Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

counties on same lines as above fails Ia
disclose the name Of posey clscy!,.r.
IN Maryland. They are found. how
ever, Just across the Potomac. IN Fair
fax County Virginia.
The names from the census Of l.yo.
gwen above are heads Of families
only. Tho searchcr failed 10 NOT. IN.
( number VI each family. which was
doubtless given, as it is in I.nusvI.
Faria census roll of 1870
November - 1905.
have been studying over the data
Collected III Charles County. Md. .nd
am convinced that Williar, Pcsey ,yIo
! - devised II shilling and no more. H.,
the VIII Of Thomas Poscr. proba,oa I'M
IsVo. = your ancestor William posey az
Chester County. Pa
fou VIII notice that IN the vestry
records Of Durham Parish Charles
county, for years 1881. lIs2. William
Poscr paid his subscription for I'M.
Years l1So. 1881 i7S2 and l7s3. vide
my FORMER report. His first ann.:,r
ance In Chester County is In l5S5.
"hcn his name appears on the tax lis,
o. coventry township.
IN TINS Same list OF Subscribers "a
,eS'rF or Durham Parish are Thomas
foseE, doubtless the testator OF 1900
ahd practically all his sons, viz. John
buidet, George Richard Thomas
rFahcis and william; and al, Ann pa
SeF' who may have been his dan.btnr
! VINO as Ann Woodward, Is mentioned il,
~. WIZ. Ihis shows that they we're
az ADULTS at that timc--lTS0-ana so
takes the family back to tho proncr
age OF our William Posey born in II5S
ne iist also includes Humpnrcy po-
stE, who died prior to tn. pssessinnnt
, ,1r i.sz' and II seems as II 1t was
t..,
ne aate or his birth as July 20. 1853
outside ii these poscys in the ;ist u.s.
Izziel, Byron probably should no
a,e!lahl, Thomas Posey, In ana
ihomas, son of John, making in MI
.oui ihomas Pos"ys and Benjamin
Posey. Jr
IL may be that We are skippinp .
generation IN assuming tina, Tbnmas,,
teSeator was Thomas, son Of Jo,,, ;e
'ohh was the father OF the Humphrey
porn In 1885, though, think NOT mn
n,e william fosey disappears from
'ouhty, Md, and one Of the
aaHtc name appears on record for rho
,'iSt ume III Chester County pa wiz
~ Il year. the natural supposition IL
ma thcy were one and the same
nc ore diilculty is that We do no,
!i:'" Micajah fosey among the brothers
- ii!lhin' hut We really have no proof
Whatever that they were hrothars
-hicalah may have been a cousin an,,
you notice that not nearly all the males
Ms the children OF Benjamin and
VARY are accounted for in the probate
.eco!dS OF their native county John
PoSey. Of Alexandria. member of ~
NeStrF with George WASHINGTON IN
roo, was doubtless OF this family
pfooa ply the John Poscy, who, like his
hspnew lillian. was cut off with one
his father. John posey, in 1859.
DelicSe that the father of E.ri.
nun ana John Posey. who. assuln.
were brothers, was John Posey. for the
.casoh that in will Of John Bavnn. or
Charles County. dated l7ol. an ,hstr,c,
OF which ! probably sent YOU. H.. -
itrS 10 land purchased OF BENJAMIN
! fosey, which John Posey bought az
Nicholas Bellianc. This land was
aoubtiess part OF Bellian Hill. which
beh.aihih deNises to his son John, and
lie TO his brother Benjamin. Jr.. In 1910
ana which we find by the early rom
s.. rolls was held by Benjamin Posey. II
IS pity that these rent rolls have no
dennite date, except that of the orig
mai survey. made many Years before
the entry in the name OF the possessor
Editor OF the Genoa zeal Column:
have read with interest YOUR
Indian Blood OF Presidents Bride"
put upon comparing il with "Pocahun-
tas and Her DESCENDANTS" II seems ia
.
John too many in her lineage. The
proper order seems 10 be: Robert Il,
Boiling married Jane Rolfe: d. 81. John
CD Boiling married Mary Kennon: n
81. John 90 Boiling married Eliz. Blair.
p. 30, John 80 Boiling married Martha
jefferson: p. 30, Archibald (5) Boiling
married Catherine Payne: William (sl
II. Boiling married - White; Editb
90 Boiling married, second President
Wilson.
In the first column YOU say: Through
five generations. through Robert. the
first and John, his son. and John, his
grandson, and John, his great grand
son, and John, his reat-great- grand
SON making four Johns. and | think
there were only three. Again in tho
second column you mention Robert
Boiling %, John Boiling. OF Cobbs (al.
John Boiling, who married EliZ blair
80. John Boiling, fourth in descent
co. had a son, John. OF Chestnut Grove
t!). who married Martha jefferson You
seem TO have one too many Johns here.
as John who married Martha Jefferson,
was son OF John who married t,liz
Blair. and there was not another John
between them, whom YOU call John
fourth In descent" | think Archibald
was fifth, there having been enc Robert
and three Johns before him. Please
compare ii with "Poca hontaS and Hcr
Descendants" and see II am not cor
rect.
|. too, tried 10 make out the limo
from "Pocahontas." but couldn't make
out which Archibald was correct, there
being several of them.
INTERESTED READER.
acknowledge the error. In my zeal
I overdid tho thing.-Ed.