Individual Details
Mary Wentworth "Polly" Poindexter
(11 Mar 1775 - 6 Feb 1863)
Mary is said to have carried letters through the Revolutionary War lines and is listed as a Patriot in the DAR lineage books. However, the proof is no long to be found and this connection has been disallowed.
It appears that some of the data that has been repeated in several books on the Poindexter family is not quite correct. Mary & Jesse had a proved daughter Berrilla but no daughter Jane. Jane was possible Jesse's younger sister.
Events
| Birth | 11 Mar 1775 | Surry County, North Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1804 | Surry County, North Carolina - Jesse Ridings | | ||
| Death | 6 Feb 1863 | Lafayette County, Mississippi | | ||
| Burial | Chapel Hill Cemetery, Lafayette County, Missouri | |
Families
| Spouse | Jesse Ridings (1777 - 1850) |
| Child | Sarah Ridings (1805 - 1874) |
| Child | Berrilla Ridings (1809 - 1880) |
| Child | Robert Troy Ridings (1811 - 1855) |
| Child | Archibald Wellington Ridings (1815 - 1879) |
| Child | Thomas Wentworth Ridings (1819 - 1891) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | [Capt] THOMAS POINDEXTER (1733 - 1807) |
| Mother | ELIZABETH PLEDGE (1740 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Ann Radford Poindexter (1760 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Francis Anderson Poindexter (1764 - 1802) |
| Sibling | William Pledge "Wag" Poindexter (1766 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Martha Milner "Patty" Poindexter (1768 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Thomas Wentworth Pledge Poindexter (1771 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Carolina Pledge Poindexter (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | John George W. "Stumpy" "Jack" Poindexter (1778 - 1863) |
| Sibling | ARCHIBALD PLEDGE POINDEXTER (1780 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Sarah Redford "Sally" Poindexter (1784 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Robert Alexander Poindexter (1788 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Dorothy "Dolly" Poindexter (1790 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
2. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
3. Email.
4. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.
5. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.
6. Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, Founder, online [http://www.findagrave.com/], , Memorial# 53854214.