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Descendants of Robert (Bruce??) Polk, (or Pollock or Polke)


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1. Lloyd Welch Pogue, Pogue/Pollock/Polk Genealogy As Mirrored In History, (Gateway Press, Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD., 1990), pp. xxiv-xxv, Surnames shown: "Pollok, Pollock, Polk."
2. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "1. Capt. Robert Pollock or Polk (as the name became contracted in Maryland), the immigrant ancestor of the Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, came to American with his family fron co. Donegal, Ireland, probably between 1672 and 1680, when John Polk, his son, registered the earmarks of his cattle, and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland."
3. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 5: "Sir Robert Pollok was succeeded by his son, Thomas Pollok. This Sir Robert also had a second son, Robert Bruce Pollok. Thomas, eldest son of Sir Robert 2d, succeeded to the Irish estates located in Donegal County, and not far from Londonderry. Pg. 6: Robert Bruce Pollok, second son of Sir Robert 2d of Ireland, was a Captain in Col. Porter's Regiment, which served under Cromwell." Pg. 6: "Magdalen first married Col. Porter, who died not long afterward. Col. Porter died without issue by Magdalen and she next married Robert Bruce Polk (Pollok), a Captain in his regiment, and an intimate friend, it is said."
4. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk was born and married in Ireland." "Robert and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, their names, John, William Ephraim, James Robert, J....h [Joseph ... name in crease, difficult to read], Margaret and Anne."
5. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 379, shows "Sir Robert was succeeded by his son, Thomas, he also had a second son, Robert Bruce Pollok."
6. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, Robert is referred to as "Robert Pollok (or Polke)" in this source.
7. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, In the beginning, Robert shows himself as "Robt. Polke of Somerset County," and he signs his "X" as Robt. Polke." His son, "Robert Polk" is a witness.
8. Anson and Fanny Nelson, Memorials of Sarah Childress Polk, (The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, SC., 1980), pg. 15, "James Knox Polk, whose ancestors came to America from the north of Ireland, early in the eighteenth century. Their name was originally Pollock, but the wearing action of pronunciation reduced it in the course of time to Poll'k, and finally to the present name."
9. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, (D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Ave., New York), Article on James Knox Polk, pp. 50-55, pg. 50, "He was a son of Samuel Polk, whose father, Ezekiel, was a brother of Col. Thomas, grandson of Robert Polk, or Pollock, who was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States."
10. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, "Robert Pollock or Polk, from Co. Donegal to the eastern shore of Md., d. 1699-1704."
11. Patent record, "Polks Lott" and "Polks Folly", Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis, MD., 21401; MSA No: S11, LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) 9, pp. 147a-147b [MdHR 17, 617, 1-24-1-3], "50 [acres] .... Polks Lott March 7, 1687 for Robt Polk on the north side Manokin Poss. by the Wid' of Robt. @ Magdalen Pollock." Also: "100 [acres] ... Polks Folly [? word] Mar 7 1687 for Robt. Polk Lying on the north side of Manokin poss by the wid' @ Magdalen Polk."
12. William A. Degregorio, The Complete Book of U. S. Presidents, (1984, 1989, 1991, 1992, Wings Books, Distributed by Outlet Book Company, a Random House Company), pg. 163, James K. Polk, 11th President, "ANCESTORS: Polk was of Scoth [sic]-Irish ancestry. The name originally may have been spelled Pollok or Polke. His great-grandfather Robert Bruce Polk emigrated from Ireland to Maryland's Eastern Shore about 1722. Subsequent generations moved near modern Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, west of Harrisburg, and later to the Mecklenburg region of North Carolina." Source for the information that the greatgrandfather was Robert Bruce Polk is Charles Grier Sellers, Jr. "James K. Polk: Jacksonian," Princeton, J. J.: Princeton University Press, 1957, pg. 355." The greatgrandfather of President James K. Polk was William Polk (who married Margaret Taylor). Robert Bruce Polk, IF he was related at all to President Polk, would have been James K. Polk's 3rdgreatgrandfather. See notes.
13. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, Will dated 6 May 1699; date of codicil to will appears to be 8 August 1702 (year difficult to read). If will codicil is dated in August 1702 and next date (probate) is June, then one may assume that Robert died between August 1702 and June 1703. See notes for full text of will.
14. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "He died between 6 May 1699, when his will (on file at Annapolis, Md.) was dated, and 5 June 1704, when it was proved."
15. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 6, "Capt. Robert Bruce Polk died *1703-4) as shown by his will of date May 6, 1699, probated June 5, 1703-4, on record at Annapolis, Anne Arundel county, Md."
16. Family group sheets of the Robert Polk, Jr., family line, by Ralph J. Polk, Jr., undated, first wife of Robert Polk Sr. shows as "1) Jeanne Jovelin."
17. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "He [Capt. Robert Pollock or Polk] married, before coming to America, Magdalen (Tasker) Porter, ........ daughter of Colonel Tasker of Broomfield Castle, near Londonderry, Ireland, a chancellor of Ireland, and widow of Colonel Porter, ......."
18. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 6-14, on page 12, in a letter datd 1 Sep 1877, from Tasker Keys of Broomfield, Ireland, to William Harrison Polk, Tasker states: "My name is Tasker Keys, son of John Crayton Keys, and grandson to Lieutenant Tasker Keys, who was a great grandson of Capt. John Keys, whose wife was daughter to Colonel Tasker and sister to Magdalen, who married Colonel Porter, and next a Mr. Pollock."
19. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk was born and married in Ireland, his wife was Magdalen Tasker the Widow of Col. Porter and heiress of Mowning Hill. Robert Polk and Margalen had Eight children, Six Sons and two Daughters, their names, John, William, Ephriam, James, Robert, Joseph, Margaret and Ann."
20. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pp. 379-382:, pg. 379, "Robert Bruce Pollok, the second son of Sir Robert II, married the widow of Col. Porter. Her maiden name was Magdaline Tasker. She was of French descent, and heiress of the estate of 'Mowning or Morning Hall,' in the Barony of Ross, County of Donegal, Parish of Saford, Ireland."
21. H. M. Stationary Office, Dublin, with introductory notes by Robert C. Simington of the uit Rent Office, Dublin, The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656, Counties of Donegal, Londonderry, and Tyrone, Vol. III, With the Returns of Church Lands for the Three Counties, (1937). County of Donegal, Parish of Lifford, folio 21, referring to the land called "Monyn," "Jon. Portr claimes one seshoch of ye sd Qr. with a house & Garden plot in Ballendrait being given him by his father in law Roger Tasker as a porcon with his wife, it being purchased by him from Thomas fflood who held the same in freehold from the sd. Sr. Richard." This proves the first name of Col. Porter and also proves that Roger Tasker had a daughter (Magdalen, although not named here) who married John Porter.
22. Will, Magdalen Pollok or Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Office of the Register of Wills, No. 9, folio 117. In the beginning of the will Magdalen refers to herself as "Magdalen Pollock," and signs it with her "X" as "Magdalan Polk."
23. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, Under Robert Pollok (or Polke), "m Magdalen (will dated 7 April 1726), widow of ---Porter, and dau of ---Tasker, of Moneen, nr Strabane, co Tyrone, Ireland..."
24. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my Beloved Wife Magdalen Polke my now dwelling house and plantation..." "I constitute and appoint my son David Polke and my wife Magdalen Polke to be Executors of this my last will."
25. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, Magdalen Tasker is shown as "Magdalen Tasker, who inherited Moneen, an estate in the Barony of Rafo, parish of Lyford, Donegal, will dated 7 Apr. 1726 (filed in Somerset Co., Md.)."
