The Washington herald., 1907-04-28
POCAHONTAS AND \ GENEALOGI-
CAL KEY TO HER DESCEND
ANTS-CONCLUDEn

ANTS-CONCLUDED
In giving a brief sketch of Pocahontas.
last week. We stated that she was born
about 1885, died in 1917 IN Gravesend,
England, and ia April, 1913, married John
Rolfe ison OF john Rolfe, Of Heacham.
England, who was born IN 1855, and died
ia 1872, that his son, Thomas Rolfe. who
was born in 1913, married Jane Poythress,
whose daughter. Jane Rolfe. married tH
1915 Col. Robert Boiling. whose only child,
Col John Boiling, had one son and five
daughters. We also gave the genealogical
data relating To the two eldest Of these
children (John and Jane Bolling) and
their children Their third child
III. Elizabeth Boiling was born in
1903 and became the wife OF William Gay.
by whom she had three children: "a WI
liam Gay, who married, first, Francis
Trent. and secondly, Judith Scott %
Elizabeth Gay. who married Thomas
Boiling and 80 Mary Gay, who married
Nell Buchanan, of Eurlck Banks. "a mem
Der Of the Association Of T770. The next
child of Col John Boiling and Jane
Rolfe-
~. Mary Boiling was born in 171I
and married Col. John Fleming of Mount
Pleasant" Va, member Of the House Of
Burgesses and treasurer (son OF Charles
Fleming. and grandson OF Sir Thomas
Fleming. son of Sir John Fleming
first Earl OF Wigton, Scotland, who was
born In 1851. and died November Z, 1866.
Issue: % Thomas Fleming. a captain in
Col. William Byrds Second Virginia Reg
imeut in 1858, colonel or the Ninth Viz
ginia Regiment in the Revolution. and
was killed in the battle OF Princeton, jan
nary j. az. He married q Mss Ran
dolph ~ John Fleming. major IN the
Revolutionary army and was killed in the
battle OF White Plains. He never married.
I'D William Fleming born July G. 1875. and
died February t. 1924. He was member
Of the House of Burgesses from CumbeE
land County member of the Virginia Con-
Yentions Of 1116 and I17S and was Oh the
Independence committee OF IU6: county
lieutenant Of PoWhatau County in 1776.
member Of the House OF Delegates Of the
old Congress- of the General Court Of
Virginia. November =. 1870. Of the Court
of Appeals, December q, lsSSi and presi-
dent of the court 1s29-l82i. He married
Elizabeth Champe, daughter Of Col. John
Champe. of King George County, Va. 90
Charles Fleming. captain of the Seventh
Virginia Regiment. and lieutenant colonel
IN the State Line. (D Mary Fleming. who
married William Bernard 90 Caroline
Fleming. who married James Deane. The
next child of Col. John Boiling and Jane
Rolfe-
y. Martha boiling was born in 1713.
and died October ., l79 In I1g7 she mar
ried Thomas Eldridge. who died December
T. l74 and by whom she had I'VE chill
dren; 90 Jenny Eldridge who was born
about 1910. % R0lfe Eldridge. Of Sub
poeua. who was born December o 1874.
was clerk of Buckingham County. and
married Susan Everard Walker go Mary
EIdFidge twin. born March II. 1928
and married Thomas Branch. tO Judith
Eidridge ltwinl. who was born March IL.
UfZ-s3, and married James Furguson. ca
Martha Eldridge, who married John Har-
ris. Of England. The remaining child Of
Col. John Boiling and Jane ROife-
VI. Anne Boiling married James Muir
ray. and had six children. % William
Murray. who was born May g. 1753. mar
ried Rebecca Boiling, and died in 1915.
- John Murray, who was born I'm 1744
and married Susan Yates. 80 Anne Muir
ray, who was born August 80, 1876. and
married Neil Buchanan. cd Margaret (or
Peggy Murray, who was born February
s. f74S. and married Thomas Gordon 90
Mary Murray. who was born I'm 1854. and
died ia lSe3. She married. first. Alexander
Gordon, and. secondly Col William Da-
vies, 90 James Murray, who was born
IN I7B, and married Martha Ward.
We have thus given i've generations of
the descendants of Pocahoutas. sufficient
20 wEet the appetites Of those who may
have sufficient leisure. means. and pa-
thence to further pursue the task. and
trace the various lines down 10 the de-
scendants now living. Let no one at
tempt the work, however, before giving
due consideration to our warning that its
successful accomplishment involves the
outlay of an immense sum of money. for
q period covering many years, and that
no one but an experienced geneaiOgist
can by any possibility hope to succeed.
But Il would not be at all impracticahlc
for various individuals 10 pursue separate
lines of the descent. and combine their
lab0rs, under the guidance of an expert
genealogist. in one comprehensive work.
The facts which we have given viii afford
good starting point. and we especially
commend them 10 the attention of certain
branches of the following families, all Of
which are direct descendants of Poca-
hont3s. except in certain cases where the
direct lines nave become extinct. Al
friend, Archer Bentley. Bernard. Bland.
Boiling Branch. Caben. Cauctt. Cary.
cambridge Dixon, Douglas. Duval. Ed
ridge. Elicit, Ferguson, Field. Fleming.
Gay. Gordon Griffin, Grays0n, Harrison.
FFr-f4 lrf1
McRay. Murray, Page. Randolph, Robert
SON. SkipWith. Sanard, TazewelI, Wake,
West. and White
AS far as VIC are now aware. the most
distinguished living descendant of P0ea-
hontas is the Hon Henry St George
Tucker Ii D., president Of the James
town FxDDsftfou