Addressing Pocahontas’ alleged connection to Poythress Extracted from a message posted to the Poythress mailing list on 6/14/2010 by Barbara Poythress Neal I attempt below to correct the many-generations misinterpretation about Pocahontas having a connection to the Poythress family. The alleged proof of Pocahontas’ son Thomas Rolfe marrying a Poythress girl was misinterpreted and has been much quoted and passed down; even my own grandfather had heard it and repeated it as if it was gospel. Please bear with the below, more factual, explanation of how the misinterpretation apparently happened. An extensive look at the alleged proof was done in the August 1985 issue of the Virginia Genealogical Society’s quarterly — Magazine of Virginia Genealogy [below abbreviated “MVG”], Vol.23 Number 3, appearing on pages 3-16 in the article “The Descendants of Pocahontas: An Unclosed Case” by Elizabeth Vann Moore and the esteemed Richard Slatten. Their article included on p.14 a … Continue reading Addressing Pocahontas’ alleged connection to Poythress