on February 10, 1772, though the writs for election were dated
October 31, 1771. It assembled afterwards, by various prorogations, on March
4, 1773, and May 5, 1774].
On June 7, 1772, in Charles City County, the accounts of Thomas Moody,
deceased, 1753-1771. Lists money paid to Edward Minge (for reading), John
Brown, Edward Major, Poythress and Ealbank Store Account, etc.
On September 16, 1773, in Sussex County, administration in the account of
the estate of Captain Thomas Parham by Stith Parham, administrator, showed
payments to Dr. James Greenway, quit rent on 770 acres and 9 levies, John
Parham, Captain John McNabb's store account, Abram Parham, Richard Booker,
William Wynne, Hugh Belsches, Alexander Taylor, John Adams, estate of
Matthew Parham, Goodrich Haddin, Major Peter Poythress, Robert Tucker and
John Parham.
On December 16, 1773, the Boston tea party. On March 31, 1774, the Boston
"Port Bill" forbidding importations into Boston was enacted. On May 20,
1774, the Charter of Massachusetts was annulled, and the people were
declared rebels by the English Parliament. On September 5, 1774, the first
session of the Continental Congress met at Philadelphia.
At a Convention assembled March 20, 1775, representing Prince George County
were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress.
On April 1, 1775, in the Virginia Gazette, "Williamsburg, April 1, the whole
proceeds of the Convention of Delegates at the town of Richmond, in the
County of Henrico: At a meeting of the Delegates for the counties and
corporations in the colony of Virginia, at the town of Richmond, in the
county of Henrico, on Monday, the 20th of March, 1775. Present, a list of
delegates, among which, Richard Bland and Peter Poythress, Esquires, for
Prince George. [proceedings of the convention are recorded in column two].
"Resolved, that Richard Bland and Peter Poythress, Esquires, our late worthy
Representatives, be, and they are hereby nominated and appointed Deputies,
upon the Part of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this County, to meet
such Deputies as shall be appointed by the other Counties and Corporations
within this Colony, in the City of Williamsburg, upon the first Day of
August next, or at any other Time or Place for the Purposes aforesaid."
On April 18, 1775, the legendary ride of Paul Revere from Boston to
Lexington. On April 19, 1775, the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, and
the Battle of Concord, Massachusetts. On April 21, 1775, the Massachusetts'
militia began the blockade of the roads that led into Boston. On May 10,
1775, the Second Continental Congress met.
In the Session of June 1, 1775, the Burgesses from Prince George County were
Richard Bland and Peter Poythress. For the Conventions of 1775 and 1776; in
the Convention assembled March 20, 1775, the Burgesses from Prince George
County were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress; in the Convention assemb1ed
July 17, 1775, the Burgesses from Prince George County were Richard Bland
and Peter Poythress; in the Convention assembled December 1, 1775, the
Burgesses from Prince George County were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress;
and, in the Convention assembled May 6, 1776, the Burgesses from Prince
George County were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress. Assembly of 1775-1776
[This Assembly was summoned to meet on August 11, 1774; but the assembly was
delayed by various prorogations and it did not actually convene until June
1, 1775. On June 24, it adjourned until October 12th when 37 members were
present; but as there was no quorum no business was transacted, and there
was another adjournment to the first Monday in March succeeding. On March 7,
1776, 32 members met, but there was again no quorum and they adjourned to
the first Monday in May next. On that day (May 6th), the journal records
that several members met, but did neither proceed to business or adjourn."
And below these words the clerk wrote in heavy lettering, " Finis," and
finally finished the record of the last of the Virginia Colonial
Legislatures with an elaborate cork-screw like tail piece. Therefore, there
was really only one session of this Assembly.]
On June 15, 1775, Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief. On July 3,
1775, Washington took command of the army at Cambridge. On July 6, 1775,
Congress set forth the necessity of taking up arms. On October 26, 1775, the
Battle of Hampton, Virginia, was fought. On November 7, 1775, Lord Dunmore
proclaimed martial law in Virginia. On November 14, 1775, the Battle at
Kemp's Landing, Virginia, was fought.
At the Convention assembled December 1, 1775, representing Prince George
County were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress.
On December 9, 1775, the Battle of Great Bridge, Virginia, near Norfolk, was
fought. On January 1, 1776, the British bombarded and burned Norfolk,
Virginia.
On March 29, 1776, General Nathaniel Lee was given command south of the
Potomac. On April 5, 1776, Georgia voted for Independence.
On April 6, 1776, Congress decided that the commerce of the 13 colonies was
not under the purview of the King of England.
On April 19, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, a list of Delegates chosen for
the following counties, viz: for Prince George County were Richard Bland and
Peter Poythress, Esquires. For the Convention assembled May 6, 1776,
representing Prince George County were Richard Bland and Peter Poythress.
On May 15, 1776, Virginia voted for Independence. On June 7, 1776, a
resolution was intoduced in Congress by Richard Henry Lee that "These united
colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States." On June
12, 1776, Virginia proclaimed the "right of man." On July 2, 1776, Congress
voted for Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was
first announced. On July 8 to 10, 1776, the engagement at Gwyn's Island,
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, was fought. On July 9, 1776, General Washington
ordered that the Declaration of Independence be read to each brigade. On
July 22, 1776, the Congress authorized prisoner exchanges. On September 22,
1776, Nathan Hale was hanged in New York City. On December 25, 1776,
Washington crossed the Delaware to fight the Hessians at Trenton, New
Jersey. On December 26, 1776, the Battle of Trenton was fought. On December
29, 1776, Washington marched on Princeton. On June 14, 1777, the Stars and
Stripes were adopted as the new nation's flag. On September 1, 1777, the
Battle of Fort Henry, Wheeling, Virginia, was fought. On December 19, 1777,
General Washington's army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania. On March 18, 1778, the Stamp Act was repealed. On May 15,
1778, Congress voted half-pay for 7 years for officers who served until the
end of the war. On May 9, 1779, the engagement at Fort Nelson (Portsmouth),
Virginia, was fought. On May 11, 1779, Norfolk, Virginia, was occupied by
the British.
In 1779, the U. S. Treasury offered to exchange new bills for presumably
counterfeit old paper money. Many Virginians made this exchange, in whole or
in part, to the Virginia Continental Loan office in 1779 and 1780. The
exchange could be for new money, applied to loans, or applied to taxes. The
records of exchangers and the amount exchanged provides a short proxy census
of Virginia in 1779:
Name County Entry # Amt. Deposited
Poythress, William Prince George 1019 $120
Poythress, Peter Prince George 1262 $311
Poythress, Joshua Prince George 1500 $484
Poythress, Thomas Brunswick 3765 $38
On August 11, 1779, Congress granted half-pay for life to officers that
served until the end of the war. On December 25, 1779, in the Virginia
Gazette, "a list of tobacco in Boyd's warehouse, which have been there
upwards of two years, and if not applied for will be sold according to law."
Among others, was Colonel Peter Poythress; 1041, 127, 914 [weights of bales
presumably].
From March 29 until May 12, 1780, the siege of Charleston, South Carolina.
On September 25, 1780, Benedict Arnold abandoned his post in the American
army and joined the British army. In December 1780, British Brigadier
General Benedict Arnold moved to Virginia with Colonel John Graves Simcoe,
with about 1,200 men. They arrived in Virginia on December 30, and attacked
Richmond, Virginia, on January 5, 1781. They burned Richmond. Their
destruction took place all along the James River and the Hampton Roads port
towns. On January 8, 1781, the engagement at Charles City Court House,
Virginia, was fought. On April 25, 1781, the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia,
was fought. On June 26, 1781, the engagement at Spencer's Tavern, Virginia,
was fought. On July 6, 1781, the engagements at Jamestown Ford, Virginia,
and at Green Spring, Virginia, were fought. On September 5, 1781, the naval
fight in the Chesapeake Bay between De Grasse and Graves was fought. On
September 30, 1781, the siege at Yorktown, Virginia, began. On October 19,
1781, Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. On November 30, 1782,
the Treaty of Peace, signed at Paris, France, brought the war in America to
an end. On March 22, 1783, Congress granted officers full pay for five years
instead of the promised half-pay for life. On November 2, 1783, General
Washington made his farewell address and the American army was disbanded.
On January 9, 1787, in Prince George County, the estate of Robert Boyd,
deceased, in account with Charles Duncan, executor, 1779 through 1786.
Mentions, among many others, Peachy, Poythress, Bates and Co., Joshua
Poythress, Peter Poythress.
On September 17, 1787, the United States' Constitution was adopted by the
Constitutional Convention.
Death of Peter Poythress on December 19, 1787.
On August 6, 1790, Congress granted pensions to individuals disabled by
wounds during the revolutionary war.
Civic Activities
In May, 1750, in the Surry County court, Hunter versus Cully, a case in
trespass, assault and battery. Peter Poythress, among others, was on the
jury, which found for the plaintiff. The jury was also to enquire of the
damages. Damages were at £0/24/11.
On May 15, 1750, the inventory of the estate of Mr. John Rives was ordered.
Sarah Rives was the Administratrix. Edward Pettway, Peter Poythress and
Henry Mitchell were the appraisers for the estate. On May 16, 1750, in the
Surry County court, it was ordered that Peter Poythress, Henry Mitchell and
Edward Petway, or any three of them, being first sworn before a Justice of
the Peace do appraise in current money the slaves and personal estate of
John Reeves, deceased, and return the appraisement to the next court. On
June 19, 1750, in the Surry County court, the inventory of the estate of Mr.
John Rives. Sarah Rives was the Administratrix. Edward Pettway, Peter
Poythress and Henry Mitchell were the appraisers.
In May, 1750, in the Surry County court, Thrower versus Whittington, in
trespass. Peter Poythress, among others, was on the jury. The plaintiff was
reprimanded for "false clamour" and the defendant was to recover court costs
from the plaintiff.
On August 21, 1751, in the Surry County court, the account of the estate of
Richard Lewis, deceased, lists, among others, Major Poythress.
In August, 1766, Peter Poythress and John Poythress, Gentlemen, greeting.
Peter Leath, by his deed of August, 1766, sold to Peter Randolph Bland, of
Prince George County, 400 acres, in Amelia County, on Leath's Creek. Eliza.,
the wife of Peter Leath cannot conveniently travel to our county to make
acknowledgement of the deed. You are therefore authorized to go to Eliz. to
receive her acknowledgment. Signed on June 9, in the 7th year of our reign,
T. G. Peachy. Eliza. Leath relinquished her right of dower to the conveyed
lands. Signed by Peter Poythress and John Poythress.
Property: Land
On August 5, 1751, in Prince George County, Peter Poythress, 324 acres, on
the south side of Butterwood Swamp, adjoining William Poythress, &c.
On July 7, 1763, in Amelia County, to Peter Poythress, 178 acres, on the
Nottoway River and the Hurricane Swamp.
On June 24, 1767, William Manire, of Amelia County, sold to Peter Poythress,
of Prince George County, 50 acres, in Amelia County, bounded by Poythress'
corner on the Nottoway River, Wolf Pit Branch. The witnesses, John Manire,
William Manire, Jr., and George Connally.
On November 12, Peter Poythress, of Branchester, Martin's Brandon parish, in
Prince George County, sold to John Bland, of the same the parish and county,
128 acres, in Amelia County, commonly called and known by the name of
Hariane Quarter, except the water mill and 2 acres adjacent thereto on the
Nottaway River. The witnesses were John Ruffin, Jr., Jerman Baker and T. G.
Peachy.
On November 23, 1771, Peter Poythress, of Prince George County, bought 6
acres, in Brunswick County, from John Morton, Jr., of Brunswick County, on
the Nottaway River, and bounded (detailed description of the location of the
land).
On March 24, 1774, Peter Poythress, of Prince George County, sold to
Christopher Haskins, of Brunswick County, 6 acres of land, on the Nottoway
River, in Brunswick County, bounded (routine text describing boundaries in
detail). The witnesses were William Jones, Benjamin Jones, Robert Burlington
and Deely Mathis.
On January 7, 1775, in Sussex County, William Parham, of Albemarle parish,
in Sussex County, sold to Peter Poythress, of Martin's Brandon parish, in
Prince George County, 198 acres, bounded by the Indian Swamp, John Smith,
the Leather Coats Branch, John Pettway and Peter Poythress.
On December 19, 1776, in Sussex County, Matthew Parham, Jr., of Sussex
County, sold to Peter Poythress, of Martin's Brandon parish, in Prince
George County, 133 acres, on the north side of the Nottoway River and
bounded by the Gum Swamp, the Indian Swamp, James Parham, Cherry Island
Swamp and Stith Parham. The witness was William Parham.
In 1778, in the Dinwiddie County Surveyor's Platt Book, Peter Poythress,
Esquire, of Prince George County, 13 acres, in Bath parish, on the south
side of Butterwood Creek, adjoining Peter Wynne.
On May 29, 1780, grant to Peter Poythress by Thomas Jefferson, Governor of
the Commonwealth, for a tract of land by survey bearing date November 24,
1779, nearly 13 acres lying in Bath parish, in Dinwiddie County, on the
south side of Butterwood Creek, adjoining Peter Wynne and Polly Poythress.
On June 20, 1780, grant to Peter Poythress by the Governor, 173 acres,
survey made November 21, 1774, and lying in Prince George County, on the
south side of Blackwater Swamp, adjoining Edward Marks, William Grammer, &c.
In 1782, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Peter Poythress,
on (1,250, 400, 225, 100, 3 lots in town of Blandford =) 1,975+ acres.
In 1782, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by Colonel Peter
Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres adjoining Cryer + 324 acres, Tommy
Hilton(?) + 404 acres =) 1,728 acres.
In 1783, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Peter Poythress,
on (1,250 + 400 + 225 + 100 =) 1,975 acres.
On March 5, 1783, John Randolph, of Chesterfield County, to Peter Poythress,
of Prince George County, tract known as Bloomsbury, 1,000 acres, in Prince
George County. Not recorded until November 14, 1820. Was first offered for
recording during July Court, 1783, but was proven by only two of three
witnesses at that time.
In 1786, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Peter Poythress,
on (1,250 + 1,000 + 400 + 226 + 100 + 100 + 10½, + 3 lots in Blandford =)
3,086½+ acres.
In 1787, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Peter Poythress,
on (1,250 + 1,000 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 + 10½ + 3 lots in Blandford =)
3,085½+ acres.
In 1787, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by Colonel Peter
Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 324 acres + 404 acres =) 1,728
acres.
In 1788, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (1,250 + 1,000 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 3,075 acres.
In 1788, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 324 acres + 404 acres =)
1,728 acres.
In 1789, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (1,000 + 400 + 290 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 2,115 acres, 960
acres less than in 1788.
In 1789, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 324 acres + 404 acres =)
1,728 acres.
In 1790, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on 1,000, 400, 290, 225, 100, 100 = 2,115 acres.
In 1791, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (1,000 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 1,825 acres; 290 acres
less than in 1790.
In 1791, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 324 acres + 404 acres =)
1,728 acres.
In 1792, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (905 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 1,730 acres; 95 acres
less than in 1791.
In 1792, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 324 acres + 404 acres =)
1,728 acres.
In 1793, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (900 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 1,725 acres.
In 1793, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 404 acres =) 1,404 acres.
In 1794, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (900 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 100 =) 1,725 acres.
In 1794, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 404 acres =) 1,404 acres.
In 1795, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of
Peter Poythress, on (905 + 400 + 225 + 100 + 110 =) 1,740 acres.
In 1795, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on (Butterwood, 1,000 acres + 404 acres =) 1,404 acres; and
by Francis Poythress, on 100 acres, (conveyed by William Cross).
In 1796, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1797, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1798, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1801, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1802, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1803, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1805, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1806, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
In 1807, in Dinwiddie County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Colonel
Peter Poythress, on Butterwood, 1,000 acres; and by Francis Poythress, on
100 acres.
Adjoining property
On July 25, 1746, to Going Johnson, 300 acres, in Prince George County,
between Butterwood and Tommahitton Swamps, adjoining Wright, Fisher,
Poythress and Glover.
On August 19, 1748, in Surry County, Peter Dobie sold to William Dobie, 150
acres, on the north side of the Nottoway River. The witness was Peter
Poythress.
On April 21, 1762, Charles Connally, of Nottoway parish, in Amelia County,
sold to Robert Williams, of the same, all that tract of land, in Nottoway
parish, in Amelia County, containing 200 acres of land lying between
Poythress...
On February 16, 1764, in Sussex County, Thomas Heath and wife, Sarah Heath,
sold to William Parham, 198 acres, bounded by the east side of the Indian
Swamp, John Smith in Leathercoat Branch and Poythress. Sarah Leath
relinquished her Right of Dower. The witnesses, Edward Pettway, John Raines
and John Leath, the Elder.
On May 21, 1764, Robert Williams and Mary, his wife, of St. Andrew's parish,
in Brunswick County, sold to Dibdale Holt, of Nottoway parish, in Amelia
County, 200 acres, in Nottoway parish, in Amelia County, and bounded by
Peter Poythress.
On June 21, 1764, in Sussex County, Edward Pettway, to his son, John
Pettway, for love and affection, 200 acres, bounded by Thomas Heath on Peter
Poythress' line, the Trading Branch, James Heath, Daniel Epps, John Smith
and the Leathercoat Branch. The witnesses, Michael Bailey and Edward
Pettway.
On May 18, 1767, Phillip Stone, of Dobbs County, North Carolina, sold to
William Manire, of Amelia County, a certain tract of land, in Amelia County,
and bounded by the Nottoway River, Poythress, Dibdalls Holt, etc.
On March 18, 1768, William Manere, of Amelia County, sold to Joseph Harper,
Jr., of Dinwiddie County, 170 acres, in Amelia County, bounded by the County
line, Daniel's Branch, Poythress.
On November 17, 1768, in Sussex County, Joel Tucker and wife, Judith Tucker,
sold to John Walker, 200 acres, bounded by the north side of the Nottaway
River and adjoining said Tucker, the Gally Swamp and Poythress. Judith
Tucker relinquished her Right of Dower.
On March 15, 1769, in Sussex County, John Jackson, planter, of Albemarle
parish, to his son Robert Jackson, for love and affection, 730 acres, on the
north side of the Nottoway River being the land whereon John Jackson lived
and bounded by the Galley Swamp, Peter Poythress, John Walker, Joel Tucker,
William Broadnax, John Echols, the main road leading to Cabin Point, James
Robinson and Monks Neck Creek. The witnesses, John Walker, Joel Tucker and
William Wilkerson and John Jackson.
On January 29, 1772, in Sussex County, John Walker and wife, Hanna Walker,
of Sussex County, sold to William Broadnax, of Dinwiddie County, 200 acres,
on the Nottaway River and bounded by Joel Tucker, the Galley Swamp and Major
Peter Poythress.
On August 15, 1772, in Dinwiddie County, Buffington Darwell, 32 acres, in
Bath parish, on the south side of Butterwood Creek, adjoining Peter
Poythress and Glover.
As Witness
On March 27, 1783, in Mecklenburg County, Roger Atkinson, of Dinwiddie
County, to John Ogburn, of Brunswick County. The witnesses were Joseph
Jones, Peter Poythress, Charles Cabaness and John Atkinson.
Family Estates
June 17, 1769, in Chesterfield County, the Will of Henry Randolph, deceased.
I give to my son, John Randolph, 1,000 acres called "Plantation" on which I
lived.
I give to William Randolph, land called Rich Neck.
I give to my sons, Peter Randolph and Thomas Randolph, all of my lands, in
Amelia County, equally.
I give to my son, Robert Randolph, £500.
I give to my son Richard Randolph £500.
I give to all my children my personal property and slaves equally. I direct
that my unmarried children shall be maintained out of the profits of the
estate.
My executrix, my wife. Executors, Major Peter Poythress, John Gilliam, Sr.,
and John Gilliam, Jr.
The witnesses were Henry Featherstone, William Dyson and John Ratcliffe.
Tabitha Poythress Randolph (1725-1805), the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth
Poythress, married Henry Randolph (1720/1-1771), the son of Henry Randolph
and Elizabeth Epes. Major Peter Poythress (1733-1787), was the son of Robert
Poythress, and brother of Tabitha Poythress Randolph.
On August 11, 1774, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be rented for a terms of
years, a valuable Plantation in Prince George County, about four miles from
Blandford, containing 500 acres, upon which is a good dwelling-house, all
the necessary outhouses, barns, orchards, &c. being the place whereon Mr.
William Poythress, deceased, lately lived. For terms apply to Major Peter
Poythress, near the premises."
On July 4, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, Branchester, June 23, 1777. "Those
who have just claims against the estate of William Poythress, late of Prince
George County, deceased, are desired to apply immediately for payment as I
intend to deliver up the estate in a short time." Peter Poythress, executor.
On July 18, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette. William Poythress, late of Prince
George County, deceased, estate accounts with his executor Peter Poythress,
of Branchester.
In Prince George County, the Will of John Morrison, husband of Ann Poythress
Morrison, daughter of Richard Bland, dated April 19, 1785, proved August 10,
1790.
To wife, Ann Poythress Morrison, my whole estate for life, if child the wife
is carrying lives, then child to get estate at wife's death. If child does
not live to age 21, then my five sisters to get all of the estate at wife's
death.
To brother, Alexander, after the death of my wife or child, my plantations
in Brunswick County, Virginia, and Warren County, North Carolina, if he
gives my brother, Theodorick, a share in the plantation my father bought
from Ravenscroft.
My executors, my wife, Ann, her father, Richard Bland, Esquire, and my
brother, David Morrison. No witnesses. Proved by the oaths of Edmund Ruffin,
Jr., George Ruffin, and John Batte. Ann Poythress Bland (1765-) was the
daughter of Richard Bland (1731-1786) and Mary Blair Bolling (1744-) and
granddaughter of Richard Bland and Anne Poythress.
February 30, 1787, in Prince George County, the settlement of the estate of
Alexander Robertson. [Note: this is a very complex document with numerous
columns, headings and subheadings]. Sums due to various persons, among
others.
Cash to John Poythress.
Cash to Joshua Poythress.
To Ann Poythress Morrison, £545, 12 slaves, several houses, plantation
items. June, 1783 (date written?).
The witnesses were Joshua Poythress, Richard Bland and Elizabeth Blair
Bland. Richard Bland (1762-1806) was married to Susanna Poythress
(1769-1839), the daughter of Peter Poythress and Elizabeth Bland.
Peter Poythress' Will
The Will of Peter Poythress, dated October, 6, 1785, was probated in
January, 1786. It named his wife, Elizabeth, his daughters, Elizabeth, wife
of William Mayo, Anne Randolph, Mary Batte, Agnes, Lucy Bland Poythress, and
Sally Lee. It left all of his real property, except some lots in the town of
Blandford, to his son, William, who was not 21.
On July 26, 1790, in Prince George County, Articles of Agreement, between
William Poythress and Thomas Harris. William Poythress has claimed an
interest in a tract of land where the said Thomas Harris lived and the said
William Poythress and Thomas Harris being willing to settle the affair and
affix the right title. John Harris gave William Poythress title to a house
sold by William Poythress to Robert Birchett. House and land had been willed
to William Poythress by Peter Poythress that was sold unto Walter Munnery
and Nathanial Tatum. Signed by William Poythress. The witnesses were Edward
Marks, Nathaniel Mackay and Boswell Becking.
On August 15, 1790, in Prince George County, John Baird and Charles Duncan,
executors of the last Will and testament of Robert Boyd of the first part
and William Mayo, executor, of the last Will and testament of Peter
Poythress, and Elizabeth, the widow of the said Peter Poythress, of the
second part, and James Cureton, of Prince George County, of the third part.
