I have listed only two daughters for Joshua and Elizabeth Robertson Poythress. Elizabeth Robertson Poythress was the daughter of Archibald Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was the daughter of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress. Elizabeth Poythress was the daughter of John Poythress and Christian Peebles. The number of women in the Poythress family and associated families can cause as much confusion as the many men in the family named Francis, John and William. The Fifth Generation: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress, Jr. [211 1 Joshua Poythress (- 1794), m. Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. Joshua and his wife were second cousins. They lived and died at Flowerdew Hundred and both were there buried. She died 7 September 1787. 211 11 Elizabeth Poythress. Shown as a child of Joshua and Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress in the notes on the Robertson family made by Gov. Wyndham Robertson. Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress was the governor's aunt. He certainly would have had personal knowledge of her children. Several printed accounts of the Cocke and Poythress families state that James Cocke, son of Benjamin, married Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of Joshua, without identifying the Joshua, and that they had a daughter Elizabeth Cocke who married Jacob Hoffman. As to this last couple there can be no doubt. In 1955 I ran across a monument in the cemetery in Leesburg inscribed: "In memory of Jacob Hoffman/and his wife/ Elizabeth Cocke/and their children/erected by their grand-daughter/1928." If the mother of this Elizabeth Cocke had indeed been the daughter of any Joshua Poythress at all she would have to have been the daughter of Joshua 211 1. She could not possibly been the daughter of Joshua 211 and Mary Short, for their daughter Elizabeth (as we shall see later) married Simon Fraser in 1775. Elizabeth Poythress who married James Cocke is said to have died in 1800. Tentatively I place her here. [Batte refers to Wyndham Robertson as "Governor." I expect we may assume that this Wyndham Robertson (or one of his descendants) is the author of "Pocahontas and her Descendants."] 211 12 Mary Poythress. Shown in the notes of Gov. Wyndham Robertson. Probably died young. 211 13 Susanna Peachy Poythress (1785 - 1815), m. 1804 John Vaughn Willcox (11 Aug 1779 Charles City - 23 Nov 1863 Flowerdew Hundred, Pr. Geo.) John Vaughn Willcox was very wealthy; a very large holder of Confederate Bonds. He acquired by purchase the several parcels comprising the original Flowerdew Hundred tract, including the original 300 acres that had been given by John Hardyman in 1725 to his wife's great grandfather Joshua Poythress 21. John Vaughn Willcox was buried in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg. Susanna Peachy (Poythress) Willcox was buried at Flowerdew Hundred where a tombstone marked her grave until 1864 when the yankees destroyed it along with all other Poythress monuments that were then there.] Family Joshua Poythress, Jr., was born about 1751, the son of Joshua Poythress and Mary Short. He married Elizabeth Robertson, the daughter of Archibald Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Their children were (1) Mary (probably died young), and (2) Susanna Peachy (1785-1815), who married John Vaughn Willcox. Joshua died in 1794, in Prince George County, Virginia. Professional Life In 1779, the U. S. Treasury offered to exchange new bills for presumably counterfeit old paper money. Many Virginians made this exchange, in whole or in part, to the Virginia Continental Loan office in 1779 and 1780. The exchange could be for new money, applied to loans, or applied to taxes. The records of exchangers and the amount exchanged provided a short proxy census of Virginia in 1779: Name County Entry # Amt. Deposited Poythress, William Prince George 1019 $120 Poythress, Peter Prince George 1262 $311 Poythress, Joshua Prince George 1500 $484 Poythress, Thomas Brunswick 3765 $38 On April 24, 1779, in the Virginia Gazette, "Wanted a Skipper for a country craft. Such a person well recommended for sobriety and diligence, will meet with great encouragement by applying to the subscriber at Flower de Hundred. Joshua Poythress, Jr." On April 24, 1779, "taken from a negro belonging to one of the subscribers craft, who says it was left on board by a sailor belonging to one of the country vessels, a musket with an iron ramrod, branded Virg. on the butt. The owner may have it by applying as above." On April 1, 1789, in Prince George County, accounts of the estate of Joel Sturdivant by John Sturdivant, Sr., executor. Names, among many, Francis Poythress and Joseph Poythress. Property: Personal Property and Land On June 16, 1774, in the Virginia Gazette, Joshua Poythress, Jr., advertised £5 reward for runaway indentured servant Benjamin Parrot. Whoever "secures the said servant, so that I get him again, shall have £3 or if delivered to me at Flower de Hundred, the above reward." On February 10, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, "to be sold at Blandford, on Friday, the 1st of March next, to the highest bidders, eleven valuable negro fellows, among whom is a very good ship carpenter. Also two schooner flats, one 85, the other 70 hogsheads burthen, with their boats, and two smaller flats burthen 35 and 32 hogsheads. Six months credit will be allowed to the