Individual Details

Joseph Gentry first appears in the vestry records of St. Peter's Parish in 1709. There is no baptism record for him as a son of Nicholas. However he appears in processing records along with Nicholas Gentry in the church records. The records of the elder Nicholas seem to cease after 1709; records that appear beginning in 1719 are in a different location & probably those of Nicholas II. Joseph Gentry continued to live in the Totopotomoy Creek area through the processioning records of 1751. If Joseph was of age when he first appeared in 1709, it was born by at least 1688. He is assumed to be the eldest son of Nicholas I, given that there are no other Gentry candidates in New Kent County.

Birth

Abt 1688

New Kent County, Virginia

Father	NICHOLAS Gentry (1660 - 1710)
Mother	Living
Sibling	Elizabeth Gentry ( - )
Sibling	Samuel Gentry (1691 - 1780)
Sibling	NICHOLAS Gentry II ( - 1779)
Sibling	Mabel Gentry ( - )
Sibling	James Gentry ( - )
Sibling	David Gentry (1707 - 1765)
Sibling	William Gentry (1711 - )