(Walter Boyd wills use of his house and lands in Blandford to his wife and
after her death she should leave it to his brother, Robert Boyd, and his
heirs forever. Shortly after the death of Walter Boyd, his widow quitted the
house and surrendered it to Robert Boyd. Robert, in his last Will and
testament authorized his executors...whereupon the said (John) Baird and
(Charles) Duncan sold to Peter Poythress. Peter, in his last Will and
testament devised to his son-in-law, William Mayo, with consent of
Elizabeth, his wife. Whereupon, the said William Mayo with approval of
Peter's widow, Elizabeth, sold the houses and land, bounded by the
Appomattox River, Thomas Gordon's corner, the Creek, Richard Taylor, and
included 2 lots, #34 and #47, in the whole, 15 acres, to James Cureton, for
£900 current money of Virginia. Signed by John Baird, deceased, executors
Charles Duncan, William Mayo and Elizabeth Poythress. The witnesses were
John Thweatt for William Mayo; John Batte as to William Mayo, Edmund Hanson
for Baird and Duncan, Jos. Weisiger for Baird and Duncan, John Baird, Jr.,
for estate and Baird and Duncan, Jos. Weisiger for Mrs. Elizabeth Poythress,
John Baird for Mrs. Elizabeth Poythress, Robert Stuart for Mrs. Elizabeth
Poythress.
On February 25, 1791, in Prince George County, William Poythress, of Prince
George County, son of Peter Poythress, late of said county (deceased) to
Christopher McConnice, of the Town of Petersburg, a parcel of land lying in
Petersburg heretofore called Blandford and distinguished on the plot or plan
of the town as lot #52. Also, all the low grounds, on the Appomattox River,
lying between lot #52 and lot #53, to the boundary lines of lot #54, to
Donald and Frazer, Merchants, in the town. The witnesses, George Marable,
Thomas Gardinor and Hamilton Burge. On February 15, 1791, in Prince George
County, the Commonwealth of Virginia to Peter Epes and Pleasant Cocke,
whereas, William Poythress, son of Peter Poythress, deceased, to Christopher
McConnice, land and house in Blandford Town of Petersburg, William
Poythress, by the death of his father, Peter, to whom he was heir-at-law,
the above (Epes and Cocke) were instructed to determine if Elizabeth
Poythress, wife of Peter, surrendered her dower rights.
On August 15, 1791, in Prince George County, James Cureton and Betsy, his
wife, to John Baird, of Prince George County, Merchant, for £900, a lot in
Blandford of 15 acres, being the same lot which said John Baird and Charles
Duncan as executors of Robert Boyd, deceased, with assent of William Mayo,
executor of Peter Poythress, deceased, and Elizabeth Poythress, widow and
relict of said Peter, conveyed to James Cureton. The witnesses were Luke
Wheeler, William Poythress, Jr., and Joseph Weisiger.
In September, 1791, in Prince George County, Elizabeth Poythress to
(remainder of document illegible).
On October 11, 1791, in Prince George County, John Baird and Charles Duncan
and William Mayo, and Elizabeth Poythress and James Cureton. (Court confirms
above dated 15 Aug 1790).
After Peter Poythress' Death
In June, 1794, in Chesterfield County, Tabitha Randolph, of Chesterfield
County, daughter of Robert Poythress, late of Prince George County,
deceased, a deed to Henry Archer [son-in-law], of Chesterfield County, for
£100, 1/5th interest in 8 negroes and their increase devised by her father,
Robert Poythress, of Prince George County, in his Will dated May 24, 1743,
in which Will said Robert Poythress provided that his wife should have a
life interest in the said negroes and their increase should be equally
divided between the three sons of the said Robert Poythress, viz. Robert,
Peter and William Poythress, and such of the testators daughters as were
married at the time of their mother's death. The said Tabitha being married
at the time of her mother's death conveys this interest. In 1794, in
Chesterfield County, Tabitha Randolph, one of the daughters and legatees of
Robert Poythress, deceased, versus William Mayo, acting executor of Peter
Poythress, deceased. The court ordered the commissioners to set aside to
said plaintiff certain negroes out of the estate of Robert Poythress,
deceased, with the increase since his death, and also estimate hire from the
death of said Peter Poythress, and make report to this court. Summary Bill
of Complaint. Elizabeth Poythress possessed herself of 12 slaves according
to the will of Robert Poythress. She died many years after her husband,
surviving her sons, Robert and William. The slaves then devolved to their
brother, Peter. Until her death, Elizabeth Poythress lived with or near said
Peter and he had management of her affairs. He was entitled to 3/5 of the
slaves at her death in behalf of himself and his two deceased brothers,
William and Robert. At that time, only 2 of the testator's daughters were
unmarried, the oratrix, Tabitha Randolph, and her sister, Elizabeth Gilliam.
Peter continued to keep under his care the 8 negroes of which he was 3/5
owner. He died a few years past. William Mayo, Esquire, was the acting
executor of the said Peter Poythress and continued to hold possession of the
said 8 slaves, though often requested to give the oratrix her share. She
desired an accounting of the 8 slaves and their issue and sex be given, then
her 1/5 of said slaves and 1/5 of labor since the death of said Peter
Poythress to be allotted to her.
Peter Poythress' name is on the Monument in Williamsburg and is found in the
list of Burgesses, who in Raleigh Tavern on May 18, 1769, May 27, 1774, and
August, 1776, voted against the importation and purchase of British
Manufactures.
At the site of the old Capitol today stands a monument commemorating events
which transpired there leading up to the Revolutionary War. On the back of
the monument is the following inscription: Members of the House of Burgesses
who, at the Raleigh Tavern, May 18, 1769, and May 27, 1774, and August,
1774, entered into associations against the importation or purchase of
British manufactures: Peyton Randolph, Speaker; Robert Carter Nicholas,
Treasurer; Philip Ludwell Grymes, Nathaniel Edwards, Jr., William Cabell,
Jr., George Washington, Wilson Miles Cary, Richard Henry Lee, Robert
Rutherford, Patrick Henry, Thomas Nelson, Jr., William Macon, Jr., Josesph
Hutchings, Thomas Parramore, Cornelius Thomas, Thomas Claiborne, Richard
Anderson, Thomas Jefferson, James Scott, Jr., Nathaniel Terry, Nurwell
Bassett, William Clayton, Thomas Glascock, Benjamin Howard, Alexander Trent,
Paul Carrington, Southey Simpson, Peter Poythress, James Hamilton, Willis
Riddick, Foushee Tebbs, Edward Osborne, Frances Peyton, Robert Munford,
Bolling Starke, Robert Bolling, Thomas Barbar, William Acrill, Hartwell
Cocke, John Harmanson, Archibald Carey, Charles Carter, Carter Braxton,
Peter Johnson, Thomas Whiting, John Alexander, John Blair, Jr., Thomas
Johnson, Richard Starke, John Lewis, Jr., Charles Lynch, Thomas Bayley,
Lewis Burwell, Richard Baker, Joseph Cabell, Thomas Walker, William Roane,
John Donelson, James Bridger, Gabriel Jones, Richard Bland, Edward Hacke
Mosely, Jr., Thomson Mason, James Walker, Thomas Scott, John Woodson,
Abraham Hite, Henry Taylor, Severn Eyre, George Ball, John Wilson, David
Mason, Hugh Inness, John Talbot, Richard Lee, John Ackiss, John Green, Isaac
Read, James Wood, Edwin Gray, David Meade, Henry Lee, John Mayo, Robert
Wormeley Carter, Bartholomew Dandridge, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Nicholas
Faulcon, Jr., Benjamin Harrison, Francis Slaughter, William Langhorne,
Thomas Newton, Jr., Richard Mitchell, Worlich Westwood, James Taylor, Jr.,
Benjamin Watkins, Edmund Pendleton, William Harwood, Henry Pendleton,
William Fleming, Samuel McDowell, James Edmundson, Mathew Marable, Edmund
Berkeley, James Montague, John Hite, Jr., John Banister, Mann Page, Jr.,
Lewis Burwell (Gloucester), Richard Adams, Rodham Kenner, Thomas Pettus,
Richard Hardy, Peter Le Grand, William Aylett, John Bowdoin, Joseph Nevil,
Samuel Duval, John Burt, John Bowyer, Charles Coles, Henry Field, John
Walker, James Holt, Isaac Zane, Henry Bell, Henry King, John West, John
Lynn, John Winn, George Stubblefield, Christopher Wright, Thomas Mann
Randolph, William Fitzhugh, Thomas Marshall, James Mercer, George Brooke,
Allen Cocke, Peter Presley Thornton, Samuel Riddick, Dudley Digges.
Will of the Widow
On April 12, 1787, in Prince George County, the Will of Elizabeth Poythress,
of Prince George County, widow of Peter Poythress (deceased as well). In
consideration of natural affection for daughter, Sally Lee, and "to prevent
any dispute which may happen in the construction of my husband's Will
respecting the devise in the said Will of Kate's daughter, "Fanny," to my
said daughter, Sally Lee," "which was in said Will devised to me," I give my
said daughter, Sally Lee, the said negro, Fanny, and her children, Becky,
Betty and Kate and their increase" "my hand and seal the ___ day of ____,
1787. Signed by Elizabeth Poythress. The witnesses were John Batte, Tabitha
Randolph and William Bingham. On April 14, 1787, at a court held this date
for Prince George County, this foregoing deed from Elizabeth Poythress to
her daughter Sally Lee was proved by the oaths of John Batte and William
Bingham. Sally Bland Poythress Lee (1768-1828) was the daughter of Peter
Poythress and Elizabeth Bland. Sally married Squire Richard Lee (1727-1795).
Tabitha Poythress Randolph (1725-1805), Peter Poythress' sister, was one of
the witnesses. John Batte (1757-1816), a son-in-law of Peter Poythress, was
married to Mary Poythress (1762-1815), and was also a witness.
The Fourth Generation: Captain Robert Poythress, of Prince George County
R. Bolling Batte on Robert Poythress
[282 Robert Poythress. He was a soldier in the Revolution. I was told by a
lady of Memphis, now deceased, that Robert Poythress died in January 1782 in
Charleston, S. C. without issue. No record was cited.]
Family
Captain Robert Poythress was born about 1725, in Prince George County, the
son of Robert Poythress and Elizabeth (Cocke). It is quite possible that
Robert had a son and heir as Polly Poythress claimed to be his heir in an
1844 claim rejection. He died near Charleston, South Carolina, in January,
1782.
Inheritance
On September 13, 1743, the Will of Robert's father, Mr. Robert Poythress, of
Martin's Brandon parish, in Prince George County, was proved by Richard
Bland, William Batte and William Poythress. He appointed his brother,
William Poythress, Colonel Richard Bland and Mr. John Gilliam to divide his
estate. He appointed his wife, Elizabeth, and his sons, Robert and Peter to
be executors of his Will. He gave his son, Robert, all of his lands on
which
he lived, containing 1,100 acres, and 291 acres, adjoining the Butterwood
Swamp, and nine negroes, Tom boy, Mingo, Charles, Judy, Bett, Jenny, Sarah,
George and Boatswin. His son also received 1/4th of his furniture, a share
of the stocks and 1/4th share of the remainder of his estate. The court was
held at Fitzgerald's.
Robert Poythress (I) received 350 acres at the Indian swamp from his father,
John Poythress, in his December 11, 1712, Will. On May 9, 1717, Robert
Poythress (I) bought 500 acres, in Prince George County, from Stith
Bolling.
On September 12, 1721, Robert exchanged 267 acres with William Parham for
100 acres in Martins Brandon, Prince George County. On March 22, 1732,
Robert leased 267 acres at the Indian swamp to John Parham. On September
28,
1728, Robert bought 291 acres at the Butterwood swamp, in Prince George
County, which he left to his son, Captain Robert Poythress, in his 1743
Will. On July 12, 1735, Robert bought 600 acres from his brother, David
Poythress, part of which, Tanotoro, was left by John Poythress to his son,
David Poythress, in his 1712 Will. Robert left this land to his son,
Colonel
Peter Poythress, in his 1743 Will. On September 28, 1728, Robert had land
adjacent to the 297 acres bought by Robert Glover, in Prince George County.
He left this property to his son, Colonel Peter Poythress, in his 1743
Will.
On June 17, 1735, Robert bought 412 acres, in Surry County, from Thomas
Bolling, Mariner, which he left to his son, William Poythress, in his 1743
Will. On June 1, 1741, Robert bought 400 acres, in Amelia county, that he
left to his son, William, in his 1743 Will.
In 1763, in Dinwiddie County, the charges were denominated in pounds of
tobacco, for which it was likely warehouse receipts were used to pay the
bill. Robert Poythress, William Glascock, his Guardian. May, 1763, entering
for Order for attendance versus Cryer, trial, judgement. June, 1763,
dismissed versus C. Poythress' executor.
Professional life
Robert Poythress, of Prince George County, was a Captain in the Continental
Service. He enlisted several other soldiers into service. He was stated to
have enlisted in the service in 1776, and after serving some time around
Williamsburg, he marched to the South in what was termed the Southern
Regiment and continued in service until the commencement of the year 1781.
Micajah Webb stated that he had served with Captain Poythress under General
Greene and was in the same capacity when Poythress died near Charleston,
not
returning to Prince George County. Webb believed that Robert Poythress
never
got any compensation for his service. R. Bolling Batte was told by a lady
of
Memphis, now deceased, that Robert Poythress died in January, 1782, in
Charleston, South Carolina.
An 1844 claim rejection appears to have been carefully orchestrated by
counsel for the claimant Polly Poythress, the "heiress" of Captain Robert
Poythress. Depositions of Micajah Webb, Rebecca Mitchell and Polly
Poythress, together with the petition of Polly Poythress herself were
essentially identical even to the specific wording. The deponents claimed
ages in the range of 70 years. Other documents in the claim file were
various affidavits attesting to the signatures of the deponents and
affidavits attesting to the signatures of the affidavit givers. All
deponents claimed to have been well acquainted with Robert Poythress, "who
was a Captain in the Continental service."
On December 6, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, "Prince George County,
November 23, 1776. Contrary to my desire, and express order, my servant
man,
James Bullock, enlisted with Mr. Robert Poythress, an officer, he says,
under Captain Scott, of the Georgia service; upon which I demanded my
servant of the said Poythress, without effect. This is therefore to request
of Captain Scott to have my said servant returned to me without delay or
farther expense, or I shall certainly prosecute him according to law. James
Anderson."
On February 2, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, "Fredericksburg, January 6,
1777. Deserted from my troop of light horse, about the 1st of November
last,
George West, 5 feet 11 inches high, very slender made, born in Hanover, has
dark hair, and is 18 years old. James McCallion, upwards of 6 feet high,
born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, has dark hair and blue eyes, stoops in his
shoulders, and is 24 years old. The said McCallion, I am informed, has
enlisted under one Robert Poythress, who was recruiting for the Georgia
service under Captain Scott. I therefore forewarn the said Scott or
Poythress from carrying him out of this colony, and will give 20 dollars
reward to any person who will secure the said deserter and deliver him to
General Lewis, or his Excellency the Governour in Williamsburg, and 10
dollars reward for securing West, on delivering him to either of the above
mentioned gentlemen. Richard Call."
On January, 8, 1782, the British were in control of Charlestown, which they
had captured in May, 1780. On that same day, 30 miles westward, the General
Assembly of South Carolina's Revolutionary government met at Jacksonboro on
the Edisto River. By February 26, they had passed several Confiscation
Acts.
The lists of names accompanying the Acts were printed in the March 20,
1782,
issue of Charlestown's Royal Gazette and was updated several times by the
end of the war.
Adjoining Property
On August 28, 1746, William Elder, Jr., was granted 280 acres, in Prince
George County, on the south side of Butterwood Swamp, adjoining Peter
Wynne,
Samuel Moore and Robert Poythress.
On August 28, 1746, John Ornsby, clerk, was granted 1,703 acres, in Prince
George County, on both sides of Butterwood Swamp and Road and bounded by
Goodwin's corner in the County lines on the south side of the swamp,
adjoining Eaton, Ellington, Reece, over the Road, adjoining Claiborne,
Watson, to the County, adjoining Trent, to a corner in the County line by
the Road, and along the County line.
On December 2, 1748, in Amelia County, the Will of William Stone, dated
December 2, 1748. One legatee, among many, daughter, Katherine Stone, 200
acres, lying between the lines of George Hill, Robert Poythress, and
Richard
Parr.
Court Cases and Controversy
On February 9, 1744, James Clark received of Mr. Robert Poythress the sum
of
£22, 14 shillings and 2 pence.
On July 9, 1772, in the Virginia Gazette, taken away, on the 28th of May
last, from Northumberland Courthouse, by one Robert Poythress, from Amelia
County, a negro slave, named Dick, belonging to the subscriber; he is a
black fellow, about 20 years of age, five feet seven inches high, very
likely and sensible, has been brought up in the house as a waiter, is very
skillful in the care of horses, and a good rider. He is well known by many
Gentlemen and in all the towns in Virginia, as he always waited on me
whenever I went from home, and is also known by some in Carolina, but is
much grown since he was there. The said Robert Poythress pretends that he
bought him; but his not having either a Bill of Sale or a receipt for the
money, sufficiently proves it to be false. This is to forewarn all persons
from purchasing or entertaining him, as they may expect to have the law put
in execution to the utmost extent. I do likewise offer a reward of £10 to
any person that brings the said slave to me, in Lancaster, if taken in this
Colony, and £20 if out thereof. John Wormeley.
In July, 1773, in the Chesterfield County, the court dismissed the suit of
Robert Poythress, plaintiff, versus Robert Elam, defendant, in case.
On September 26, 1782, in Greensville County, John Wormeley, plaintiff,
against Benjamin Hicks, defendant, in detinue. Case was discontinued for
want of prosecution. Benjamin Hicks at the suit of John Wormeley, in
detinue. The deposition of Benjamin Williams, Greensville County, State of
Virginia, August 24, 1782, Benjamin Williams, of Amelia County, being first
duly sworn by John Lucas, a Justice for the said County, on the holy
Evangelists, deposes and says that as well as he can remember, in May,
1772,
he was at Northumberland Courthouse attending on a horse of Peter Stoner's
which he rode against a horse of John Wormeley's and in the course of the
week, Robert Poythress, and John Wormley entered into card playing and the
said Robert Poythress won of John Wormley a large quantity of tobacco to
the
amount of twenty or twenty two thousand weight but believes it was twenty
two thousand and in a few days after in my presence, John Wormley offered
his negro man, Dick, for sale to Robert Poythress in discharge of the said
tobacco, which said Wormley had lost with said Poythress on condition that
Robert Poythress would let the fellow stay with his horse until the race
was
run as he said he could not do well without him. Soon after that at Muse's
Store, about four hundred yards from the Courthouse the said Poythress
asked
the said negro, Dick, whether he would be willing to serve him, as his
master had offered him for sale, Dick agreed to go if he was to be sold;
after that Robert Poythress applied to John Wormley to buy the fellow that
he had offered and in my presence John Wormley made answer, you shall have
the fellow as I proposed pointing towards the negro, Dick, and said there
he
is, he is yours, which Poythress agreed to; but I must have the fellow said
Wormley until after my race is run as I first observed. Robert Poythress's
answer was if he would be of a any service to you until then you are
welcome
to him until then; but what the price was that Robert Poythress was to give
I do not remember but from what I could understand from them, the negro was
to pay the debt won of Wormley, and whatsoever was done after I never heard
whether Wormley delivered the negro or not; until he was called on by
Benjamin Hicks as a witness, and further this deponent saith not. "John
Lucas" this deposition ordered to be recorded on the motion of the said
Benjamin Hicks.
Family Estates
In December, 1745, in Charles City County, the Will of Samuel Harwood,
Gentleman, deceased, was presented by Agnes Harwood, one of the executors,
and proved by Peter Fontain, Robert Poythress and Mary Ann Minge.
After Robert Poythress' Death
On June 2, 1795, in Amelia County, Samuel Jordan, assignee of Robert
Poythress, plaintiff, versus Edward Bland, administrator, in the right of
his wife Lettice, of Nelson Jones, deceased, defendant, in debt. Abated by
plaintiff's death.
On June, 1794, in Chesterfield County, Tabitha Randolph, of Chesterfield
County, daughter of Robert Poythress, late of Prince George County,
deceased, a deed to Henry Archer [son-in-law], of Chesterfield County, for
£100, 1/5th interest in 8 negroes and their increase devised by her father,
Robert Poythress, of Prince George County, in his Will dated May 24, 1743,
in which Will said Robert Poythress provided that his wife should have a
life interest in the said negroes and their increase should be equally
divided between the three sons of the said Robert Poythress, viz. Robert,
Peter and William Poythress, and such of the testators daughters as were
married at the time of their mother's death. The said Tabitha being married
at the time of her mother's death conveys this interest. In 1794, in
Chesterfield County, Tabitha Randolph, one of the daughters and legatees of
Robert Poythress, deceased, versus William Mayo, acting executor of Peter
Poythress, deceased. The court ordered the commissioners to set aside to
said plaintiff certain negroes out of the estate of Robert Poythress,
deceased, with the increase since his death, and also estimate hire from
the
death of said Peter Poythress, and make report to this court. Summary Bill
of Complaint. Elizabeth Poythress possessed herself of 12 slaves according
to the will of Robert Poythress. She died many years after her husband,
surviving her sons, Robert and William. The slaves then devolved to their
brother, Peter. Until her death, Elizabeth Poythress lived with or near
said
Peter and he had management of her affairs. He was entitled to 3/5 of the
slaves at her death in behalf of himself and his two deceased brothers,
William and Robert. At that time, only 2 of the testator's daughters were
unmarried, the oratrix, Tabitha Randolph, and her sister, Elizabeth
Gilliam.
Peter continued to keep under his care the 8 negroes of which he was 3/5
owner. He died a few years past. William Mayo, Esquire, was the acting
executor of the said Peter Poythress and continued to hold possession of
the
said 8 slaves, though often requested to give the oratrix her share. She
desired an accounting of the 8 slaves and their issue and sex be given,
then
her 1/5 of said slaves and 1/5 of labor since the death of said Peter
Poythress to be allotted to her.
Rebecca Lifesay Mitchell's statement, in 1844, that Captain Poythress had
"one only son that she knows of" contradicts R. Bolling Batte's "lady of
Memphis" who said that Robert died without issue. However, it is likely
that
Robert had some kind of heiress who would be the claimant Polly. Polly
could
either be the unmarried daughter of Robert Poythress or, to fit Mitchell's
story, Polly could be the wife of Robert Poythress' "one only son" and
still
be the heiress of Robert. Polly Poythress, in her deposition, stated that
she was submitting a claim for the land bounty due him for his service
during the War. She stated that she was a citizen of Prince George County
and that she was the heiress of Robert Poythress. She said that Robert was
in the service of his country in the year 1776 in what was called the
southern Regiment, that he continued in said service until his death in
1781, and that he was a citizen of Prince George County. After serving a
while around Williamsburg, he went to the south and continued in said
service until 1781 and died near Charleston. She knew of no other heirs of
Robert but herself. Her deposition was dated April 24, 1835.
Thanks for the info. I do find it interesting.
Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Poythress" <brerfox(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:47 AM
Subject: VA-Southside
> There is a genealogy author who holds class from time to time on the VA
> Southside wire and delivers some pretty interesting stuff.
> Here is a sample. Thought others might be interested.
>
> Maynard
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: qvarizona
> To: Paul Drake
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: "Gentlemen"
>
>
> Paul.
>
> When did this practice fade away and the term "gentleman" begin to mean
> only a polite man of good manners?
>
> Joanne
> *****
> An answer to that specific and often asked question is, in the late 19th
> and early 20th Century as Victorian manners of speaking gradually faded
> away. Your ancestors would gag to hear the TV news folks call low-life
> criminals "that gentleman" or "Mr.".
>
> Your use of the word "noble" in conjunction with gentleman is
> noteworthy, since those words usually had very different meanings. The
> former were born to nobility, and it could be gained no other way. That
> said, the records/writings of the 17th and early 18th Century reveal
> that those who had been knighted were SOMETIMES viewed as nobility, but
> surely not always. As an example, occasionally, Sir Francis Drake (a
> commoner knighted by Elizabeth I) was referred to as a nobleman, but not
> consistently.
>
> One could become a gentleman or gentlelady by achieving affluence or
> standing in the community, however they could not thereby become
> "noble". Similarly, members of the nobility might be called gentlemen
> (or gentlewomen), however those of nobility would be expected to have
> viewed being so addressed as beneath their station, and such usage would
> not have been appreciated.
