George Poindexter II (abt. 1662 - 1737)

Born about 1662 in Virginia

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Died 6 Jul 1737 at about age 75 in New Kent County, Virginia

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Biography

George Poindexter II^[1] is believed to be born about 1650 on the Isle of Jersey.

Two potential dates of death have been reported for George:

March 12, 1716 at Christ Church Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony^[1][2] or July 6, 1737.

Research Notes

• George was probably born in Jersey; possibly in England. Was with his father in VA in 1664. Tradition says brought with his father in 1657. Others have estimated his birth as 1660, some 10 years later.
• Date of marriage is based on birth of oldest child.
• The Poindexter book has the date of deaths for George II and his son reversed.
• Mrs. Sarah Marston is shown to be the first spouse of Stephen Cocke in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume II, page 116. Since she is shown as Mrs. Sarah Marston which would lead one to think that she was a widow of an Unknown Marston.
• There is a footnote which shows: There was at this time a Marston Parish in James City county. In 1702 William Marston was sheriff of James City county. Frances Bena-skin, daughter of Henry Benskin of England (died 1692) married William Marston of James City and her son, Benskin was sheriff of Charles City 1747. Benskin was a name in the Lightfoot family. There is a note under the Poindexter Family shows George Poindexter and Susanna his wife (probably daughter of Benskin Marsden). They named a son George Benskin Poindexter.
• Stephen Moone patented 178 acres in New Kent in St. Peter's Parish adj James Moss, Edwd. Asline & George Poindexter on Tonyhalin Swp. 23 Dec 1714.^[3]
• Thomas Butts patented 258 acres in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co adj John Winfree, the Glebe land, on Discun & Rumley Marsh swamps; up Poindexter's Mill Run 27 Sep 1729.^[4]
• A George Poindexter is credited for building Criss Cross Plantation. It could be his father: "Criss Cross is a Colonial style brick house built about 1690 by George Poindexter in New Kent County, Virginia. It is similar in style to neighboring Foster's Castle. George Poindexter was the immigrant founder of the Poindexters in America. Originally from Jersey, he settled his family in the Virginia Colony.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1653-1812, Richmond, VA, USA: n.p., 1897. Record for George Poindexter.
2. ↑ Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, 328.
3. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Cavaliers & Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, vol. III, 168.
4. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers & Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, vol. III, 362.
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Cross_(New_Kent,_Virginia)

• The Parish Register of St. Peter's; New Kent County, Virginia (Book & Job Printers. Richmond. 1904) Text: Also available online at Genealogy.com by subscription. Call Number: F232.N3S2
• Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers & Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 7 Volumes. (Richmond: Virginia State Library.) Note: Found also at Birgminham Public Library. Vol I found at the FHC.
• Comstock-Haggard and Allied Familes, by Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973)
• Poindexter, A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 by John Poindexter Landers, STB, MA, Printed by Von Boeckmann-Jones, Austin, TX [1975] Call Number: CS71 .P7537 1975.
• Poindexter Descendants Association by Doris Ann Butler Lucas, maintains online data base, PDA Newsletter, published quarterly. <http://www.poindexterfamily.org> (10334 Bellefontaine Rd, St. Louis, MO 63137).
• Thomas M. Pettitt's Family by Mary Courtright Pettitt and Robert J. Pettitt, (Self Published. Highland CA: c1996. Out of print but available on LDS Microfilm #1750818, Item 13.)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115576239/george-poindexter

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Yates and Allied Families.ged on 21 December 2010.
• Thank you to Kay Olberding for creating WikiTree profile Poindexter-164 through the import of PrantlGedcom.GED on May 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.
• WikiTree profile Poindexter-91 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.