The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

Dixon and Elizabeth Peyton, of Mount
Pleasant. who died September ), 1890.
In the SID year of his age. His mem
DRY Will long be cherished by all who
knew him. In him tho widow and
fatherless always found friend. THE
tomb is erected by his daughter. uar-
riet p. Sheldon. in token of her ardent
affections He died in the full hope OF
Joyful resurrection. lie was the last
male descendant of the Dixon family"
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Any information regarding the Noel
family Will be thankfully received by
member OF the ia; .ly, and constant
reader of this paper.
9SS Simpson Street, Bronx, New York
October % 1911.
10 the Editor Of the Genealogical Page
Richmond Times Dispatch:
Dear Madam am so puzzled bv f,
foythress and Pleasant connection The
matter stands this way: l. william
Hale, Bermuda. Va, Flower de Hun
dred' 1858; :. Robert Hale. married
--- Pleasonts; >. William Hale,
married Susanna Poythress, supposed
to be descendant of a Pleasants-o
Joseph. Issue of William Hale and
WIFE Susanna: 1. Thomas Hale; .. Dr..
robert Hale tsurgeon in Revolutlon)
North Carolina; 3. Benjamin Hale: j.
Mrs. Eaton; s. Mrs. Jones.
This connection with Robert Hale
and PlcasAnts must have been eithe.
one of the daughters Of either John
Pleasants or Joseph Peasants (sons OF
John Peasants, the emigraht). Tho
daughters of John were Ann, Jane.
Dorothy and Mary. Ann married Ro-
ger Atkinson; Mary married
"oodson l do not know who Jane
and Dorothy married. think that
Robert Hale married either Martha or
Elizabeth Peasants, daughter of JOS
eph Peasants. hut which one of the
daughters of either John or Joseph
Peasants married Poythress to give
susann-- Poythress to William Hale
(3) as Wife? This marriage was sup
posed to have taken place about 174o.
AS.
Elizabeth Peasants, the sister OF
John and Joseph. and daughter of John
Peasants. the emigrant married James
Cooke. son OF Richard (2) Cooke, OF
Bremo and had u daughter, Elizabeth.
who married Poythress.
think either John Poythress or his SON
The dates would be right In this, but
the name Cooke I should think would
predominant In that case Instead the
name Peasants goes in the third and
fourth generations. The grandsons of
William Hale (son of RoberD were
Pleasant Hale. William Hale had son
Robert. (Dr) Pleasant Hale and daugh-
ter Susanna Poythress. Tho daughter
of DR.. Robert Hale. named Sicily Ann
Hale, married John Agee and had a son
Peasants.
William Hale ts) went to North
Carolina about 1850. and his son, DR..
Robert was surgeon in the Third North
Carolina Regiment during the Rcvolu.
disJointed. lacking dates and namaes
Peter Poythress had son, Peter, when
he was eighteen years old For Jos
eph Pleasants's marriage TO Martha
Cooke there are three different dntcs
-l69s. 1900 and 1890. Still In the
Will of Jane Peasants. 17OS, she men
lions her grandchildren, children OF
Joseph, being John, Joseph. Jnnc, Mar
thu and Elizabeth.
These things are difficult to ut In
do hope that you can suggest some
help that l could avail myself of, eX-
copt taking trip to Virginia U am
not able to do this), or some one who
Is Interested in this family would give
ME help. Very respectfully,
MRS. Fl. w. NAYLoR
Can anybody help Mrs. Naylor?
We insert the following. Cole ane
Digges data for the benefit and at
the request OF descendant:
Cole.
Colonel William Cole ~, secretary
of colony, married, first. Susnnnah
(CroftsO; second, Anne, daughter OF
Governor Edward Digges: third, Mar.
tina. daughter of Colonel John Lea,
tshe married. second. Colonel Lewis
Burwel).
William Cole (c>. his son, married
Mary Roscow. a relative of Colonel
BurwelI.
William Cole ts), his son, married
Elizabeth Cooke (2J.
William Cole G), his son. married
Susannah Digges. daughter of Majo,
William DiGges and Frances Robinson
William Cole (o), his son. married
Mary Frances Alexander, of "Enlng
ham," Prince William county. Va, ana
had Susannah Digges Cole. who mar
ried Judge John .dadison Chapman.
Ereat-nephew of President James Mad
isor. They had Susie Ashton Chap
man. who married Calvin Perkins, and
Belle Chapman, who married William
Moncure. lawyer, of Memphis Tenn.
Mary Ella Chapman. who married
DIR. Nathaniel Chapman. and had Issue.
four sons and flve daughters.
Emma Chapman, who married Cap
tain II. V. Boykin. of Norfolk, Va. and
had two daughters and one son
susie Ashton Chapman married Cal
Vim Perkins. and had Blankeney, Belle.
Perkins. Ashton Chapman, Louis Allen
and William Alexander.
Belle Chapmen Perkins married
William Moncure. son OF Charles I
and Ann (DanieD Moncure, OF Rich,
mond, Va, and had one son and two
daughters.
sallie Alexander Chapman. unmar-
ried. lives In New York
Ashton Alexander Chapman mar.
ried Mamie Eaton Gregory. daughter
OF Colonel Roger Gregory. of oxford.
y. c.: no issue.
DigRcs.
Sir Dudley-Lady Mary Kempe
Governor Edward Digges-Elizabct
Page %.
Dudley DiBSes Susannah Cole
daughter nf iNnlnnnI Million, n.a a.,