>
> Finally, the term "Mr." was an indication of a person of the highest
> standing, and just below the nobility. The term was almost NEVER applied
> to other than men of very high position. The VA Burgesses usually were
> addressed as "Mister", however when they were no longer in office, they
> quite usually were not any longer so labeled.
>
> The term "Mrs." likewise revealed a lady of VERY high standing, however
> it was exceedingly rare for a lady to be a "Mrs." unless her husband had
> earned the title of "Mr.". In that regard, it is interesting that in
> the Surry Tithables lists for a couple years in the 1670s Judith
> (Burton?) Hunt Parker was listed as "Mrs. Parker", yet her husband,
> sometimes "Dr.", usually pewterer Richard Parker was not referred to as
> "Mr.". Why, I have not been able to learn.
>
> For your interest, Philip Bruce has a most interesting discussion of the
> these matters of titles in his "Economic History of VA in the 17th
> Century"
>
>
> Genealogy without documentation is nothing.
> Paul Drake JD
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Sheryl, it has been my experience that in the colonial time frame,
esquire (commonly abbreviated "Esq.")frequently meant an office holder
of some description but MOST often (but not
always) meant "lawyer." And given that the requirement for becoming a
lawyer was only to "read" with an existing lawyer
(as opposed to passing a bar exam) my guess is that the quality of
lawyering was fairly uneven.
Since I have been puzzling over the matter for some few years now, I
have sort of been in an unofficial "survey" mode; I'll give my comments
whatever authority they deserve from having wondered a blue million
times but not an "official" answer. <g>
Maynard
-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff and Sheryl Townsend [mailto:c.s.townsend@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:18 PM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: VA-Southside
Well I looked it up. I forgot I have a dictionary of genealogy.
Esquire -- In the Middle Ages a squire (escutifer) carried the shield
and
other armour of the lord or knight he served, but this duty passed later
to
pages. Squiers in this sense were of gentle family. By the sixteenth
century, Esquire was a title acquired by holding an office under the
Crown,
and so was not necessarily superior to `gentlema`, but in practice such
office-holding carried distinction. Esquires proper held Crown
commissions
as Justices of the Peace, army officers, Royal Navy commanders (but not
junior naval officers), the common hangman, etc. The modern courtesy
use of
the style became common in the nineteenth century. The squire in a
country
parish was the colloquial designation for the lor of the manor, or chief
landowner.
Well it seems like that title has changed often so I guess we would have
to
know what century the person lived to know what the title meant to whom.
sheryl
-----Original Message-----
Maynard,
Do you happen to know about the title Esquire?
sheryl
-----Original Message-----
There is a genealogy author who holds class from time to time on the VA
Southside wire and delivers some pretty interesting stuff.
Here is a sample. Thought others might be interested.
Maynard
----- Original Message -----
From: qvarizona
To: Paul Drake
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: "Gentlemen"
Paul.
When did this practice fade away and the term "gentleman" begin to mean
only a polite man of good manners?
Joanne
*****
An answer to that specific and often asked question is, in the late 19th
and early 20th Century as Victorian manners of speaking gradually faded
away. Your ancestors would gag to hear the TV news folks call low-life
criminals "that gentleman" or "Mr.".
Your use of the word "noble" in conjunction with gentleman is
noteworthy, since those words usually had very different meanings. The
former were born to nobility, and it could be gained no other way. That
said, the records/writings of the 17th and early 18th Century reveal
that those who had been knighted were SOMETIMES viewed as nobility, but
surely not always. As an example, occasionally, Sir Francis Drake (a
commoner knighted by Elizabeth I) was referred to as a nobleman, but not
consistently.
One could become a gentleman or gentlelady by achieving affluence or
standing in the community, however they could not thereby become
"noble". Similarly, members of the nobility might be called gentlemen
(or gentlewomen), however those of nobility would be expected to have
viewed being so addressed as beneath their station, and such usage would
not have been appreciated.
Finally, the term "Mr." was an indication of a person of the highest
standing, and just below the nobility. The term was almost NEVER applied
to other than men of very high position. The VA Burgesses usually were
addressed as "Mister", however when they were no longer in office, they
quite usually were not any longer so labeled.
The term "Mrs." likewise revealed a lady of VERY high standing, however
it was exceedingly rare for a lady to be a "Mrs." unless her husband had
earned the title of "Mr.". In that regard, it is interesting that in
the Surry Tithables lists for a couple years in the 1670s Judith
(Burton?) Hunt Parker was listed as "Mrs. Parker", yet her husband,
sometimes "Dr.", usually pewterer Richard Parker was not referred to as
"Mr.". Why, I have not been able to learn.
For your interest, Philip Bruce has a most interesting discussion of the
these matters of titles in his "Economic History of VA in the 17th
Century"
Genealogy without documentation is nothing.
Paul Drake JD
Genealogist & Author
<www.DrakesBooks.com>
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Maynard,
Do you happen to know about the title Esquire?
sheryl
-----Original Message-----
There is a genealogy author who holds class from time to time on the VA
Southside wire and delivers some pretty interesting stuff.
Here is a sample. Thought others might be interested.
Maynard
----- Original Message -----
From: qvarizona
To: Paul Drake
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: "Gentlemen"
Paul.
When did this practice fade away and the term "gentleman" begin to mean
only a polite man of good manners?
Joanne
*****
An answer to that specific and often asked question is, in the late 19th
and early 20th Century as Victorian manners of speaking gradually faded
away. Your ancestors would gag to hear the TV news folks call low-life
criminals "that gentleman" or "Mr.".
Your use of the word "noble" in conjunction with gentleman is
noteworthy, since those words usually had very different meanings. The
former were born to nobility, and it could be gained no other way. That
said, the records/writings of the 17th and early 18th Century reveal
that those who had been knighted were SOMETIMES viewed as nobility, but
surely not always. As an example, occasionally, Sir Francis Drake (a
commoner knighted by Elizabeth I) was referred to as a nobleman, but not
consistently.
One could become a gentleman or gentlelady by achieving affluence or
standing in the community, however they could not thereby become
"noble". Similarly, members of the nobility might be called gentlemen
(or gentlewomen), however those of nobility would be expected to have
viewed being so addressed as beneath their station, and such usage would
not have been appreciated.
Finally, the term "Mr." was an indication of a person of the highest
standing, and just below the nobility. The term was almost NEVER applied
to other than men of very high position. The VA Burgesses usually were
addressed as "Mister", however when they were no longer in office, they
quite usually were not any longer so labeled.
The term "Mrs." likewise revealed a lady of VERY high standing, however
it was exceedingly rare for a lady to be a "Mrs." unless her husband had
earned the title of "Mr.". In that regard, it is interesting that in
the Surry Tithables lists for a couple years in the 1670s Judith
(Burton?) Hunt Parker was listed as "Mrs. Parker", yet her husband,
sometimes "Dr.", usually pewterer Richard Parker was not referred to as
"Mr.". Why, I have not been able to learn.
For your interest, Philip Bruce has a most interesting discussion of the
these matters of titles in his "Economic History of VA in the 17th
Century"
Genealogy without documentation is nothing.
Paul Drake JD
Genealogist & Author
<www.DrakesBooks.com>
______________________________
==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ====
Poythress Genealogy Research Web
www.poythress.net
There is a genealogy author who holds class from time to time on the VA
Southside wire and delivers some pretty interesting stuff.
Here is a sample. Thought others might be interested.
Maynard
----- Original Message -----
From: qvarizona
To: Paul Drake
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: "Gentlemen"
Paul.
When did this practice fade away and the term "gentleman" begin to mean
only a polite man of good manners?
Joanne
*****
An answer to that specific and often asked question is, in the late 19th
and early 20th Century as Victorian manners of speaking gradually faded
away. Your ancestors would gag to hear the TV news folks call low-life
criminals "that gentleman" or "Mr.".
Your use of the word "noble" in conjunction with gentleman is
noteworthy, since those words usually had very different meanings. The
former were born to nobility, and it could be gained no other way. That
said, the records/writings of the 17th and early 18th Century reveal
that those who had been knighted were SOMETIMES viewed as nobility, but
surely not always. As an example, occasionally, Sir Francis Drake (a
commoner knighted by Elizabeth I) was referred to as a nobleman, but not
consistently.
One could become a gentleman or gentlelady by achieving affluence or
standing in the community, however they could not thereby become
"noble". Similarly, members of the nobility might be called gentlemen
(or gentlewomen), however those of nobility would be expected to have
viewed being so addressed as beneath their station, and such usage would
not have been appreciated.
Finally, the term "Mr." was an indication of a person of the highest
standing, and just below the nobility. The term was almost NEVER applied
to other than men of very high position. The VA Burgesses usually were
addressed as "Mister", however when they were no longer in office, they
quite usually were not any longer so labeled.
The term "Mrs." likewise revealed a lady of VERY high standing, however
it was exceedingly rare for a lady to be a "Mrs." unless her husband had
earned the title of "Mr.". In that regard, it is interesting that in
the Surry Tithables lists for a couple years in the 1670s Judith
(Burton?) Hunt Parker was listed as "Mrs. Parker", yet her husband,
sometimes "Dr.", usually pewterer Richard Parker was not referred to as
"Mr.". Why, I have not been able to learn.
For your interest, Philip Bruce has a most interesting discussion of the
these matters of titles in his "Economic History of VA in the 17th
Century"
Genealogy without documentation is nothing.
Paul Drake JD
Genealogist & Author
<www.DrakesBooks.com>
______________________________
I look forward to reading about Joshua and Thomas Wynne. It seems that Peter
Poythress, Robert Poythress and Francis Poythress, Sr., were involved in the
trading business also. William Byrd seems to have had a close affiliation to
these men and their families.....Merry Christmas, Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:45 PM
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
> Mike, you are very kind AND polite!! I have learned a great deal about
> the Poythress family through your diligent efforts and, again, you are
> so generous with your time and efforts. Thank you. I hope I didn't
> sound too "short" in my response re Joshua Wynne but it really upsets me
> when I see things going into print that are just speculation simply
> because, there are "tons" of people out there who take what we write for
> the gospel truth. You and I are kindred souls sharing a love for family
> history. I will get back with you later re Joshua AND Thomas. Do you
> ever check the Wynne website? Merry Christmas! Deloris Wynne-Riley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:51 PM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
> I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to read your research setting
> the
> record straight on the Wynne family. My desire has been to understand
> the
> family organization of the Poythress family. Without the benefit of your
> 50
> years of research on the Wynne family, I have used R. Bolling Batte
> regarding the Wynne family ancestral chart. He has been quite accurate
> on
> most of the ancestral chart of the Poythress family. I never considered
> him
> either a novice or an internet genealogist. I look forward to seeing
> your
> information in print in the near future. I will return to my primary
> goal of
> presenting the documentation of the individual Poythress family members
> as I
> have not invested anywhere near 50 years of research into the Wynne
> family.
> It is befitting that you present the Wynne family that others may avail
> themselves of the rectified or corrected information.........Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
> To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:12 PM
> Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
>
>> Michael, I guess the bottom line is that Joshua Wynne was married
> twice.
>> There is a record of a pre nuptial agreement. His son, Peter Wynne,
> did
>> not marry Frances Anderson--this has been agreed upon by several
> serious
>> Wynne researchers, etc., etc. I also see some conflicting information
>> re Joshua's life,including his children in your documentation but I'll
>> have to wait until after the Christmas Holidays to address it. I am
>> curious as to where you got all of the extensive information you have
> on
>> Joshua Wynne. Some of it is brand new to me and I have been
> researching
>> his family for close to 50 years. My information was not obtained
>> through the computer. The computer is a wonderful way to make contact
>> with fellow researchers but so much is being printed and novice
>> researchers are copying it for the truth. How will it ever be
> rectified
>> and/or corrected? I really do appreciate your sharing your Poythress
>> information as I have never seriously researched that family other
> than
>> a determined effort to find out when Francis Poythress, husband of
> Mary,
>> actually died and am I correct in assuming it was after 1651, based on
>> the information that you have? I have not yet addressed your data on
>> Thomas Wynne who is actually my direct line. Deloris Wynne-Riley
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:58 PM
>> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: Re: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
>> generation
>>
>> Deloris,
>>
>> I am not sure what you are saying here. Would you make it absolutely
>> clear
>> to me? I would appreciate it......Thank you, Mike
>>
>> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
>> documentation. Deloris
>>
>>
>> From R. Bolling Batte:
>> 7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
>> County,
>> Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of Peter
> Jones
>> and
>> Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
>> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
>> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
>> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
>> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
>> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
>> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
>> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
>> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.
>>
>> 24. Peter Wynne (Joshua Wynne2, Mary ______1) died ABT 1738 in Prince
>> George
>> County, VA. He married Frances Anderson. She died 1725.
>> Child of Peter Wynne and Frances Anderson is:
>> 81 i. Peter Wynne.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
>> To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM
>> Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
>> generation
>>
>>
>>> From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne
>> with
>>> which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert
>> Wynne,
>>> and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in
>> our
>>> articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allen's article was
>>> written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he
>> corrected
>>> then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
>>> prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came
>> to
>>> light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
>>> during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
>>> Cocke's 1718 will. She never refers to 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' as her
>>> daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
>>> other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
>>> 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I
>> know
>>> of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
>>> fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
>>> conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
>>> Cocke's Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all
> may
>>> be interested in a short article entitled "Cameron Allen Validated:
>>> Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
>>> Virginia', published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN
>> GENEALOGIST,
>>> v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
>>> the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
>>> Joshua Wynne's widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
>>> Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last
> name
>>> unknown) who married Peter Wynne."
>>> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
>>> documentation. Deloris
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
>>> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
>>> Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
>>> generation
>>>
>>> Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
>>> cousins.
>>> Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
>>>
>>> The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and
>> Interpreter
>>> R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
>>> [7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
>>> County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
>>> Peter
>>> Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
>>> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
>>> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
>>> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
>>> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
>>> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
>>> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
>>> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
>>> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County,
> Virginia.]
>>>
>>> Family
>>> Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
>>> City
>>> County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
>>> Robert
>>> Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than
> any
>>> man
>>> in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
>>> October
>>> 8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
>>> Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed
>> an
>>>
>>> estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition
>> to
>>> his
>>> 600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married
> Mary
>>> Jones
>>> about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the
>> fort
>>> built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
>>> and
>>> Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
>>> Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
>>> expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
>>> that
>>> negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
>>> testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
>>> who
>>> led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial
> Virginia.
>>> The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
>>> 1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John
>> Anderson;
>>> (2)
>>> Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
>>> Worsham
>>> and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married
>> Edward
>>>
>>> Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
>>> Mary;
>>> (5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
>>> William
>>> Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
>>> On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
>>> Indians
>>> because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's
>> 'great'
>>> men.
>>> Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
>>> aggressors
>>> and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they
>> and
>>> the
>>> Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
>>> bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of
> the
>>> Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They
> were
>>> unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
>>> Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
>>> that
>>> the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
>>>
>>> Son, Peter Wynne
>>> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
>>> Westover
>>> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same,
> all
>>> my
>>> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
>> John
>>>
>>> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
>> of
>>>
>>> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
>>> Edward
>>> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
>>> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne
> (1694-1729),
>>> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married
> to
>>> Ann
>>> Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
>>> 1690-c.
>>> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
>>> Anderson.
>>>
>>> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
>>> John
>>> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
>> in
>>>
>>> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
>> witness
>>> in
>>> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
>> appraiser
>>> of
>>> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
>>> left a
>>> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
>> Chesterfield
>>>
>>> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
>> Will:
>>> The
>>> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
>>> dated
>>> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
>> Margaret,
>>> wife
>>> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my
> mulatto
>>> woman
>>> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
>>> forever. I
>>> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
>> heirs
>>> for
>>> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
>>> possession.
>>> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one
> mulatto
>>> man,
>>> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said
> grandson
>>> by
>>> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
>> I
>>> also
>>> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
>>> gift of
>>> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
>>> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
>>> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
>>> the
>>> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
>>> Wynne. I
>>> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
>>> Mary
>>> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give
> my
>>> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased,
> ten
>>> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
>> steers.
>>> I
>>> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
>>> Wynne,
>>> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
>> my
>>> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
>>> James,
>>> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
>>> held
>>> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
>>> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my
> granddaughters
>>> by my
>>> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
>>> rest of
>>> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said
> son,
>>> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
>> and
>>>
>>> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
>> my
>>> seal
>>> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
>>> Thomas
>>> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
>>> 1719 on
>>> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
>>> Jones
>>> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
>>> Cocke
>>> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>>>
>>> On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County,
>> to
>>> Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
>>> acres, on
>>> Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased,
>> in
>>> Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
>>> Wynne,
>>> Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
>>>
>>> In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
>>> Hamlin,
>>> deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of
>> administration
>>> to
>>> John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith,
>> one
>>> of
>>> the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
>> granted
>>>
>>> administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
>>> Meredith
>>> one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and
>> was
>>> granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter
>> Wynne
>>> his
>>> security.
>>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
>>> Elder,
>>> of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
>>> the
>>> same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon
>> Joseph
>>>
>>> Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
>>> lived,
>>> being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis
>> Poythress
>>>
>>> according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the
>> said
>>> Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
>>> Bonner
>>> and Thomas Poythress.
>>> On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in
> Prince
>>> George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
>>> Goodwynn
>>> (not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish,
>> in
>>> Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
>>> lands
>>> lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
>>> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
>>> back of
>>> the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery
>> and
>>>
>>> seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
>>> named
>>> Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
>>> Thomas
>>> Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same
>> on
>>> the
>>> day and year within mentioned.
>>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of
> Prince
>>> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
>>> acres, in
>>> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
>>> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
>> the
>>> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
>> Goodrich's
>>> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
>>> said
>>> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from
> thence
>>> west
>>> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak
> in
>>> the
>>> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
>> the
>>> run
>>> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
>> plantation
>>>
>>> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
>>> path at
>>> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the
> said
>>> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
>>> running
>>> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
>>> chains to
>>> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr.
> Charles
>>> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one
> hundred
>>> and
>>> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
>>> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
>>> On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
>>> Poythress,
>>> the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne,
>> John
>>>
>>> Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
>>> On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
>>> languishes.
>>> On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
>>> Thomas
>>> Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
>>> witnesses.
>>>
>>> Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
>>> On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
>>> John
>>> Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160
>> acres,
>>> on
>>> the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall,
> Edward
>>> Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The
> witnesses
>>> were
>>> Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
>>> witnessed
>>> by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to
>> Anne
>>>
>>> Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
>>> Eldridge
>>> was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon
>> and
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann
> Epes,
>>> daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729)
>> was
>>>
>>> married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles
>> Fleming
>>> and
>>> Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne
>> (c.
>>>
>>> 1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>>>
>>> In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729,
>> proved
>>> October 1, 1729.
>>> To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of
> my
>>> son,
>>> William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
>>> To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
>>> If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
>>> daughter,
>>> my granddaughter.
>>> To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at
>> Coldwater
>>>
>>> Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
>>> To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
>>> To son, William, items.
>>> To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
>>> Martha
>>> Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
>>> To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
>>> To grandson, Isham Epes.
>>> To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
>>> To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
>>> and
>>> various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
>>> Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The
>> witnesses
>>> were
>>> Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
>>>
>>> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
>>> John
>>> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
>> in
>>>
>>> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
>> witness
>>> in
>>> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
>> appraiser
>>> of
>>> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
>>> left a
>>> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
>> Chesterfield
>>>
>>> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
>> Will:
>>> The
>>> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
>>> dated
>>> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
>> Margaret,
>>> wife
>>> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my
> mulatto
>>> woman
>>> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
>>> forever. I
>>> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
>> heirs
>>> for
>>> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
>>> possession.
>>> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one
> mulatto
>>> man,
>>> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said
> grandson
>>> by
>>> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
>> I
>>> also
>>> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
>>> gift of
>>> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
>>> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
>>> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
>>> the
>>> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
>>> Wynne. I
>>> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
>>> Mary
>>> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give
> my
>>> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased,
> ten
>>> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
>> steers.
>>> I
>>> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
>>> Wynne,
>>> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
>> my
>>> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
>>> James,
>>> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
>>> held
>>> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
>>> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my
> granddaughters
>>> by my
>>> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
>>> rest of
>>> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said
> son,
>>> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
>> and
>>>
>>> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
>> my
>>> seal
>>> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
>>> Thomas
>>> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
>>> 1719 on
>>> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
>>> Jones
>>> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
>>> Cocke
>>> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>>>
>>> Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
>>> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
>>> Westover
>>> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same,
> all
>>> my
>>> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
>> John
>>>
>>> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
>> of
>>>
>>> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
>>> Edward
>>> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
>>> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne
> (1694-1729),
>>> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married
> to
>>> Ann
>>> Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
>>> 1690-c.
>>> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
>>> Anderson.
>>> On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
>>> George
>>> County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
>>> the
>>> same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
>>> Pace,
>>> and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William
>> Hamlin.
>>>
>>> William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
>>> Richard
>>> Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband
>> of
>>> Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of
> Prince
>>> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
>>> acres, in
>>> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
>>> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
>> the
>>> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
>> Goodrich's
>>> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
>>> said
>>> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from
> thence
>>> west
>>> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak
> in
>>> the
>>> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
>> the
>>> run
>>> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
>> plantation
>>>
>>> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
>>> path at
>>> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the
> said
>>> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
>>> running
>>> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
>>> chains to
>>> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr.
> Charles
>>> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one
> hundred
>>> and
>>> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
>>> witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
>>> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John
>> Poythress
>>> and
>>> Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738),
> son
>>> of
>>> John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
>>> daughter
>>> of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
>>> Wynne
>>> (1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>>> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
>>> Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as
>> Sheriff.
>>>
>>> In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October
> 7,
>>> 1720.
>>> I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and
> discharged.
>>> I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
>>> third
>>> part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean
>> the
>>> plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names
> are
>>> Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed
>> and
>>> furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
>>> I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
>>> their
>>> increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
>>> featherbed.
>>> I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter,
>> one
>>> featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
>>> I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and
> Little
>>> Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of
>> land
>>>
>>> thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and
> furniture
>>> to
>>> him and his heirs for ever.
>>> I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
>>> High
>>> Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him,
>> and
>>> three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
>>> heirs
>>> forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
>>> My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
>>> Prince
>>> George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
>>> Richard
>>> Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
>>> hereafter
>>> named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the
> residue
>>> if
>>> any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
>>> I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
>>> each of
>>> them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
>>> Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison
>> my
>>> executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
>>> making
>>> void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have
>> hereunto
>>>
>>> affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich.
> The
>>> witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
>>> court
>>> held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second
>> Tuesday,
>>>
>>> January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
>>> Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
>>> executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
>>> proved
>>> by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
>>> witnesses
>>> thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion
> of
>>> the
>>> said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
>>> Certificate
>>> was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
>>>
>>> On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
>>> Irby,
>>> Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
>>> the
>>> estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
>>> return
>>> the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
>>> Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
>>> (1694-1729)
>>> was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>>>
>>> Son, Robert Wynne
>>> In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
>>> probated May 21, 1718.
>>> A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
>>> To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry,
> one
>>> shilling each.
>>> To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life,
> and
>>> then
>>> to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
>>> To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
>>> To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were
>> David
>>> Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
>>> administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
>>>
>>> Professional Life
>>> On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City
> County,
>>> Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
>>> Mrs.
>>> Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will
>> annexed
>>> of
>>> Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
>>> On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
>>> testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young.
>> Henry
>>> Reed
>>> exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and
>> Rebecca,
>>> his
>>> wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
>>> one,
>>> Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county,
>> before
>>>
>>> commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
>>> inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco,
>> and
>>> was
>>> thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
>>> Poythress
>>> and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to
>> one
>>> of
>>> the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read
>> had
>>> of
>>> said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco.
>> There
>>>
>>> remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
>>> shortly
>>> afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
>>> begs
>>> recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew
>> and
>>>
>>> Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had
> gone
>>> to
>>> England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to
>> the
>>> ship
>>> owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those
> of
>>> the
>>> Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
>>> Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
>>> Batte,
>>> Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
>>> Rebecca,
>>> the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in
>> what
>>> goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
>>> and
>>> Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
>>> same.
>>> Peter Perry.