purchasers, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to Thomas Crawford, Joshua Poythress, Jr." On March 13, 1776, in the Virginia Gazette, Thomas Crawford and Joshua Poythress, Jr., advertised for a sale on April 8, three fellows, two schooner flats, etc. In 1782, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 266 + 200 =) 870 acres. In 1783, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (400 + 200 =) 600 acres, 270 acres less than in 1782. In 1785, in Prince George County, alterations made by transfer of land, recorded by Peter Epes; from Joshua Poythress to Simon Frazer, 366 acres. In 1787, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (400 + 200 =) 600 acres. In 1788, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1789, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1790, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1791, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1792, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1793, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1794, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1795, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1796, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1797, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1798, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1799, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. In 1800, in Prince George County, land taxes were paid by the estate of Joshua Poythress, on (404 + 200 =) 604 acres. Adjoining Property On January 17, 1788, in Sussex County, Abraham Parham, Sr., of Sussex County, to Abraham Parham, Jr., of the same, 170 acres, on the north side of Mockerson Neck Creek, adjoining Robert Parham, Stith Parham, John Leath, Joshua Poythress, Whotleberry Branch and William Burge. The witnesses, Joel Hall, Abraham Haddon, Thomas Haddon Parham and William Burge. Family Estates On February 30, 1787, in Prince George County, settlement of the estate of Alexander Robertson. [Note: this was a very complex document with numerous columns, headings and subheadings]. Sums due to various persons, among others: cash to John Poythress, cash to Joshua Poythress, to Ann Poythress Morrison: £545, 12 slaves, several houses, plantation items. June, 1783 (date written?). The witnesses were Joshua Poythress, Richard Bland and Elizabeth Blair Bland. Joshua Poythress (1751-1794) was the son of Joshua Poythress and Mary Short. Richard Bland (1762-1806) was married to Susanna Poythress (1769-1839), daughter of Peter Poythress and Elizabeth Bland. After Joshua Poythress' Death In February, 1802, in Prince George County, Archibald Robertson, administrator, of Joshua Poythress versus Ro. Goode, executor of Anne [Poythress] Morrison, John Baird, Nathaniel Wyche, administrator, of Alexander Belches, Thomas Gordon, Ebenezer Maitland, Charles Duncan, executor of Ro. Boyd, William Cole, Sheriff, of Prince George County.

Michael Tutor <badbichon@earthlink.net> wrote: I have listed only two daughters for Joshua and Elizabeth Robertson Poythress. Elizabeth Robertson Poythress was the daughter of Archibald Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was the daughter of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress. Elizabeth Poythress was the daughter of John Poythress and Christian Peebles. The number of women in the Poythress family and associated families can cause as much confusion as the many men in the family named Francis, John and William. The Fifth Generation: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress, Jr. [211 1 Joshua Poythress (- 1794), m. Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. Joshua and his wife were second cousins. They lived and died at Flowerdew Hundred and both were there buried. She died 7 September 1787. 211 11 Elizabeth Poythress. Shown as a child of Joshua and Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress in the notes on the Robertson family made by Gov. Wyndham Robertson. Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress was the governor's aunt. He certainly would have had personal knowledge of her children. Several printed accounts of the Cocke and Poythress families state that James Cocke, son of Benjamin, married Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of Joshua, without identifying the Joshua, and that they had a daughter Elizabeth Cocke who married Jacob Hoffman. As to this last couple there can be no doubt. In 1955 I ran across a monument in the cemetery in Leesburg inscribed: "In memory of Jacob Hoffman/and his wife/ Elizabeth Cocke/and their children/erected by their grand-daughter/1928." If the mother of this Elizabeth Cocke had indeed been the daughter of any Joshua Poythress at all she would have to have been the daughter of Joshua 211 1. She could not possibly been the daughter of Joshua 211 and Mary Short, for their daughter Elizabeth (as we shall see later) married Simon Fraser in 1775. Elizabeth Poythress who married James Cocke is said to have died in 1800. Tentatively I place her here. [Batte refers to Wyndham Robertson as "Governor." I expect we may assume that this Wyndham Robertson (or one of his descendants) is the author of "Pocahontas and her Descendants."] I haven't doublechecked, but my notes say Batte has Elizabeth as the daughter of Thomas Poythress (b.1677) and Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke. -- Randy Jones --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year.

