POCAHONTAS� DESCENDANTS by Stuart E. Brown, Jr., Lorraine F. Myers, ad Eileen M. Chappel A revision, enlargement and extension of the list as set out by Wyndham Robertson in his book POCAHONTAS AND HER DESCENDANTS (1887) THE POCAHONTAS FOUNDATION (1985) 5 Martha Bolling (1713-10/23/1749), m. 1737, (her first cousin), Thomas Eldridge, Jr. (1710-12/4/1754), of Henrico and Sussex Counties, son of Thomas and Judith Kennon Eldridge of "Rochdale", located twelve miles from Richmond. Thomas Eldridge, Jr., practiced law in Amelia County, and later moved to Prince George County, and died in Sussex County. He m. (2nd) Elizabeth Jones, dau. of James III and Sarah Edmunds Jones of Surry County. Thomas Eldridge, Jr., and Elizabeth Jones Eldridge had children including Aristotle, Howell and Sarah who m. Col. Thomas Edmunds of Brunswick (MB 11/25/1771-28 V 167). After the death of Thomas Eldridge, Jr., Elizabeth Jones Eldridge m. Col. Drury Stith of Brunswick County (she was his second wife). For material on the Eldridges, see 46 V 172 and 267. THE READ CONNECTION MEADE, Vol. II, 28, states that Rev. Clement Read (son of Col., Isaac Read) married " a descendant of Pochontas, ---a Miss Edmunds, of Brunswick --- by whom he had thirteen children". And GOODE 195 states: "Miss Edmunds was a descendant of Pocahontas. Thomas Eldridge, according to Mr. Brock, m. Martha Bolling (b. 1713, d. Oct. 23, 1749). Their eldest son, Thomas, m. H. E. Read, and their (italicized) eldest dau., Sarah, m. Col. Thomas. Edmunds". "Miss Edmunds was Clarissa, daughter of Sarah Eldridge and her husband, Col. Thomas Edmunds, and MEADE and GOODE were apparently laboring under the impression that Sarah Eldridge was the daughter (granddaughter?) of Pocahontas- descendant Martha Bolling (1713-10/23/1749), the first wife of Thomas Eldridge, Jr. However, ROUSE 336,m shows quite conclusively that Sarah Eldridge "who married 1771 Capt. Thomas Edmunds", and who was born in 1754 (several years after the death of Martha Bolling Eldridge), was the daughter of Thomas Eldridge, Jr.'s second wife, Elizabeth Jones, who was not a descendant of Pocahontas. 51 Thomas Eldridge III (1730's- ) who probably moved to Goochland County, m. Winifred Jones Miller, dau. of William Miller, Sheriff of Goochland County in 1741, and his wife, Mary Heath Miller, dau. of Thomas Heath and Winifred Jones Heath, dau. of Robert Jones, Jr., and his wife Sarah Garlington (dau. of Christopher Garlington, Jr., and his wife Margaret). Thomas Heath's mother was Mary Lee, dau. of Capt. William Lee and grand-dau. of Col. Richard Lee NOTE: There is some confusion concerning the wife or wivesof Thomas Eldridge III. One source states that he married, first, Winifred Jones of Goochland County, and that he married, second, in 1776, Winifred Anne Miller Povall, dau. of William Miller and widow of Robert Povall. And GOODE says that he married H. E. Read (see above). 511 Thomas Eldridge IV (Will prob. Madison County, Ala., in 1822) 5111 John Bolling Eldridge 5112 Mary Miller Eldridge 5113 Martha Bolling Eldridge 5114 Winifred Jones Eldridge 5115 Sally Eppes Eldridge 5116 William Miller Eldridge 5117 Elizabeth Susan Eldridge 512 Judith Eldridge (1774-1852), m. 4/3/1794, Henry Cox (1774-1821) of Nottoway County, son of Henry and Ann Harris Cox (Cumberland County MB). Ann Harris Cox was the dau. of Benjamin and Ann Eppes Harris. Henry and Judith Eldridge Cox moved to Madison County, Ala. (Huntsville). 5121 Winifred Miller Cox (1798-1802) 5122 Ann Harris Cox (1800- ), m. 1816, William Stratton Jones (1796-1870), son of Thomas Speck and Prudence Jones Jones of Amelia County (Thomas Speck Jones, a son of Peter Jones of Dinwiddie County, was a Colonel in the Revolution). Willliam Stratton Jones moved to Madison County, Ala., in 1813, and he and his wife moved to Franklin County, Ala., in 1819 5123 Martha Bolling Cox (1803-1818) 5124 Henry Cox, Jr. (1805-1839), m. (1st) Matilda Moore. No issue. m. (2nd) Sarah A. Steward 5125 Thomas Eldridge Cox (1807-1818) 5126 Judith Eldridge Cox (1810-1852), m. John Harris 5127 Vincent P. Cox (1815-1832) 5128 Sarah Eldridge Cox (1815-1819) 513 Winifred Jones Eldridge (1776- ), m. Rev. David Thompson 5131 Judith Bolling Thompson, m. John Gay Bentley (4125) 5132 John Eldridge Thompson, m. Blanche B. 514 John Rolfe Bolling Eldridge (1783-1868), d. Madison County, Ala. (Huntsville), m. Susan Miller (1788-1844) 5141 William Eldridge. Moved to Ohio 5142 John M. Eldridge, m. Frances Powell, dau. of Peyton Powell (Revolutionary soldier) and his wife Elizabeth Biscoe 515 Sarah ("Sally") Eppes Eldridge, m. (1st) Thomas Hill. M. (2nd) George Moseley (Will recorded Madison County, Ala. Child by first husband: 5151 Winifred Jones Thompson Hill, m. (her cousin), John Rolfe Bolling Johnson 5152 George Moseley, Jr. 5153 Joseph Eldridge Moseley 5154 George Miller Moseley 516 Jane Eldridge, m. John Johnson 52 Jenny Eldridge (1740-in the 1800's). Unm. 53 John Bolling Eldridge (4/22/1741- ). unm. 54 Judith Eldridge (3/11/1742*3- ) (twin), m. James Ferguson of "Fairfield", Goochland County (he made his will in 1769 in Amelia County) 541 Maj. James Boswell Ferguson, m. (1st) Jane S. Payne Bolling ( -1806) (widow of Robert Bolling) (126). M. (2nd) Sally Gay (419). For Maj. James Boswell Ferguson's children by Sally Gay, see 419. 419 Sally Gay, m. 1808, Maj. James Boswell Ferguson (541). She was his second wife. 4191 Judith Gay Ferguson (1801-1839), m. John A. Carr, U.S.N., grandson of Martha Jefferson and Dabney Carr 4192 Rebecca Pocahontas Ferguson, m. 10/22/1833, John Meriwether Vaughan, M.D. (1805-1/3/1855), son of Nicholas Meriwether and Ann Randolph Pleasants Vaughan 4193 Maj. James Boswell Ferguson, C.S.A., m. 12/22/1858, Emma Cabell Henry (2/14/1838- ), dau. of Col. John Henry, and grand-dau. of Patrick Henry 4194 Mary Frances (Fanny") Ferguson, b. ca 1818. Unm. 4195 William Gay Ferguson, M. Margaret Bryce, nee Pickett 4196 Robert Ferguson 5411 Jane Elvira Ferguson (4/6/1806-9/8/1898), m. 1827, Peachy R. Grattan (11/7/18019/8/1771), son of Maj. Robert Grattan of Rockingham County and his wife, the former Martha Divers Minor Grattan (or Elizabeth Gilmer Thornton. See LM, p. 174). 5412 Robert Bolling Ferguson. Settled in St. Louis ca. 1840, and died there 5413 (son) 5414 (son) 5415 (son) 5416 (dau) 5417 (dau) 5418 (dau) 542 (son)