This ring was created to gather together all genealogy related sites that relate to the Surname Poindexter/Poingdestre, it includes all variations of the surname, and all surnames related to it. George Poindexter immigrated to America from the Isle of Jersey in the 1650's.
Family names being researched include Poindexter, Kane (O'Cathain), Sproul, Plunkett, Crawford, Black (Schwartz), Stuckenburg/Stutenburg, Leight, Hassman, Merriwether, Lewis, Thompson, Tinsley, Rucker and many other related names.
Our immigrant to America was George Poingdestre, who arrived in the Colony of Virginia in 1657 from the Isle of Jersey,off the coast of Normandy. He first settled in Middle Plantation (Williamsburg). Later, with his wife Susannah, he built his plantation home, Criss Cross (or Christ's Cross), which still stands located midway between Williamsburg and Richmond in St. Peter's Parish, Virginia.
