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John Poythress (abt. 1635 - abt. 1704)

John Poythress
Born about in Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married before 18 Dec 1688 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 69 in Prince George County, Virginia, American Colonymap
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John Poythress was a Virginia colonist.

John, son of Francis and Mary Poythress, married Christian Peebles, daughter of David and Elspeth (Mackie) Peebles, before 18 December 1688.[1]

John and Christian's children were:[2]

  1. Joshua
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Christian
  4. David
  5. William
  6. John
  7. Peter
  8. Robert

John Poythress, "of Deep Bottom in Prince George County," Virginia died before 1712 (when his estate was settled). He left land to "his son, Robert Poythress, also of Prince George, who died in 1743 [and] to his son, David Poythress (being derived from 350 acres John Poythress patented here in 1701...and on the adjoining 250 acres David Poythress had patented in 1723." David sold both his inherited land and patented land to his brother Robert in 1735.[3]

1712 Last Will & Testament

"Att a Court held for Prince George County ye 11th December 1712.
"The next before Written last Will & Testament of Mr. John Poythres decd. was Proved in Open Court by the Oathes of Jno. Winningham, Peter Leigth & William Standback Wittnesses Thereto & a Probt. Thereof granted Johne Poythres Exr. & Christian Poythres his relict & Exx. named Therein & Att Their motion The same is admitted to record."[4]
  • Wife Christian (executor)
  • Sons John (executor), Francis, David, Joshua, Robert, William, Peter
  • Daughters Eleva [Elizabeth], Christian, Mary Woodleif
  • Grandson Francis (son of Francis)
  • "Brothers Thomas and Joshua Wynne" [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Peebles Family," Chapter 15 (research by Lou Poole).
  2. ↑ Batte Chart, Poythress Chart A, by researcher Robert Bolling Batte, Compiled by Lyn P. Baird (accessed August 27, 2015). Note: See changes made to this profile 2 May 2021 for other URLs. The original one went away and was not captured by the WayBack Machine. The link just given is what was previously referenced but not found until now (2021).
  3. ↑ Sussex County, Virginia: A Heritage Recalled by the Land, by Gary M. Williams (2012)
  4. ↑ "The Poythress Family," Chapter 12 (accessed 19 October 2021), includes a transcript of his will (and lots of additional information). Previously posted by the "Poythress Surname Genealogy Research" website on a University of Minnesota server, it is now found on the Poythress Surname History website (poythress.org).
  5. ↑ Last Will and Testament of John Poythress, 1712 (Prince George County wills) published in The Southside Virginian vol.IX no.4 page 153 transcribed by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis - link.

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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
added US Southern Colonies Project as manager. This profile had been PPP/managed by the Virginia Project. I can see removing PPP, but I still think that it needs to be a project-managed profile. (Or removed from the project's watchlist completely - US Southern Colonies Project had only been added to the trusted list.)
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
some pages from the Poythress Surname site were captured by archive.org's WayBack Machine - if you hit a "page not found", try the url there: https://archive.org

The new Poythress site does not appear to present the info in the same way as the old site, so it's difficult to find the similar info, but worth looking: https://poythress.org/

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
update: merges of Poythress-109 and Poythress-122 have been completed

Poythress-109 and Poythress-8 appear to represent the same person because: John son of Francis the immigrant. See Poythress-122 for sources. Just a few more merges, and I think we'll have the early John Poythress profiles sorted in WikiTree.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi! The John who was the son of the immigrant Francis & his wife Mary was born before 1635 & died "after 1694" by one source, 1704 by another, and his estate was settled December 1712.

The easiest fix is to change his dates and propose a merge with Poythress-8, if that's ok.

Let me know if you'd rather a different fix, otherwise, I'll change the dates & propose the merge.

Thanks, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Poythress-122 and Poythress-8 appear to represent the same person because: Hi! These are the same person. The will was proved in December 1712. Text at http://www.tc.umn.edu/~timsx001/lpoole.html (which also has a transcript of the [undated] will naming wife Christian, son Joshua, among others) includes the observation " At the time of the 1704 rent roll, this John Poythress and none of his sons are listed. It would appear that this John Poythress had died about that time and the estate had not yet been settled." So John died between 1704 & 1712, which resolves why these were set as an unmerged match. Please merge (finally :D). Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Could you take a look at Poythress-122 also? The source I cited (Williams' Sussex County, Virginia book) says John named his step-brothers Thomas and Joshua Wynne as his executors of his 1712 will (and info about Thomas is clear it's Wynne-1). Do you have a source for the 1704/Jamestown death? Thanks! Liz
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Poythress-102 and Poythress-8 appear to represent the same person because: they're siblings, married to the same woman. Please merge if you agree they're the same person. Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
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Jeanne

Could you request the merger of John Poythress again. I can not find it to compare.

Dewey

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Rejected matches › Joshua Poythress (abt.1587-1613) › John Poythress (-1818)

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