>>> On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an
> address
>>> of
>>> loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
>>> from
>>> Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke,
>> Anthony
>>> Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
>>> Randall
>>> Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
>>> Daniell,
>>> James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
>>> Anderson,
>>> James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
>>> Bland,
>>> Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
>>> George
>>> Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The
>> Sheriff
>>> was
>>> Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
>>> Peter
>>> Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij,
>> Joshua
>>>
>>> Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
>>> Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John
> Baxton,
>>> William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
>>> Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
>>> and
>>> James Thweatt.
>>> In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
>>> appointed
>>> interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
>>> their
>>> trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
>>> Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
>>> 1703,
>>> the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
>>> Wynne
>>> and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for
>> the
>>> tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the
> Senecas,
>>> the
>>> Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
>>> dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished."
>> This
>>>
>>> journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
>>> averting a
>>> tribal war.
>>> Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve
>> with
>>> Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory
>> as
>>>
>>> members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
>>> line on
>>> October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
>>> inhabitants
>>> of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
>>> discover
>>> the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
>>> were to
>>> ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins
>> and
>>> Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
>>> inhabitants
>>> of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
>>> Gentleman,
>>> aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more."
>> Major
>>> Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town.
>> Joshua
>>>
>>> Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
>>> Frances
>>> Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c.
>> 1661-c.
>>>
>>> 1730s). John Poythress(3)
>>> was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
>>> (1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
>>> Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
>>> thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
>>> Nottoway
>>> River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called
>> by
>>> the
>>> name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent
>> knows
>>> or
>>> has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those
>> parts,
>>> the
>>> chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
>>> where
>>> Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
>>> Monksneck
>>> Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles
>> up
>>> Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora,
> which
>>> is on
>>> the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
>>> places,
>>> and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years
>> ago,
>>> and
>>> then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp
>> at
>>> the
>>> place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin
>> Indians
>>> lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
>>> Unote,
>>> and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
>>> Taurara,
>>> but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
>>> remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
>>> 12,
>>> 1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
>>> James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the
>> Virginia
>>>
>>> militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
>>> Thweatt
>>> owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
>>> was in
>>> Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which
> was
>>> in
>>> Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707
> when
>>> he
>>> swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years
>> when
>>>
>>> questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North
> Carolina
>>> dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
>>> married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had
> been
>>> married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
>>> William
>>> Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife
> of
>>> James
>>> Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
>>> James
>>> Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
>>> June
>>> 14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
>>> commission
>>> from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county,
>> he
>>> accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
>>> sterling.
>>> Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time,
> taking
>>> the
>>> same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who
>> was
>>> of
>>> age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until
>> 1726.
>>>
>>> Property: Land
>>> On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
>>> Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following
> land.
>>> On
>>> February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a
>> deed
>>> from
>>> Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
>>> Bartholomew,
>>> William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the
> son
>>> of
>>> Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
>>> On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County,
>> and
>>> Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin
> Harrison,
>>> Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
>>> side of
>>> the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
>>> Poythress
>>> and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband
> of
>>> Elizabeth Burwell.
>>> Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in
> Surry
>>> in
>>> 1708.
>>>
>>> As Witness
>>> On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
>>> Randolph,
>>> exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an
>> unlawful
>>>
>>> marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
>>> court to
>>> provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
>>> marry
>>> within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
>>> marry
>>> his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
>>> Frances,
>>> the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
>>> relict
>>> of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of
>> Rebecca
>>> and
>>> that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
>>> sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
>>> fathers.
>>> On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated
>> the
>>> charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
> and
>>> Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
>>> Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
>>> live
>>> together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled.
> Charles
>>> quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
>>> cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled
>> his
>>> plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore
>> in
>>>
>>> court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes
>> stated
>>>
>>> that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore
>> that
>>> Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but
>> of
>>>
>>> diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that
>> he
>>> knew
>>> both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be
>> sisters
>>> and
>>> daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
>>> John
>>> Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often
> heard
>>> Mrs.
>>> Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the
>> daughters
>>>
>>> call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the
>> two
>>>
>>> sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
>>> brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to
>> the
>>>
>>> fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew
>> to
>>>
>>> give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
>>> settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of
> Turkey
>>> Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
>>> (1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
>>> Jane
>>> (-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
>>> half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
>>> Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
>>> death. He
>>> subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
>>> witness,
>>> John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
>>> Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
>>> Poythress'
>>> brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress'
>> half-brother.
>>>
>>> According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
>>> approximately the same age.
>>> On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last
>> Will
>>> and
>>> testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
>>> honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will
>> was
>>>
>>> examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
>>> Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
>>> Henry
>>> Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
>>> Littlebury
>>> Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
>>> Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who
> said
>>> the
>>> original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand
> without
>>> any
>>> blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
>>> 1705, at
>>> Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
>>> the
>>> back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one
> of
>>> her
>>> Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
>>> Francis
>>> Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
>>> Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of
>> her
>>>
>>> Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
>>> Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
> Gentlemen;
>>> and
>>> Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
>>> married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta
>> Maria
>>>
>>> Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
>>> Elizabeth
>>> Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
>>> (1658-1718),
>>> daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
>>> On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
>>> William
>>> Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of
> land,
>>> at
>>> Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
>>> plantation
>>> and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne,
>> John
>>> Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
>>> endorsement
>>> making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within
> deed,
>>> joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
>>> son,
>>> Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
>>> (1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines
>> (1666-1722)
>>>
>>> married Elizabeth Shands.
>>>
>>> Family Estates
>>> In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
>>> George
>>> County, proved December 11, 1712.
>>> I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I
>> now
>>> live
>>> on, to him and his heirs forever.
>>> I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to
>> him
>>> and
>>> his heirs forever.
>>> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck,
>> and
>>> to
>>> his heirs forever.
>>> I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian
>> Swamp,
>>> to
>>> him and his heirs forever.
>>> I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side
> of
>>> the
>>> Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make
>> sale
>>> of
>>> the said fifty acres of land.
>>> I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
>>> I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
>>> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
>>> I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
>>> I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy
>> and
>>> Frank Cook at nattuah.
>>> I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
>>> increase.
>>> I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
>>> increase.
>>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto,
> Usse
>>> and
>>> Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
>>> disposing.
>>> I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her
>> son,
>>>
>>> Tom.
>>> I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
>>> Cook.
>>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
>>> during
>>> his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
>>> cow
>>> and calf and a new gun.
>>> I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
>>> I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife
>> and
>>> children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
>>> account of what they have in hand.
>>> I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
>>> negro
>>> child, Shu, goes with all.
>>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
>>> and
>>> Jude, as her own proper estate to be
>>> at her own disposing.
>>> I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors
>> of
>>> this
>>> my last will and testament.
>>> I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
>>> Stainback to
>>> be the dividers of my estate.
>>> Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
>>> Leeth,
>>> Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
>>> At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
>>> written
>>> last Will and testament of Mr. John
>>> Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
>>> Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
>>> and
>>> the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
>>> Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
>>> the
>>> same is admitted to record.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to read your research setting the
record straight on the Wynne family. My desire has been to understand the
family organization of the Poythress family. Without the benefit of your 50
years of research on the Wynne family, I have used R. Bolling Batte
regarding the Wynne family ancestral chart. He has been quite accurate on
most of the ancestral chart of the Poythress family. I never considered him
either a novice or an internet genealogist. I look forward to seeing your
information in print in the near future. I will return to my primary goal of
presenting the documentation of the individual Poythress family members as I
have not invested anywhere near 50 years of research into the Wynne family.
It is befitting that you present the Wynne family that others may avail
themselves of the rectified or corrected information.........Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
> Michael, I guess the bottom line is that Joshua Wynne was married twice.
> There is a record of a pre nuptial agreement. His son, Peter Wynne, did
> not marry Frances Anderson--this has been agreed upon by several serious
> Wynne researchers, etc., etc. I also see some conflicting information
> re Joshua's life,including his children in your documentation but I'll
> have to wait until after the Christmas Holidays to address it. I am
> curious as to where you got all of the extensive information you have on
> Joshua Wynne. Some of it is brand new to me and I have been researching
> his family for close to 50 years. My information was not obtained
> through the computer. The computer is a wonderful way to make contact
> with fellow researchers but so much is being printed and novice
> researchers are copying it for the truth. How will it ever be rectified
> and/or corrected? I really do appreciate your sharing your Poythress
> information as I have never seriously researched that family other than
> a determined effort to find out when Francis Poythress, husband of Mary,
> actually died and am I correct in assuming it was after 1651, based on
> the information that you have? I have not yet addressed your data on
> Thomas Wynne who is actually my direct line. Deloris Wynne-Riley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:58 PM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
> Deloris,
>
> I am not sure what you are saying here. Would you make it absolutely
> clear
> to me? I would appreciate it......Thank you, Mike
>
> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
> documentation. Deloris
>
>
> From R. Bolling Batte:
> 7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
> County,
> Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of Peter Jones
> and
> Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.
>
> 24. Peter Wynne (Joshua Wynne2, Mary ______1) died ABT 1738 in Prince
> George
> County, VA. He married Frances Anderson. She died 1725.
> Child of Peter Wynne and Frances Anderson is:
> 81 i. Peter Wynne.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
> To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM
> Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
>
>> From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne
> with
>> which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert
> Wynne,
>> and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in
> our
>> articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allen's article was
>> written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he
> corrected
>> then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
>> prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came
> to
>> light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
>> during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
>> Cocke's 1718 will. She never refers to 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' as her
>> daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
>> other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
>> 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I
> know
>> of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
>> fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
>> conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
>> Cocke's Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all may
>> be interested in a short article entitled "Cameron Allen Validated:
>> Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
>> Virginia', published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN
> GENEALOGIST,
>> v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
>> the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
>> Joshua Wynne's widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
>> Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last name
>> unknown) who married Peter Wynne."
>> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
>> documentation. Deloris
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
>> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
>> generation
>>
>> Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
>> cousins.
>> Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
>>
>> The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and
> Interpreter
>> R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
>> [7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
>> County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
>> Peter
>> Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
>> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
>> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
>> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
>> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
>> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
>> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
>> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
>> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.]
>>
>> Family
>> Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
>> City
>> County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
>> Robert
>> Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any
>> man
>> in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
>> October
>> 8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
>> Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed
> an
>>
>> estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition
> to
>> his
>> 600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married Mary
>> Jones
>> about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the
> fort
>> built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
>> and
>> Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
>> Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
>> expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
>> that
>> negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
>> testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
>> who
>> led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial Virginia.
>> The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
>> 1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John
> Anderson;
>> (2)
>> Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
>> Worsham
>> and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married
> Edward
>>
>> Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
>> Mary;
>> (5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
>> William
>> Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
>> On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
>> Indians
>> because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's
> 'great'
>> men.
>> Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
>> aggressors
>> and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they
> and
>> the
>> Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
>> bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the
>> Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were
>> unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
>> Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
>> that
>> the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
>>
>> Son, Peter Wynne
>> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
>> Westover
>> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
>> my
>> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
> John
>>
>> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
> of
>>
>> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
>> Edward
>> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
>> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
>> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
>> Ann
>> Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
>> 1690-c.
>> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
>> Anderson.
>>
>> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
>> John
>> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
> in
>>
>> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
> witness
>> in
>> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
> appraiser
>> of
>> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
>> left a
>> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
> Chesterfield
>>
>> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
> Will:
>> The
>> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
>> dated
>> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
> Margaret,
>> wife
>> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
>> woman
>> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
>> forever. I
>> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
> heirs
>> for
>> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
>> possession.
>> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
>> man,
>> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
>> by
>> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
> I
>> also
>> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
>> gift of
>> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
>> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
>> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
>> the
>> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
>> Wynne. I
>> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
>> Mary
>> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
>> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
>> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
> steers.
>> I
>> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
>> Wynne,
>> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
> my
>> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
>> James,
>> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
>> held
>> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
>> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
>> by my
>> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
>> rest of
>> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
>> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
> and
>>
>> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
> my
>> seal
>> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
>> Thomas
>> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
>> 1719 on
>> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
>> Jones
>> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
>> Cocke
>> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>>
>> On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County,
> to
>> Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
>> acres, on
>> Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased,
> in
>> Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
>> Wynne,
>> Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
>>
>> In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
>> Hamlin,
>> deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of
> administration
>> to
>> John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith,
> one
>> of
>> the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
> granted
>>
>> administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
>> Meredith
>> one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and
> was
>> granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter
> Wynne
>> his
>> security.
>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
>> Elder,
>> of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
>> the
>> same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon
> Joseph
>>
>> Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
>> lived,
>> being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis
> Poythress
>>
>> according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the
> said
>> Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
>> Bonner
>> and Thomas Poythress.
>> On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
>> George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
>> Goodwynn
>> (not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish,
> in
>> Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
>> lands
>> lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
>> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
>> back of
>> the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery
> and
>>
>> seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
>> named
>> Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
>> Thomas
>> Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same
> on
>> the
>> day and year within mentioned.
>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
>> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
>> acres, in
>> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
>> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
> the
>> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
> Goodrich's
>> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
>> said
>> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
>> west
>> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
>> the
>> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
> the
>> run
>> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
> plantation
>>
>> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
>> path at
>> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
>> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
>> running
>> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
>> chains to
>> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
>> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
>> and
>> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
>> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
>> On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
>> Poythress,
>> the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne,
> John
>>
>> Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
>> On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
>> languishes.
>> On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
>> Thomas
>> Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
>> witnesses.
>>
>> Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
>> On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
>> John
>> Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160
> acres,
>> on
>> the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall, Edward
>> Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The witnesses
>> were
>> Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
>> witnessed
>> by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to
> Anne
>>
>> Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
>> Eldridge
>> was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon
> and
>>
>> Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann Epes,
>> daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729)
> was
>>
>> married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles
> Fleming
>> and
>> Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne
> (c.
>>
>> 1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>>
>> In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729,
> proved
>> October 1, 1729.
>> To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of my
>> son,
>> William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
>> To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
>> If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
>> daughter,
>> my granddaughter.
>> To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at
> Coldwater
>>
>> Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
>> To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
>> To son, William, items.
>> To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
>> Martha
>> Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
>> To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
>> To grandson, Isham Epes.
>> To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
>> To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
>> and
>> various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
>> Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The
> witnesses
>> were
>> Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
>>
>> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
>> John
>> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700,
> in
>>
>> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a
> witness
>> in
>> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an
> appraiser
>> of
>> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
>> left a
>> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in
> Chesterfield
>>
>> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's
> Will:
>> The
>> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
>> dated
>> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter,
> Margaret,
>> wife
>> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
>> woman
>> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
>> forever. I
>> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her
> heirs
>> for
>> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
>> possession.
>> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
>> man,
>> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
>> by
>> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke.
> I
>> also
>> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
>> gift of
>> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
>> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
>> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
>> the
>> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
>> Wynne. I
>> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
>> Mary
>> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
>> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
>> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two
> steers.
>> I
>> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
>> Wynne,
>> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give
> my
>> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
>> James,
>> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
>> held
>> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
>> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
>> by my
>> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
>> rest of
>> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
>> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will
> and
>>
>> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
> my
>> seal
>> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
>> Thomas
>> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
>> 1719 on
>> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
>> Jones
>> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
>> Cocke
>> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>>
>> Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
>> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
>> Westover
>> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
>> my
>> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by
> John
>>
>> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line
> of
>>
>> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
>> Edward
>> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
>> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
>> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
>> Ann
>> Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
>> 1690-c.
>> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
>> Anderson.
>> On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
>> George
>> County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
>> the
>> same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
>> Pace,
>> and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William
> Hamlin.
>>
>> William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
>> Richard
>> Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband
> of
>> Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
>> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
>> acres, in
>> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
>> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses
> the
>> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward
> Goodrich's
>> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
>> said
>> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
>> west
>> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
>> the
>> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to
> the
>> run
>> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the
> plantation
>>
>> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
>> path at
>> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
>> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
>> running
>> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
>> chains to
>> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
>> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
>> and
>> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
>> witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
>> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John
> Poythress
>> and
>> Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738), son
>> of
>> John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
>> daughter
>> of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
>> Wynne
>> (1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
>> Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as
> Sheriff.
>>
>> In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October 7,
>> 1720.
>> I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
>> I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
>> third
>> part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean
> the
>> plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names are
>> Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed
> and
>> furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
>> I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
>> their
>> increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
>> featherbed.
>> I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter,
> one
>> featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
>> I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and Little
>> Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of
> land
>>
>> thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and furniture
>> to
>> him and his heirs for ever.
>> I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
>> High
>> Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him,
> and
>> three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
>> heirs
>> forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
>> My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
>> Prince
>> George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
>> Richard
>> Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
>> hereafter
>> named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the residue
>> if
>> any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
>> I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
>> each of
>> them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
>> Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison
> my
>> executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
>> making
>> void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have
> hereunto
>>
>> affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich. The
>> witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
>> court
>> held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second
> Tuesday,
>>
>> January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
>> Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
>> executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
>> proved
>> by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
>> witnesses
>> thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion of
>> the
>> said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
>> Certificate
>> was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
>>
>> On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
>> Irby,
>> Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
>> the
>> estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
>> return
>> the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
>> Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
>> (1694-1729)
>> was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>>
>> Son, Robert Wynne
>> In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
>> probated May 21, 1718.
>> A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
>> To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry, one
>> shilling each.
>> To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life, and
>> then
>> to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
>> To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
>> To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were
> David
>> Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
>> administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
>>
>> Professional Life
>> On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
>> Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
>> Mrs.
>> Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will
> annexed
>> of
>> Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
>> On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
>> testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young.
> Henry
>> Reed
>> exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and
> Rebecca,
>> his
>> wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
>> one,
>> Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county,
> before
>>
>> commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
>> inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco,
> and
>> was
>> thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
>> Poythress
>> and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to
> one
>> of
>> the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read
> had
>> of
>> said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco.
> There
>>
>> remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
>> shortly
>> afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
>> begs
>> recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew
> and
>>
>> Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had gone
>> to
>> England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to
> the
>> ship
>> owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those of
>> the
>> Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
>> Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
>> Batte,
>> Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
>> Rebecca,
>> the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in
> what
>> goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
>> and
>> Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
>> same.
>> Peter Perry.
>> On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an address
>> of
>> loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
>> from
>> Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke,
> Anthony
>> Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
>> Randall
>> Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
>> Daniell,
>> James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
>> Anderson,
>> James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
>> Bland,
>> Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
>> George
>> Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The
> Sheriff
>> was
>> Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
>> Peter
>> Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij,
> Joshua
>>
>> Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
>> Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John Baxton,
>> William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
>> Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
>> and
>> James Thweatt.
>> In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
>> appointed
>> interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
>> their
>> trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
>> Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
>> 1703,
>> the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
>> Wynne
>> and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for
> the
>> tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas,
>> the
>> Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
>> dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished."
> This
>>
>> journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
>> averting a
>> tribal war.
>> Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve
> with
>> Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory
> as
>>
>> members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
>> line on
>> October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
>> inhabitants
>> of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
>> discover
>> the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
>> were to
>> ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins
> and
>> Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
>> inhabitants
>> of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
>> Gentleman,
>> aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more."
> Major
>> Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town.
> Joshua
>>
>> Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
>> Frances
>> Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c.
> 1661-c.
>>
>> 1730s). John Poythress(3)
>> was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
>> (1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
>> Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
>> thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
>> Nottoway
>> River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called
> by
>> the
>> name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent
> knows
>> or
>> has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those
> parts,
>> the
>> chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
>> where
>> Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
>> Monksneck
>> Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles
> up
>> Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora, which
>> is on
>> the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
>> places,
>> and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years
> ago,
>> and
>> then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp
> at
>> the
>> place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin
> Indians
>> lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
>> Unote,
>> and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
>> Taurara,
>> but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
>> remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
>> 12,
>> 1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
>> James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the
> Virginia
>>
>> militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
>> Thweatt
>> owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
>> was in
>> Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which was
>> in
>> Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707 when
>> he
>> swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years
> when
>>
>> questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North Carolina
>> dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
>> married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had been
>> married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
>> William
>> Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife of
>> James
>> Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
>> James
>> Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
>> June
>> 14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
>> commission
>> from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county,
> he
>> accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
>> sterling.
>> Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time, taking
>> the
>> same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who
> was
>> of
>> age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until
> 1726.
>>
>> Property: Land
>> On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
>> Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following land.
>> On
>> February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a
> deed
>> from
>> Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
>> Bartholomew,
>> William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the son
>> of
>> Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
>> On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County,
> and
>> Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin Harrison,
>> Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
>> side of
>> the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
>> Poythress
>> and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband of
>> Elizabeth Burwell.
>> Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in Surry
>> in
>> 1708.
>>
>> As Witness
>> On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
>> Randolph,
>> exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an
> unlawful
>>
>> marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
>> court to
>> provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
>> marry
>> within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
>> marry
>> his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
>> Frances,
>> the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
>> relict
>> of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of
> Rebecca
>> and
>> that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
>> sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
>> fathers.
>> On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated
> the
>> charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles and
>> Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
>> Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
>> live
>> together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled. Charles
>> quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
>> cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled
> his
>> plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore
> in
>>
>> court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes
> stated
>>
>> that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore
> that
>> Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but
> of
>>
>> diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that
> he
>> knew
>> both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be
> sisters
>> and
>> daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
>> John
>> Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often heard
>> Mrs.
>> Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the
> daughters
>>
>> call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the
> two
>>
>> sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
>> brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to
> the
>>
>> fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew
> to
>>
>> give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
>> settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of Turkey
>> Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
>> (1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
>> Jane
>> (-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
>> half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
>> Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
>> death. He
>> subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
>> witness,
>> John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
>> Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
>> Poythress'
>> brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress'
> half-brother.
>>
>> According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
>> approximately the same age.
>> On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last
> Will
>> and
>> testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
>> honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will
> was
>>
>> examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
>> Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
>> Henry
>> Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
>> Littlebury
>> Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
>> Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who said
>> the
>> original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand without
>> any
>> blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
>> 1705, at
>> Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
>> the
>> back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one of
>> her
>> Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
>> Francis
>> Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
>> Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of
> her
>>
>> Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
>> Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County, Gentlemen;
>> and
>> Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
>> married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta
> Maria
>>
>> Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
>> Elizabeth
>> Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
>> (1658-1718),
>> daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
>> On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
>> William
>> Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of land,
>> at
>> Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
>> plantation
>> and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne,
> John
>> Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
>> endorsement
>> making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed,
>> joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
>> son,
>> Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
>> (1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines
> (1666-1722)
>>
>> married Elizabeth Shands.
>>
>> Family Estates
>> In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
>> George
>> County, proved December 11, 1712.
>> I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I
> now
>> live
>> on, to him and his heirs forever.
>> I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to
> him
>> and
>> his heirs forever.
>> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck,
> and
>> to
>> his heirs forever.
>> I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian
> Swamp,
>> to
>> him and his heirs forever.
>> I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side of
>> the
>> Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make
> sale
>> of
>> the said fifty acres of land.
>> I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
>> I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
>> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
>> I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
>> I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy
> and
>> Frank Cook at nattuah.
>> I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
>> increase.
>> I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
>> increase.
>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto, Usse
>> and
>> Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
>> disposing.
>> I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her
> son,
>>
>> Tom.
>> I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
>> Cook.
>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
>> during
>> his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
>> cow
>> and calf and a new gun.
>> I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
>> I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife
> and
>> children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
>> account of what they have in hand.
>> I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
>> negro
>> child, Shu, goes with all.
>> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
>> and
>> Jude, as her own proper estate to be
>> at her own disposing.
>> I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors
> of
>> this
>> my last will and testament.
>> I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
>> Stainback to
>> be the dividers of my estate.
>> Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
>> Leeth,
>> Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
>> At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
>> written
>> last Will and testament of Mr. John
>> Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
>> Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
>> and
>> the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
>> Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
>> the
>> same is admitted to record.
>>
>>
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Time is of the essence.
In response to my call to Frances Clark (434-447-7308) of the Southside
Virginia Genealogical Society, I received several copies of the brochure
about the upcoming book, "The Heritage of Mecklenburg County, Virginia -
2006." It will be prepared by that Society & Walsworth Publishing Co, Inc.
Deadline for family stories, photos & book orders is Feb 1, 2006. The
book is targeted for late 2006 delivery. The brochure pictures a lovely
hardbound book, and says that the book will be 9" x 12" & exquisitely
gold stamped, matching (the cover-style of) other Virginia County
Heritage books. The example page of stories shows it will be printed in
3 columns of stories per page.
