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James Pleasants[1, 2]

Male Est 1775 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name James Pleasants 
    Born Est 1775  Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown  Goochland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5508  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2016 

    Father John of Pickanockie Pleasants,   b. 1697, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1771, Curles Neck, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary/Susanna Woodson,   b. Est 1750, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Family ID F2054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Liburne Susan Rogers,   b. Bef 1721, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F2055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV for The Year Ending June 1897
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV for The Year Ending June 1897
    Va_Magazine_Jun_1897_VOL-IV.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
      THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV The year ending June 1897
      THE COCKE'S OF VIRGINIA
      Thomas Cocke b 1662; died 1707 married first about 1687, Mary Brazier (spelled many ways) of Nansemond; married 2nd Frances ______. Believed at least four of his six children (including his two daughters) were by his first wife.

      John Pleasants, of 'Pickanockie' son of Joseph Pleasanats and Martha Cocke3, married Susanna Woodson, d/o Col. Tarleton Woodson (grandson of Stephen Tarleton, of the family of Col Banaster Tarleton, the famous British partisan) and Ursuala Fleming said to be descended from Sir Tarleton Fleming, second son of the Earl of Wigton [Judge William Fleming and Tarleton Fleming, who married Mary Randolph were of this family]. James Pleasants, third son of John and Susanna Pleasants, married Anne, Widow of Isham Randolph of "Dungeness," Goochland County, son of William Randolph, of 'Turkey Island'. They were the parents of Governor James Pleasants (See Brock I, 139)

    2. [S175] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
      THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV The year ending June 1897
      THE COCKE'S OF VIRGINIA
      Thomas Cocke b 1662; died 1707 married first about 1687, Mary Brazier (spelled many ways) of Nansemond; married 2nd Frances ______. Believed at least four of his six children (including his two daughters) were by his first wife.

      John Pleasants, of 'Pickanockie' son of Joseph Pleasanats and Martha Cocke3, married Susanna Woodson, d/o Col. Tarleton Woodson (grandson of Stephen Tarleton, of the family of Col Banaster Tarleton, the famous British partisan) and Ursuala Fleming said to be descended from Sir Tarleton Fleming, second son of the Earl of Wigton [Judge William Fleming and Tarleton Fleming, who married Mary Randolph were of this family]. James Pleasants, third son of John and Susanna Pleasants, married Anne, Widow of Isham Randolph of "Dungeness," Goochland County, son of William Randolph, of 'Turkey Island'. They were the parents of Governor James Pleasants (See Brock