Poindexter Family
This page is dedicated to the Poindexter, Poindestre, or Poingdestre family. My great great grandmother was Louisa Poindexter. Info on the first 15 generations was mostly obtained from the book Poingdestre-Poindexter, a Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977, by John Poindexter Landers. The unverified family tree I have so far is:
1 Raoul POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1220 Isle of Jersey
2 Joan POINGDESTRE b. Isle of Jersey
2 Pierre POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1245 Isle of Jersey d. abt. 1290 Isle of Jersey
+ Johanna ? b. abt. 1247 Isle of Jersey d. abt. 1292 Isle of Jersey
3 Jourdain POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1267 d. aft. 1331
3 Jean POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1275
4 Jean POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1320 Isle of Jersey d. Isle of Jersey
5 Radulfus POINGDESTRE b. 1365 St Clements
5 Jean POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1359 Isle of Jersey d. aft. 1425 Isle of Jersey
+ Johanna ?
6 Clement POINGDESTRE b. Isle of Jersey d. aft. 1459 Isle of Jersey
6 Jean POINGDESTRE b. 1379 Isle of Jersey d. 1458 Isle of Jersey
+ Jeanette LE LORREUR b. abt. 1380 Isle of Jersey d. abt. 1440 Isle of Jersey
7 Jean POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1404 Isle of Jersey d. 1477 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
+ Helene MORIN b. abt. 1414 Isle of Jersey d. 1477 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
8 Domyan POINGDESTRE
8 Phillipe POINGDESTRE
8 Jean POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1429 Isle of Jersey d. aft. 1500 Isle of Jersey
+ Alinore ? b. bet. 1438-1461 Isle of Jersey d. 1/15/1477 or 1478 Isle of Jersey
9 John POINGDESTRE
9 Thomas POINGDESTRE
9 Guillaume POINGDESTRE
9 George POINGDESTRE b. abt. 1478 Isle of Jersey d. 1544 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
+ Girette AHIER b. bet. 1464-1489 Isle of Jersey d. 1542 Isle of Jersey
10 Clement POINGDESTRE
10 Thomas POINGDESTRE
10 Jean POINGDESTRE b. 1505 Isle of Jersey d. 1583 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
+ Marie HAMPTONNE b. abt. 1506 Isle of Jersey d. abt. 1580 Isle of Jersey
11 Guille POINDESTRE
11 Marguerite POINDESTRE
11 Yesbel POINDESTRE
11 Edouard POINDESTRE b. 1538 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey d. 8/1622 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
+ Marguerite MESSERVY b. 11/1540 Isle of Jersey d. 1/1605 or 1606 Isle of Jersey
Edouard and Marguerite were married on 1/17/1561 or 1562 in Isle of Jersey
12 John POINGDESTRE
12 Martha POINGDESTRE
12 Katherine POINGDESTRE
12 Pierre POINGDESTRE
12 Thomas POINGDESTRE b. 1581 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey d. 1669 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
+ Elizabeth EFFARD b. 1597 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey d. 1690 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
Thomas and Elizabeth were married on 12/14/1614 in St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey
13 Philippe POINGDESTRE
13 Jacob POINGDESTRE
13 Rachel POINGDESTRE
13 John POINGDESTRE
13 Thomas POINGDESTRE
13 George POINDEXTER b. bef. 12/23/1627 St Saviour Parish, Isle of Jersey d. abt. 1692 New Kent County, VA
+ Susannah Nicolle ? b. abt. 1630 St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex d. 7/15/1693 St Peters, New Kent County, VA
George and Susannah were married abt. 1649 in England?
14 John POINDEXTER
14 Elizabeth POINDEXTER
14 George POINDEXTER
14 Sarah POINDEXTER
14 Thomas POINDEXTER b. 1627 St Peters, New Kent County, VA d. bef. 1707 Hanover County, VA
+ Sarah CRAWFORD b. 5/12/1666 Amherst County, VA d. 1752 Louisa County, VA
Thomas and Sarah were married abt. 1695 in New Kent County, VA
15 Sarah May POINDEXTER
+ ? RICE
15 Susannah P POINDEXTER b. bet. 1697-1698
15 Elizabeth POINDEXTER b. bet. 1699-1700
+ ? SHRESSBURY
15 John POINDEXTER b. 1703 d. 1752
+ Christian GORSUCH d. 1779
15 Julius POINDEXTER b. 1719 d. 1719
15 Thomas POINDEXTER b. 10/2/1705 New Kent County, VA d. 1/1776 Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County, VA
+ Sarah Bonde VEALE b. abt. 1707 d. bef. 1785 Prince William County, VA
Thomas and Sarah were married in 1722 in New Kent County, VA
16 Elizabeth POINDEXTER
16 Gabriel POINDEXTER
16 James POINDEXTER
16 David POINDEXTER b. 1725
16 William POINDEXTER b. 1729
16 Frances POINDEXTER b. 1731
16 Thomas POINDEXTER b. 1733
16 Bond Veale POINDEXTER 4/18/1735-aft. 1812
+ Rachel PATTON
17 Samuel Wiley POINDEXTER b. 5/23/1807 Claiborne County, TN d. 1/26/1888 Brown Twp, Martin, IN
+ Dorothy Turley (or Turiel) KECK b. 3/27/1805 NC d. 4/2/1885 Burns City, Martin, IN
Samuel and Dorothy are buried in Williams Cemetery, NSWC Crane, Martin, IN
18 MacHewell POINDEXTER
18 Nellie POINDEXTER
18 Christian POINDEXTER
18 Mary Ann POINDEXTER
18 Lucinda POINDEXTER
18 Louisa POINDEXTER b. 6/24/1832 Claiborne County, TN d. 8/3/1885 Brown Twp, Martin, IN
+ John Robert ELLIS 2/20/1831 Martin County, IN d. 10/27/1891 Martin County, IN
John and Louisa were married on 12/25/1853 in Martin County, IN. Source: Martin County WPA Marriage Index, 1850-1920 Database. Info found in Book 1, Page 175. Index transcribed on Martin County Rootsweb web page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmartin
John and Louisa are buried in Williams Cemetery, NSWC Crane, Martin, IN
18 Luretta POINDEXTER
18 Samuel W POINDEXTER
18 Harriett POINDEXTER
Poindexter gravestones, and others
Poindexter Descendants Association website
The Poindexter page on the Jarvis Family website
Courty Family Genealogy, Poindexter Family, Christine M Courty (ccourty@infionline.net), 5 Jun 2004