From Merriam-Webster:
Middle English, from Anglo-French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up
First Known Use: 14th century
So, considerably earlier than Poe (1809 – 1849) Best I have been able to find was that his grandfather, David Poe, was born in 1742 in Cavan, Ireland.