Sorry to contradict, but unless there is another branch of Stiths that I'm unaware of who were descended from Pocahontas, the major part of the Stith family are not descendants. Ann Stith married Robert Bolling, who was the great-grandson of Pocahontas, but their descendants were Bollings, not Stiths. Her Stith family and all their descendants were not descendants. There were several marriages between Stiths and descendants of Pocahontas, but, again, the bulk of the Stith family were not descendants. Which isn't to say they weren't one of the grand old Virginia families. They were. Just not known descendants of Pocahontas. Also, Velma said, in a previous posting: /"Richard RANDOLPH was not my ancestor, but I suspect he was a brother to Mary RANDOLPH, who married my many times great grandfather Capt. John STITH, JR. (ca 1664). Mary's father was Col. William RANDOLPH of Turkey Island, Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1698. William's father was Richard RANDOLPH. I do not have documents to prove all of this."/ According to my sources (Genealogies of Virginia Families V, R-Z, Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs), unless they are wrong, this Mary Randolph, sister to Richard Randolph (and children of William Randolph and Mary Isham of Turkey Island, grandchildren to Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland of Ireland) was married to William Stith, not John Stith. This John Stith (m. Jane) was his (William Stith's) father, and also father to Ann Stith (m Robert Bolling) mentioned above. (William Stith also had a brother, John Stith. Perhaps this is the John Stith, Jr. you refer to above. I do not have any information on who this John Stith married). Descendants of John Stith 1 John Stith .. + Jane unknown m: 1656 . 2 William Stith ..... + Mary Randolph b: Bef. 1681 m: About 1712 ..... 3 William Stith b: 1689 d: September 19, 1755 ......... + Judith Randolph b: About 1716 m: July 13, 1738 ..... 3 John Stith ......... + Elizabeth Anderson ..... *2nd Wife of John Stith: ......... + Mary Fleming ..... 3 Mary Stith b: 1715 d: 1785 ......... + William Dawson m: 1733 . 2 John Stith . 2 Ann Stith ..... + Robert Bolling b: December 26, 1646 d: July 17, 1709 m: 1681 ..... 3 Robert Bolling b: January 26, 1685/86 d: 1749 ......... + Mary Ann Cocke b: 1688 m: About January 27, 1705/06 ..... 3 Stith Bolling b: March 28, 1686 ..... 3 Edward Bolling b: October 1, 1687 d: 1710 ..... 3 Anne Bolling b: July 22, 1690 ......... + Robert Wynne b: 1685 ..... 3 Drury Bolling b: June 21, 1695 d: 1726 ......... + Elizabeth Merriwether b: 1699 ..... 3 Thomas Bolling b: March 30, 1698 ..... 3 Agnes Bolling b: November 30, 1700 d: 1762 ......... + Richard Kennon b: 1690 ..... 3 Mary Molly Bolling b: 1702 ......... + Andrew Baker b: 1692 . 2 Drury Stith ..... + Susannah Bathurst Drema http://genealogy.drema.com Edwin "Tex" Irvin wrote: > To Velma: You should be proud of your descent. Your family is about as old as it gets in Virginia. The Stith's married into the Bollings and Randolphs. They descended through Jane Rolfe, the granddaughter of John Rolfe and Rebecca Rolfe. (Pocahontas). You can't get much farther back than that. The Roosevelts claim descent from these folks. My Scotch-Irish did not show up until the late 1720's, a hundred years later. On a seperate issue: A friend of mine and serious researcher signed up for this forum two weeks ago, and has yet to receive anything. He has much to offer. If anyone knows the administrator, ask them about it. I suspect it is one of those automatic response programs. My friend's name is Davis Reese. Edwin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >