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Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress 1618–1705 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1618 xx

Birth Location: VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t

Death Date: 1705 xx

Death Location: VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County.

Father: Joshua Poythres

Mother: Hipzibah Peachy

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The story of Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress began in 1618 in VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle PlantationWilliamsburg; Jamestown ceased t. Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress/ passed away in 1705 in VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County..

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  • The story of Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress began in 1618 in VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t.
  • Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress passed away in 1705 in VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County..

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Rebecca Poythress
1618–1705
Birth Place: VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t
Parents
Joshua Francis Poythres
1588–1618
London, Middlesex, England
Hipzibah (Mary Susan) Peachy
1592–1618
London, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lieutenant (William (Willem) de)(Poyers, Poythres, Pothress)) Poythress,
1565–1588
London, London, England
Sarah (Elizabeth) Eppes
1560–1588
Ashford, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert (Poythress)
1540–1565
Elizabeth Cocke
1547–1596
Thomas Eppes
1542–1562
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Poythress
1520–1575
Christiana (Poythress)
1520–1565
Sir Carter
1493–1524
Lady Browne
1500–1548
John Eppes
1513–1544

Rebecca Poythress's Timeline

2 Records

1618
1618 xx
Birth of Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress in VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t
VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t
1705
1705 xx
Age 87
Death of Rebecca (Poyers, Pothress) Poythress in VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County.
VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1618 xx
    Event Place: VERIFIED- Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, America -America's 1st permanent settlement. 1619: first slaves from Africa arrived nearby. 1676: burned in Bacon's Rebellion. 1699: the capital moved to Middle Plantation/Williamsburg; Jamestown ceased t

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1705 xx
    Event Place: VERIFIED- Lower Brandon Plantation (or just Brandon, Brandon Plantation, Martin's Brandon), Charles City County, Virginia, America -On the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County.

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