Because it is a limited edition book, only those who order & pay in
advance are guaranteed to receive a copy. (This is standard operating
procedure for heritage books, for the benefit of those of you who have
not participated in one before.)
All residents, former residents, & those with roots in Mecklenburg Co
are invited to submit, free:
(1) a family household history of 500 words + one photo;
(2) if your ancestor was in Mecklenburg Co by 1800 (or was there earlier
& then gone), you may submit an ADDITIONAL 500-word Pioneer
genealogy/history + one photo. (Or Frances Clark clarified on the phone,
you can combine this additional 500 words & photo with the above, and
make one article of 1,000 words with 2 photos.)
And under "topical articles" below, you'll see that if one or more
member of the family was in the military, a separate 100-word story +
one photo can be submitted on each military person. The example story
for that was submitted by Frances re a marine in WW I.
For an extra fee, one can also submit extra photos & larger photos than
standard: $12.50 for a regular (1-column width) photo; Double-wide or
double-deep photos are an additional $12.50.
Since several of the example family-stories shown in the brochure are
listed as being a few more than 500 words, and the example
military-story is listed as being more than 100 words, I called Frances
for clarification (since I know some counties' heritage books charge an
extra per-word-fee for words over the maximum number stated). She said
that if a story is within the ballpark of the required number of words,
the whole story will be published. There is no extra fee. However if the
story runs substantially longer, it will not all be published.
All stories must be flowing, narrative form.
NO genealogical charts or tabular material will be accepted.
Limit of one family-story submission per household -- She stated there
are no doubt many people in your extended family who would be glad to be
the official "submitter" of a story, if you have more than one family
about which you'd like to do a story.
Every word counts as a full word, even the words "a" "and" "it" "for"
"by"
The only exception to the counting each word rule, is regarding
abbreviations: an abbreviation of up to & including 4 letters/numbers =
1 word. An abbreviation of 5 letters/numbers or more = 2 words
(punctuation does not affect this)
Required format (quoted verbatim here):
Double-space type or word processing on bond paper. We cannot
accept articles which are typed in ALL CAPS. Upper and lower case must
be used. We will also accept text on diskettes, using MS Word or Word
Perfect. Please include a printed hard copy.
Include at end of article:
1. Word count
2. Sources, if available (Bpn note: I suspect the sources would need
to be included in the word-count if extensive. The examples show simply
"Sources: obituary and family stories" and "Sources: family records,
personal knowledge, and census records")
3. Name, address, & phone number of story submitter.
4. Caption to appear with photo (limited to 10 words or less)
5. Index: Please list first, middle or maiden names (in parentheses),
then last, typed on a separate sheet of paper and stapled to your story.
Photograph directions:
Note: Do not submit original irreplaceable photos. We make every effort
to return them, but cannot be responsible for loss/damage.
A. Types & size
1. Glossy photos are best. Black & white are preferred, but we accept
35 mm color and studio quality prints. We will accept .jpg or .tif
photos on a separate floppy or CD. Please do not send one floppy or CD
with multiple photos for multiple articles! Separate CD or floppy for
each article! Please also send a glossy print of the photo.
2. The following are not acceptable: laser scans, Xerox copies,
negatives or faded Polaroids.
3. Any size up to 8" x 10"
4. All photos will be reduced to one column, 2.5" wide x 1.75" high,
with standard cropping as a bust shot. You must pay extra (as mentioned
above) for larger sizes.
Identification:
1. Place a return address lable with telephone number on the back of
each photo.
2. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Captions:
1. Limited to 10 words or less
2. Type at the end of article.
Topical articles (to be used at book committee discretion)
A. Histories of churches, clubs, & organizations
1. Each allowed 250 words + one photo
2. For additional photos, see extra charge above.
B. Communities and major topics (Ask committee for details)
C. Military service biographical sketch:
1. Each allowed 100 words + one photo
2. For additional photo or oversize photo, see extra charge above.
Restrictions:
A. Articles cannot harm or embarrass another individual.
B. No genealogical chargs or tabular material can be used.
NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS are accepted.
You can also order copies of the book @ $55 if picked up in Mecklenburg
County, or @ $62.00 if shipped anywhere in lower 48 states (via UPS).
Send:
- your check or money order stating how many copies of the book you
are ordering,
- include any additional photo-fee, if appropriate
- your name & your UPS-delivery address (no Post Office Boxes)
- your email address
- your SASE for return of your photographs
TO: Mecklenburg Co Heritage Book
c/o Southside Virginia Genealogical Society
984 Camp Road
South Hill, VA 23970
If anyone also wants to join the Southside Virginia Genealogical
Society, you can also send a $12 check for a one-year membership.
The Fourth Generation: Joshua Poythress, of Flowerdew Hundred, son of Joshua
Poythress (I)
R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress
[211 Joshua Poythress m. Mary Short, daughter of William and Mary ( ) Short
of Surry County. William Short's 1757 will mentions his daughter Mary
Poythress, her husband, Joshua Poythress, and three of their children.
Joshua Poythress was captain of a packet ship that plied between London,
Glasgow and Petersburg. He left a will, now lost, but referred to in a 1790
deed from his son William to Peachy. (See William 211 2).
211 3 Elizabeth Poythress m. 1775 in Middlesex Co. Simon Fraser, a recent
immigrant from Scotland to Petersburg where he was engaged as a merchant. It
is conjectured that the marriage took place in Middlesex County because she
had been at that time living with her aunt Elizabeth Poythress 215, then the
wife of James Mills of that county. James Mills and her brothers Joshua and
William were sureties on the bond. After their marriage the couple settled
in Petersburg. Simon Fraser died there 28 Oct 1792 and was buried in
Blandford. Elizabeth was still living in 1795 when she was named in the will
of the same aunt who, by that time, was the wife of Thomas Griffin Peachy.
It is likely that Elizabeth was buried in Blandford but there is no record
to establish that fact. The earliest record of Blandford interments now
available begin in 1842.
211 4 Susan Ann Poythress (1766 - 1799), m. 1788 in Pr. Geo. David Maitland
(1759 - 1838), a native of Barcaple, Scotland, and son of David and Mary
(Currie) Maitland of that place. David and Susan had two daughters born in
Petersburg; Mary Currie in 1790 and Elizabeth Agnes in 1793. Tombs may be
seen in Blandford churchyard today for Susan Ann, who died in Petersburg on
9 Feb 1799, and for her daughter Mary Currie Maitland, who died there in
1795. Afterward, David Maitland returned to Scotland to live, taking with
him their daughter, Elizabeth Agnes. He died in Barcaple 18 May 1838.
Elizabeth Agnes was still living there, unmarried, in 1865.]
[38. Joshua Poythress (Joshua Poythress3, John Poythress2, Mary ______1) was
born 1720 in VA [(P_1) BAA], and died BEF 1782 in Prince George Co. VA. He
married Mary Short in Surry County, Virginia, daughter of William Short and
Mary ______. She was born in VA [(P_1) BAA (W)], and died FEB 1788 in Prince
George County, VA.
Children of Joshua Poythress and Mary Short are:
+ 104 i. Joshua Poythress was born 1751 in VA [(P_1) BAA A] [Spouse is 2nd
cousin]], and died ABT 1787 in "Flowerdew Hundred" Prince George County, VA.
+ 105 ii. Elizabeth Poythress was born ABT 1755 in VA [(P_1) BAA C][142 AAB
C].
+ 106 iii. William Poythress was born BEF 1765 in VA [(P_1) BAA B], and died
ABT 1794.
+ 107 iv. Susan Ann Poythress was born 1766 in VA [(P_1) BAA D], and died
1799 in Blandford, Virginia.]
Family
Joshua Poythress was born about 1720, in Prince George County, the son of
Joshua Poythress and (Hardyman). He married Mary Short, the daughter of
William and Mary Short, by 1750. Their children were (1) Joshua (c.
1751-1794), who married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Archibald Robertson
and Elizabeth Fitzgerald; (2) William (c. 1753-10/15/1794), who married Mary
Gilliam, the daughter of John Gilliam and Jane Henry; (3) Elizabeth (c.
1755-aft. 1795), who married Simon Fraser; and (4) Susanna (c.
1766-2/9/1799), who married David Maitland, the son of David Maitland and
Mary Currie. Joshua was dead by 1782.
Daughter, Susanna Poythress
On October 25, 1786, in Prince George County, David Maitland married Susanna
Poythress.
Inheritance
On April 8, 1741, the Will of Joshua's father, Joshua Poythress, of
Flowerdew Hundred, was proved by Richard Bland and Ann Bland. Joshua (I)
appointed his brothers, William and Robert Poythress, and his friends and
relations, Richard Bland, Thomas Poythress and John Woodlief, to divide the
estate. He appointed his brother, Robert Poythress, and his cousin, Thomas
Poythress to be executors of his Will. He gave to his sons Joshua and
William Poythress the land he lived on, that he bought from Mrs. Elizabeth
Duke and Captain John Hardyman, to be equally divided. He also gave them his
land on the Nottaway River, in Surry County, to be equally divided between
them. He gave his son, Littlebury, 20 shillings, and asked his sons, Joshua
and William to keep him during his lifetime. All of the rest of his estate
was to be equally divided between his wife and five children, Joshua,
William, Ann Poythress, Elizabeth Poythress and Mary Poythress.
On April 8, 1741, in Prince George County, the last Will and testament of
Joshua Poythress (I), deceased, was exhibited into court by Robert Poythress
and Thomas Poythress, his executors, who made oath thereto and it being
proved by the oath of Richard Bland, gentleman, and, Ann Bland, two of the
witnesses thereto who also made oath that they saw Christian Poythress
subscribe the said Will, a witness was ordered to be recorded and on the
motion of the said Robert Poythress and their giving Bond and Security
according to law, certificate was granted them for obtaining a probate of
the said Will in due form. Robert Poythress and Thomas Poythress, executors,
of the last Will and testament of Joshua Poythress, deceased, with Richard
Bland and William Poythress, gentlemen, their Securities entered into Bond
in the sum of £5,000 current money payable to Robert Bolling with condition
for their faithful executorship and thereby acknowledge the same in court.
It was ordered that Robert Poythress and Thomas Poythress, executors, of the
last Will and testament of Joshua Poythress, deceased, present the said deed
and its estate to the next court.
Professional Life
On April 24, 1759, in Sussex County, Benjamin Tomlinson, to Brother
Tomlinson all the crop on the land of Mr. Joshua Poythress where I am
overseer. (and miscellaneous other behests).
On June 6, 1771, in the Virginia Gazette, "the subscribers have missing two
casks marked WR, No. 1 and 2, containing Shot and Bar Lead, imported last
fall in the Bland, Captain Hugh Wylie. Whoever has such casks in possession,
and will send a line to us, the charges will be paid, and the favor
acknowledged. Boyd and Poythress." Walter Boyd (-1770) married Elizabeth
Poythress (1725-1795), daughter of Joshua Poythress (c. 1687-1740). Joshua
Poythress (1720-1782) married Mary Short (-1788) daughter of William and
Mary Short.
On August 12, 1773, in the Virginia Gazette, "Blandford, August 5, 1773. As
the partnership of Boyd and Poythress expires the first of September next,
it is requested that those indebted to that concern will be speedy in
discharging their balances. Those that are not in a capacity of so doing
will please to come and settle their balance by Bond, or other specialty,
before next October General Court, it being necessary the books should then
be closed -- The goods on hand will be sold altogether, or in parcels, at a
low advance."
On March 7, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, Joshua Poythress, Sr., advertised
at Flower de Hundred, taken up "a small bay mare." Owner may have her by
paying the expense of this advertisement.
On January 9, 1787, in Prince George County, the estate of Robert Boyd,
deceased, in account with Charles Duncan, executor, 1779 through 1786.
Mentions, among many others, Peachy, Poythress, Bates and Co., Joshua
Poythress, Peter Poythress.
On August 7, 1779, in the Virginia Gazette, "Blandford, July 14, 1779, the
partnership of Peachey, Poythress, Bate, and company, being this day
dissolved, I request the debtors and creditors to the said company, to apply
immediately for a settlement of their accounts. Richard Bate."
On October 30, 1779, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be sold to the highest
bidder, for ready money, or short credit, on Thursday the 23rd of November
next, on the premises. That valuable tract of land adjoining the town of
Blandford, formerly the property of Sir Peyton Skipwith, containing 125
acres. Richard Bate, for Peachy, Poythress, Bate, and Company. The partners
of said company, are hereby informed that the 24th day of November next is
appointed for a final settlement of said company's accounts. R. Bate."
Civic Activities
On July 9, 1754, in the Virginia Gazette, "There is at the Subscriber's
Plantation, at Flower-de-Hundred, Prince-George County, a dapple-grey horse,
about 4 feet 6 inches high, and branded on the buttock IL. The owner may
have him of me, on paying as the law directs. Joshua Poythress."
On November 30, 1759, in the Virginia Gazette, to be sold to the highest
bidders, for ready money or part credit, on Friday the 14th of December
next, at the Plantation of Edward Munford, deceased, in Dinwiddie County,
ten or 12 valuable Virginia born slaves, chiefly fellows, one of them is an
extraordinary good carpenter, about 25 years old. ---Likewise some household
furniture, being part of the estate of Edward Munford, deceased. Joshua
Poythress, George Turnbull, Administrators.
On October 17, 1766, in the Virginia Gazette, George Noble and Joshua
Poythress, administrators of the estate of Joseph Wilkins, advertised rental
of Wilkins' plantation and ferry. On September 24, 1767, in the Virginia
Gazette, George Noble and Joshua Poythress, administrators of the estate of
Joseph Wilkins, again offering Wilkins' plantation and ferry for rent.
On September 17, 1771, in the Virginia Gazette, "it is requested, for the
last time, that those who have demands against the estate of the late Mr.
Walter Boyd will immediately send them to Joshua Poythress in Blandford,
that provision may be made for payment; and it is hoped those that are
indebted to the said estate will make immediate payment, that we may be the
better enabled to discharge the debts."
On July 30, 1772, in the Virginia Gazette, "Prince George County, July 29,
1772, Wilkin's Ferry and Plantation, on James River, will be rented to the
highest bidder, on Friday the 14th of August, for a year, or a term of
years, as can be agreed upon, and may be entered upon the 1st of January
next. The Plantation is in good order for cropping, and under a good fence.
The Ferry is commonly worth between thirty and forty Pounds per annum. Bond
and good Security will be required by George Noble, Joseph Poythress,
administrators."
On August 30, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, "August 24, 1776. On Friday the
27th of September will be rented at Wilkin's ferry, to the highest bidder,
the ferry and plantation belonging to the estate of Joseph Wilkins, for one
year, for which bond and security will be required by George Noble and
Joshua Poythress, administrators."
On July 28, 1779, in Prince George County, cash paid to Peachy, Poythress,
Bates and Company, 3,112 pounds 19 shillings to repay them said sum borrowed
by William Boyd to pay John Nicholas for land to pay Robert Turnbo, etc.
(numerous others totaling £3,112/19/0.
In the Virginia Gazette, on August 7, 1779, "Blandford, July 14, 1779. The
partnership of Peachey, Poythress, Bate, and company, being this day
dissolved, I request the debtors and creditors to the said company, to apply
immediately for a settlement of their accounts. Richard Bate."
On November 13, 1778, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be let to the highest
bidder, for one year, on Saturday the 28th instant (November), the much
frequented Ferry and Ordinary on James River known by the name of Wilkin's
with 138 acres of good land belonging thereto. Bond, with approved Security,
will be expected of the bidder who rents it. George Noble, Joseph Poythress.
Court Cases
On November 3, 1749, in Chesterfield County, Joshua Poythress versus John
Fenning was continued.
On June 2, 1750, in the Chesterfield County court, Joshua Poythress,
plaintiff, against John Fannin, defendant, in case. This day came the
parties by their attorneys and thereupon came also a jury. The jury said the
defendant was guilty as to the £3/13/3 part of the debt mentioned in the
declaration, and no more, and assessed the damages due to the debt, to be
£3/13/3. The defendant, by his attorney, moved that the plaintiff might be
non-suited, but plaintiff proved that the defendant, though often requested,
always refused to settle accounts with him. The court ruled that the
plaintiff recover against defendant £3/13/3 + costs.
In March, 1755, in Sussex County, Joshua Poythress versus David Jackson. The
defendant not being arrested on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney
an alias Capias was awarded against returnable here, &c.
On May 28, 1762, in Sussex County, administration of the account of the
estate of William Tomlinson, deceased, by James Tomlinson and Thomas
Tomlinson, executors, showed payments to, among many others, Joshua
Poythress.
Property: Personal Property and Land
On September 27, 1750, in Brunswick County, Joshua Poythress, of Prince
George County, purchased slaves from Matthias Davis, of Brunswick County,
for £35, 13 shillings and 2 pence, one negro woman slave, named Judy, and
her child, also one negro boy, named Dick. The witnesses were J. Wall, Jr.,
and John Taylor Duke. In court, the deed was proved by the oath of John
Wall, Jr. John Wall, Jr., (1708-) was the husband of Ann Poythress, the
daughter of Joshua Poythress and daughter (Hardyman).
On November 4, 1763, in The Virginia Gazette, an advertisement for a runaway
slave, "whoever brings the said runaway to me, at Flower-de-Hundred, shall
have £3 reward, if found in Virginia; if in North Carolina, £5, and, if in
South Carolina, £15. Any person who harbors him may depend upon being
prosecuted to the utmost rigor of the law. Joshua Poythress."
On March 7, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, "For sale, for ready money, or 12
months credit, an exceeding good plantation blacksmith, who is very well
acquainted with many other kinds of work in that branch of business, such as
nail making, tiring wheels, &c. The terms may be known by applying to Joshua
Poythress, Sr., at Flower de Hundred, in Prince George County, or to William
Poythress at York garrison. There may likewise be purchased a complete set
of blacksmith tools with the fellow." Joshua Poythress, Sr., (1720-1782) had
a son, William Poythress (1753-1794) who married Mary Gilliam.
On June 6, 1777, in the Virginia Gazette, "For sale, for ready money, or 12
months credit, an exceeding good plantation blacksmith, who is very well
acquainted with many other kinds of work in that branch of business, such as
nail making, tiring wheels, &c. The terms may be known by applying to Joshua
Poythress, Sr., at Flower de Hundred, in Prince George County, or to William
Poythress at York garrison. There may likewise be purchased a complete set
of blacksmith tools with the fellow."
On May 19, 1763, in Sussex County, Joshua Poythress and wife, Mary
Poythress, of Prince George County, to Abraham Parham, 20 acres, in
Albemarle parish, in Sussex County, on the north side of Monks Neck Creek
and bounded by the Gum Swamp on John Leeth's line and Abraham Parham. The
witnesses were Richard Hackel, John Raines and John Chambliss, Jr.
On November 26, 1763, in Sussex County, Joshua Poythress and wife, Mary
Poythress, to William Wilkerson and his wife, Elizabeth Wilkerson, John
Adams and his wife, Mary Adams (said Elizabeth and Mary were sisters and
coheirs of John Ricks, deceased, late of Sussex County), 595 acres, on
Monkoneck Creek (less the land deeded to Abraham Parham, in 1763) and
bounded by Abraham Parham, Charles Leath, Sr., Sir William Skipwith and the
county line. The witnesses were William Gilliam, Francis Harman, John
Poythress, Jr., and William Hamlin.
In 1782, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Mary Poythress, on
(293 + 200 + 70 + 18 =) 581 acres.
In 1783, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Mary Poythress, on
(293 + 200 =) 493 acres; less 88 acres from 1782.
On October 11, 1784, in Sussex County, Benjamin Hunnicut, Mary Hunnicutt,
and Dorothy Hunt, all, of Albemarle parish, in Sussex County, to Mary
Poythress, of Bristol parish, in Prince George County, 177 acres, adjoining
Thomas Hunt, William Cain, the road, Raine and Lewis. The witnesses, Thomas
Hunt, James Lewis and John Hall. On June 16, 1785, in Sussex County, an
order, George Booth, George Rives, and Green Hill, of Sussex County, were
appointed a commission to examine Mary, wife of Benjamin Hunnicutt, and
Dorothy, wife of Thomas Hunt, of Sussex County. They had sold 177 acres,
October 11, 1784, to Mary Poythress, of Prince George County.
In 1787, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by William Poythress,
Mary Poythress, Elizabeth Poythress, Joshua Poythress (estate) and Francis
Poythress. The land taxes were paid by Mary Poythress, on (293 + 200 =) 493
acres.
On October 5, 1787, in Prince George County, Mary Poythress, of Martin's
Brandon parish, in Prince George County, to Daniel Sturdivant, of Prince
George County, 100 acres, on a 6 year lease. The witnesses were William
Birchett, James Sturdivant, John Sturdivant and James Davenport.
In 1788, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres, less 100 acres from 1787.
In 1789, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1790, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1790, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1791, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1792, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1793, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1794, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on (293 + 100 =) 393 acres.
In 1795, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
In 1796, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
In 1797, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
In 1798, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
In 1799, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
In 1800, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Mary
Poythress, on 200 acres.
Adjoining Property
On August 20, 1745, Charles Leath, of Albemarle parish, in Surry County,
planter, gave John Leath, son of the said Charles Leath, of the same county
and parish, planter, 400 acres, part of two tracts of land, both on the
north side of the Nottoway River, in Albemarle parish, in Surry County, and
bounded by the Gum Swamp at the mouth of the Wharreocko Branch, to the thick
place of the branch, adjoining Joshua Poythress, being part of two patents
granted to said Charles Leath, the one dated June 16, 1727, and the other
dated March 26, 1739/40. The witnesses were Edward Pettway and Arthur
Freeman.
On August 16, 1756, James Draper, 149 acres, in Amelia County, between
Tommahitton and the Burchen Swamps, adjoining Joseph Poythress "his corner"
and William Poythress "at the county line."
On April 23, 1764, William Cryer, Sr., of Dinwiddie County, to William
Cryer, Jr., of Amelia County, for 5 shillings, about 570 acres, on the south
side of Tommahitton Swamp, in Amelia County, and bounded by John York and
Joseph Poythress.
On January 24, 1773, in Sussex County, William Black and wife, Frances
Black, of King and Queen County, sold to Robert Walker, of Dinwiddie County,
200 acres, on the Nottaway River and bounded by the Hardware Run, Mark
Harwell and the Mill Road. The witnesses were William Mc______, Joshua
Poythress, Richard Yarbrough, Nathaniel Rains, Frederick Rains and Addison
Day.
On October 11, 1784, in Sussex County, Benjamin Hunnicut and his wife, Mary,
to James Lewis, all, of Sussex County, 100 acres, which had belonged to
William Carter, adjoining Mary Poythress, Cane and Straw Meadow. The
witnesses, Elisha Wilkerson, William Cain, John Washer and Carol Mishell.
As Witness
On May 14, 1760, in Prince George County, an indenture between John
Stainback, of Martin's Hundred, and Edward Darvill, of the same parish, one
patented tract. The witness, Joshua Poythress.
Family Estates
On May 15, 1750, in the Surry County court, attachment was obtained by Peter
and Elizabeth Poythress, executors of Robert Poythress, deceased, and Joshua
Poythress, executor of Thomas Poythress, deceased, against the estate of
Thomas Sisson.
In May, 1751, in the Surry County court, Joshua Poythress, assignee of
Robert and Thomas Poythress, who were assignees of Thomas Eldridge,
Gentleman, plaintiffs against Francis Hutchings, defendant in debt. The
defendant being arrested and now called and not appearing it was therefore
considered that the plaintiff recover against the said defendant and William
Longbottom his Security for his appearance the debt in the declaration
mentioned amounting to £___ and his costs by him in this behalf expended
unless the defendant shall appear at the next court and plead.
July, 1751, in the Surry County court, Joshua Poythress, assignee of Robert
and Thomas Poythress, who were assignees of Thomas Eldridge, plaintiff,
against Francis Hutchings, defendant in debt. Discontinued and by consent of
the defendant it was ordered that he pay unto the plaintiff his costs.
Tobacco costs 107 pounds.
In Surry County, the Will of William Short IV, of Southwark parish, in Surry
County, dated December 24, 1756, and recorded March 15, 1758.
I give my daughter, Sara Cocke, all the negroes with their increase that I
have already put in her possession, to her and to her heirs forever. I give
my daughter Sarah's children, William Cocke, Susannah Cocke, Sarah Cocke and
Elizabeth Cocke, to them and their heirs forever, six negroes, viz: Great
Amie, Little Amie, Annica, Rose, John and Tim with their increase to be
equally divided among those of the said children that shall come of age or
marry but my executor shall not be obliged to deliver the said negroes
within twelve months after this my Will be proved.
I give to Joshua Poythress all the negroes with their increase that I have
already put in his possession, likewise I give my daughter, Mary Poythress'
children, Joshua Poythress, William Poythress and Elizabeth Poythress to
them and their heirs forever two likely young negroes men or women to each
to be paid to them when they shall arrive at the age of inheritance, but if
any of them die not arriving to that age my executor shall not be chargeable
for the deceased.
I give my daughter, Martha Reade, one negro woman, Sue, that was given to
her by my father, to her and her heirs forever. I likewise give to my
daughter, Martha Reade, six more negroes which I have already put in her
possession viz: Arthur, Cubee, Pharbee, Poll, Moses, and Aaron during her
natural life and after her decrease to be equally divided among such
children as shall proceed of her body, to them and their heirs forever but
if in case she die leaving no child or children to inherit, then my desire
is that the said negroes with their increase be equally divided among my
other daughter's children who shall then be alive to inherit them, and their
heirs forever. I also give my daughter, Martha, 1 bed and furniture, one
horse, and a half dozen silver spoons and if in case Robert Reade's father,
Gwyn Reade, makes the said Robert Reade a fee simple in £800 value then my
executor shall pay my said daughter, Martha, £100 current money otherwise my
said executor shall not be accountable for the said £100.
I give my loving Martha Short the labor and profits during her natural life,
five negroes, Viz: Toney, Jack, Lidda, Caesar, and Pegg, and what household
furniture she thinks proper and after her decease I desire them all with
their increase to my son, William Short, to him and his heirs forever. I
further give my said wife during her widowhood the liberty of working the
said negroes where she shall think proper and on any of the lands I now
possess.
I give my nephew, William Harris, one tract of land containing 150 acres
according to the possession bounds be the same more or less, it being the
land whereon he now lives, the same land my father gave me, I devise to him
and his heirs forever.
I give my son, William Short, to him and his heirs forever, all the
remainder of my estate with both real and personal who I charge with the
payments of all my debts and funeral charges and likewise all the legacies
above given and I do likewise here constitute and appoint my son, William
Short, my whole and sole executor of this my last Will and testament. I do
further desire my estate may not be appraised. As witness my hand this
December 24, 1756. William Short. The witnesses were John I. Anson, John
Cocke and James Lee.
Will of the Widow
In Prince George County, the Will of Mary Poythress, of Martin's Brandon
parish, in Prince George County, proved February 12, 1788, recorded April
12, 1788.
To my daughter, Wilmuth Harrison, as token of affection for her a plain gold
ring and a pair of gold sleeve buttons.
To my daughter, Susanna Poythress, all the residue of and every species of
property, etc. that I may die possessed of, home, cattle, sheep, my portion
of my devisement from Peter Poythress' legacy by his Will. I constitute and
appoint my friends Nicholas Faulcon, Peter Poythress and Joshua Poythress to
be my executors. The witnesses were Dorothy Reed, Colin Cocke, Barbary J.
Norton, Jos. [Joshua] Poythress and Susanna Cocke. On April 12, 1788, at a
court held for Prince George County, at the courthouse, on Friday, February
12, 1788, the foregoing Will was presented into court by Susanna Poythress
and being proved by the Oaths of Colin Cocke and Susanna Cocke, two of the
witnesses thereto, the same was by Order of court recorded, at the same time
Susanna Poythress gave Bond and Security for the faithful administering on
the estate of Mary Poythress upon which certificate was granted her for
obtaining letters of administration with the said Will annexed. Susanna
Poythress (1766-1799) was the daughter of Joshua Poythress and Mary Short.
Susanna married David Maitland. The witness, Joshua Poythress (1751-1794),
was Susanna's brother. He married Elizabeth Robertson. The witness, Susanna
Cocke, was a cousin to Susanna Poythress. Mary Poythress bequeathed all of
the residue of her estate to her daughter, Susanna Poythress.
First generation from R. Bolling Batte:
1. Mary ______ was born in probably England, (P_1) W, and died AFT 1675 in
VA. She married Francis Poythress. He was born ABT 1609 in Probably Newent,
Gloucester, England (P_1), and died ABT 1650 in VA, Immigrated from England,
in VA by 1633. She married Robert Wynne ABT 1655, son of Peter Wynne and
Martha Coppin. He was born 1622 in Canterbury, Kent, England, and died 1675
in Charles City County, VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Francis Poythress are:
+ 2 i. John Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) B], and died AFT
1694 in ~ Virginia.
3 ii. Thomas Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) C].
+ 4 iii. Francis Poythress was born ABT 1630 in [(P_1) D] Called "Major",
and died ABT 1688 in VA.
+ 5 iv. Jane Poythress was born BET 1629 AND 1645 in [P_1) A], and died in
VA.
Children of Mary ______ and Robert Wynne are:
6 i. Robert Wynne was born AFT 1655, and died 1675 in young.
+ 7 ii. Joshua Wynne was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George County, Virginia,
and died 1715.
+ 8 iii. Mary Wynne was born AFT 1655.
+ 9 iv. Thomas Wynne was born 1657 in Prince George County, VA, and died
1717.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: RE: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
> From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne with
> which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert Wynne,
> and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in our
> articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allen's article was
> written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he corrected
> then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
> prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came to
> light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
> during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
> Cocke's 1718 will. She never refers to 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' as her
> daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
> other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
> 'Mrs. Mary Randolph' was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I know
> of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
> fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
> conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
> Cocke's Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all may
> be interested in a short article entitled "Cameron Allen Validated:
> Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
> Virginia', published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST,
> v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
> the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
> Joshua Wynne's widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
> Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last name
> unknown) who married Peter Wynne."
> SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
> documentation. Deloris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
> generation
>
> Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
> cousins.
> Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
>
> The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter
> R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
> [7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
> County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
> Peter
> Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
> Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
> + 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
> + 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
> 26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
> 27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
> 28 v. Frances Wynne.
> 29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
> + 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.]
>
> Family
> Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
> City
> County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
> Robert
> Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any
> man
> in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
> October
> 8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
> Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed an
>
> estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition to
> his
> 600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married Mary
> Jones
> about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the fort
> built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
> and
> Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
> Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
> expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
> that
> negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
> testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
> who
> led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial Virginia.
> The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John Anderson;
> (2)
> Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
> Worsham
> and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married Edward
>
> Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
> Mary;
> (5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
> William
> Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
> On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
> Indians
> because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's 'great'
> men.
> Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
> aggressors
> and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they and
> the
> Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
> bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the
> Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were
> unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
> Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
> that
> the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
>
> Son, Peter Wynne
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700, in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter, Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke. I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County, to
> Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
> acres, on
> Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
> Wynne,
> Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
>
> In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
> Hamlin,
> deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of administration
> to
> John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith, one
> of
> the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was granted
>
> administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
> Meredith
> one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
> granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter Wynne
> his
> security.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
> Elder,
> of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
> the
> same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon Joseph
>
> Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
> lived,
> being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis Poythress
>
> according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the said
> Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
> Bonner
> and Thomas Poythress.
> On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
> Goodwynn
> (not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish, in
> Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
> lands
> lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
> back of
> the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery and
>
> seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
> named
> Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
> Thomas
> Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same on
> the
> day and year within mentioned.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
> Poythress,
> the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne, John
>
> Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
> On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
> languishes.
> On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
> Thomas
> Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
> witnesses.
>
> Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
> On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
> John
> Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160 acres,
> on
> the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall, Edward
> Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The witnesses
> were
> Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
> witnessed
> by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to Anne
>
> Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
> Eldridge
> was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon and
>
> Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann Epes,
> daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729) was
>
> married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles Fleming
> and
> Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne (c.
>
> 1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
>
> In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729, proved
> October 1, 1729.
> To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of my
> son,
> William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
> To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
> If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
> daughter,
> my granddaughter.
> To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at Coldwater
>
> Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
> To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
> To son, William, items.
> To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
> Martha
> Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
> To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
> To grandson, Isham Epes.
> To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
> To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
> and
> various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
> Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The witnesses
> were
> Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
>
> John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
> John
> Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700, in
>
> Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a witness
> in
> many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an appraiser
> of
> many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
> left a
> Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in Chesterfield
>
> County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's Will:
> The
> Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
> dated
> August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter, Margaret,
> wife
> of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
> woman
> Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
> forever. I
> give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her heirs
> for
> ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
> possession.
> I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
> man,
> named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
> by
> the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke. I
> also
> give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
> gift of
> a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
> lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
> thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
> the
> said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
> Wynne. I
> give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
> Mary
> Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
> grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
> shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two steers.
> I
> give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
> Wynne,
> a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give my
> Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
> James,
> he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
> held
> by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
> I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
> by my
> executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
> rest of
> my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
> together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will and
>
> testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
> seal
> the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
> Thomas
> Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
> 1719 on
> the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
> Jones
> Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
> Cocke
> (1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
>
> Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
> Westover
> parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
> my
> tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by John
>
> Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line of
>
> Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
> Edward
> Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
> Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
> daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
> Ann
> Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
> 1690-c.
> 1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
> Anderson.
> On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
> George
> County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
> the
> same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
> Pace,
> and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William Hamlin.
>
> William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
> Richard
> Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband of
> Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
> On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
> George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
> acres, in
> Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
> County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses the
> same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward Goodrich's
> plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
> said
> Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
> west
> nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
> the
> head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to the
> run
> between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the plantation
>
> whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
> path at
> the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
> Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
> running
> east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
> chains to
> the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
> Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
> and
> sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
> witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John Poythress
> and
> Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738), son
> of
> John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
> daughter
> of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
> Wynne
> (1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
> On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
> Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as Sheriff.
>
> In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October 7,
> 1720.
> I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
> I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
> third
> part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean the
> plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names are
> Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed and
> furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
> I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
> their
> increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
> featherbed.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter, one
> featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and Little
> Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of land
>
> thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and furniture
> to
> him and his heirs for ever.
> I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
> High
> Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him, and
> three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
> heirs
> forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
> My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
> Prince
> George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
> Richard
> Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
> hereafter
> named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the residue
> if
> any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
> I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
> each of
> them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
> Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison my
> executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
> making
> void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have hereunto
>
> affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich. The
> witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
> court
> held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second Tuesday,
>
> January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
> Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
> executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
> proved
> by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
> witnesses
> thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion of
> the
> said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
> Certificate
> was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
>
> On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
> Irby,
> Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
> the
> estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
> return
> the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
> Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
> (1694-1729)
> was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
>
> Son, Robert Wynne
> In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
> probated May 21, 1718.
> A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
> To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry, one
> shilling each.
> To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life, and
> then
> to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
> To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
> To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were David
> Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
> administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
>
> Professional Life
> On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
> Mrs.
> Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will annexed
> of
> Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
> On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
> testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young. Henry
> Reed
> exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and Rebecca,
> his
> wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
> one,
> Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county, before
>
> commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
> inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco, and
> was
> thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
> Poythress
> and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to one
> of
> the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read had
> of
> said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco. There
>
> remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
> shortly
> afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
> begs
> recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew and
>
> Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had gone
> to
> England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to the
> ship
> owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those of
> the
> Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
> Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
> Batte,
> Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
> Rebecca,
> the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in what
> goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
> and
> Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
> same.
> Peter Perry.
> On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an address
> of
> loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
> from
> Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke, Anthony
> Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
> Randall
> Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
> Daniell,
> James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
> Anderson,
> James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
> Bland,
> Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
> George
> Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The Sheriff
> was
> Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
> Peter
> Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij, Joshua
>
> Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
> Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John Baxton,
> William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
> Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
> and
> James Thweatt.
> In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
> appointed
> interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
> their
> trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
> Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
> 1703,
> the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
> Wynne
> and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for the
> tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas,
> the
> Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
> dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished." This
>
> journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
> averting a
> tribal war.
> Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve with
> Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory as
>
> members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
> line on
> October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
> inhabitants
> of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
> discover
> the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
> were to
> ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins and
> Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
> inhabitants
> of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
> Gentleman,
> aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more." Major
> Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town. Joshua
>
> Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
> Frances
> Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c. 1661-c.
>
> 1730s). John Poythress(3)
> was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
> (1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
> Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
> thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
> Nottoway
> River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called by
> the
> name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent knows
> or
> has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those parts,
> the
> chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
> where
> Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
> Monksneck
> Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles up
> Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora, which
> is on
> the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
> places,
> and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years ago,
> and
> then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp at
> the
> place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin Indians
> lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
> Unote,
> and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
> Taurara,
> but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
> remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
> 12,
> 1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
> James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the Virginia
>
> militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
> Thweatt
> owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
> was in
> Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which was
> in
> Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707 when
> he
> swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years when
>
> questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North Carolina
> dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
> married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had been
> married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
> William
> Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife of
> James
> Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
> James
> Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
> June
> 14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
> commission
> from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county, he
> accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
> sterling.
> Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time, taking
> the
> same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who was
> of
> age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until 1726.
>
> Property: Land
> On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
> Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following land.
> On
> February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a deed
> from
> Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
> Bartholomew,
> William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the son
> of
> Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
> On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County, and
> Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin Harrison,
> Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
> side of
> the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
> Poythress
> and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband of
> Elizabeth Burwell.
> Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in Surry
> in
> 1708.
>
> As Witness
> On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
> Randolph,
> exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an unlawful
>
> marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
> court to
> provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
> marry
> within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
> marry
> his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
> Frances,
> the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
> relict
> of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of Rebecca
> and
> that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
> sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
> fathers.
> On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated the
> charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles and
> Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
> Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
> live
> together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled. Charles
> quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
> cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled his
> plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore in
>
> court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes stated
>
> that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore that
> Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but of
>
> diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that he
> knew
> both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be sisters
> and
> daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
> John
> Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often heard
> Mrs.
> Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the daughters
>
> call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the two
>
> sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
> brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to the
>
> fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew to
>
> give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
> settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of Turkey
> Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
> (1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
> Jane
> (-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
> half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
> Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
> death. He
> subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
> witness,
> John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
> Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
> Poythress'
> brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress' half-brother.
>
> According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
> approximately the same age.
> On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last Will
> and
> testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
> honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will was
>
> examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
> Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
> Henry
> Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
> Littlebury
> Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
> Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who said
> the
> original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand without
> any
> blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
> 1705, at
> Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
> the
> back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one of
> her
> Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
> Francis
> Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
> Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of her
>
> Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
> Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County, Gentlemen;
> and
> Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
> married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta Maria
>
> Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
> Elizabeth
> Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
> (1658-1718),
> daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
> On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
> William
> Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of land,
> at
> Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
> plantation
> and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne, John
> Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
> endorsement
> making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed,
> joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
> son,
> Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
> (1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines (1666-1722)
>
> married Elizabeth Shands.
>
> Family Estates
> In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
> George
> County, proved December 11, 1712.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I now
> live
> on, to him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to him
> and
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck, and
> to
> his heirs forever.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian Swamp,
> to
> him and his heirs forever.
> I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side of
> the
> Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make sale
> of
> the said fifty acres of land.
> I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
> I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
> I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
> I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
> I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy and
> Frank Cook at nattuah.
> I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
> increase.
> I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
> increase.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto, Usse
> and
> Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
> disposing.
> I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her son,
>
> Tom.
> I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
> Cook.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
> during
> his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
> cow
> and calf and a new gun.
> I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
> I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife and
> children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
> account of what they have in hand.
> I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
> negro
> child, Shu, goes with all.
> I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
> and
> Jude, as her own proper estate to be
> at her own disposing.
> I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors of
> this
> my last will and testament.
> I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
> Stainback to
> be the dividers of my estate.
> Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
> Leeth,
> Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
> At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
> written
> last Will and testament of Mr. John
> Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
> Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
> and
> the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
> Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
> the
> same is admitted to record.
>
>
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(1) Francis Poythress (1609-c. 1651) m. Mary (c. 1617-aft. 5/1677)
(2) Robert Wynne (c. 1622-1675) m. Mrs. Mary Poythress (c. 1617)
1. Mary Wynne (c.1655-aft. 1707) m. John Woodlief (c. 1643-c. 1716)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley(a)satx.rr.com>
To: <POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: RE:
> Michael, here I go again: according to your list of deeds, Francis
> Poythress I was born 1609-1651 (Colonel Robert Wynne was born in 1622)
> and Francis was still living in 1651 SO how could his widow, Mary
> Poythress possibly be the mother of Mary Wynne who married John Woodlief
> II? Your records state that Mary Wynne was born about 1646??? Am I
> interpreting your records correctly? Deeds are usually just about as
> reliable record(s) as you can find. Deloris Wynne-Riley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:49 AM
> To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject:
>
> The following list includes every listed deed that I have seen
> mentioning a
> Poythress: Transferring from one format to another always changes the
> format
> in which I originally put the list together. The list is chronological,
> with
> the life span of the individual Poythress, Y/N to indicate whether the
> full
> document is available, the seller of the property, the date of sale, the
>
> number of acres, and if the seller was not a Poythress, the name of the
> Poythress that was mentioned. This list adds another dimension to
> identifying the existence of different individuals and where they were
> involved in transactions.
>
> The identifying life span with the individual in the entry is my
> identification of the individual. These will be looked at more closely
> as
> the different lists are completed and compared to the existing records.
> The
> number of Francis, William and John Poythresses make it neccesary to
> evaluate the life events of each individual to discover the particular
> individual in each record.
>
> (1609-c. 1651) Y Poythers, Francis 7/13/1637 400 Charles City Co
> (1609-c. 1651) N Woodliffe, John 7/25/1638 200 Charles City Co Francis
> Poythres
> (1609-c. 1651) Y Poythres, Francis, Captain 5/8/1648 750 Charles City Co
> (c. 1640-1712) N Poythres, John 4/1661 50 Charles City Co Captain
> Francis
> Poythres
> (c. 1639-1688) N Poythres, Francis 6/3/1665 450 Charles City Co
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Edmonds/Williams 4/20/1680 888 Charles City Co Major
> Poytries
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Poytres, Francis 9/28/1681 609 Charles City Co
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Poytries, Francis, Major 4/20/1682 750 Charles City Co
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Hill, Edward, Colonel 11/20/1683 980½ Charles City Co
> Francis Poytheris
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Poytheres, Francis 11/20/1683 1,250 Charles City Co
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Goodrich, Charles 4/20/1687 550 Charles City Co Major
> Poytheres
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Mumfort, James 4/20/1689 50 Charles City Co Major
> Francis
> Poythress
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Tapley, Adam 4/21/1690 1,078 Charles City Co Major
> Poythres
> (c. 1660->1711) Y Poythres, Rebecca 4/29/1692 1,000 Charles City Co
> (c. 1640-1712) N Poythres, John 9/20/1699 350 Surry County
> (c. 1640-1712) Y Poythris, John 10/24/1701 350 Charles City Co
> (c. 1681-1724) Y Poythress, John 10/23/1703 609 Charles City Co
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Mumford, Robert 4/26/1704 50 Charles City Co Major
> Francis
> Poythress
> (c. 1681-1724) N Poythress, John 12/11/1704 200 Prince George Co Francis
>
> Poythress
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Hamlin, John 5/2/1705 550 Charles City Co Major
> Poythress
> (c. 1639-1688) Y Bland, Richard 11/2/1705 1,254 Mr. Francis Poythress
> (c. 1672->1726) N Poythress, John 6/22/1708 600 Pr. Geo./Surry Co
> (c. 1660->1711) N Bartholomew, Anne 9/10/1711 200 Prince George Co
> Rebecca
> Poythress
> (c. 1660->1711) N Poythress, Rebecca 9/10/1711 300 Prince George Co
> Rebecca
> Poythress
> N Bland, Richard 3/3/1711 430 Prince George Co Mr. Francis Poythres
> (c. 1683-1749) N Poythress, Thomas 12/9/1712 100 Pr. Geo. Co Fr.
> Poythres of
> Westover
> (c. 1688-1741) N Poythres, Joshua 5/12/1713 100 Prince George Co
> (c. 1672->1726) N Poythres, John, Sr. 6/8/1714 50 Prince George Co of
> Weyanoke
> N Grammar, Peter 7/12/1715 100 Prince George Co Francis Poythres
> (c. 1681-1724) Y Poythress, John 3/23/1715 100 Isle of Wight Co of Pr.
> Geo.
> Co.
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Poythres, Thomas 3/23/1715 180 Surry County
> (1690-1743) N Poythres, Robert 5/9/1717 500 Surry County
> (c. 1672->1726) Y Poythres, John 7/15/1717 267 Surry County of Pr. Geo.
> Co.
> (c. 1688-1741) N Poythres, Joshua 2/10/1717 200 Prince George Co
> N Pace, Richard 11/11/1717 Prince Geo. Co Fr. Poythress, the Elder
> N Goodwyn, Thomas 11/11/1717 100 Prince George Co Francis Poythress
> Y Goodwyn, Thomas 11/11/1717 400 Prince George Co Francis Poythress
> (c. 1672->1726) N Poythres, John, Sr., et al 9/4/1720 1,200 Prince
> George Co
> (c. 1681-1724) N Poythres, John, Jr. 11/8/1720 150 Prince Geo. Co Fr.
> Poythres, the Elder
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Poythress, Peter 2/14/1720 92 Surry County
> (1694-1763) N Poythres, William 4/4/1721 100 Prince George Co Joshua
> Poythres
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Poythres, Peter 9/11/1721 40 Prince George Co
> (1690-1743) N Poythres, Robert 9/12/1721 100/267 Prince George Co
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Poythres, Peter 10/4/1721 100 Prince George Co
> N Poythres, Francis 12/11/1721 200 Prince George Co
> (c. 1674-<1763) Y Poythres, Peter 12/11/1721 200 Prince Geo. Co John, s.
> of
> Fr. Poythres
> (c. 1688-1741) Y Poythres, Joshua 6/22/1722 333 Prince George Co
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Golitely, John 2/18/1722 100 Isle of Wight Co Peter
> Poythres
> (c. 1685-1740) Y Poythres, David 9/5/1723 250 Surry County
> (c. 1681-1724) Y Poythres, John 9/5/1723 200 Isle of Wight Co of Pr.
> Geo.
> Co.
> (c. 1685-1740) Y Robbords, John 9/5/1723 235 David Poythress
> (c. 1672->1726) N Ivie, Adam 12/16/1723 130 Pr. Geo. Co Capt. John/Mr.
