Individual Details

Sarah [Poindexter]

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Records of St. Peter's Parish show that in 1726, Jacob Poindexter had been cohabiting with his brother's widow since 1718-1719. Only one male Poindexter's death has been recorded near this time - that of George who died in 1716. A Mrs. Sarah Poindexter named a child Julius Caesar in 1719 and received mysterious services for a year afterward. Evidently Sarah was the 3rd George's widow; Julius Caesar an illegitmate child, likely a child of Jacob. Either Jacob and Sarah married or were accepted as common law man and wife, as Henry was shown born to Jacob AND Sarah in 1726.
Found in an Appendices to the Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish is a letter to London, dated 7 Feb 1725/26, in which one of the complaints reads as follows,
"There's in this parish, one Jacob Poindexter who has, in a seeming marry'd relation, lived with his Brother's widow above 7 years and has several Children by her"

Families

SpouseGeorge Poindexter III (1683 - 1716)
ChildGeorge Poindexter IV (1700 - 1775)
ChildJohn Poindexter (1710 - )
ChildMary Poindexter (1715 - )
SpouseJacob Poindexter (1687 - )
ChildJulius Caesar Poindexter (1719 - 1756)
ChildWilliam Poindexter (1721 - )
ChildJacob Poindexter (1723 - )
ChildHenry Poindexter (1725 - )