John is the second son of Captain Francis Poythress and his descendants seem to have been the most documented of the two Poythress brothers of the second generation. He seems to have provided his sons with property both in Prince George County and in Surry County but his sons, seemed to almost always address themselves as "of Prince George County." As to Bon Accord, Lou Poole has addressed this property extensively on the Poythress website. It is still quite tricky to determine locations and boundaries on the very old documents. It is interesting to note in the court record that John "administered physick to Edward Foster." As usual, I have tried to eliminate as many typographical mistakes and other problems in the material as possible but I am sure some still exist. The Second Generation: Mr. John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, in Prince George County R. Bolling Batte on John Poythress [2 John Poythress m. Christian Peebles, daughter of David and Elizabeth ( ) Peebles. In 1661, Edward Hill deeded 50 acres in Charles City County, adj. Capt. Robert Wynne, to John Poythress, "son of Captain Francis Poythress, dec'd." 22 Elizabeth Poythress m. (1) John Fitzgerald, who died around 1736. Among her Fitzgerald children were: A- Francis Fitzgerald who married (1) Mary Epes 122 125, and B-Elizabeth Fitzgerald who m. Archibald Robertson and was the mother of the wife of Joshua Poythress 211 1. Elizabeth (Poythress) Fitzgerald m. (2) Thomas Epes 132 3, who died in Pr. Geo. in 1743. There are many descendants of this second marriage, especially through Mary Epes 132 31, who m. Col. David Mason of Sussex. 23 Christian Poythress. The only knowledge we have of her existence was her appearance as a witness on the 1740 will of Joshua Poythress 21. Presumably she was his sister. 1740 seems much too late for the signature to be that of Christian (Peebles) Poythress, their mother.] [2. John Poythress (Mary ______1) was born BET 1629 AND 1635 in [(P_1) B], and died AFT 1694 in ~ Virginia. He married Christian Peebles, daughter of David Peebles and Elizabeth ______. She was born BET 1628 AND 1650, and died AFT 1694 in Probably Charles City, VA. Children of John Poythress and Christian Peebles are: + 10 i. John Poythress was born ABT 1664 in VA [(P_1) BF], and died AFT 1726. + 11 ii. David Poythress was born in VA [(P_1) BD], and died ABT 1739. 12 iii. Christian Poythress was born in VA (P_1) [BC]. + 13 iv. Joshua Poythress was born BEF 1689 in VA of "Flower de Hundred" [(P_1) BA] Also of "High Peaks", and died 1739 in Prince George County VA. + 14 v. Elizabeth Poythress was born BEF 1690 in ~Virginia. + 15 vi. Peter Poythress was born ABT 1690 in VA [(P_1) BG][ also 142 C]"Flowerdew Hundred". + 16 vii. Robert Poythress was born 1690 in ~Virginia [(P_1) BH], and died ABT 1747 in ~ Virginia, will in 1743. + 17 viii. William Poythress was born 1694 in Charles City County, VA [(P_1) BE], and died 18 JAN 1763 in Dinwiddie County, VA.] [14. Elizabeth Poythress (John Poythress2, Mary ______1) was born BEF 1690 in ~Virginia. She married John Fitzgerald. He was born BEF 1715, and died AFT 1772 in Prince George County. She married Thomas Epes in This marriage is in doubt, but on Chart A and FitzgeraldA, Card 64., son of John Epes and ______. He was born in [(E_1) 132 3] See source notes of question about this marriage., and died 1743 in Prince George Co. VA; Children are given on his card.. He was buried in Elizabeth Erased from his card.. Children of Elizabeth Poythress and John Fitzgerald are: + 44 i. Elizabeth Fitzgerald was born AFT 1715 in Prince George County, VA [(P_1) BBC]. + 45 ii. William Fitzgerald was born ABT 1730 in Prince George County, VA, and died 1771 in "Leinster" Nottoway County (then Amelia), VA. + 46 iii. Francis Fitzgerald was born BEF 1770 in of "The Castle" at Nottoway, VA [(P_1) BBB]. Children of Elizabeth Poythress and Thomas Epes are: 47 i. Thomas Epes was born in [Mother given in doubt]. + 48 ii. Mary Epes was born BEF 1736 in [(E_1) 132 31] [Mother given in doubt].] Family John Poythress was born about 1640, in Charles City County, the son of Captain Francis Poythress and Mary (Sloman?). He married Christian Peebles, the daughter of David Peebles and Elizabeth Bishop. Their