In a message dated 8/26/01 11:27:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/colonial.gateway?searchtype=subject&conf=01000 > 0++++++++++++++&searcharg=Poythres%2c+Peter+--+1711%2f12%2c+SR+01476%2c+p. > > Nice find, Diana. And there were a couple more hiding under variant > spellings that turned up when I hit the scroll button by mistake: > > Poyethres, Francis # SR 00631 - which is the Poythres-Evans suit as > Lawrence Evans is listed two lines up as the other party in the suit. Al, > is this the one you already have so I don't have to add it to my check list? > > Poythres, Francis Capt. # SR 03718 - Probate for the will of Robert Wynne. > This is obviously Francis Jr. as Robert Wynne married widow Mary Poythres. > While these lists of principles in suits and court "cases" appear to be unrelated and "only" alphabetical, in reality the names are alphabetical relative specifically to the particular "S. R." ( I assume "Search Result"). Therefore, the "other party or parties" involved are often only a couple of lines away on the same page. For example in the Robert Wynne Probate case there are 4 Wynnes on the same page with Capt. Francis Poythres, one of whom is his mother Mary. No way someone would not already have turned up her maiden name via this search (if it's there) but I guess we'll never know until we check it. As my list of stuff to photocopy or transcribe in the LVA grows towards "lifetime" proportions I am casting about for alternatives vs. moving to Richmond. CRAIG ! .......you got a biz to run rather than herding cats. HOWEVER... ..surely you have in your address book a sweet little senior citizen looking to pick up a few easy bucks, most especially a Richmond resident and a Virginia citizen? In this particular "project" the 5 cases have a total of 7 pages to be photocopied. Maybe an additional 4 or 5 pages tops for other names "in the case" although typically they will be on the same pages as the Poythress entries. We can make it nice and easy because we'll have the reference numbers and names all laid out, even the microfilm reel numbers in the cases where its on microfilm. It's easy (and economical) for us because copies made for persons IN the library are free (up to 20 I think it said), our "contract agent" has no out-of-state fee, plus we don't need to get the LVA to mail us those quadruplicate "request forms" by the ream. And library personnel even make the copies for said agent in the case of original documents plus the library has a photocoping machine for microfilm in those instances. Call this one an hour or so worth of work tops, plus postage and some incidental copying fees for the stuff on microfilm reels. This ringing any bells for you, Craig? Maynard

Lisa, Yes, I have the Peter Poythress reference Diana Diamond asked about and have reviewed all of the variant spellings of Poythress found in the Colonial Records Project surveys. As it turns out I just today received a microfilm from the Library of Virginia with several of the documents related to the Evans case. I'm amazed that these documents were in such good shape when they were filmed (1957). Once I've reviewed the current set of letters I'll move along to the second set of documents that detail the specific ships and ship masters involved in the case against Francis Poythress. As for Peter Poythress, this loyalist claim mentions him as a partner of a loyalist who claims that Poythress and their other partner seized his property when he hightailed it back to England. I'd like to get the full record of all these early documents. The LVA did not get reproduction rights when they surveyed these documents in England, so we'd have to get a copyright release before I could publish the image documents to the web. I'm prepared to do this when the time comes. I will scan the 1638 documents and share them with anyone wishing to help with the transcription. As many of you know, reading script from this period is something of an art :-). We have several good documents on the website related to the Wynne connections. I remain of the opinion that a deeper study of the Wynne and Woodlief ties may yield further insight into the origins of Francis Poythress. Finally, we now have PDF versions of the Robert Bolling Batte charts up on the web (in the studies and charts section) courtesy of Diana Diamond. These files are fairly large but when downloaded will provide high quality reproductions. Chart A will need to be printed in landscape mode on legal size paper. Best, Al Tims > > Nice find, Diana. And there were a couple more hiding under variant > > spellings that turned up when I hit the scroll button by mistake: > > > > Poyethres, Francis # SR 00631 - which is the Poythres-Evans suit as > > Lawrence Evans is listed two lines up as the other party in the suit. Al, > > is this the one you already have so I don't have to add it to my check list? > > > > Poythres, Francis Capt. # SR 03718 - Probate for the will of Robert Wynne. > > This is obviously Francis Jr. as Robert Wynne married widow Mary Poythres. > > > > > While these lists of principles in suits and court "cases" appear to be > unrelated and "only" alphabetical, in reality the names are alphabetical > relative specifically to the particular "S. R." ( I assume "Search Result"). > Therefore, the "other party or parties" involved are often only a couple of > lines away on the same page. For example in the Robert Wynne Probate case > there are 4 Wynnes on the same page with Capt. Francis Poythres, one of whom > is his mother Mary. No way someone would not already have turned up her > maiden name via this search (if it's there) but I guess we'll never know > until we check it. > > As my list of stuff to photocopy or transcribe in the LVA grows towards > "lifetime" proportions I am casting about for alternatives vs. moving to > Richmond. > > CRAIG ! .......you got a biz to run rather than herding cats. HOWEVER... > > ..surely you have in your address book a sweet little senior citizen looking > to pick up a few easy bucks, most especially a Richmond resident and a > Virginia citizen? In this particular "project" the 5 cases have a total of > 7 pages to be photocopied. Maybe an additional 4 or 5 pages tops for other > names "in the case" although typically they will be on the same pages as the > Poythress entries. > > We can make it nice and easy because we'll have the reference numbers and > names all laid out, even the microfilm reel numbers in the cases where its on > microfilm. It's easy (and economical) for us because copies made for persons > IN the library are free (up to 20 I think it said), our "contract agent" has > no out-of-state fee, plus we don't need to get the LVA to mail us those > quadruplicate "request forms" by the ream. And library personnel even make > the copies for said agent in the case of original documents plus the library > has a photocoping machine for microfilm in those instances. Call this one an > hour or so worth of work tops, plus postage and some incidental copying fees > for the stuff on microfilm reels. > > This ringing any bells for you, Craig? > > Maynard > > > > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. If you'd like to learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >