解:$(1)$∵点$P(-1,$$a)$在直线$l_{2}∶y = 2x + 4$上
∴$2×(-1)+4 = a,$解得$a = 2,$∴点$P $的坐标为$(-1,$$2)$
$ $设直线$l_{1}$对应的函数表达式为$y = kx + b(k\neq 0)$
$ $把$B(1,$$0),$$P(-1,$$2)$代入$y = kx + b$
得$\begin {cases}k + b = 0\\-k + b = 2\end {cases},$解得$\begin {cases}{k = -1}\\{b=1}\end {cases}$
∴直线$l_{1}$对应的函数表达式为$y = -x + 1$
$ (2)$在$y = -x + 1$中,令$x = 0,$得$y = 1$
∴点$C$的坐标为$(0,$$1),$即$OC = 1$
$ $在$y = 2x + 4$中,令$y = 0,$得$2x + 4 = 0,$解得$x = -2$
∴点$A$的坐标为$(-2,$$0),$即$OA = 2$
∵$B(1,$$0),$∴$OB = 1,$则$AB = OA + OB = 2 + 1 = 3$
∴$S_{四边形P AOC}=S_{\triangle P AB}-S_{\triangle BOC}=\frac 12\ \mathrm {A}B·y_{P}-\frac 12OB·OC$
$=\frac 12×3×2-\frac 12×1×1=\frac 52$