John Poythress - Were they Native?

Hi Polly, as far as I know (which admittedly isn't much), they were not, other than by marriage through the daughter Jane Rolfe whose husband was Lieut. Thomas Rolfe

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1920064

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1920064?origin=crossref&seq=2

"The Poythress Family" by William B. Hall

The William and Mary Quarterly
Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan., 1935), pp. 45-72 (28 pages)
Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1920064?origin=crossref&seq=3

Correction: It's on page 3 (not 2, as linked above).

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/thomas-rolfe/ Neat story by Russell Yost

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