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Robert Poythress 1715–1782 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: Jan 1782

Death Location: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Father: Robert Poythress

Mother: Elizabeth *

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Robert Poythress was born in 1715 in Virginia, United States, the child of Robert Poythress And Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke Cooke Cook Cox. Robert Poythress passed away in 1782 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Robert Poythress was born in 1715 in Virginia, United States, the child of Robert Poythress And Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke Cooke Cook Cox.
  • Robert Poythress passed away in 1782 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Robert Poythress's Ancestors

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Robert Poythress
1715–1782
Birth Place: Virginia, United States
Parents
Robert Poythress
1690–1745
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (Pleasants Cocke \ Cooke \ Cook (Cox)) *
1700–1751
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John Poythress
1635–1712
Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA
Christian Peebles
1659–1739
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
James (Powell) Cocke
1666–1721
Curles Neck, Henrico, Virginia Colony
Mary" (Elizabeth") Pleasants
1676–1751
Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Francis Capt
1609–1661
Mary Sloman
1610–1675
Capt. Peebles
1610–1659
Elizabeth Bishop
1634–1810
Thomas Sr
1638–1696
Agnes Powell
1645–1719
John Col
1643–1698
Jane Tucker
1638–1708
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joshua Poythress
1588–1613
SUSAN Peachy
1592–1618
John Sloman
1586–1661
Katherine Eppes
1580–1660
Sir Peibils
1575–1612
Allison Burgess
1579–1616
John Bishop
1608–
Elizabeth Brigden
1608–
Richard Col.
1597–1665
Temperance Bailey
1617–1652
George Powell
1623–1650
John Jr.
1618–1662
Katherine Tucker
1618–1662
John Larcome
1615–1638
Katherine England
1617–1638

Robert Poythress's Timeline

2 Records

1715
1715
Birth of Robert Poythress in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1782
Jan 1782
Age 67
Death of Robert Poythress in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1782
    Event Place: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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