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by his uncle, Henry Rolfe, and afterwards came to X'irginia, where he was captain, etc. His daughter Jane married Robert Boiling.

Pochins, a son of Powhatan, and chief of the Kecoughtan Indians in 1607. 1" 1610, be- cause of the murder of Humphrey Blunt by some of his tribe, Gates drove him and all his tribe away from the neighborhood of Hampton.

Pole, David, one of the vine dressers sent in 1620 to Buckroe to teach the colonists how to plant mulberry trees and vines, raise silkworms and make wine. In 1627 he leased sixty acres at Buckroe for ten years.

Pollard, Joseph, born in 1687. in King and Queen county, and moved to Goochland in 1754. He married Priscilla Hoomes. and had nine children — two sons and seven daughters. Sarah, one of his daughters, married Judge Edmund Pendleton, the great Revolutionary ])atriot. The present attor- ney-general of the State. John G. Pollard, is a descendant.

Follington, John, came to X'irginia before 1619, where he was a member of the first general assembly from Henrico. After the massacre of 1622 he removed to W'arwick- squeake plantation, in the present Isle of Wight county, and represented it in the general assembly of 1624.

Poole, Henry, member of the house of burgesses from Elizabeth City in 1647.

Poole, Robert, probably the minister "Mr. Poole," who preached at Jamestown on the afternoon of the arrival of Sir Thomas Dale, May 19, 161 1. He had two sons Robert and John. The former in 1619 was an inter-

preter, and in 1627, as heir of his father and brother John he received a patent for 300 acres east of the church in [Mulberry Island.

Pope, Nathaniel, immigrant, settled in ^iaryland as early as 1637 and was a mem- ber of the Maryland general assembly. About 164S, he removed over to Virginia, to escape the turmoils of Maryland, and lived in Westmoreland county till his death ii. 1660. He was one of the magistrates, and a lieutenant-colonel of militia. He had several children, one of whom, Ann, mar- ried Colonel John Washington, ancestor of President George \^^ashington.

Fopeley, Lieutenant Richard, patented in 1637 700 acres in the lower county of New Norfolk, due in right of his marriage with Elizabeth, widow of Henry Sothell, and for the transportation of fourteen persons. He was born in 1598 in the parish of \\'ooley, Yorkshire, England, and in 1620 came to Virginia, where in 1624 he was living in Elizabeth City. In 1631 he accompanied William Claiborne to Kent Island. In 1639 he was captain at middle plantation, where he patented 1,250 acres west of the pali- sades. He died about 1643.

Fopleton (Fopkton), William, came in 1622 as a ser\ant of John Davies ; burgess for "'Jordan's Jorney" in Charles City cor- poration in 1629.

Portlock, William, a burgess for Norfolk county in 1748- 1749.

Pott, Captain Francis, brother of Gov- ernor John Pott (q. v.). came to Virginia before 1628, captain of Point Comfort in 1630; removed from office in 1634, when Captain Francis Hooke was put in com- mand ; took part in a meeting at York in