children were (1) John (c. 1672-aft. 5/27/1726), who married Mary Batte, the daughter of Henry Batte and Mary Lound; (2) Peter (c. 1674-bef. 2/1763), who married Mrs. Anne Jones Baker, possibly the daughter of Henry and Catherine Jones; (3) Francis (c. 1675-bef. 3/1738), who married Hannah Poythress, possibly the daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft and Elizabeth Hamlin; (4) Mary (c. 1678-), who married John Woodlief, the son of John Woodlief and Mary Wynne; (5) Christian (c. 1680-), who may have married John Ivey, the son of Adam and Elizabeth Ivey; (6) David (c. 1685-bef. 4/8/1740); (7) Joshua (c. 1688-bef. 4/8/1741), who probably married a daughter of John Hardyman and Mary Epes; (8) Robert Poythress (1690-bef. 9/13/1743), who married Elizabeth (Cocke?), the daughter of James Cocke and Elizabeth Pleasants; (9) William (1694-1/18/1763), who married Sarah Epes, the daughter of Francis Epes and Anne Isham; (10) Elizabeth (c. 1696-), who married (1) John Fitzgerald and (2) Thomas Epes, the son of John Epes. John Poythress died before December 11, 1712. Civic Activities In March, 1662, Captain Robert Wynne and Captain John Epes were involved in settling the boundary between Westover parish and Martin's Brandon parish. In May, 1665, in Charles City County, John Poythress was a juryman in the case of baby, Katherine Lanier, the daughter of John Lanier. The other jurymen were Thomas Holford, Richard Dodd, Thomas T. Cureton, James Blamore, Thomas T. Chappell, Thomas T. Douglas, Robert Abernathy, Byron Connell, Edward Amas, Thomas Parham, Robert R. Godwin and Parcevall Barton. On September 14, 1677, at Westover court, action was taken against a number of men for trespassing at Captain Arthur Allen's plantation, as Allen had been removed from his home by the rebels during Bacon's rebellion. Among the jury, was Mr. John Poythress, and Mr. Richard Pace. The action was withdrawn. On February 4, 1689, at Westover court, administration was granted Sarah Wallace, the relict of John Wallace, on his estate. Mr. James Munford, John and ---- Woodlief and John Poythress were to value the estate. On August 3, 1691, at Westover court, George Woodlief and John Poythress were assigned to value what goods Mr. John Hardiman had attached belonging to the estate of George Taylor and return to the next court. John Hardyman (-1711) was the husband of Mary Epes (1666-aft. 1726), the daughter of Francis Epes and Elizabeth (Littlebury). On June 4, 1694, at Westover court, Joseph Perry brought action against Thomas Harrison for defamatory words, in the amount of £10,000 tobacco damages. A jury was empaneled that included John Poythress. The jury found for the defendant. On August 3, 1694, at Westover court, in the case of William Harrison versus William Wiggins, a jury was sworn that included John Poythress. The parties agreed on a settlement in the presence of the jury. John Hardiman was the foreman of the jury. On November 9, 1694, at Westover court, John Poythress was impaneled on a jury in the case of John King versus William Walker. Prince George County was formed from the part of Charles City County that lay on the south side of the James River. The Virginia General Assembly authorized the formation of the county in 1702, but it was not completely organized until July, 1703. Queen Anne had ascended to the English throne, in 1702, and the new county was named to honor her husband, Prince George, of Denmark. There were three parishes in the new county, Westover, Weyanoke and Bristol. Court Cases On April 4, 1689, judgement was granted John Poythress against the estate of Edward Foster, for 902 pounds of tobacco, for "physick administered said Foster." Property: Land In April, 1661, in Charles City County, Colonel Edward Hill, Esquire, a justice of the Charles City County court, gave John Poythress, the son of Frances Poythress, deceased, fifty acres at Jordan's adjacent to land occupied by Captain Robert Wynne. On September 20, 1699, in Surry County, John Poythress claimed 350 acres of land by seating it. It was therefore ordered that the Surveyor of the County survey and lay out the land for him sometime after the sixth day of the next General Court. John was to produce "such rights as shall bee