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There is no definite proof for Thomas being the son of George Poindexter. He is sometimes claimed to be son of George II. Circumstantial evidence to the contrary exists and I cannot in good conscience place him as a son of George II. His first three daughters were baptized at St. Peter's; daughter Susanna some 10 years before two of the children of George Poindexter II. Other factors indicate he was some older than usually cited.

I believe many of the "guesstimates" of the ages of the early Poindexters have clouded the research on the family. I also believe it is quite possible that the first George had more than one wife and children by each. Since Susanna has never been truly identified, she could have been a younger second wife. The second George also seems to have married quite late and, if so, Thomas could have been from an earlier marriage of the second George.

John Poindexter Landers, POINGDESTRE-POINDEXTER: A NORMAN FAMILY THROUGH THE AGES 1250-1977, believed that Thomas was a grandson of the immigrant George and not a son. That Thomas was a son of the second George. The Poindexter Association had at first chosen to accept his theory as the correct lineage since they have been unable to dispute his conclusions. Over time and considering much more careful research, the study group, EPARC has altered that Landers lineage and believe Thomas to possibly have been a son of the elder George and pretty much ruled out the second George as a father. Y-DNA has shown that certainly Thomas and George were close kin - if not a son, perhaps Thomas was a nephew. Other errors made by Landers make me highly skeptical concerning his conclusions. It is my opinion that Thomas was a bit too old to have been a grandson of George for the reasons cited above and following, but again the reasoning is based somewhat on inconclusive dates and circumstances.

Thomas may have been born several years earlier than the usually cited date of 1675 [I have even seen a birth as late as 1685] which in turn may have led to the "grandson" premise. I think a year of 1675 was probably someone's long ago estimate. His wife's father gave her land in 1691, likely in anticipation of a pending marriage. This alone would suggest her husband was born some years before 1675. Since men often married at about age 25 in this time period, Thomas could have easily been born as early as the mid 1660's, or some 15 years earlier than cited. In fact, Frances H. Casstevens, genealogist of Yadkin Co NC and the wife of a Poindexter descendant, in her self-published book, The Poindexter Family, Ancestry & Descendants of Thomas Poindexter of Surry (Yadkin) County North Carolina, 1992, p. 9, suggests a date of birth as 1664 which I have chosen to use here.

Middle Plantation in VA was the location of Williamsburg.

The quit rent rolls for New Kent Co in 1702 show that Thomas Poindexter owned 1000 acres. This would be a lot of land for a man only 27 years old - not so much for a man near age 40.

There exists a remote possibility that Thomas was a nephew of George rather than a son. George's brother Jacob had a son Thomas baptized in 1654 in Jersey. However, this son Thomas was not part of the gift George made to the children of Jacob in 1675, when he visited the Isle of Jersey, so that Thomas may have died as a child. It's also possible that Thomas's gift was transport to America.

In a family that used the same given names over and over, it is noted that Thomas did not name a son either George or Jacob. His eldest son was John. It is not impossible that he was a son of the first George's son John - again the age of that John has been guesstimated and I have found at least one record indicating he may have been older than the guess. There is also a record that this John may have returned to England ca 1686 and nothing further seems to be known about him. Thomas & Sarah did name a daughter Susanna - the name of the first George's wife. Thomas did name children after himself and his wife Sarah. He also named a daughter Elizabeth - the name of the first George's mother.

Birth	Abt 1664	Middle Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1695	New Kent County, Virginia - SARAH CRAWFORD
Death	Bef 1707	New Kent County, Virginia

Spouse	SARAH CRAWFORD (1666 - 1753)
Child	John Poindexter (1696 - 1753)
Child	Susanna Poindexter (1696 - 1741)
Child	Elizabeth Poindexter (1699 - 1753)
Child	Sarah Poindexter (1702 - )
Child	THOMAS POINDEXTER (1705 - 1796)

Father	GEORGE POINDEXTER I ( - 1692)
Mother	SUSANNA ?NICOLLE (1630 - 1698)
Sibling	George Poindexter II (1650 - 1737)
Sibling	John Poindexter (1652 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth POINDEXTER (1664 - )
Sibling	Sarah Poindexter (1666 - )