They descended before that in the 1600s from VA, many colonial Pettypoole/Poole/etc. Many spellings, but all of the Poole family from the Colonial America started as Pettipool/Pettypool which ever spelling. They lived in many of the early "counties" in VA way back in the mid 1600s from London cty, England. I am a direct descendant of about 14 generations. I'm only one of many direct descendants of the colonial Pettypools. There are many researchers of this family. Mine went from VA>NC>upper SC. Judy