allowed by the Honorable General Court and that the Survey thereof be returned on the first Tuesday in April next." From the same period of Surry County court records, John Poythress was involved in the following case. William Hunt returned a survey of 4,342 acres which did not agree with a former survey by which he obtained an order from the court for surveying 3,200 acres. He affirmed that he had entered for a greater quantity than the survey now expressed. It was therefore referred to the fourth day of the next meeting, which was to be September 4th, at which time "he may be enabled to produce the said entry which may manifest his right thereto." On October 24, 1701, in Charles City County, John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, was granted 350 acres on the north side of the Nottaway River on the upward end of Umatora Old Fields running along the head line of a tract of 950 acres of land taken up and patented by Hugh Lee, Jr., and by him sold to William Jones, Sr., Robert Hix, Thomas Taylor, Sr., and John Roberts, to a fork of the Myory branch that parts Umatora Old Fields, to the Indian Swamp. According to Dr. Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., this deed referred to John Poythress, of Deep Bottom, the son of Captain Francis Poythress. This land was later willed to his son, Robert Poythress, on December 11, 1712. According to the above grants, John Poythress held 400 acres of land, but we know that he held more than this by the time of his Will that was proved December 11, 1712. According to his Will, he possessed 300 acres at Tunnatorah that he left to his son, David, and 300 acres at Monkasoneck that he left to his son, Joshua. We know that he left the 350 acres at the Indian Swamp to his son, Robert. He stated, in his Will, that he was leaving the land and plantation that he lived on to his son, Francis. If he left an equivalent amount of land to his son, Francis, it would signify that he owned at least 1,250 acres of land. He had evidently taken care of his sons, John and Peter, and may have left instructions with John and Peter to take care of his youngest son, William. He also named twenty-five slaves and one servant in his Will. Adjoining and Pertinent Property On June 14, 1665, Mr. John Drayton (Jr.) was granted 150 acres, in Charles City County, lying on Powell's Creek and Reedy Swamp bounded on the south and the west by Mr. David Peoples, on the east by the woods and on the north by Reedy Swamp, the land having been formerly granted to James Ward by a patent dated June 7, 1651, and by James Ward assigned and set over to Mrs. Elizabeth Peoples January 12, 1658, and now due unto the said Mr. John Drayton as marrying the said Elizabeth. John Drayton married Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop Peebles, the widow of David Peebles (c. 1610-1657) about 1657. She was the mother of Christian Peebles who married John Poythress about 1672. On February 4, 1678, Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop Peebles Drayton was given administration on John Drayton's estate. On June 3, 1679, she sold to Adam Tapley land that included at least some of this tract. The land adjoining the eastern boundary of this property was patented by Simon Simons, whose granddaughter, Mary, married Thomas Busby. On April 26, 1688, Thomas Busby was granted 539 acres, in Charles City County, on the south side of the James River, partly in Weyanoke parish, and partly in Westover parish, on a branch of Powell's Creek called the Reedy Bottom branch, that included the 359 acres that had been possessed by Simon Simons, and the 150 acres, which were the deserted lands of James Ward, deceased, land that had passed to Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop Peebles Drayton. This property adjoined William Harrison, John Hobbs and John Poythress. On December 18, 1688, at Westover court, John Poythress "as marrying Christian, daughter of Elizabeth Peebles," brought a suit against Thomas Busby for infringement on his land. The case was continued to the next court date as James Wallace was sick and could not attend. Robert Bolling and John Taylor were to take Wallace's oath and report to the next court. On February 4, 1689, the suit of John