Christian 'Kitty' Gissage

1702 - 1779  (76 years)

• Name	Christian 'Kitty' Gissage  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	2 Oct 1702	King William County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FSID	LDP6-2LG
  Death	25 Jun 1779	Louisa County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I32021	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Gissage,   b. 1657, England d. Sep 1702, King William County, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Shelton,   b. 1670, England d. 10 Mar 1733, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1701
  Family ID	F15448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Poindexter,   b. 9 Nov 1696, New Kent County, Virginia, USA d. 22 May 1753, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1728	St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Eleanor Poindexter,   b. 1745   d. 1800, Granville County, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frances Poindexter,   b. Jan 1727, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1776, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Poindexter,   b. 1732, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Apr 1808, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' Poindexter,   b. 24 Jan 1735, New Kent County, Virginia, USA d. 1787, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Captain Joseph Poindexter,   b. 6 Jun 1736, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Jun 1826, Campbell County, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sarah Poindexter,   b. 1744, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Oct 1814, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Oct 1702 - King William County, Virginia, USA Death - 25 Jun 1779 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Smith-F Smith Female Ancestor

  
  

• Sources

  [S9446] Find a Grave: GISSAGE Christian Poindexter 1702-1779, Christian “Kitty” Gissage Poindexter. Christian (Kitty) Gissage was born on October 2, 1702 in St Peters Parish, New Kent County Virginia. She was the daughter of Richard Gissage and Sarah Shelton. About 1727, she married John Poindexter of St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County. John was a large land holder in Louisa and Hanover Counties. Christian and John were the parents of eight children. John died in 1753 in Louisa County. Christian lived until 1779, when her will was probated in Fredericksville, Louisa County. In her will she mentioned her son Thomas; two daughters of her son Richard, deceased; her son William and his son William; her son Joseph, and her daughters Ann, Sarah and Frances. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113580173/christian_poindexter [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 387.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: ZJL. [S9482] Our kin : the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia, Poindexter/Poingdestre. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10559/images/dvm_LocHist000211-00135-1?ssrc=pt&treeid=178474848&personid=182596013185&usePUB=true&pId=247 dvm_LocHist000211-00135-1.jpg [S9476] The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage of Members. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-ArmorialAncestry&h=179059&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage of Members