I grabbed a few quick references that I have posted below. You may or may not conclude as I have. Dorman has written in his new book that he believes that Robert Poythress married Elizabeth Cocke, the daughter of James Cocke and Elizabeth Pleasants. In his earlier works, he quoted Thomas Poythress as Elizabeth Cocke's husband. In Batte's work, Batte had shown Thomas Poythress as the son of the older John Poythress who was the first cousin of John Poythress, Jr. John Poythress, Jr., in his 1724 Will, named Thomas Poythress as his brother. Thomas Poythress owned land adjoining Woodyard. His niece, Elizabeth Poythress Cocke, mentioned Woodyard's in her Will. As to John Poythress, Jr., of the 1724 Will: John Poythress was born about 1681, in Charles City County, the son of Francis Poythress and Rebecca Coggin. He married Mary (Hardyman?) about 1710. Their children were (1) John Poythress (c. 1711-bef. 6/1760); (2) Frances Poythress, (3) Rebecca Poythress, (4) Elizabeth Poythress (c. 1720-bef. 7/1801), who married James Cocke; (5) William Poythress, and (6) Anne Poythress. John Poythress was dead before May 12, 1724. As to Elizabeth Poythress Cocke: July, 1801, in Prince George County, the Will of Elizabeth Cocke, dated 1800. To Elizabeth Cocke, 400 acres, the plantation she bought of Richard Harrison, also 100 acres, adjoining it known by the name of the Woodyard. To James Cocke, the land she inherited "by the death of her brother, John Poythress, called Goodwine, also the land she purchased of John Worthen. To Benjamin Cocke, the remainder of Woodyard after deducting 300 acres devised to her daughter, Elizabeth." (Woodyard was described as being 12 miles east of the Prince George courthouse). As to Doctor James Cocke: November, 1809, Chapter 63, laws of Maryland under the control and direction of the levy court, and by them applied towards defraying the county charges. Passed, January 6, 1810, an Act authorizing Doctor James Cocke to remove certain negroes into the state of Maryland. Whereas the said James Cocke has, by his petition set forth, that in the year 1804, he removed from Virginia to this state, but being then undetermined as to the place of his permanent residence, he did not avail himself of the power he enjoyed under the acts of assembly, to bring into this state, at the time of his said removal, or within 12 months thereafter, certain negroes which he was entitled to, and possessed of, under the last will and testament of his grandfather John Poythress, and his father James Cocke, and has prayed that a law may pass, authorizing him to remove the said negroes, as slaves, from the state of Virginia into the state of Maryland, in the same manner that he could have done at the time of his removal as aforesaid; and the prayer of the said petition appearing reasonable, therefore, be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, that the said James Cocke be and he is hereby authorised and empowered, at any time or times within 12 months after the passage of this act, to remove and bring into this state the said negro slaves, or any of them, and their issue, in the same manner that he might or could have done at the time of his own removal herein, any law to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding, provided the said doctor James Cocke register the said negroes, and their issue, in Baltimore County court, in the same manner as he by law would have been compelled to do had he have brought them into this state within one year after his removal from Virginia as aforesaid, and provided said negroes be of that description allowed by the laws of this state to be removed and brought into this state. The document showed that Dr. James Cocke was the son of James Cocke and the grandson of John Poythress, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Jones" <randyj2222@yahoo.com> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: Re: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred, 5th Generation > > > Michael Tutor <badbichon@earthlink.net> wrote: I have listed only two > daughters for Joshua and Elizabeth Robertson > Poythress. Elizabeth Robertson Poythress was the daughter of Archibald > Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was the daughter > of > John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress. Elizabeth Poythress was the > daughter of John Poythress and Christian Peebles. The number of women in > the > Poythress family and associated families can cause as much confusion as > the > many men in the family named Francis, John and William. > > The Fifth Generation: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred > R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress, Jr. > [211 1 Joshua Poythress (- 1794), m. Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of > Archibald and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. Joshua and his wife were > second cousins. They lived and died at Flowerdew Hundred and both were > there > buried. She died 7 September 1787. > 211 11 Elizabeth Poythress. Shown as a child of Joshua and Elizabeth > (Robertson) Poythress in the notes on the Robertson family made by Gov. > Wyndham Robertson. Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress was the governor's > aunt. > He certainly would have had personal knowledge of her children. Several > printed accounts of the Cocke and Poythress families state that James > Cocke, > son of Benjamin, married Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of Joshua, without > identifying the Joshua, and that they had a daughter Elizabeth Cocke who > married Jacob Hoffman. As to this last couple there can be no doubt. In > 1955 > I ran across a monument in the cemetery in Leesburg inscribed: "In memory > of > Jacob Hoffman/and his wife/ Elizabeth Cocke/and their children/erected by > their grand-daughter/1928." If the mother of this Elizabeth Cocke had > indeed > been the daughter of any Joshua Poythress at all she would have to have > been > the daughter of Joshua 211 1. She could not possibly been the daughter of > Joshua 211 and Mary Short, for their daughter Elizabeth (as we shall see > later) married Simon Fraser in 1775. Elizabeth Poythress who married James > Cocke is said to have died in 1800. Tentatively I place her here. [Batte > refers to Wyndham Robertson as "Governor." I expect we may assume that > this > Wyndham Robertson (or one of his descendants) is the author of "Pocahontas > and her Descendants."] > > I haven't doublechecked, but my notes say Batte has Elizabeth as the > daughter of Thomas Poythress (b.1677) and Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke. > > -- Randy Jones > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >

Thanks for the additional information. I wonder where Dorman got his information? -- Randy Jones Michael Tutor <badbichon@earthlink.net> wrote: I grabbed a few quick references that I have posted below. You may or may not conclude as I have. Dorman has written in his new book that he believes that Robert Poythress married Elizabeth Cocke, the daughter of James Cocke and Elizabeth Pleasants. In his earlier works, he quoted Thomas Poythress as Elizabeth Cocke's husband. In Batte's work, Batte had shown Thomas Poythress as the son of the older John Poythress who was the first cousin of John Poythress, Jr. John Poythress, Jr., in his 1724 Will, named Thomas Poythress as his brother. Thomas Poythress owned land adjoining Woodyard. His niece, Elizabeth Poythress Cocke, mentioned Woodyard's in her Will. As to John Poythress, Jr., of the 1724 Will: John Poythress was born about 1681, in Charles City County, the son of Francis Poythress and Rebecca Coggin. He married Mary (Hardyman?) about 1710. Their children were (1) John Poythress (c. 1711-bef. 6/1760); (2) Frances Poythress, (3) Rebecca Poythress, (4) Elizabeth Poythress (c. 1720-bef. 7/1801), who married James Cocke; (5) William Poythress, and (6) Anne Poythress. John Poythress was dead before May 12, 1724. As to Elizabeth Poythress Cocke: July, 1801, in Prince George County, the Will of Elizabeth Cocke, dated 1800. To Elizabeth Cocke, 400 acres, the plantation she bought of Richard Harrison, also 100 acres, adjoining it known by the name of the Woodyard. To James Cocke, the land she inherited "by the death of her brother, John Poythress, called Goodwine, also the land she purchased of John Worthen. To Benjamin Cocke, the remainder of Woodyard after deducting 300 acres devised to her daughter, Elizabeth." (Woodyard was described as being 12 miles east of the Prince George courthouse). As to Doctor James Cocke: November, 1809, Chapter 63, laws of Maryland under the control and direction of the levy court, and by them applied towards defraying the county charges. Passed, January 6, 1810, an Act authorizing Doctor James Cocke to remove certain negroes into the state of Maryland. Whereas the said James Cocke has, by his petition set forth, that in the year 1804, he removed from Virginia to this state, but being then undetermined as to the place of his