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@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. ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Genealogy Research Web www.poythress.net

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@satx.rr.com> To: <POYTHRESS-L@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@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. > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. To learn more about > Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >

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@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@satx.rr.com> To: <POYTHRESS-L@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@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. > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. To learn more about > Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Genealogy Research Web www.poythress.net

Pardon me for puttin in my two cents, I have a large emount of info on the Wynne's which seems to run along with what you have listed, have some on the Poythress, not a large amount, but what I have have also runs along with your data. would like to exchange info. Reginia White Winn reginia@wt.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deloris Riley" <delorisriley@satx.rr.com> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:11 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@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. > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. To learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >