Elizabeth Pleasants Poythress

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Poythress-49

Thomas Poythress "of Martin Brandon" was the first-born child of John Poythress and his wife Mary Batte. He married Elizabeth Pleasants Cocke and is believed to have had at least three children:[1]

1. Elizabeth, m James Cocke
2. Susanna, m Robert Hall
3. John

In 1727, Capt. John Poythress "was granted 225 acres on the south side of the Meherrin, which land later fell into Brunswick County. The identical land was sold in 1773 by one Thomas Poythress who may have been a son or grandson of John Sr."