Riches to Rags Family Tree » John P Poindexter (1696-1753)

Personal data John P Poindexter 

• Alternative name: John Poindexter
• He was born on November 9, 1696 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States.
• Alternative: He was born on November 9, 1696 in New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America.Source 4
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1703 in St Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.
• Resident: Bedford, Virginia, USA.Source 3
• He died on May 22, 1753 in Fredricksville Parish, Louisa, Virginia, United States, he was 56 years old.
• Alternative: He died on May 22, 1753 in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa, Virginia, United States, he was 56 years old.Source 4
• Alternative: He died on May 22, 1753 in FREDERICKSVILLE PARISH VA, Louisa, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 56 years old.
• He is buried in VA.Source 1
• A child of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Elizabeth Crafford
• A child of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Elizabeth Crafford

Household of John P Poindexter

He is married to Christiana Gissage.

They got married in the year 1725 at Hanover, Virginia, Colonial America, he was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Frances Poindexter  1727-1776
2. Thomas Poindexter  1730-1796
3. WILLIAM POINDEXTER  1732-1808
4. Ann Poindexter  1735-1800
5. Joseph Poindexter  1736-1826
6. Richard Poindexter  1740-????
7. Sarah Poindexter  1748-1814

Notes about John P Poindexter

John was born in New Kent County, St. Paul's Parish. Some people claim he was born about 1703, but he owned property by 1719, which implies he was at least 21 by that time. He was probably born about 1695. He was the son of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Crafford. His father died when he was very young and his mother soon married Rev. James Brechen, a prominent Anglican minister. John was probably schooled at home by his step-father, as it is apparent from later events that he had a very good education for that period. About 1727, he married Christian Gissage, the daughter of Richard Gissage and Sarah Shelton.

John began to aquire land besides that which he had inherited from his father. In 1738, he bought 400 acres in Hanover County, adjoining his own land, and on the same day, he patented an additional 400 acres. In 1739, he bought another 1000 acres in the same county. Finally, in 1752, he patented 400 acres in Louisa County. This land might have been all together, for the tracts in Hanover County might have been in that part of the county that became Louisa County in 1742.

When Louisa County was created, a County Court was established, and Justices were appointed for life by the Royal Governor. John was one of the original Justices appointed. John is also listed in the records of the Fredericksville Parish as a vestryman. John made his will in 1750, in which he mentions his wife and all his children. John's mother, Sarah Brechin, died in 1752 and left land to John which she had inherited from her father. John died between November 1752 and January 1753, his will was proved on May 22, 1753 in Louisa County. His wife Christian died in 1779. Ann Poindexter, who married Reuben Slaughter, was a daughter in this family.

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