permanent residence, he did not avail himself of the power he enjoyed under the acts of assembly, to bring into this state, at the time of his said removal, or within 12 months thereafter, certain negroes which he was entitled to, and possessed of, under the last will and testament of his grandfather John Poythress, and his father James Cocke, and has prayed that a law may pass, authorizing him to remove the said negroes, as slaves, from the state of Virginia into the state of Maryland, in the same manner that he could have done at the time of his removal as aforesaid; and the prayer of the said petition appearing reasonable, therefore, be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, that the said James Cocke be and he is hereby authorised and empowered, at any time or times within 12 months after the passage of this act, to remove and bring into this state the said negro slaves, or any of them, and their issue, in the same manner that he might or could have done at the time of his own removal herein, any law to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding, provided the said doctor James Cocke register the said negroes, and their issue, in Baltimore County court, in the same manner as he by law would have been compelled to do had he have brought them into this state within one year after his removal from Virginia as aforesaid, and provided said negroes be of that description allowed by the laws of this state to be removed and brought into this state. The document showed that Dr. James Cocke was the son of James Cocke and the grandson of John Poythress, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Jones" To: Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: Re: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred, 5th Generation > > > Michael Tutor wrote: I have listed only two > daughters for Joshua and Elizabeth Robertson > Poythress. Elizabeth Robertson Poythress was the daughter of Archibald > Robertson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was the daughter > of > John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Poythress. Elizabeth Poythress was the > daughter of John Poythress and Christian Peebles. The number of women in > the > Poythress family and associated families can cause as much confusion as > the > many men in the family named Francis, John and William. > > The Fifth Generation: Joshua Poythress, Jr., of Flowerdew Hundred > R. Bolling Batte on Joshua Poythress, Jr. > [211 1 Joshua Poythress (- 1794), m. Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of > Archibald and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. Joshua and his wife were > second cousins. They lived and died at Flowerdew Hundred and both were > there > buried. She died 7 September 1787. > 211 11 Elizabeth Poythress. Shown as a child of Joshua and Elizabeth > (Robertson) Poythress in the notes on the Robertson family made by Gov. > Wyndham Robertson. Elizabeth (Robertson) Poythress was the governor's > aunt. > He certainly would have had personal knowledge of her children. Several > printed accounts of the Cocke and Poythress families state that James > Cocke, > son of Benjamin, married Elizabeth Poythress, daughter of Joshua, without > identifying the Joshua, and that they had a daughter Elizabeth Cocke who > married Jacob Hoffman. As to this last couple there can be no doubt. In > 1955 > I ran across a monument in the cemetery in Leesburg inscribed: "In memory > of > Jacob Hoffman/and his wife/ Elizabeth Cocke/and their children/erected by > their grand-daughter/1928." If the mother of this Elizabeth Cocke had > indeed > been the daughter of any Joshua Poythress at all she would have to have > been > the daughter of Joshua 211 1. She could not possibly been the daughter of > Joshua 211 and Mary Short, for their daughter Elizabeth (as we shall see > later) married Simon Fraser in 1775. Elizabeth Poythress who married James > Cocke is said to have died in 1800. Tentatively I place her here. [Batte > refers to Wyndham Robertson as "Governor." I expect we may assume that > this > Wyndham Robertson (or one of his descendants) is the author of "Pocahontas > and her Descendants."] > > I haven't doublechecked, but my notes say Batte has Elizabeth as the > daughter of Thomas Poythress (b.1677) and Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke. > > -- Randy Jones > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Genealogy Research Web www.poythress.net --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less