TO ALL: Ya'll seem to be a very knowlegeable group. I have followed your posts with interest. I am going to explore your thinking a little bit larger. First of all ,I think I am related in some way or ways,Perhapsa you can steer me in the right direction. Let me start with John Baird and Margaret Rookings.John b.ca.1675 d. prior to 15 Sept 1738. md. argaretbca. 1700,lived at Jamestown, James city Co. Va.until ca 1717 when he moved to Chippokes Creek in Prince Geeorge Co. Va.He was a Miller and a Millwright,building dams ,Mills etc.and a gentleman of some substance.He had a son Rook that also built mills etc. His son Benjamin b.ca 1720 md. Sarah Batte Jones, dau. of John Jones.He was also a mill man and a man of some substance.He had a dau. Sarah that md into the wealthy and powerful Speed family. b. ca 1744 md. ca 1766 to john speed Jr. He also had sons John Batte Baird b. ca 1746 md. Jenny Jennings. john Batte had a brother named Alexander Baird who md. Jenny's sister Elizabeth. Now---I believe the Speeds and Poythress's intermarried,and probably the Bairds. Now---Going out on a limb,My Gt. Gd. father is Samuel Baird b. 22 Sept. 1801,his father is Alexander son of John Batte Baird. Now--- I have also noticed there were Blands, Smiths etc. also living near these people, Some later moved to Mechlenberg,and Lunenburg counties then on to North Carolina, S.C and Tn. Back to my samuel, His wife was Matilda Rutledge, Matilda's father was Richard Rutledge and he md. Winifred Patience Elizabeth Bland Smith Dau. of Abner Smith they were md 1774 S.C. and she d. 26 June 1837 at hanging Rock South Carolina.Now--- If you havn't already cut the limb off, I would be most pleased if all who would care to guess, speculate with me or know how any of these pieces of the puzzle fit, I would love to hear from you. Thanks in advance Fred [email protected] 801-373-2150. On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 17:17:53 EDT [email protected] writes: > I do not understand what happen the first time I tryed to send this > to the > list. > > > Elaine, > > I too am a lad of mississippi and yesterday if I had > only knew > you would meantion Col Theodorick Bland b 1740, I could have cleared > up (I > think ) the Poythress word for you. His uncle Col Richard Bland b > 1710 was > married to Anne Poythress. Richard was a member of the first > congress of > America. Both Richard and Theodorick were my cousins, > > Col Bland in his will which I am encloseing for you is safe, > microsoft word. In this will you will see gave to; Col Robert > Bolling of > Petersburg, Benjamin Harrison of Brandon, Peter Epes, Inman Baker, > St. > George Tucker, and Dr. Issac Hall and Griffin Peachy, 2 acres of > land. > William & Mary College I think is the purpose in mind of this? You > read the > will and see what you think. > > If you will note John Randolph almost at the bottom of > the page, > was his nephew, Cpl Bland's > sister, Frances Bland born 1752, the mother of John Randolph. Col > Bland and > his sister Frances Bland were the children of Theodorick Bland born > 1719, > and Francis Bolling. The Richard Bland I spoke of he and his wife > Anne had > a son born 1730, named Richard, he Married Mary Bolling, > ggggranddaughter to > Pocahontas, Mary b 1744 was the daughter of John Bolling Jr . The > Poythress's are many and in this line there are a great amount of > them. > > Elaine , I will enclose eone more attachment,( Thomas Bennett B > 1570), was > the grandfather to both Richard Bland and Theodorick, the reason > why I have > all of this and a lot more is this (Thomas was my Grandfather > also.) > > I also have many Poythress individuals in my > files. > I'm not trying to be show be a show off, these are my people, some > make > crude remarks but being an ex-master parachutist for our uncle, I can > take > it. If you don't need this information, just delete . Richard > Bennett b > 1608, the son of Thomas is the cause of all these Blands and being > here as > his daughter Anne Bennett married Theodorick Bland Sr, b 1626 in > england. > Their son Richard Bland b 1665 and Frances Randolph were the parents > of some > famous children. I have them all. > > Sincerely, Ted Utica, Ms > [email protected] > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 9:11 PM > Subject: Fwd: I need an Interpreter (Please) Oops!! > > > > > > --part1_94.271af288.2a29874c_boundary > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Geneaology Research Web > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.