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Robert Bruce Polk (b. 1632, d. June 04, 1704)

Robert Bruce Polk (son of Myrtle)¹² was born 1632¹², and died June 04, 1704¹².He married Magdalen Tasker on 1650¹².
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ROBERT BRUCE POLK MARRIED MAGDALEN TASKER, THE WIDOW OF COL. PORTER TASKER, HEIRESS OF HOWNING HILL.ROBERT AND MAGDALEN HAD 8 CHILDREN, 6 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. THEY ARE: JOHN WILLIAM, EPHRIAM, JAMES, ROBERT, JOSEPH, MARGARET, AND ANN.ROBERT DIED JUNE 4 1704.
THE PEDIGREE OF THE POLK FAMILY HAS BEEN TRACED AS FAR BACK AS THE ELEVENTH CENTURY IN SCOTLAND WHEN THE SURNAME WAS POLLOCK.IN THE YEAR 1440, SIR ROBERT POLLOCK, A YOUNGER SON, REMOVED TO IRELAND WHERE HE HAD INHERITED AN ESTATE.BY COMMON USE THE NAME OF THIS BRANCH WAS SOON CONTRACTED INTO POLK, WHICH MEANS, "ONE WHO CAME FROM THE LANDS OF POLLOCK (LITTLE POOL), IN RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND".ABOUT 1680 ROBERT BRUCE POLK, SECOND SON OFSIR ROBERT II, LEFT IRELAND WITH HIS WIFE, SIX SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS, AND LOCATED IN SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND.THE ESTATE THEN GRANTED RETAINS THE NAME OF POLK'S FOLLY AND TO THE PRESENT DAYREMAINS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY.ROBERT BRUCE POLK MARRIED MADGELEN TASKER, AN HEIRESS OF CONSIDERABLE ESTATE.
More About Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen Tasker:
Marriage: 1650¹²
Children of Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen Tasker are:

+William Polk, b. 1664, IRELAND¹², d. WFT Est. 1686-1754¹².