> Peter
> Poythress
> Y Poythris, Francis, Captain 7/9/1724 387 Prince George Co
> (1694-1763) Y Poythris, William 7/9/1724 206 Prince George Co
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Poythris, Thomas 2/22/1724 248 Prince George Co
> (c. 1688-1741) N Poythress, Joshua 7/9/1725 300 Prince George Co
> (c. 1672->1726) N Poythress, John 7/11/1725 2 Prince George Co
> (1694-1763) N Poythres, William 7/11/1725 100 Prince George Co Joshua
> Poythres
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Poythres, Peter 7/12/1725 Prince George Co
> (c. 1674->1726) Y Poythres, John, Capt. 10/13/1727 275 Brunswick County
> (1694-1763) Y Poythriss, William 10/13/1727 343 Prince George Co
> (c. 1688-1741) N Poythress, Joshua 3/11/1727 400 Prince George Co
> Y Poythris, Francis, Jr. 9/28/1728 200 Prince George Co
> (1690-1743) Y Poythris, Robert 9/28/1728 291 Prince George Co
> (1690-1743) Y Glover, Robert 9/28/1728 297 Prince George Co Robert
> Poythris
> (1694-1763) N Poythress, William 5/2/1729 2,000 Prince George Co
> (c. 1688-1741) N Parham, Abraham 9/28/1730 150 Surry County Joshua
> Poythress
> (c. 1683-1749) N Eldings/Leath 8/25/1731 248 Prince George Co Thomas
> Poythres
> Y Clark, Joshua 9/28/1732 50 Isle of Wight Co Captain John Poythres
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Green, Peter 9/28/1732 180 Surry County Thomas Poythres
> (c. 1688-1741) N Poythress, Joshua 10/9/1732 250 Prince George Co
> (1690-1743) Y Parrum, Robert 3/22/1732 267 Surry County Robert Poythres
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Poythris, Thomas 6/20/1733 400 Prince George Co
> (1694-1763) Y Poythris, William 6/20/1733 1,024 Prince George Co
> (1694-1763) Y Poythris, William 6/20/1733 297 Prince George Co
> (1694-1763) Y Poythris, William 6/20/1733 381 Prince George Co
> (c. 1683-1749) N Green, Peter 1/28/1733 180 Surry County Thomas Poythres
> (c. 1674-<1763) Y Bland, Richard 2/28/1733 140 Isle of Wight Co Peter
> Poythress
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Hay, Richard 5/25/1734 200 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Bridges, William 8/1/1734 425 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Poythress, Joshua 2/27/1734 382 Prince George Co
> William
> Poythress
> (1694-1763) Y Poythress, William, Gent.3/24/1734 400 Prince George Co
> (1690-1743) Y Poythres, Robert 6/17/1735 412 Surry County
> (c. 1685-1740) Y Poythress, David/Robert 7/12/1735 600 Surry County John
>
> Poythres
> (1694-1763) N Moore, Samuel 9/10/1735 100 Prince George Co William
> Poythress
> Y Poythress, Francis 1/10/1735 400 Brunswick County
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Mayberry, George 1/10/1735 225 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> (c. 1710-1760) Y Poythress, John, Gent. 3/17/1736 325 Brunswick County
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Bland, Richard 4/19/1737 225 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> Y Cryer, William 1/2/1737 700 Prince George Co Joseph Poythress
> Y Michell, John 2/9/1737 250 Prince George Co John Poythress
> N Poythress, Francis, Gent. 8/1738 Prince George Co
> N Poythress, Charles 9/12/1738 Prince George Co
> N Poythress, Francis, Gent.9/12/1738 Prince George Co
> (c. 1688-1741) N Leath, Charles 3/26/1739 263 Surry County Joshua
> Poythress
> Y Poythress, Francis, Gent.9/22/1739 3,887 Prince George Co
> Y Poythress, Francis 9/22/1739 400 Prince George Co
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Brantley, John 9/22/1739 350 Isle of Wight Co Mr.
> Peter
> Poythress
> (1690-1743) Y Poythress, Robert 9/22/1739 400 Amelia County
> (c. 1685-1740) N Pettway, Edward 9/10/1740 235 Surry County David
> Poythress
> Y Poythress, William, Gent. 6/1/1741 1,572 Prince George Co
> Y Poythress, William, Gent. 6/1/1741 200 Prince George Co
> Y Jackson, John 10/15/1741 4,440 Prince Geo./Amelia Joseph Poythress
> (c. 1683-1749) Y Wainwright, George 10/15/1741 399 Prince George Co
> Thomas
> Poythress
> (1690-1743) N Poythress, William 3/15/1741 327 Prince George Co
> (c. 1685-1740) N Avent, Thomas 4/21/1742 200 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> N Claiborne, Burnell 7/10/1745 150 Prince George Co Captain Francis
> Poythress
> (<1718-<1763) Y Poythress, Charles 8/20/1745 300
> (c. 1720-1782) N Leath, John 8/20/1745 400 Surry County Joshua Poythress
> N Stone, William 8/20/1745 700 Amelia County Poythress
> Y Poythress, John, Jr. 9/20/1745 841 Prince George Co
> Y Johnson, Going 7/25/1746 300 Prince George Co Poythress
> Y Sanders, John 7/25/1746 400 Prince George Co William Poythress
> Y Thomas, Edward 7/25/1746 168 Prince George Co Poythress
> N Grigg, Abner 8/28/1746 300 Prince George Co Poythress
> N Elder, William, Jr. 8/28/1746 280 Prince George Co Robert Poythress
> Y Ornsby, John 8/28/1746 1,703 Prince George Co Poythress
> Y Wagnon, John 9/25/1746 576 Prince George Co William Poythress
> Elder, William 9/25/1746 400 William Poythress
> N Ferguson, Robert 8/20/1747 840 Prince George Co Poytheross
> N Wyatt, Francis 8/20/1747 200 Amelia County Poythress
> Y Williams, Thomas 8/20/1748 1,510 Prince George Co Poythress
> N Poythress, William 9/6/1748 447½ Henrico County
> N Stone, Katherine 12/2/1748 200 Amelia County Robert Poythriss
> N Brewer, Lenire 7/25/1749 150 Brunswick County John Poythress
> Y Darvill, Buffington J. 9/5/1749 1,090 Prince George Co John Poythress
> (<1718-<1763) N Elder, John 9/5/1749 200 Prince George Co Charles
> Poythress
> Y Wainwright, George 9/5/1749 1,000 Prince George Co Poythress
> N Poythress, William 9/11/1749 450 Amelia County
> (c. 1674-<1763) N Dancy, William 11/11/1749 325 Surry County Peter
> Poythress
> N Boyd, Walter 4/20/1750 450 Amelia County William Poythress
> (<1718-<1763) N Poythress, Charles 5/29/1751 640 Granville County, NC
> (1730-1787) N Poythress, Peter 8/5/1751 324 Prince George Co William
> Poythress
> N Poythress, William 8/3/1752 531 Dinwiddie County
> N Williams, John 4/18/1753 38 Dinwiddie County Wm./Edward Poythress
> N Pettway, Edward 8/16/1756 143 Peter Poythress
> N Draper, James 8/16/1756 149 Amelia County Wm./Joseph Poythress
> Y Turner, Matthew 10/21/1756 100 Bertie County, NC William Poythress
> (<1718-<1763) N Clark, James 7/17/1758 Surry County Charles Poythress,
> Gent.
> N Gordon, Samuel 8/14/1759 2 lots Prince George Co William Poythress
> N Dance, Thomas 11/17/1759 447½ Chesterfield Co William Poythress
> N Baird, John 12/11/1759 2 lots Prince George Co William Poythress
> N Brodnax, William 1/13/1760 1 lot Prince George Co William Poythress
> N Gordon, Samuel 2/7/1760 105 Prince George Co William Poythress
> N West, Robert 9/26/1760 100 Dinwiddie County Poythress
> N Cheek, Robert 11/27/1760 212 Granville County, NC Charles Bartholomew
> N Hutchings, Robert 3/18/1761 16 Dinwiddie County Hannah Poythress
> N Hardy, John 3/18/1761 96 3/4 Dinwiddie County Hannah Poythress
> N Morton, Joseph 10/21/1761 160 Lunenburg County William Portress
> N Williams, Robert 4/21/1762 200 Amelia County Poythress
> N Hutchings, Robert 9/25/1762 16 Dinwiddie County Hannah Poythress
> N Williams, Robert 5/10/1763 200 Amelia County Poythress
> (c. 1720-1782) N Parham, Abraham 5/19/1763 20 Sussex County Joshua
> Poythress
> N Poythress, Peter 7/7/1763 178 Amelia County
> N Claiborne, Leonard 7/7/1763 225 Dinwiddie County Poythress
> (c. 1720-1782) N Wilkerson, William 11/26/1763 595 Sussex County Joshua
> Poythress
> N Parham, William 2/16/1764 198 Sussex County Poythress
> N Cryer, William, Jr. 4/23/1764 570 Amelia County Joseph Poythress
> (c. 1730-1787) N Holt, Dibdale 5/21/1764 200 Amelia County Peter
> Poythress
> N Pettway, John 6/21/1764 200 Sussex County Peter Poythress
> Y Thomas/Harper 6/5/1765 400 Dinwiddie County Francis Poythress
> N Atkinson, Roger 9/9/1765 100 Lunenburg County Thomas Prosise
> N Manire, William 5/18/1767 Amelia County Poythris
> (c. 1730-1787) N Poythress, Peter 6/24/1767 50 Amelia County
> N Harper, Joseph, Jr. 3/18/1768 170 Amelia County Poythress
> N Wills, Elias 7/20/1768 204 Amelia County assignee of Fr. Poythress
> N Walker, John 11/17/1768 200 Sussex County Poythress
> N Poythress, John 2/21/1769 248 Lunenburg County
> N Jackson, Robert 3/15/1769 730 Sussex County Peter Poythress
> N Self, Jobe 4/17/1771 150 Bute County, NC Charles Bartholomew
> (c. 1730-1787) N Bland, John 11/12/1771 128 Amelia County Peter
> Poythress
> (c. 1730-1787) N Poythress, Peter 11/23/1771 6 Brunswick County
> (c. 1730-1787) N Broadnax, William 1/29/1772 200 Sussex County Maj.
> Peter
> Poythress
> (<1718-<1763) N Howell, Isaac 4/6/1772 644 Bute County, NC Charles
> Pouthress
> (c. 1730-1787) N Darwell, Buffington 8/15/1772 32 Dinwiddie County Peter
>
> Poythress
> (c. 1729-<1801) Y Rives, William 5/13/1773 275 Brunswick County Thomas
> Poythress
> (c. 1729-<1801) Y Dawson, John 7/6/1773 525 Brunswick County Thomas
> Poythress
> (c.1726-1805) N Cogbill, Thomas 9/7/1773 161 Chesterfield County Tabitha
>
> Randolph
> (<1718-<1763) N Fitz, Henry 10/23/1773 322 Bute County, NC Charles
> Poytheress
> N Haskins, Christopher 3/24/1774 6 Brunswick County Peter Poythress
> N Poythress, Peter 1/7/1775 198 Sussex County
> (c. 1726-1805) N Randolph, John 5/31/1775 100 Chesterfield County
> Tabitha
> Randolph
> N Poythress, Peter 12/19/1776 133 Sussex County
> (c. 1730-1787) N Poythress, Peter 5/29/1780 13 Dinwiddie County
> (c. 1730-1787) N Poythress, Peter 6/20/1780 173 Prince George County
> (c. 1729-<1801) N Poythress, Thomas 10/10/1781 584? Brunswick County
> (c. 1760-c. 1845)Y Poythress, Meridith 9/22/1783 50 Brunswick County
> N Poythress, Mary 10/11/1784 177 Sussex County
> N Lewis, James 12/16/1784 100 Sussex County Mary Poythress
> N Cureton, William 6/21/1787 183 Sussex County Poythress
> N Cureton, James 6/25/1787 183 Sussex County Poythress
> N 8/12/1787 120 Greene County, GA Francis Poythrys
> N 8/1787 200 Greene County, GA Poythress
> N Call, William, Jr. 9/20/1787 384 Sussex County William Poythress
> N Sturdivant, Daniel 10/5/1787 100 Prince George Co Mary Poythress
> N Mitchell, Reaps 12/20/1787 384 Sussex County William Poythress
> (1751-1794) N Parham, Abraham, Jr. 1/17/1788 170 Sussex County Joshua
> Poythress
> N Mitchell, Reaps 8/18/1788 184 Sussex County William Poythress
> N 3/10/1789 250 Greene County, GA Francis Poythryss
> N Birchett, Robert 1/12/1790 Pr. Geo. Co Wm. Poythress, Jr., Gent.
> (c. 1765-1810) N McConnice, Chris. 2/25/1790 1 lot Prince George Co Wm.,
> s.
> of Peter Poythress
> N Peters, William 3/17/1790 296 Sussex County William Poythress
> N Poythress, William, Jr. 5/13/1790 Pr. Geo. County executors of William
>
> Green
> N Poythress, William, Jr. 6/8/1790 296 Prince George Co
> N Marks, Edward 6/8/1790 400 Pr. Geo. Co Wm. P., Jr.(Poythress Qtr.)
> N Poythress, William 7/26/1790 Prince George County
> N Peachey, William S. 10/2/1790 300 Pr. Geo. Co Wm. Poythress (Flowerdew
>
> 100)
> N Poythress, Thomas 8/12/1791 85 Brunswick County
> N Baird, John 8/15/1791 15 Prince George County Wm. Poythress, Jr.
> N Mason, Winfield 2/12/1792 96 Sussex County Mary Poyther
> N Cureton, James 5/9/1792 102 3/4 Prince George County William Poythress
> N Poythress, William 5/9/1792 80½ Prince George County
> N Cureton, William 6/7/1792 40 Sussex County William Poythress
> N Poythress, William 12/5/1794 518 Prince George Co Chas. Duncan
> (Charteris)
> Y Hicks, George 8/20/1795 85 Brunswick County Thomas Poythress
> N Cureton, James 9/21/1798 1,033 Prince George County William Poythress
> N Colley, Nathaniel 9/6/1800 212 Prince George County (Branchester)
> N 12/4/1800 200 Greene County, GA Poythress
> (c. 1770-<1850) N Giles, John 1/13/1801 100 Mecklenburg County Lewis
> Poythress
> (c. 1770-<1850) N Poythress, Lewis 11/4/1801 104 Mecklenburg County
> N 11/30/1801 100 Greene County, GA Poythress
> N Poythress, (orphans) 5/8/1809 Wilkinson Co, GA Thos. P. of Burke Co.
> N Mattox, William 6/15/1809 200 Prince George Co Poythress
> (c. 1782-1815) N Cleaton, Thomas 7/7/1809 50 Mecklenburg County Peter
> Poythress
> N Poythress, Elizabeth 11/10/1809 Wilkinson County, GA of Hancock Co.
> N Poythress, (orphans) 11/20/1809 Wilkinson Co, GA Fr. P. of Hancock Co.
> N Epes, Peter 1/1811 Pr. Geo. Co Joshua, Wm., Thos. P.
> (c. 1769->1817) N Dickson, John/Robt. 7/13/1812 Burke County, GA Edward
> Poythress
> (c. 1780-1824) N Epes, Peter 12/1812 Prince George County Patrick H.
> Poythress
> (c. 1770-<1850) N Poythress, Lewis 11/3/1813 33 Mecklenburg County
> N Risque, James B. 11/14/1815 100 Chesterfield County Poythress
> (Bloomsbury)
> (c. 1770-<1850) N Poythress, Lewis 4/20/1816 138 Mecklenburg County
> (c. 1780->1830) N Poythress, Lilly 11/27/1820 160 Faulkner Co., Arkansas
> of
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> N Poythress, Meredith 12/9/1823 202½ Houston County, GA of Screven Co.,
> GA
> (c. 1785-1828) N Poythress, Cleaton 11/27/1824 Georgia of Screven Co.,
> GA
> Y Poytress, Littlebury H. 7/23/1825 150 Granville County, NC
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From James R. Marie, April 11, 2002: "The only Major Joshua Wynne with
which I am familiar at this period is the son of Colonel Robert Wynne,
and he is the Major Joshua Wynne whom Cameron Allen and I discuss in our
articles in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. Cameron Allens article was
written over forty years ago, but many of the errors which he corrected
then, are still being repeated, often over the internet. . . The
prenuptial agreement between Major Wynne and Frances Cocke only came to
light in the last fifteen years when an order book that had been lost
during the Civil War reappeared. Please also look again at Margaret
Cockes 1718 will. She never refers to Mrs. Mary Randolph as her
daughter, although she identifies a blood relationship to many of her
other beneficiaries. It seems explicitly clear from the will that
Mrs. Mary Randolph was not the daughter of Margaret Cocke, and I know
of no other evidence to suggest that she might have been. I think a
fair and judicious reading of the will leads to the inescapable
conclusion that the daughter of Mrs. Cocke who was the mother of Mrs.
Cockes Wynne grandchildren had died before her mother.. . You all may
be interested in a short article entitled Cameron Allen Validated:
Frances (Anderson) (Herbert) (Cocke) Wynne of Prince George County,
Virginia, published in the scholarly journal THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST,
v. 75, no. 3, p. 178, July 2000, conclusively demonstrating (based on
the pre-nuptial agreement referred to by Ms. Wynne-Riley) that Major
Joshua Wynnes widow was Frances Anderson who had previously married
Herbert and Thomas Cocke, and that she was not the Frances (last name
unknown) who married Peter Wynne.
SO you see, Michael, it's never too late to come up with proper
documentation. Deloris
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Tutor [mailto:badbichon@earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:34 AM
To: POYTHRESS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter, 2nd
generation
Joshua's children were involved extensively with their Poythress
cousins.
Peter Wynne is named with his cousins in many records.
The Second Generation: Major Joshua Wynne, Indian Trader and Interpreter
R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Wynne
[7. Joshua Wynne (Mary ______1) was born AFT 1655 in of Prince George
County, Virginia, and died 1715. He married Mary Jones, daughter of
Peter
Jones and Margaret Cruse. She was born BEF 1689.
Children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones are:
+ 24 i. Peter Wynne died ABT 1738 in Prince George County, VA.
+ 25 ii. Mary Wynne died BEF 1729.
26 iii. Joshua Wynne. He married Mary ______.
27 iv. Robert Wynne. He married Frances ______.
28 v. Frances Wynne.
29 vi. William Wynne was born 1705.
+ 30 vii. Margaret Wynne died 1729 in Prince George County, Virginia.]
Family
Joshua Wynne was born March 20, 1661, in Jordan's parish, in Charles
City
County, the son of Robert Wynne and Mrs. Mary (Sloman?) Poythress.
Robert
Wynne was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and served longer than any
man
in Virginia's history, from March 13, 1661 to 1675. Robert died on
October
8, 1675. His will, dated July 1, 1675, and proved August 15, 1678, at
Jordan's parish or Charles City, present Prince George County, showed an
estate in Canterbury, England, of two houses and a farm, in addition to
his
600 acre Virginia estate south of the James River. Joshua married Mary
Jones
about 1685, the daughter of Maj. Peter Jones, the Commander of the fort
built at the falls near the present day city of Petersburg, Virginia,
and
Margaret Cruse. Margaret Cruse was the step-daughter of Major General
Abraham Wood, the commander of Ft. Henry and leader of first English
expedition into the Mississippi valley. General Wood was the official
that
negotiated the British fur trade with the Cherokee nation. Wood also
testified against Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of "Bacon's rebellion,"
who
led a rebel army that massacred friendly Indians in colonial Virginia.
The children of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones were (1) Peter Wynne (c.
1690-1738), who married Frances Anderson, the daughter of John Anderson;
(2)
Mary Wynne (c. 1692-1725), who married John Worsham, the son of John
Worsham
and Phoebe Burton; (3) Margaret Wynne (c. 1694-1729), who married Edward
Goodrich, the son of Charles Goodrich; (4) Joshua Wynne, who married
Mary;
(5) Robert Wynne, who married Frances; (6) Frances Wynne; and, (7)
William
Wynne (1705-1778), who married Frances. Joshua died March 29, 1715.
On March 29, 1715, Major Joshua Wynne was shot and killed by Saponey
Indians
because one of Joshua's servants had killed one of the Indian's 'great'
men.
Upon trial of the Indian, they pleaded that the Wynne's were the
aggressors
and that they never rest without revenge. The Indians said that they and
the
Wynnes' were then equal, each having lost a great man. To avoid more
bloodshed the Indian was pardoned." [The Saponey or Saponi were of the
Siouan linguistic stock, related to the nearby Tutelo tribe. They were
unrelated to the Iroquoian speaking tribes Nottoway, Meherrin and the
Algonquian speaking Powhatan Confederacy tribes (Pamunkey, Nansemond)
that
the Wynne brothers enjoyed friendly relations with.].
Son, Peter Wynne
On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
Westover
parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
my
tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by John
Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line of
Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
Edward
Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
Ann
Harnison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harnison. Peter Wynne (c.
1690-c.
1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
Anderson.
John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
John
Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700, in
Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a witness
in
many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an appraiser
of
many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
left a
Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in Chesterfield
County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's Will:
The
Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
dated
August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter, Margaret,
wife
of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
woman
Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
forever. I
give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her heirs
for
ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
possession.
I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
man,
named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
by
the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke. I
also
give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
gift of
a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
the
said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
Wynne. I
give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
Mary
Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two steers.
I
give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
Wynne,
a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give my
Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
James,
he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
held
by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
by my
executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
rest of
my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will and
testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal
the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
Thomas
Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
1719 on
the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
Jones
Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
Cocke
(1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
On May 9, 1717, Stith Bolling, of Southwark parish, in Surry County, to
Robert Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 500
acres, on
Southwardly Run formerly belonging to Captain Henry Batte, deceased, in
Westover parish, in Prince George County. The witnesses were Peter
Wynne,
Richard Raines and Peter Poythress.
In 1718, in Prince George County, Ann Hamlin, the relict of Richard
Hamlin,
deceased, appeared in court and relinquished her right of administration
to
John Hamlin, who appeared and granted, indemnified Sampson Meredith, one
of
the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was granted
administration to John Hamlin, who appeared and indemnified Sampson
Meredith
one of the securities of Richard Hamlin who died without a Will and was
granted administration of the estate. Francis Poythress and Peter Wynne
his
security.
On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Frances Poythress, the
Elder,
of Westover parish, in Prince George County, sold to Richard Pace, of
the
same, the land whereon Richard Pace lived, the plantation whereon Joseph
Carter, Edward Crossland, Thomas Kirkland, and Michael Rosser, Sr.,
lived,
being about 400 acres bounded on the lands of the said Francis Poythress
according to several lines of marked trees lately made between the said
Francis and the said Richard." The witnesses were Peter Wynne, John
Bonner
and Thomas Poythress.
On November 11, 1718, Frances Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
George County, sold to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry County, to Thomas
Goodwynn
(not mentioning any amount of money), 100 acres, in Westover parish, in
Prince George County, bounded by the lands of Peter Grammar and the
lands
lately purchased of Richard Pace by the said Francis Poythress. The
witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress. On the
back of
the deed was an endorsement in the following -----. Viz: That livery and
seisin of the land and premises within mentioned was by the therein
named
Francis Poythress delivered in due form of law unto the therein named
Thomas
Goodwynn with quiet and peaceable possession and seisure of the same on
the
day and year within mentioned.
On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
acres, in
Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses the
same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward Goodrich's
plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
said
Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
west
nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
the
head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to the
run
between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the plantation
whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
path at
the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
running
east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
chains to
the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
and
sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
witnesses were Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
On December 9, 1718, in the Prince George County court, Francis
Poythress,
the Elder's deed of land to Richard Pace was proved by Peter Wynne, John
Bonner and Thomas Poythress, witnesses.
On December 9, 1718, Frances Poythress, the Elder's deed of title
languishes.
On December 9, 1718, Francis Poythress, the Elder's deed of land to
Thomas
Goodwyn was proved by Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress,
witnesses.
Daughter, Mary Wynne Worsham
On June 30, 1709, in Henrico County, John Elam, of Henrico County, to
John
Worsham, Jr., and John Royall, Jr., land called "Flinton's," 160 acres,
on
the south side of Flinton's Swamp, next to Bartholomew Stovall, Edward
Stratton, Arthur Mosely, William Clarke, Edward Standly. The witnesses
were
Will Kennon, Thomas Eldridge, Thomas Randolph. Deed of livery was
witnessed
by Francis Poythress and John Knibb. Edward Stratton was married to Anne
Batte (c. 1685-?), daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound. Thomas
Eldridge
was married to Judith Kennon (1692-1759), daughter of Richard Kennon and
Elizabeth Worsham. William Kennon (1688-1751) was married to Ann Epes,
daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729) was
married to Judith Fleming (1689-bef. 1743), daughter of Charles Fleming
and
Susanna Tarleton. John Worsham (1679-1744) was married to Mary Wynne (c.
1692-1725), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
In Henrico County, the Will of John Worsham, dated June 9, 1729, proved
October 1, 1729.
To son John, plantation I live on, except a small parcel on head of my
son,
William Worsham's plantation, he bought of John Ealam.
To son, William, all the rest of said plantation.
If above sons have no heirs, then all to Daniel Worsham's eldest
daughter,
my granddaughter.
To my son, Daniel's widow, Judith, to live on my plantation at Coldwater
Run. (Daniel was eldest son).
To son, John, silver tobacco box, seal gold ring, etc.
To son, William, items.
To daughters, Elizabeth Marshall, Frances Rowlett, Mary Robertson,
Martha
Ward (Wood) and Ann Osborn, each, 10 shillings.
To grandson, Francis Poythress, a negro, etc. when 21.