Poythress, as marrying Christian, the daughter of Elizabeth Peebles, versus Thomas Busby, was continued to the next court date and on April 4, 1689, the case was continued again to the next court date. On August 5, 1689, at Westover court, the case of John Poythress, as marrying the daughter of Elizabeth Peebles, against Thomas Busby, was "let fall in court" and he "avers that the land claimed by him is in a plat drawn by Mr. James Minge called Bonnicord Plat." It is believed that Bon Accord passed to the Poythress family through John Poythress' marriage and his possible purchase of additional land. On October 24, 1702, a patent was issued to Thomas Wynne for 200 acres, in Charles City County, on the south side of Jones Hole Swamp and on the north side of the Nottoway River adjoining the land of Hugh Lee, Jr., that was in the possession of William Jones, Robert Hix and John Roberts. This land would have been close to the land belonging to his half-brother, John Poythress. Court Cases On November 2, 1683, in Henrico County, John Poythress and Henry Printall witnessed an indenture between Jeremiah Chaplin and Edward Hatcher, John Milner and Michael Turpin. Hatcher, Milner and Turpin assigned their interest over to Edmund Belsher. When this agreement was registered on February 1, 1686, it was witnessed by Stephen Cocke, Gilbert Elam and Michael Turpin. In 1694, Indians were still a problem for the colonists. William Hatcher had related to William Puckett and Thomas Jefferson that Mrs. Bannister, the wife of Stephen Cocke, and nine other people were hung to tenter hooks by Indians, and that Jack Come Last, an Indian that belonged to Mr. Peter Jones, was drawn and quartered and thrown among them and Mr. Stephen Cocke and Mr. Jones had gone aboard a vessel in the river. This story proved false and Edward Hatcher was summonsed before the court justices and tried for spreading false alarms. John Poythress' Will 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. In June, 1717, in Prince George County, in the suit in Chancery brought by Charles Anderson against John Poythress and Henry Offley, neither party appearing, the case was dismissed. However, in another entry, Charles Anderson, having filed a Bill in Chancery against John Poythress, executor of John Poythress, deceased, and Henry Offley, late of London, Merchant, it was ordered that a summons be issued against the said John Poythress and Henry Offley to appear at the next court and answer the said charges. Under the date of July 9, 1717, in Prince George County, was an identical entry to the text above, regarding Charles Anderson. (It is speculated that the court took action in July identical to that taken in June, and the clerk, seeing no point in re-composing the entries, simply duplicated them). August 13, 1717, in Prince George County, the suit in Chancery brought by Charles Anderson against Henry Offley, late of London, Merchant and John Poythress, surviving executor of the last Will and testament of John Poythress, deceased. Thomas Simmons, sub-Sheriff, took oath to the service of the Writ and charged Poythress and he failing to appear, an attachment was granted the complainant against the body of the said Poythress returnable to the next court and it was ordered that the said summons was also against the said Offley returnable to the next court. September 10, 1717, in Prince George County, in the case of Charles Anderson versus Henry Offley, late of London, Merchant, and John Poythress, executor of John Poythress, deceased, John Poythress appeared and said that he had in his hands money enough of Offley's to pay the plaintiff £19/1/3, and that he would pay. December 11, 1717, in Prince George County, in the chancery suit of Walter Vernon versus John Poythress, surviving executor of the Will of John Poythress, deceased, the defendant appeared and was granted time to answer. March 11, 1718, in Prince George County, in the suit of chancery of Walter Vernon versus John Poythress, the surviving executor of John Poythress, deceased, the plaintiff had until the next court to file a reply to the defendant's answer. January 13, 1719, in Prince George County, the entry was identical to the text above regarding Charles Anderson on July 9, 1717.