To grandson, Isham Epes.
To granddaughter, Obediance Worsham, a gold ring.
To son, Daniel's daughters' Phoebe, Martha and Elizabeth, a negro man
and
various items to them and their mother, Judith (widow of Daniel).
Rest to sons, John and William, and they to be executors. The witnesses
were
Joseph Royall, James Thompson and Henry Royall.
John Worsham, Jr., born about 1679, Henrico County, Virginia, son of
John
Worsham and Phoebe. John Worsham, Jr., married Mary Wynne about 1700, in
Henrico County, Virginia. He owned land on Swift Creek. He was a witness
in
many deed transactions and Wills in Henrico County. He was an appraiser
of
many estates. He was vestryman and churchwarden of Curles Church. He
left a
Will dated December 8, 1751, and proved October 5, 1753, in Chesterfield
County, Virginia. Mary's grandmother, Margaret Wood Jones Cocke's Will:
The
Will of Margaret Cocke, of the county and parish of Henrico, Widow,
dated
August 12, 1718, proved May 4, 1719. I give my granddaughter, Margaret,
wife
of Edward Goodrich, one mulatto boy, named John, the son of my mulatto
woman
Sue, which boy is to be enjoyed by my granddaughter and her heirs
forever. I
give my granddaughter, Mary, the wife of John Worsham, and to her heirs
for
ever, one mulatto girl, named Margaret, which she now has in her
possession.
I give my grandson, Peter Wynne, and to his heirs forever, one mulatto
man,
named John Henry, he being appointed to be given unto my said grandson
by
the last Will and testament of my deceased husband, Mr. Thomas Cocke. I
also
give to my grandson 10 shillings to buy him a ring. I also confirm a
gift of
a mulatto boy, named Thom, which I made to Major Joshua Wynne in his
lifetime, upon condition that there be paid (if not already done) two
thousand pounds of tobacco to Thomas Harwood by the administrators of
the
said Wynne it being on that proviso I gave the said boy to the said
Wynne. I
give my granddaughter, Margaret Jones, two silver spoons. I give Mrs.
Mary
Randolph and her heirs forever one mulatto boy, named Billy. I give my
grandson, Peter Jones, the son of my son, Abraham Jones, deceased, ten
shillings to buy him a ring. I give grandson, Joshua Wynne, two steers.
I
give to each of my grandsons, Robert Wynne, William Wynne and Francis
Wynne,
a cow to be delivered to them when they arrive to lawful age. I give my
Godson, William, the son of William Randolph, one mulatto boy, named
James,
he being the son of my mulatto woman, Sue, which mulatto boy is to be
held
by my said Godson and his heirs forever.
I give all of my wearing clothes to be divided among my granddaughters
by my
executors. I give my son, Peter Jones, and his heirs forever all the
rest of
my estate both real and personal, and I do hereby appoint my said son,
together with William Randolph, to be executors of this my last Will and
testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal
the day and year above written. Margaret Cocke. The witnesses were
Thomas
Buckner, Thomas Morris and Will Jones. Proved at a court held May 4,
1719 on
the oaths of William Jones and Thomas Morris. Margaret Cruse (Wood)
Jones
Cocke (1641-1719) was married to Peter Jones (1634-1680) and Thomas
Cocke
(1638-1697), son of Richard Cocke and Temperance Bailey.
Daughter, Margaret Wynne Goodrich
On December 9, 1712, in Prince George County, Francis Poythress, of
Westover
parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Poythress, of the same, all
my
tract in the above parish, known as "Odiums," 100 acres, bounded by John
Winningham, said Thomas Poythress, Deep Bottom Run, the dividing line of
Francis and John Poythress, with all houses, etc. The witnesses were
Edward
Goodrich, Richard Hamlin and Peter Wynne. Recorded December 11, 1712.
Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret Wynne (1694-1729),
daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones. Richard Hamlin was married to
Ann
Harrison (-aft. 1773), daughter of Thomas Harrison. Peter Wynne (c.
1690-c.
1738) was married to Frances Anderson (-1727), daughter of John
Anderson.
On July 12, 1715, Francis Poythress, of Westover parish, in Prince
George
County, to Peter Grammar, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in
the
same parish and county, on Holly Bushes Branch on the line of Richard
Pace,
and said Poythress...The witnesses were Edward Goodrich, William Hamlin.
William Hamlin was the grandson of Stephen Hamlin and grandson of
Richard
Taylor and Sarah Barker. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was the husband of
Margaret Wynne (1696-1723), daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
On November 11, 1718, in Prince George County, Richard Pace, of Prince
George County, and Francis Poythress, of Prince George County, 400
acres, in
Westover parish, in Prince George County, to Thomas Goodwyn, of Surry
County, beginning at the path on the Old Town run, where it crosses the
same, leading from Old Michael Rosser's plantation to Edward Goodrich's
plantation, and running thence westwardly as the path leads along the
said
Rosser's corn field fence to the upper end of the same and from thence
west
nineteen degrees north along a line of marked trees to a corner oak in
the
head of a bottom thence down that bottom by a line of mark trees to the
run
between Richard Pace's plantation where he now lives, and the plantation
whereon John Whitmore more lately lived, and so down that run to the
path at
the beginning, together with 200 acres of land at the head of the said
Richard Pace's dividend, beginning at his southern corner tree and
running
east fifty chains to a red oak, thence north one hundred and sixty
chains to
the line dividing this land from lands which did belong to Mr. Charles
Anderson, deceased, thence west fifty chains, thence south one hundred
and
sixty chains to the beginning. Richard Pace, Francis Poythress. The
witnesses, Peter Wynne, John Bonner and Thomas Poythress.
On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Hardyman, John Poythress
and
Edward Goodrich made Oaths as Sheriffs. John Hardyman (1686-1738), son
of
John Hardyman and Mary Epes, was married to Henrietta Maria Taylor,
daughter
of John Taylor. Edward Goodrich (1693-1720) was married to Margaret
Wynne
(1694-1729), daughter of Joshua Wynne and Mary Jones.
On June 14, 1720, in Prince George County, John Poythress and Edward
Goodrich entered bond with John Hardyman for his performance as Sheriff.
In Prince George County, the Will of Edward Goodrich, dated October 7,
1720.
I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
I give my loving wife, one third part of this my plantation and one
third
part of the land thereto belonging, during her natural life, I mean the
plantation I now live upon, together with four negroes whose names are
Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of one featherbed and
furniture, three cows and calves, and one riding horse.
I give my daughter, Mary, three negroes, Betty, Patty and Beck, and
their
increase, to her and her heirs forever, two cows and calves, one
featherbed.
I give my daughter, Elizabeth, three negroes, Aggie, Tom and Peter, one
featherbed, and two cows and calves, to her and her heirs for ever.
I give my son, Benjamin, three negroes, Andrew, Little Mary and Little
Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole tract of land
thereto adjoining, three cows and calves, one featherbed and furniture
to
him and his heirs for ever.
I give my son, Edward, all my tract of land and plantation called the
High
Hills, in Surry County, containing 500 acres or thereabouts to him, and
three negroes, Will, Jack and Peter, the son of Sarah, to him and his
heirs
forever, with three cows and calves, and one featherbed.
My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in
Prince
George County, and all my land upon the Three Creeks, purchased of
Richard
Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my executor and executrix
hereafter
named for and toward the payment of all my just debts, and the residue
if
any to be equally divided amongst my legatees above mentioned.
I give my Father and each of my sisters, ten shillings apiece to buy
each of
them a ring, and to my brother, ten shillings.
Lastly, I appoint my dear and loving wife and Captain Henry Harrison my
executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby disannulling and
making
void all former Wills and testaments. In witness whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal and set my hand, October 7, 1720. Edward Goodrich. The
witnesses were Ephraim Vernon, Gilbert Hay and Arthur Biggins. At a
court
held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County, on the second Tuesday,
January 10, 1721. The above written last Will and testament of Edward
Goodrich, deceased, was presented into court by Margaret Goodrich an
executrix named in the said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being
proved
by the oaths of Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon
witnesses
thereto, is by order of the court truly recorded. And on the motion of
the
said Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to law,
Certificate
was granted her for obtaining a probate in due form.
On January 10, 1721, in Prince George County, John Poythress, Edmund
Irby,
Gilbert Hay and William Harrison were chosen, sworn, etc. to appraise
the
estate of Edward Goodrich; Margaret Goodrich, the executrix, was to
return
the Inventory. Edmund Irby was the husband of Anne Bland, daughter of
Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph. Margaret Wynne Goodrich
(1694-1729)
was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Wynne.
Son, Robert Wynne
In Surry County, the Will of Thomas Dinkins, dated October 30, 1717,
probated May 21, 1718.
A legacy to his sons, Thomas, James and Charles, one shilling each.
To his daughters, Mary Vandinan, Ann Sesshings and Margaret Perry, one
shilling each.
To his wife, Margaret, the plantation he lived on during her life, and
then
to his son, Thomas Denkins, Jr.
To his son, Sanders Dinkins, one half of his land, the lower half.
To his wife, Margaret, the rest of his estate. The witnesses were David
Poythress, Jos. Fowler and Robert Wynne. Elizabeth Dinkins, was named
administratrix of the estate of Thomas Denkins, her husband.
Professional Life
On September 15, 1682, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
Captain Peter Perry and Mr. Richard Bland were to administer oath to
Mrs.
Rebecca Poythress, the relict and administratrix, with the Will annexed
of
Francis Poythress, late deceased, to make inventory.
On December 3, 1688, at a court at Westover, in Charles City County,
testimony was elicited in the matter of the estate of Anne Young. Henry
Reed
exhibited his bill in chancery against Charles Bartholomew and Rebecca,
his
wife, executrix of Major Francis Poythress. The plaintiff showed that
one,
Ann Young, sister of the orator, dying intestate, in this county, before
commission of administration was sent forth, Major Francis Poythress
inventoried her estate and had it appraised at 5,664 pounds tobacco, and
was
thereof possessed. Thereafter, administration was granted to said
Poythress
and Peter Read, the orator's father. That the moiety that belongs to one
of
the orphans of Ann was in the custody of Peter Read. That Peter Read had
of
said moiety only a mare and a cow, to value of 950 pounds tobacco. There
remained in custody of Poythress 1,882 pounds tobacco, but Poythress
shortly
afterward went to England and died, in the nonage of your orator, who
begs
recovery of 1,882 pounds tobacco, and prays that Charles Bartholomew and
Rebecca, his wife, be subpoenaed to answer. Francis Poythress had gone
to
England to purchase certain items and goods which were consigned to the
ship
owned by Emberly. The consigned merchandise was mixed in with those of
the
Wynne's. On January 8, 1689, at a court at the house of Major Francis
Poythress, deceased, present were Captain Lowry, Mr. Bra?, Captain
Batte,
Mr. Bolling. Administration with the Will annexed was granted to
Rebecca,
the widow of Major Francis Poythress, deceased, have quit claim in what
goods are now brought in Captain Emberly's things belonging to Thomas
and
Joshua Wynne and it was consented that they shall jointly possess the
same.
Peter Perry.
On March 12, 1702 the Governor and Council of Virginia made an address
of
loyalty to the King of England. A similar loyal address was received
from
Charles City County. The Grand Jury was composed of John Cocke, Anthony
Wyatt, Robert New, Thomas Jackson, George Pasmoore, James Harrison,
Randall
Madax, Roger Best, David Gudgam, John Wickett, John Daniel, Thomas
Daniell,
James Gabeker, Thomas Woodham, Robert Harwood, John Hunt, Thomas
Anderson,
James Gunn, Daniel Higdon, and John Baxter. The Justices were Richard
Bland,
Charles Goodrich, Daniel Lewellin, Robert Bolling, Littlebury Epes,
George
Blighton, John Hardiman, Joshua Wynne and Richard Bradford. The Sheriff
was
Micajah Lowe. The Militia Officers were Thomas Simmons, Adam Tapley,
Peter
Poythress, Anthony Wyatt, John Epes, Francis Epes, John Limbreij, Joshua
Wynne, Micajah Lowe, John Hamlin, John Epes, John Reeker, Jr., Thomas
Harrison, John Poythress, John Poythress, Richard Hamlin, John Baxton,
William Byrd, Edward Hill, Charles Goodrich, Littlebury Epes, George
Blighton, Richard Bradford, John Taylor, Peter Jones, Richard Reeker,
and
James Thweatt.
In 1702, Captain Thomas Wynne and his brother, Joshua Wynne, were
appointed
interpreters to accompany the Nottaway and Meherrin commissioners on
their
trip north to make peace with the Seneca Indians.
Major Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In
1703,
the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua
Wynne
and his brother, Thomas Wynne, be appointed Indian Interpreters for the
tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas,
the
Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and
dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished." This
journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily
averting a
tribal war.
Governor Spotswood appointed Captain John Poythress, Sr., to serve with
Colonel John Hardyman, Major Joshua Wynne and Captain Francis Mallory as
members of the Commission to investigate the Virginia-North Carolina
line on
October 21, 1707. They were to examine under oath "such ancient
inhabitants
of Prince George, Surry, Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties and
discover
the truth as to the said bounds between the said colonies. Also they
were to
ask the "ancient and intelligent Indians of the Nottoway, Meherrins and
Nansemond nations," what they knew about the area. Among the old
inhabitants
of Prince George County that were deposed were Robert Bolling,
Gentleman,
aged 61, who "had known the Nottoway river for 37 years or more." Major
Wynne's quarter was on the sight of the old Nottoway Indian town. Joshua
Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne (1622-1678) and Mary
Frances
Poythress Wynne, and therefore an uncle to John Poythress(3) (c. 1661-c.
1730s). John Poythress(3)
was a cousin to the Hardymans, and John Poythress' wife, Mary Batte
(1664-1760), was a granddaughter of Martha Mallory.
Prince George County interview of James Thweat, aged 64 years or
thereabouts, sworn said that he had known the River now called the
Nottoway
River for the space of about 48 years or more and then it was called by
the
name of the Nottoway River and by no other name that the deponent knows
or
has heard. That when this deponent was first acquainted in those parts,
the
chief town of the Nottoway Indians was on the south side of the River
where
Major Wynne's Quarter now is, about three miles above the mouth of
Monksneck
Creek, and some few of them lived at Rowonte, which is about 4 miles up
Monksneck creek; and two or three families of them at Tonnatora, which
is on
the north side of the River. And that they lived at some of these
places,
and at Cottashowrock, and there abouts, until about 25 or 26 years ago,
and
then they removed and settled their great town upon Atyamonsock Swamp at
the
place now called Old Town. That about 48 years ago the Meherrin Indians
lived upon the Meherrin River at Cowochahawkon and some of them at
Unote,
and about 24 years ago they lived some of them at Unote and some at
Taurara,
but how long they lived there after that time, he cannot particularly
remember. And further this deponent said not. James Thweatt, November
12,
1707, sworn before us B. Harrison, Jr., and John Hardyman.
James Thweatt (1643-) "of Bristol Parish" was an officer in the Virginia
militia when he signed the loyalty oath in March, 1701/2. In 1704,
Thweatt
owned 750 acres, some on the south side of the Appomattox River which
was in
Bristol parish and some on the south side of the James River which was
in
Jordan's parish. The elder James Thweatt was 64 years old in 1707 when
he
swore then, that he had known the Nottoway river for about 48 years when
questioned along with Robert Bolling about the Virginia-North Carolina
dividing line. The younger James Thweatt
married Judith Soane on November 24, 1701, but before that he had been
married to her sister, Elizabeth. In their father's Will of 1714,
William
Soane of Henrico county mentioned "my daughter Elizabeth, late wife of
James
Thweatt, being dead...and my daughter, Judith Thweatt." This younger
James
Thweatt was attending the Prince George County court as a Justice on
June
14, 1715. And on June 10, 1718, "James Thweatt having produced a
commission
from the Honorable Lieutenant Governor to be sheriff of this county, he
accordingly took the usual oaths, etc." His bond was for £1,000
sterling.
Thomas Simmonds was sworn in as under sheriff at the same time, taking
the
same oath. By 1719, sheriff James Thweatt had a son James, Jr., who was
of
age. They witnessed many deeds and wills together from then until 1726.
Property: Land
On February 2, 1693, in Charles City County, a Power of Attorney from
Rebecca Poythress to Charles Bartholomew to convey the following land.
On
February 3, 1693, in Charles City County, (first part missing)...a deed
from
Rebecca Poythress to Joshua Wynne. The witnesses were Charles
Bartholomew,
William Epes and Elizabeth Smith. William Epes (1661-1710) was the son
of
Francis Epes and Elizabeth Littlebury.
On June 28, 1707, Joshua Wynne, Gentleman, of Prince George County, and
Mary, his wife, sold 150 acres, in Surry County, to Benjamin Harrison,
Esquire, of Charles City County, one certain plantation on the north
side of
the Nottaway River. The witnesses were Francis Mallory, Francis
Poythress
and Thomas Wynne. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) was the husband of
Elizabeth Burwell.
Major Joshua Wynne and his wife, Mary, deeded a tract of land in Surry
in
1708.
As Witness
On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, the Attorney General, William
Randolph,
exhibited information against Charles Bartholomew for making an unlawful
marriage. Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew was to be subpoenaed to the
court to
provide information. The 12th Act of Assembly stated that none shall
marry
within certain degrees of consanguinity, especially that none shall
marry
his wife's sister. On July 3, 1694, John Jane swore that he knew
Frances,
the first wife of Charles Bartholomew and that he knows Rebecca, the
relict
of Francis Poythress, and that he married one of the sisters of Rebecca
and
that he had been told and also believed that Rebecca and Frances were
sisters and that they were daughters of one mother but of diverse
fathers.
On August 3, 1694, William Randolph, the Attorney General, repeated the
charges against Charles and Rebecca Poythress Bartholomew. Charles and
Rebecca were married in Westover parish, February 2, 1693, by George
Robinson, clerk, of Bristol parish, in Henrico County, and presently
live
together. Charles pleaded not guilty and a jury was impaneled. Charles
quoted two statutes regarding marriage and said that his marriage was
cognizable only by ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The court overruled his
plea. He said that he had not violated the law. George Robinson swore in
court that he married the couple on the date stated. William Epes stated
that he saw the couple married on the date stated. John Jane swore that
Frances and Rebecca were sisters and daughters of the same mother but of
diverse fathers. John Bishop swore the same. Joshua Wynne swore that he
knew
both women from childhood and that they were always taken to be sisters
and
daughters of one mother. Thomas Blighton swore that he had frequented
John
Coggin's house in Coggin's wife's lifetime and that he had often heard
Mrs.
Coggin call Rebecca and Frances daughters and he had heard the daughters
call themselves step-sisters, and therefore always reasoned that the two
sisters were half-sisters. William Harrison, the foreman of the jury,
brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Attorney General appealed to the
fourth of the next General court and had the Sheriff take Bartholomew to
give sureties that he and Rebecca would live apart until the suit was
settled. The Attorney General, William Randolph (1650-1711), of Turkey
Island, was married to Mary Isham. Their daughter, Elizabeth Randolph
(1680-1719/20), married Richard Bland (1665-1720). The witness, John
Jane
(-bef. 4/14/1710), married Elizabeth Tye (c. 1650-aft. 4/14/1710),
half-sister to Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress Bartholomew. Charles
Bartholomew was married to Francis Tye (c. 1654-c. 1692) until her
death. He
subsequently married her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coggin Poythress. The
witness,
John Bishop, was the brother of Elizabeth Bishop Peebles and uncle of
Christian Peebles Poythress, the wife of John Poythress, Francis
Poythress'
brother. The witness, Joshua Wynne, was Francis Poythress' half-brother.
According to his sworn statement, he and Rebecca Coggin were of
approximately the same age.
On January 12, 1705, at Westover, in Charles City County, the last Will
and
testament of the Honorable Colonel William Byrd, one of her Majesty's
honorable council and auditor of Virginia, lately deceased. The Will was
examined by Francis Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and
Governor General of Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel
Henry
Duke, one of her Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain
Littlebury
Eppes, of Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County,
Gentlemen; and Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County, who said
the
original Will appears to be written by Colonel Byrd's own hand without
any
blot or interlineation and sealed with his own seal. On January 12,
1705, at
Westover, in Charles City County, the addition or codicil endorsed on
the
back of the original Will of the deceased Colonel William Byrd, one of
her
Majesty's honorable council and auditor of Virginia was examined by
Francis
Nicholson, Esquire, her Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of
Virginia in the presence of the honorable Colonel Henry Duke, one of her
Majesty's honorable council of Virginia, Captain Littlebury Eppes, of
Charles City County, Henry Duke, Jr., of James City County, Gentlemen;
and
Captain Joshua Wynne, of Prince George County. Henry Duke (-1718) was
married to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Henrietta Maria
Hill. Littlebury Epes (1664-1743) was the son of Francis Epes and
Elizabeth
Littlebury. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was married to Mary Jones
(1658-1718),
daughter of Peter Jones and Margaret Cruse.
On May 1, 1707, James Salmon, of Surry County, planter, deeded to
William
Rains, of Westover parish, in Prince George County, 176 acres of land,
at
Joans Hole and the mouth of Ready Branch that runs between Rain's
plantation
and Captain Mallory's plantation. The witnesses were Joshua Wynne, John
Hamlin and James Binford. On the back of this deed there was an
endorsement
making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed,
joining upon the upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my
son,
Thomas Rains. Joshua Wynne (1661-1715) was the son of Robert Wynne
(1622-1678) and Mary Frances Poythress Wynne. William Raines (1666-1722)
married Elizabeth Shands.
Family Estates
In Prince George County, the Will of John Poythress, Sr., of Prince
George
County, proved December 11, 1712.
I give my son, Francis Poythress, all of that land and plantation I now
live
on, to him and his heirs forever.
I give my son, David Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Tunnatorah, to him
and
his heirs forever.
I give my son, Joshua Poythress, 300 acres of land, at Monkasoneck, and
to
his heirs forever.
I give my son, Robert Poythress, 300 acres of land, at the Indian Swamp,
to
him and his heirs forever.
I give my son Robert Poythress, 50 acres of land, on the lower side of
the
Indian Swamp, to him for his own proper use and behoof not to make sale
of
the said fifty acres of land.
I give my son, Francis Poythress, two negroes, Coffer and Sis.
I give my son, David Poythress, two negroes, Jack and young Mary.
I give my son, Joshua Poythress, two negroes, Peter and Beck.
I give my son, Robert Poythress, two negroes, Tom and young Sarah.
I give my son, William Poythress, three negroes, Frank Cook and Amy and
Frank Cook at nattuah.
I give my son, John Poythress, two negroes, Bess and Nanny, and their
increase.
I give my son, Peter Poythress, two negroes, Ben and Nanny, their
increase.
I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, three negroes, Catto, Usse
and
Sarah, to my loving wife, for her proper use and to be at her own
disposing.
I give my daughter, Elizabeth Poythress, two negroes, Pegg, and her son,
Tom.
I give my daughter, Christian Poythress, two negroes, Moll and John
Cook.
I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my servant, John Field,
during
his time, and at his freedom, to have besides his corn and clothes, a
cow
and calf and a new gun.
I give my daughter, Mary Woodlief, £40 Sterling.
I give all my moveable estate to be equally divided between my wife and
children. My son, John Poythress, and son, Peter Poythress, giving an
account of what they have in hand.
I give my grandson, Francis Poythress, son of Francis Poythress, the
negro
child, Shu, goes with all.
I give my loving wife, Christian Poythress, my two negro wenches, Shu
and
Jude, as her own proper estate to be
at her own disposing.
I appoint my loving wife and my son, John Poythress, to be executors of
this
my last will and testament.
I appoint my two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Wynne, and William
Stainback to
be the dividers of my estate.
Signed by John Poythress, in the presence of John Winningham, Peter
Leeth,
Thomas Leeth and William Stainback.
At a court held for Prince George County, December, 11, 1712. The
written
last Will and testament of Mr. John
Poythress, deceased, was proved in open court by the oaths of John
Winningham, Peter Leigth and William Stainback, the witnesses thereto
and
the probation thereof granted John Poythress, executor, and Christian
Poythress, his relict and executor, named therein and at their motion
the
same is admitted to record.
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