26. Patent record, "Polks Lott" and "Polks Folly", Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis, MD., 21401; MSA No: S11, LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) 9, pp. 147a-147b [MdHR 17, 617, 1-24-1-3], "50 [acres] .... Polks Lott March 7, 1687 for Robt Polk on the north side Manokin Poss. by the Wid' of Robt. @ Magdalen Pollock." Also: "100 [acres] ... Polks Folly [? word] Mar 7 1687 for Robt. Polk Lying on the north side of Manokin poss by the wid' @ Magdalen Polk."
27. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk was born and married in Ireland, his wife was Magdalen Tasker the Widow of Col. Porter and heiress of Mowning Hill."
28. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of 20 Aug 1959, quoting from an article in the "Herald-Post," El Paso, TX., 12 July 1909, "Mrs. Susan Spratt Polk Rayner, ....... great-great-grandaughter of Robert Pollock and Magdaline Tasker, who were married in Ireland in 1632." Where this date of marriage came from is unknown; it seems to be much too early, based on the known history of the Polk family.
29. H. M. Stationary Office, Dublin, with introductory notes by Robert C. Simington of the uit Rent Office, Dublin, The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656, Counties of Donegal, Londonderry, and Tyrone, Vol. III, With the Returns of Church Lands for the Three Counties, (1937), County of Donegal, Parish of Lifford, folio 21, referring to the land called "Monyn," "Jon. Portr claimes one seshoch of ye sd Qr. with a house & Garden plot in Ballendrait being given him by his father in law Roger Tasker as a porcon with his wife, it being purchased by him from Thomas fflood who held the same in freehold from the sd. Sr. Richard." This proves the first name of Col. Porter and also proves that Roger Tasker had a daughter (Magdalen, although not named here) who married John Porter. As this survey was taken during the period 1654-1656, the marriage of Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen (Tasker) Porter must have taken place after that date.
30. Will, Magdalen Pollok or Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Office of the Register of Wills, Liber EB, No. 9, folio 117. The will is dated 7 Apr 1726 and proven 20 Mar 1727. She had to have died sometime in this period. .
31. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk was born and married in Ireland, his wife was Magdalen Tasker the Widow of Col. Porter and heiress of Mowning Hill."
32. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., issue of 20 Aug 1959, quoting from an article in the "Herald-Post," El Paso, TX., 12 July 1909, "Mrs. Susan Spratt Polk Rayner, ....... great-great-grandaughter of Robert Pollock and Magdaline Tasker, who were married in Ireland in 1632." Where this date of marriage came from is unknown; it seems to be much too early, based on the known history of the Polk family.
33. H. M. Stationary Office, Dublin, with introductory notes by Robert C. Simington of the uit Rent Office, Dublin, The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656, Counties of Donegal, Londonderry, and Tyrone, Vol. III, With the Returns of Church Lands for the Three Counties, (1937), County of Donegal, Parish of Lifford, folio 21, referring to the land called "Monyn," "Jon. Portr claimes one seshoch of ye sd Qr. with a house & Garden plot in Ballendrait being given him by his father in law Roger Tasker as a porcon with his wife, it being purchased by him from Thomas fflood who held the same in freehold from the sd. Sr. Richard." This proves the first name of Col. Porter and also proves that Roger Tasker had a daughter (Magdalen, although not named here) who married John Porter. As this survey was taken during the period 1654-1656, the marriage of Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen (Tasker) Porter must have taken place after that date.
34. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "iii. David, b. probably in Ireland; living 6 May 1699, when he is mentioned in his father's will."
35. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 61-63, 67-68, 94, and 208, pg. 208, "Of the seven sons of Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen Polk, one of them, David, Was not discovered by the 1849 compilers. Neither did they discover Capt. Robert's will of 1699 else they would have found David in the list of children named therein. The finding of this document within a few years past, on file in the Colonial Office at Annapolis, Md., revealed the name of David. It also showed that one of Robert and Magdalen's daughters, reputed to have been named Margaret, was named Martha."
36. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my said son David Polke the remainder of the above said tract of Land called Forlorne Hope." "I constitute and appoint my son David Polke and my wife Magdalen Polke to be Executors of this my last will."
37. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, David "probably married _______Nutter." See notes under David Polk.
38. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 208, "An inference from some of the records is that David married a daughter of Christopher Nutter, of Somerset, but proof is lacking."
39. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", 'Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, .....Margaret." This name is incorrect and should be Martha, according to other sources; see notes under Margaret Polk for discussion of Martha and Margaret.
40. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "viii. Martha, b. in Maryland about 1679."
41. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 92-94, "Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen (Tasker-Porter) Polk's family was composed of seven sons and two daughters, according to all family traditions and other evidence. These two daughters, as shown by Robert Bruce Polk's will of 1699, were Ann and Martha. All the old compilers of the Polk family records and the 1849 Polk Tree give the name Margaret instead of Martha, and this error was accepted until the discovery a few years since of Capt. Robert's will, showing daughters Ann and Martha, but no Margaret." NOTE: Part of the above is incorrect in that Ann is NOT shown in Robert's will at all. Also, see notes for discussion of Martha vs. Margaret name.
42. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "Another third of my Goods and moveables I leave to my daughter Martha be it little or much....." Margaret is not mentioned in the will at all. See notes.
43. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "viii. Martha, b. in Maryland about 1679."
44. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, their names ............and Anne."
45. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "vii. Ann, d. probably before 6 May 1699, as she is not mentioned in her father's will of that date..."
46. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 82 and 92-93, "Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen (Tasker-Porter) Polk's family was composed of seven sons and two daughters, according to all family traditions and other evidence. These two daughters, as shown by Robert Bruce Polk's will of 1699, were Ann and Martha." This statement is incorrect. No Ann or Anne was shown is Robert Bruce Polk's will. The only daughter mentioned was Martha.
47. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, Ann is not mentioned in her father's will.
48. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
49. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Mr. William Polk aged about fifty eight years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that at the time Francis Roberts was married to his sister that the deponent with the said Roberts and severall others was coming from his fathers to a fort hous which stood on a tract of land called Elliotts Choice belonging to the said Roberts and this deponent further saith that the afsd Roberts pointing to a large pine which stood by the marsh side about one hundred and fifty yards from the fort hous and said that the pine was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. William [W] Polk. Also: Priscilla Quartermus aged thirty six years being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that Samuel Jones came to her mother Ann Roberts and said I am come to the bounder of Elliotts Choice and that the said Jones went to a pine stump where the deponent now sits near the side of a marsh about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling house of Edward Roberts and about South from the said house with the deponent and severall others and there set up a post at the root of the said stump and that Samuel Jones told them that the stump afsd was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and the deponent further saith that John White Sen had laid his hand on the stump aforesaid and said it was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and Richard Wallis Sen said father White it is, in the presence of ye deponent she being then at the afsd stump and further saith not. Priscilla Quartermus.
50. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 93, "Ann Polk was presumably the third child - at least one being the eldest - of Robt. and Magdalen Polk. She was born about 1669, in Ireland, and was a little tot when her parents emigrated to America...."
51. Somerset Co., MD., Land Records, 1691-1697, Liber IKL, f. 125, Deposition by Anne (Polk) Roberts made in July 1709, states her age as 43. This indicates her birth year as 1665-1666. This would make Anne the oldest child of Robert Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk.
52. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; reprinted by James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984), pg. 3. Ann is not mentioned in her father's will of 6 May 1699, indicating that she was probably dead a`s of that date.
53. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 93, "It appears also that Ann died before reaching middle age......."presumably she was dead in 1699, judging from the fact that she was not mentioned in her father's will, while her sister Martha is given a devise." See notes.
54. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "vii. Ann, m. (1) Francis Roberts, a planter, of Dame's Quarter;."
55. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 93, "the first husband of Ann was Francis Roberts, a planter, of Dame's Quarter..."
56. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
57. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Mr. William Polk aged about fifty eight years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that at the time Francis Roberts was married to his sister that the deponent with the said Roberts and severall others was coming from his fathers to a fort hous which stood on a tract of land called Elliotts Choice belonging to the said Roberts and this deponent further saith that the afsd Roberts pointing to a large pine which stood by the marsh side about one hundred and fifty yards from the fort hous and said that the pine was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. William [W] Polk.
58. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
59. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 93.
60. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
61. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3.
62. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 77, the will of James Polk, proven 11 May 1727, makes a bequest "unto my cousin Edward Roberts on the provision my cousin Edward to deliver up the bond that I passed to him."
63. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3.
64. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Ann polk, daughter of John Polk, born of Jane, 27 January 1698."
65. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
66. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, no date or place of marriage provided.
67. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 82, "According to persistent tradition, Anne Polk, daughter of John, married her first cousin, Edward Roberts, the son of Francis Roberts and Ann Polk. She was probably born about 1698 and married by the time she was 18 or 20; say in 1715..."
68. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "2. Ann (Nancy), b. 27 Jan. 1698 [? 1698/9];."
69. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Ann Polk, daughter of John Polk, born of Jane, 27 Jan 1698."
70. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, no date or place of marriage provided.
71. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 82, "According to persistent tradition, Anne Polk, daughter of John, married her first cousin, Edward Roberts, the son of Francis Roberts and Ann Polk. She was probably born about 1698 and married by the time she was 18 or 20; say in 1715..."
72. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Edward m. his first cousin, Ann Polk....dau. of John and Jane."
73. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "William, b. 11 July 1695 [son of John Polk, son of Robert Polk] ....... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)." Pg. 3: "2. Priscilla, m. her first cousin, William Polk ....... son of John and Jane."
74. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 81, "There is a tradition in the family that William married his cousin Priscilla Roberts, which is probably correct, for in a deed of 4 Jan. 1723/24, he and his wife Priscilla, his step-mother and her second husband, Joanna and Thomas Hugg, sold the 500 acres known as "Friends Deniall" and "Kirkminster" to John Caldwell, at which time he is recorded as being of 'Dorsett Co.'--- See notes for further details.
75. Memorandum of understanding, John Pollett and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, 1 Nov 1728, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., 8 Old, folio 234-235, "Memorandum that on the first day of November Anno Domo Seventeen hundred twenty and Eight the following [? word] was Recorded ----- Know all men by these presents that I John Pollette Senr of Dorchester County in Province of Maryland do enter and Hold and firmly bound unto Priscillia Polk of Dorchester County afd. widow & Relict and Executrix of the Said Will and Testament of William Polk her late husband Deceased.........
76. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, Priscilla (Roberts) Polk not mentioned by name, ref shows: "And likewise I ordain my well beloved Wife to be my whole and Sole Executor ......" See other source (memorandum) which shows Priscilla was William Polk's widow.
77. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Priscilla Quartermus aged thirty six years being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that Samuel Jones came to her mother Ann Roberts and said I am come to the bounder of Elliotts Choice and that the said Jones went to a pine stump where the deponent now sits near the side of a marsh about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling house of Edward Roberts and about South from the said house with the deponent and severall others and there set up a post at the root of the said stump and that Samuel Jones told them that the stump afsd was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and the deponent further saith that John White Sen had laid his hand on the stump aforesaid and said it was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and Richard Wallis Sen said father White it is, in the presence of ye deponent she being then at the afsd stump and further saith not. Priscilla Quartermus.
78. Memorandum of understanding, John Pollett and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, 1 Nov 1728, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., 8 Old, folio 234-235, "Memorandum that on the first day of November Anno Domo Seventeen hundred twenty and Eight the following [? word] was Recorded ----- Know all men by these presents that I John Pollette Senr of Dorchester County in Province of Maryland do enter and Hold and firmly bound unto Priscillia Polk of Dorchester County afd. widow & Relict and Executrix of the Said Will and Testament of William Polk her late husband Deceased.........
79. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1695; d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, ...."
80. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 24, records of Old Monie Church, "William polk, son of John Polk, born of Jane, 11 July 1695." Pp. 207-208: "William, son of John and Jane, grew to manhood, married Priscilla Roberts, his cousin, and died in Maryland in 1726, his widow later marrying Robert Clarkson. These statements are supported by official records, and they entirely dissipate the long held tradition that the William who married Priscilla Roberts was the progenitor of the Southern Polks, as stated on the Polk 'Tree' published in 1849."
81. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, "In the Name of God Amen the Twenty fifth Day of November in the year of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Six, William Polk of Dorchester County..." Will proven 21 Feb 1726/27.
82. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
83. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "...William, ..... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)..." no date is given.
84. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1895, d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, his will being proved 21 Feb. 1726/7..."
85. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 24, records of Old Monie Church, "William polk, son of John polk, born of Jane, 11 July1695."
86. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1895, d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, his will being proved 21 Feb. 1726/7..."
87. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 33, "William, John's son, died comparatively young, for he was a minor needing a guardian in 1708; and eighteen years afterward 'Priscilla Polke, executrix of William Polke,' was prosecuting a suit to recover a debt, viz: in 1726, and so he must have died before he was 38, probably before he was 35."
88. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, will dated 25 Nov 1726, proven 21 Feb 1726/27 (double dating).
89. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 31; pg. 76: Pg. 31, "His widow Priscilla next married Robert Clarkson, of Somerset County, and by him had issue." Pg. 76, 20 May 1727, inventory of estate of Wm. Polk filed by Robert Clarkson, who married Priscilla, widow of William Polk..."
90. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 76, "Priscilla married Clarkson about 3 months after her husband Wm. Polk died..." This date is in disagreement with memorandum of November 1728, where Priscilla is called by surname Polk, so it appears she married Clarkson after 1 Nov 1728.
91. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "...William, ..... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)..." no date is given.
92. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Priscilla m. her first cousin, William Polk....son of John and Jane."
93. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 76, "Priscilla married Clarkson about 3 months after her husband Wm. Polk died..." This date is in disagreement with memorandum of November 1728, where Priscilla is called by surname Polk, so it appears she married Clarkson after 1 Nov 1728.
94. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "i. John, .... b. probably in Ireland, d. in 1707; m. (1) Jane --------, who d. 28 Oct. 1700; m. (2) Joanna Knox, sister of Nancy (Knox) Owens, the first wife of his brother William."
95. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-6, "John."
96. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 15-84, pg. 29, "John Polk, eldest son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen (Tasker) Porter, was born in Donegal county, Ireland, about 1662, or the beginning of the Restoration under Charles 2d."
97. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my sons John and William Polke to each of them twelve pence."
98. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, ....John..." (shown as first child).
99. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 382: "John Polk or Pollok, eldest son of Robert Bruce Polk or Pollok, and Magdaline his wife, was the progenitor of the North Carolina and Tennessee branch of the Polk family [WRONG]. He was twice married, first wife Joanna Knox; second Jugga Hugg. By his first marriage with Joanna Knox, he had two children, William, the elder, and Nancy, the younger......... William Polk, only son of John Polk, married twice -- first wife Priscilla Roberts; second wife Margaret Taylor [incorrect, WRONG William Polk] of Pennsylvania....." Pg. 383, referring to William Polk [who married Margaret Taylor], "William settled and died west of the Yadkin. He left eight children viz.: William Polk the eldest child; 2. Charles Polk; 3. Debora Polk; 4. Susan Polk; 5. John Polk; 6. Margaret Polk; 7. Thomas Polk; and 8. Ezekiel Polk."
100. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Judicials, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
101. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 29, "John Polk, eldest son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and Magdalen (Tasker) Porter, was born in Donegal county, Ireland, about 1662...."
102. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "i. John, b. probably in Ireland, d. in 1707."
103. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 33, "Continuing, Col. wm. T. G. Polk says: 'John died between Oct. 8, 1707 and March 1708, for on the former day he executed a deed to Alexander Hall, and 'Joanna his now wife,' joined with him; on the latter date his brother William was applying to be appointed guardian to his children."
104. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 382: "John Polk or Pollok, eldest son of Robert Bruce Polk or Pollok, and Magdaline his wife, was the progenitor of the North Carolina and Tennessee branch of the Polk family [WRONG]. He was twice married, first wife Joanna Knox; second Jugga Hugg. By his first marriage with Joanna Knox, he had two children, William, the elder, and Nancy, the younger......... William Polk, only son of John Polk, married twice -- first wife Priscilla Roberts; second wife Margaret Taylor [incorrect, WRONG William Polk] of Pennsylvania....." Pg. 383, referring to William Polk [who married Margaret Taylor], "William settled and died west of the Yadkin. He left eight children viz.: William Polk the eldest child; 2. Charles Polk; 3. Debora Polk; 4. Susan Polk; 5. John Polk; 6. Margaret Polk; 7. Thomas Polk; and 8. Ezekiel Polk." See notes.
105. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "i. John, .... b. probably in Ireland, d. in 1707; m. (1) Jane --------, who d. 28 Oct. 1700; m. (2) Joanna Knox, sister of Nancy (Knox) Owens, the first wife of his brother William."
106. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Jane Polk, the wife of John Polk, died 28 Oct., 1700."
107. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "i. John, .... b. probably in Ireland, d. in 1707; m. (1) Jane --------, who d. 28 Oct. 1700; m. (2) Joanna Knox, sister of Nancy (Knox) Owens, the first wife of his brother William."
108. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Jane Polk, the wife of John Polk, died 28 Oct., 1700."
109. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "Joanna Knox, sister of Nancy (Knox) Owens, the first wife of his brother William," [his brother William as used here refers to John Polk's brother William Polk]. See notes for source of possible different surname.
110. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, a note on this page states: "Some sources state that Nancy's parents were John Knox and Jean Gracie. In addition, Nancy has been named as a sister of Joanna Knox, second wife of John Polk." See notes.
111. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 78, "The deed from John Polk and Joanna, his 'now wife,' to Alex Hall in 1707, would indicate that he had been previously married." This first wife's first name was Jane. Pg. 29, "According to the Polk tree compiled ..... in 1849, John Polk, Sr. had two wives, the first Joanna Knox, and the second Jugurtha Hugg, a Swedish girl." Pg. 81: "There is a tradition in the family that William married his cousin Priscilla Roberts, which is probably correct, for in a deed of 4 Jan. 1723/24, he and his wife Priscilla, his step-mother and her second husband, Joanna and Thomas Hugg, sold the 500 acres known as "Friends Deniall" and "Kirkminster" to John Caldwell, at which time he is recorded as being of 'Dorsett Co.' ---- Dorchester." See notes.
112. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
113. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 33, "Continuing, Col. wm. T. G. Polk says: 'John died between Oct. 8, 1707 and March 1708, for on the former day he executed a deed to Alexander Hall, and 'Joanna his now wife,' joined with him; on the latter date his brother William was applying to be appointed guardian to his children."
114. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 80, referring to Joanna Knox Polk Hugg, "She does not seem to have left any will of record. My conclusion is that she had no children by Jno. Polk, and by Thos. Hugg, only two, who were living in 1726/7; and that she, herself, was the one referred to in the deed from Patrick Caldwell and wife to John Polk dated Nov. 5, 1740, and therefore was living at that time." See notes for further information about said deed..
115. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 33, "Continuing, Col. wm. T. G. Polk says: 'John died between Oct. 8, 1707 and March 1708, for on the former day he executed a deed to Alexander Hall, and 'Joanna his now wife,' joined with him; on the latter date his brother William was applying to be appointed guardian to his children."
116. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1695; d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, ...."
117. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 24, records of Old Monie Church, "William polk, son of John Polk, born of Jane, 11 July 1695." Pp. 207-208: "William, son of John and Jane, grew to manhood, married Priscilla Roberts, his cousin, and died in Maryland in 1726, his widow later marrying Robert Clarkson. These statements are supported by official records, and they entirely dissipate the long held tradition that the William who married Priscilla Roberts was the progenitor of the Southern Polks, as stated on the Polk 'Tree' published in 1849."
118. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, "In the Name of God Amen the Twenty fifth Day of November in the year of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Six, William Polk of Dorchester County..." Will proven 21 Feb 1726/27.
119. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
120. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1895, d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, his will being proved 21 Feb. 1726/7..."
121. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 24, records of Old Monie Church, "William polk, son of John polk, born of Jane, 11 July1695."
122. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "1. William, b. 11 July 1895, d. in Maryland, probably in 1726, his will being proved 21 Feb. 1726/7..."
123. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 33, "William, John's son, died comparatively young, for he was a minor needing a guardian in 1708; and eighteen years afterward 'Priscilla Polke, executrix of William Polke,' was prosecuting a suit to recover a debt, viz: in 1726, and so he must have died before he was 38, probably before he was 35."
124. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, will dated 25 Nov 1726, proven 21 Feb 1726/27 (double dating).
125. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 2, "William, b. 11 July 1695 [son of John Polk, son of Robert Polk] ....... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)." Pg. 3: "2. Priscilla, m. her first cousin, William Polk ....... son of John and Jane."
126. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 81, "There is a tradition in the family that William married his cousin Priscilla Roberts, which is probably correct, for in a deed of 4 Jan. 1723/24, he and his wife Priscilla, his step-mother and her second husband, Joanna and Thomas Hugg, sold the 500 acres known as "Friends Deniall" and "Kirkminster" to John Caldwell, at which time he is recorded as being of 'Dorsett Co.'--- See notes for further details.
127. Memorandum of understanding, John Pollett and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, 1 Nov 1728, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., 8 Old, folio 234-235, "Memorandum that on the first day of November Anno Domo Seventeen hundred twenty and Eight the following [? word] was Recorded ----- Know all men by these presents that I John Pollette Senr of Dorchester County in Province of Maryland do enter and Hold and firmly bound unto Priscillia Polk of Dorchester County afd. widow & Relict and Executrix of the Said Will and Testament of William Polk her late husband Deceased.........
128. Will, William Polk, son of John Polk/Jane, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 19, folio 87-88, Priscilla (Roberts) Polk not mentioned by name, ref shows: "And likewise I ordain my well beloved Wife to be my whole and Sole Executor ......" See other source (memorandum) which shows Priscilla was William Polk's widow.
129. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Priscilla Quartermus aged thirty six years being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that Samuel Jones came to her mother Ann Roberts and said I am come to the bounder of Elliotts Choice and that the said Jones went to a pine stump where the deponent now sits near the side of a marsh about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling house of Edward Roberts and about South from the said house with the deponent and severall others and there set up a post at the root of the said stump and that Samuel Jones told them that the stump afsd was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and the deponent further saith that John White Sen had laid his hand on the stump aforesaid and said it was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and Richard Wallis Sen said father White it is, in the presence of ye deponent she being then at the afsd stump and further saith not. Priscilla Quartermus.
130. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "...William, ..... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)..." no date is given.
131. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Priscilla Quartermus aged thirty six years being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that Samuel Jones came to her mother Ann Roberts and said I am come to the bounder of Elliotts Choice and that the said Jones went to a pine stump where the deponent now sits near the side of a marsh about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling house of Edward Roberts and about South from the said house with the deponent and severall others and there set up a post at the root of the said stump and that Samuel Jones told them that the stump afsd was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and the deponent further saith that John White Sen had laid his hand on the stump aforesaid and said it was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and Richard Wallis Sen said father White it is, in the presence of ye deponent she being then at the afsd stump and further saith not. Priscilla Quartermus.
132. Memorandum of understanding, John Pollett and Priscilla (Roberts) Polk, 1 Nov 1728, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., 8 Old, folio 234-235, "Memorandum that on the first day of November Anno Domo Seventeen hundred twenty and Eight the following [? word] was Recorded ----- Know all men by these presents that I John Pollette Senr of Dorchester County in Province of Maryland do enter and Hold and firmly bound unto Priscillia Polk of Dorchester County afd. widow & Relict and Executrix of the Said Will and Testament of William Polk her late husband Deceased.........
133. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "...William, ..... m. his first cousin, Priscilla Roberts, dau. of Francis and Ann (Polk)..." no date is given.
134. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Priscilla m. her first cousin, William Polk....son of John and Jane."
135. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3.
136. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Ann polk, daughter of John Polk, born of Jane, 27 January 1698."
137. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
138. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, "2. Ann (Nancy), b. 27 Jan. 1698 [? 1698/9];."
139. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "Ann Polk, daughter of John Polk, born of Jane, 27 Jan 1698."
140. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3.
141. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 77, the will of James Polk, proven 11 May 1727, makes a bequest "unto my cousin Edward Roberts on the provision my cousin Edward to deliver up the bond that I passed to him."
142. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, no date or place of marriage provided.
143. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 82, "According to persistent tradition, Anne Polk, daughter of John, married her first cousin, Edward Roberts, the son of Francis Roberts and Ann Polk. She was probably born about 1698 and married by the time she was 18 or 20; say in 1715..."
144. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 2-3, no date or place of marriage provided.
145. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 82, "According to persistent tradition, Anne Polk, daughter of John, married her first cousin, Edward Roberts, the son of Francis Roberts and Ann Polk. She was probably born about 1698 and married by the time she was 18 or 20; say in 1715..."
146. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Edward m. his first cousin, Ann Polk....dau. of John and Jane."
147. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
148. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "John Polk, son of John Polk, born of Jane, 22 Oct. 1700, and died 29 Oct. inst."
149. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
150. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, "John Polk, son of John Polk, born of Jane, 22 Oct., 1700, and died 29 Oct. inst."
151. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, records of Old Monie Church, "John Polk, son of John Polk, born of Jane, 22 Oct., 1700, and died 29 Oct. inst."
152. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 4, 1723 tax list --- Tho. Hugg and Robt. Polk /2. See notes.
153. Will, Robert Polk, son of John Polk/Joanna, Pennsylvania Archives, microfilm, Dorcester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 38, Folio 210, will written 12 June 1770; probated on 15 Jan 1771 (See notes). "In the Name of God, Amen the Twelfth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy I Robt Polk of Dorchester County........"
154. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 4, 1723 tax list --- Tho. Hugg and Robt. Polk /2. Assumption that age 16 is age of insertion to tax list, therefore Robert Polk born c1709. See notes, also.
155. Will, Robert Polk, son of John Polk/Joanna, Pennsylvania Archives, microfilm, Dorcester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 38, Folio 210, will written 12 June 1770; probated on 15 Jan 1771 (See notes).
156. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "vi. Ephraim, b. probably in Ireland about 1671.......... Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim." Incorrect lineage... see notes.
157. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 397, "Capt. John Scroggin, ....... married (in 1767) Eunice Jane Polk, daughter of John Polk, of Deleware, second son of Ephriam Polk, 1st, who was the third son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and wife, magdalen." Also, pg. 450: "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: ...... 3John;" Also, pg. 491: "John Polk (second son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Williams) Polk, was born about 1705, and died in 1782. He married Sarah Vaughan, daughter of Lt. Col. Joseph Vaughan........" See notes.
158. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 491, "He married Sarah Vaughan, daughter of Lt. Col. Joseph Vaughan ......" See notes.
159. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 491, "John Polk, .... was born about 1705, and died in 1782."
160. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 491.
161. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", 'Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, .....Margaret." This name is incorrect and should be Martha, according to other sources; see notes for discussion of Margaret vs. Martha.
162. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "viii. Martha, b. in Maryland about 1679."
163. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 92-94, "Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen (Tasker-Porter) Polk's family was composed of seven sons and two daughters, according to all family traditions and other evidence. These two daughters, as shown by Robert Bruce Polk's will of 1699, were Ann and Martha. All the old compilers of the Polk family records and the 1849 Polk Tree give the name Margaret instead of Martha, and this error was accepted until the discovery a few years since of Capt. Robert's will, showing daughters Ann and Martha, but no Margaret." NOTE: Part of the above is incorrect in that Ann is NOT shown in Robert's will at all. Also, see notes for discussion of Martha vs. Margaret name.
164. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "Another third of my Goods and moveables I leave to my daughter Martha be it little or much....." Margaret is not mentioned in the will at all. See notes.
165. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Thomas Pollett and Margarett his wife married by Thomas Wilson min 27 Dec 1687."
166. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
167. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Margaret Williams aged sixty years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that about nine years ago the Land Commissioners was about a tract of land called Elliotts Choice and that she the deponent was present and John Roberts said that the pine stump which the deponent now stands by was not the bounder of Elliotts Choice but that it was further down but Richard Wallis, Sen said this (was) the bounder. Likewise said John White and my husband Charles Williams and further saith not. Margaret [ M ]Williams.
168. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. (2) Richard Tull of Dame's Quarter, records showing that she was his wife in 1710."
169. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, name shown is "Thomas Pollett."
170. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 93, "Martha Polk, second daughter of Robert and Magdalen Polk, ..........married Thomas Pollitt of Somerset."
171. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Thomas Pollett and Margarett his wife married by Thomas Wilson min 27 Dec 1687."
172. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
173. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Thomas Pollett and Margarett his wife married by Thomas Wilson min 27 Dec 1687."
174. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, "Thomas Pollitt dying, Martha took a second husband Richard Tull,................and the official records show she was his wife in 1710."
175. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. (2) Richard Tull of Dame's Quarter..."
176. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, "Thomas Pollitt dying, Martha took as a second hunband Richard Tull, of Dame's Quarter, and the official records shown that she was his wife in 1710. If they left issue, we have no record of the fact."
177. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], November Court 1710, 413 Petition by Richard Tull and Thomas Hugg, husbands to the relicts of Thomas Pollett and John Polk, who were both bondsmen with Ann (Polk) Roberts for the estate of Francis Roberts, since both have deceased and since Ann has remarried to John Renshaw, Jun’r, petition is made to have Renshaw come into court and give security for the estate now in his hands. So ordered.
178. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
179. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94.
180. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, Per "Polk Family and Kinsmen," pg. 449: "Ephraim died in 1718, as shown by the fact that on March 19th of that year his widow gave bond in the Somerset Court as Administrex of his estate, with Charles Williams (presumably her father, or a brother) and Dennis Driskett as suireties, in the sum of two hundred pounds each." See notes, also.
181. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], 8 Commission to enquiry on boundaries of ELLIOTT’S CHOICE. Petition by Edward Roberts to establish a commission granted. Robert King, Thomas Gillis, Henry Ballard and Lewis Rigsby appointed, 6 August 1730. 7 August 1730 depositions taken from Ephrain Wilson, aged 64 years or thereabouts; Capt. John Tunstall, 54; Mr. Thomas Laws, 41 years; William Polk, aged 58 years; Charles Williams, 80 years; Margaret Williams, 60 years; Owen Day, 40 years; Joseph Polk, 41 years; Priscilla Quartermus, 36 years; Henry Ballard, 30 years.
182. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "viii. Martha, b. in Maryland about 1679...."
183. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Thomas Pollett and Margarett his wife married by Thomas Wilson min 27 Dec 1687."
184. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
185. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94.
186. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, "She also had two other children, John and Mary, as the records show." "She" refers to Martha (Polk) Pollett."
187. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, name shown is "Magdalen Pollitt," witness to the will of Magdalen Polk."
188. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, "She also had two other children, John and Mary, as the records show." "She" refers to Martha (Polk) Pollett.
189. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "John Pollett son of thomas and Margarett Pollett born 18 Jan 1688."
190. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "John Pollett son of Thomas and Margarett Pollett born 18 Jan 1688."
191. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Thomas Pollett son of Thomas and Margarett Pollett born 28 Sep 1690."
192. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 94, name shown is "William Pollitt," witness to the will of Magdalen Polk.
193. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 139, under Somerset Land Records: "Richard Pollett son of Thomas and Margarett Pollett born 17 Jun 1694."
194. A Genealogical Tree of The Polk Family, 1849. This tree is incorrect in that it shows John Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk, as the progenitor of the southern branch of the Polk Family. Research after the publication of the 1849 tree revealed the proper line from Robert Bruce for the southern branch was through his son William, and then William's son William, who married Margaret Taylor. There is another Polk tree being sold by the James K. Polk Memorial Association of Columbia, TN. which shows the southern Polks (the descendants of William Polk and Margaret Taylor) as being of Robert Bruce Polk, then John Polk, then William Polk. The text about origination of this tree is printed on the face of the tree and is: "The original drawing was partially updated in 1966 in respect to the family of Governor E. Louis Lowe (the "Fearless Lowe" of James R. Randall's lyrics of Maryland My Maryland) and his wife Esther Winder Polk Lowe. This copy was made for James G. Stahlman of Nashville for presentation to the Polk Memorial Association, June 1967." And there is still another Polk tree, this one an updated version of the 1849 tree, which shows the southern Polk line as coming from Robert Polk of Maryland, through his son William, and through his son William who married Margaret Taylor. The bottom of this Polk tree (which is sold by the James K. Polk Memorial Association, also) states: "Revised and reproduced from a tracing of an original which was published in 1849 -- by the Polk Genealogical Committe ---Nashville, Tenn. in 1952." Copies of all these trees are in the possession of Bill Polk of Kansas City, MO.
195. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 3-4, "William Polk (Robert 1), born probably in co. Donegal, Ireland, about 1664, died probably near the end of 1739, as his will was proved 24 Feb. 1739/40."
196. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 28, "William Polk" mentioned as a child of Robert and Magdalen Polk. Pages 30, 31, 32, 33, mention William Polk. See notes for information from page 34, and 203-209 of this source.
197. Miss Mary Winder Garrett of Williamsburg, VA., "Pedigree of the Pollok or Polk Family From Fulbert the Saxon (A. D. 1075) to the Present Time," The American Historical Magazine,The University Press, 208 N. College St., Nashville, TN. April 1896 issue begins the series and concludes with Vol. 4, 1899: October 1897 issue, Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 383, Mary Garrett has the wrong William as the progenitor of the southern Polk family in her genealogy. She appears to have taken the same path as those who published the 1849 Polk tree. Garrett shows the line as Robert Bruce Polk, then John Polk, then William Polk, who (she shows) married twice, first to Priscilla Roberts and second to Margaret Taylor. .
198. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243, William Polk is shown as son of "Robert Pollok (or Polke)," of "White Hall, Maryland, b probably in co Donegal ca 1664, m 1st, Nancy, widow of ---Owen, and dau of ---Knox; and 2ndly, ---Gray, widow, and d (will pr 24 Feb 1739), leaving issue..."
199. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my sons John and William Polke to each of them twelve pence."
200. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7.
201. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, William Polk is shown as "William Polk, prob. Co. Donegal, Ireland c. 1664-Md. c. 1739 (will proved 24 Feb. 1739/40." His wife is shown as "Mrs. Nancy Knox Owens, widow." William's father is "Robert Pollock or Polk..." His mother is "Magdalen Tasker,...."
202. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "In the name of God Amen I William Polk of the County of Somerset and Province of Maryland....."
203. Compiled and edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton), Maryland Calendar of Wills, Wills from 1685 to 1702, Vol. II, (1968, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 181, "Owens, William, Somerset Co., 27th Mch., 1698; To 2 sons, William and John, equally, 'The Widow's Choice,' sons Robert and Samuel, personalty. Wife (unnamed), extx. Overseers: Jno. Polk, Wm. Knox. Test: Wm. Polk, Archibald Smith, Jno. Goldsmith, Jno. Browne. 6. 280."
204. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 42, "William Poalke" registered his cattle marks, 1703.
205. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1707-1711, Maryland Hall of Records, Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42], SOMERSET JUDICIAL RECORDS 1707-11 [Accession 9169, MSA C 1774-18, Loc. 1/48/2/42] JUNE COURT 1708 101 William Polk petitions Justices for guardianship of the orphan children, William and Anne, of his brother John, deceased. To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court sitting Wm. Polk humbly showeth that when your petitioner’s brother John Polk late of this county dec’d left two children behind him, to wit Wm. and Ann Polk who upon his deathbed he requested that your petitioner and his wife to take care of them to see them educated and brought up Christian like and also to bring up the boy to learn a trade which your petitioner humbly craves that he may have the children ordered unto him per your Worships shall in your prudence and discretion think fit to be done (reasonably) for the orphans and petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Court grants request. William Polk is to give good security that he is to teach the said Wm Polk a trade and to read and write. James and William Polk enter into recognizance for sum of L10 on behalf of said orphans, condition being that William Polk do his best to prepare what parts is delivered to him of their portions left by their deceased father till of age and then to return their increase if any and do take care to learn the said William Polk a trade and to read and write and do allow the said William and Anne Polk all necessary and convenient till they come of age.
206. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Mr. William Polk aged about fifty eight years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that at the time Francis Roberts was married to his sister that the deponent with the said Roberts and severall others was coming from his fathers to a fort hous which stood on a tract of land called Elliotts Choice belonging to the said Roberts and this deponent further saith that the afsd Roberts pointing to a large pine which stood by the marsh side about one hundred and fifty yards from the fort hous and said that the pine was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. William [W] Polk.
207. Deposition of William Polk, Somerset Co., MD., 1739, Maryland Hall of Records, Somerset County Judicial Records, 1738-1740, folio 202, Accession #9181, "November Court ........ 1739, pg. 203........"The deposition of William polk aged about sixty six years being sworn upon the hold evangelist of almight God....." This date and age translates to a birth year of c1672-73. See notes, also.
208. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Commission to enquiry on boundaries of ELLIOTT’S CHOICE. Petition by Edward Roberts to establish a commission granted. Robert King, Thomas Gillis, Henry Ballard and Lewis Rigsby appointed, 6 August 1730. 7 August 1730 depositions taken from Ephrain Wilson, aged 64 years or thereabouts; Capt. John Tunstall, 54; Mr. Thomas Laws, 41 years; William Polk, aged 58 years; Charles Williams, 80 years; ... Mr. William Polk aged about fifty eight years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that at the time Francis Roberts was married to his sister that the deponent with the said Roberts and severall others was coming from his fathers to a fort hous which stood on a tract of land called Elliotts Choice belonging to the said Roberts and this deponent further saith that the afsd Roberts pointing to a large pine which stood by the marsh side about one hundred and fifty yards from the fort hous and said that the pine was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. William [W] Polk. See notes, also.
209. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, Will dated 23 Jan 1739/40 and proven of 24 Feb 1739/40.
210. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
211. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, death date and place given are "1739, Somerset Co., MD."
212. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "died probably near the end of 1739, as his will was proved 24 Feb. 1739/40."
213. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pp. 3-4, "He married first Nancy (Knox) Owens, widow, sister of the second wife of his brother, John..."
214. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 78, "There is a persistent claim that John and his brother Wm. married sisters whose maiden names were Joanna and Nancy Knox. Certain it is that Anne (or Nancy) married Wm. Owens and later Wm. Polk, second son of Robert Bruce Polk." Pg. 204-205, for content, see notes.
215. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
216. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, a note on this page states: "Some sources state that Nancy's parents were John Knox and Jean Gracie. In addition, Nancy has been named as a sister of Joanna Knox, second wife of John Polk."
217. Compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Santa Clara, CA., Ancestors of American Presidents, (1989), pg. 18, the wife of William Polk is shown as "Nancy Knox Owens, widow."
218. Compiled and edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton), Maryland Calendar of Wills, Wills from 1685 to 1702, Vol. II, (1968, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 181, "Owens, William, Somerset Co., 27th Mch., 1698; To 2 sons, William and John, equally, 'The Widow's Choice,' sons Robert and Samuel, personalty. Wife (unnamed), extx. Overseers: Jno. Polk, Wm. Knox. Test: Wm. Polk, Archibald Smith, Jno. Goldsmith, Jno. Browne. 6. 280." See notes, also.
219. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
220. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, the birth of James Polk is give as 17 May 1719; since he is thought to be the son of William and his second wife, the Widow Gray, the first wife Nancy must have been dead by sometime before mid-late 1718. However, see notes.
221. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "He married......secondly ______Gray, widow, probably the mother of Allen Gray, who is mentioned in William Polk's will." See text of William's will in his notes.
222. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, name shown is "Widow Gray."
223. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 34, see notes.
224. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD. Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, apparently William's second wife, the widow Gray, was deceased at the time he made his will as she is mentioned in the will as "five and a half yards of Linnin its being ye half of a Remnant left in the House at the Decease of my wife....."
225. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 203, "William Polk, the second son and child of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen (Tasker-Porter) Polk, was born about 1664-7 in the County of Donegal, Ireland, a short distance from Londonderry and Coleraine."
226. Burke's Peerage, Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1975, London; distributed in America by Arco Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY.), pg. 243.
227. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, birth date and place given is "1664," in "Donegal, Ireland."
228. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3.
229. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "Children by second wife [Widow Gray]: iv. James, b. 17 May 1719; d. in 1770; m. (1) Mary Cottman; m. (2) Betty Cottman, sister of his first wife. His will was proved in Apr. 1771, in Frederick Co., Md. He and his descendants remained in Maryland." See notes.
230. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND NANCY (KNOX-OWENS) POLK. In addition too William and Charles Polk, who appear to have been his eldest children, Wm. Polk, Sr., had four children. These four were: 1Elizabeth, 2James, 3David, and 4Jane." Pg. 215 shows: "James Polk, second son of William Polk, Sr., and the widow Nancy (Knox-Owens) Polk, was born May 17, 1719, and died in 1771." Other sources show James was the first son of the second wife of William Polk I (the Widow Gray). See notes.
231. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." Also: "4James" born "17 May 1719 Somerset MD" married first "Mary Cottman" and married second "Betty Cottman" and died "1770 Frederick MD." See notes.
232. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath the Rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal unto my son James Polk...."
233. Will, James Polk, Son of William Polk, Son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB5, folio 27-28, "In the name of god Amen I James Polk..........." Will dated 30 Jan 1771, and proven 16 April 1771.
234. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1757-1760, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9190, MSA C 1774-44, Loc. 1/48/3/18], 6. March Court 1757. Samuel HANDY commission for BARE RIDGE, Ephraim WILSON, Thomas JONES, Levin WILSON, William TURPIN. 24 Nov 1756. The deposition of David POLK, age 51 or thereabouts: About 10 or 12 years past he was employed by one Abraham HATH to run the lines of a parcel of land [HANDYS RIDGE]....; Hannah GOLDSMITH, age 55, mentions old John GRAY; James POLK, age 55.
235. Will, James Polk, Son of William Polk, Son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB5, folio 27-28, will dated 30 Jan 1771, proven 16 April 1771.
236. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "m. (1) Mary Cottman; m. (2) Betty Cottman, sister of his first wife."
237. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "married 1st Mary Cottman, 2nd Betty Cottman..."
238. Will, James Polk, Son of William Polk, Son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB5, F27-28, "I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Betty Polk.........." Will dated 30 Jan 1771, and proven 16 April 1771.
239. Will, Betty (Cottman) Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB1, folio 135-136, "In the name of God Amen I Betty Polk........." Will dated 15 July 1779, proven on 22 March 1780.
240. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." Also: "4James" born "17 May 1719 Somerset MD" married first "Mary Cottman" and married second "Betty Cottman" and died "1770 Frederick MD."
241. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 216, last child of first marriage, William, b. 1744.
242. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 215-216, will of James Polk dated 30 Jan 1771 and probated 16 April 1771 mentions wife Betty Polk and she is the executor of the will.
243. Will, Betty (Cottman) Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB1, folio 135-136, "In the name of God Amen I Betty Polk........." Will dated 15 July 1779, proven on 22 March 1780.
244. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "m. (1) Mary Cottman; m. (2) Betty Cottman, sister of his first wife."
245. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, first marriage was to "Mary Cottman," and second to "Betty Cottman." According to Emma Angellotti (see other ref), Mary and Betty were sisters.
246. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "married 1st Mary Cottman, 2nd Betty Cottman..." Pg. 215 shows married first "Mary Cottman; secondly, her sister, Betty Cottman."
247. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1757-1760, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9190, MSA C 1774-44, Loc. 1/48/3/18], 6. March Court 1757. Samuel HANDY commission for BARE RIDGE, Ephraim WILSON, Thomas JONES, Levin WILSON, William TURPIN. 24 Nov 1756. The deposition of David POLK, age 51 or thereabouts: About 10 or 12 years past he was employed by one Abraham HATH to run the lines of a parcel of land [HANDYS RIDGE]....; Hannah GOLDSMITH, age 55, mentions old John GRAY; James POLK, age 55.
248. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "iv. James, b. 17 May 1719; d. in 1770; m. (1) Mary Cottman; m. (2) Betty Cottman, sister of his first wife. His will was proved in Apr. 1771, in Frederick Co., Md. He and his descendants remained in Maryland." See notes.
249. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." Also: "4James" born "17 May 1719 Somerset MD" married first "Mary Cottman" and married second "Betty Cottman" and died "1770 Frederick MD."
250. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND NANCY (KNOX-OWENS) POLK. In addition too William and Charles Polk, who appear to have been his eldest children, Wm. Polk, Sr., had four children. These four were: 1Elizabeth, 2James, 3David, and 4Jane." Pg. 215 shows: "James Polk, second son of William Polk, Sr., and the widow Nancy (Knox-Owens) Polk, was born May 17, 1719, and died in 1771." Other sources show James was the first son of the second wife of William Polk I (the Widow Gray). See notes.
251. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), Pg. 4, "Children by second wife [Widow Gray]: iv. James, b. 17 May 1719; d. in 1770; m. (1) Mary Cottman; m. (2) Betty Cottman, sister of his first wife. His will was proved in Apr. 1771, in Frederick Co., Md. He and his descendants remained in Maryland." See notes.
252. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, death date and place given are "1770, Frederick Co., MD."
253. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "James Polk ....died 1770..."
254. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 216, last child of first marriage, William, b. 1744.
255. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "Children by second wife: vi. Jane, b. in 1723; m. James Strawbridge."
256. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "In addition to William and Charles Polk, who appear to have been his eldest children, Wm. Polk, Sr. had four children. These four were: 1Elizabeth, 2James, 3David, and 4Jane." Also, pg. 240: "Mary Jane Polk Whittington, sometimes called 'Polly,' married three times. Her first husband was Dr. William Strawbridge, (son of William Strawbridge, Sr., and Jane Polk), to whom whe was married on the 7th of May, 1788." The question to be asked is whether William Strawbridge Sr. is the same man as James Strawbridge. See notes.
257. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray."
258. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD. Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Strawbridge...."
259. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "vi. Jane, b. in 1723; m. James Strawbridge."
260. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, name shown is James Strawbridge.
261. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD. Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Strawbridge....."
262. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 240, "Mary Jane Polk Whittington, sometimes called 'Polly,' married three times. Her first husband was Dr. William Strawbridge, (son of William Strawbridge, Sr., and Jane Polk), to whom whe was married on the 7th of May, 1788." The question to be asked is whether William Strawbridge Sr. is the same man as James Strawbridge. No indication he is the same man except for the marriage to Jane Polk. See notes.
263. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4.
264. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7.
265. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209.
266. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "Children by second wife: v. David, b. in 1721; d. in 1778...." See notes, also.
267. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND NANCY (KNOX-OWENS) POLK. In addition too William and Charles Polk, who appear to have been his eldest children, Wm. Polk, Sr., had four children. These four were: 1Elizabeth, 2James, 3David, and 4Jane." Also: "3Judge David Polk born 1721, died 1778; married Betsy Gilliss;."
268. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." "5David" born "1721 Somerset MD" Death "1778 Somerset MD."
269. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD. Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath unto my son David...."
270. Will, David Polk, Son of William Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB1, folio 95, "In the name of God Amen I David Polk of Somerset County......." Will dated 5 Sep 1778, probate date unknown, but died in 1778..
271. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1757-1760, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9190, MSA C 1774-44, Loc. 1/48/3/18], 6. March Court 1757. Samuel HANDY commission for BARE RIDGE, Ephraim WILSON, Thomas JONES, Levin WILSON, William TURPIN. 24 Nov 1756. The deposition of David POLK, age 51 or thereabouts: About 10 or 12 years past he was employed by one Abraham HATH to run the lines of a parcel of land [HANDYS RIDGE]....; Hannah GOLDSMITH, age 55, mentions old John GRAY; James POLK, age 55.
272. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1760-1763, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9191, MSA C 1774-45, Loc. 1/48/3/19], 256-7 June Court 1763. Matthias Coston, commission and affidavits, Good Luck, Second Choice. Depositions of Thomas GILLISS, age 66; David POLK, age 57.
273. Letter, Josiah Lafayette Polk to William H. Winder, 5 Oct 1848, William H. Polk Collection, University of Kentucky, Also: "Gilliss Polk, son of David died of gout in the fifty first year of his age. It should have been stated that his sister, Sinah, died, also, of the same disease when she was about 62 or 63 years of age. Their father, David, died of the same."
274. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1757-1760, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9190, MSA C 1774-44, Loc. 1/48/3/18], 6. March Court 1757. Samuel HANDY commission for BARE RIDGE, Ephraim WILSON, Thomas JONES, Levin WILSON, William TURPIN. 24 Nov 1756. The deposition of David POLK, age 51 or thereabouts: About 10 or 12 years past he was employed by one Abraham HATH to run the lines of a parcel of land [HANDYS RIDGE]....; Hannah GOLDSMITH, age 55, mentions old John GRAY; James POLK, age 55.
275. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1760-1763, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession: 9191, MSA C 1774-45, Loc. 1/48/3/19], 256-7 June Court 1763. Matthias Coston, commission and affidavits, Good Luck, Second Choice. Depositions of Thomas GILLISS, age 66; David POLK, age 57.
276. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "David, b. in 1721; d. in 1778; m. Betsey Gillis."
277. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." "5David" born "1721 Somerset MD" Death "1778 Somerset MD."
278. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "3Judge David Polk born 1721, died 1778; married Betsy Gilliss;."
279. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "David, b. in 1721; d. in 1778; m. Betsey Gillis."
280. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Betsey Gillis."
281. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "3Judge David Polk born 1721, died 1778; married Betsy Gilliss;."
282. Will, David Polk, Son of William Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Will Bk. EB1, folio 95, no wife mentioned in will dated 5 Sep 1778. Assumption death before will written.
283. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "David, b. in 1721; d. in 1778; m. Betsey Gillis."
284. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, "Note 3. The first three children of William Polk I were by Nancy Knox Owens, and the next three by Widow Gray." "5David" born "1721 Somerset MD" Death "1778 Somerset MD."
285. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "3Judge David Polk born 1721, died 1778; married Betsy Gilliss;."
286. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "2. William Polk....... married first Nancy (Knox) Owens....Children by first wife: i. Elizabeth, b. about 1695; m. John Williams of Somerset Co., Md. Children ...."
287. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND NANCY (KNOX-OWENS) POLK. In addition too William and Charles Polk, who appear to have been his eldest children, Wm. Polk, Sr., had four children. These four were: 1Elizabeth, 2James, 3David, and 4Jane." Also: "It appears that the first named, Elizabeth generally called 'Betsy' was a full sister of William and Charles, and possibly also their elder in years, judging from the date of her birth, as given."
288. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 109, under Coventry P. E. Church, Somerset County: "John Williams and Elizabeth Polk m Apr 10 1733."
289. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7.
290. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Williams...."
291. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 196, "marriage of John Williams, 10 April 1733, to Elizabeth Polk; Coventry Parish; copy made in 1899/1900 by Harrison, at Maryland Historical Society."
292. Polk Family History Notes of Josiah F. Polk, Letters to William H. Winder, 5 Oct 1848; Letters to Gov. Charles Polk of Delaware, 22 Feb 1849, transcription dated 5 July 1876; with later annotations by William Harrison Polk, "Betsy, the sister of Jane and last daughter of William, the second son of Robert, died in childhood" NOTE that Josiah Polk's recollection of Betsy is incorrect. She married John Williams and had several children. She is mentioned in her father's will as Elizabeth Williams and lived until at least 1775. See Matthew M. Wise, "The Boston Family of Maryland", 1986, p.439.
293. Compiled and edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton), Maryland Calendar of Wills, Wills from 1685 to 1702, Vol. II, (1968, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 181, "Owens, William, Somerset Co., 27th Mch., 1698; To 2 sons, William and John, equally, 'The Widow's Choice,' sons Robert and Samuel, personalty. Wife (unnamed), extx. Overseers: Jno. Polk, Wm. Knox. Test: Wm. Polk, Archibald Smith, Jno. Goldsmith, Jno. Browne. 6. 280." If it assumed that William Owens died cMarch 1698, then Elizabeth could not have been born (legitimately to Wm. Polk) in c1695 as the other sources state. She must have been born after the marriage of William Polk/Nancy (Knox) Owens and after March 1698, UNLESS she was the daughter of a previous marriage of William Polk (before his marriage to the widow Owens). See notes, also.
294. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, "2. William Polk....... married first Nancy (Knox) Owens....Children by first wife: i. Elizabeth, b. about 1695; m. John Williams of Somerset Co., Md. Children ...."
295. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7.
296. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "Elizabeth 'Betsy' Polk, born about 1695, ........ married John Williams of Somerset."
297. Will, William Polk, son of Robert Bruce? Polk, Somerset Co., MD. Officer of the Register of Wills, Bk. 9, pp. 211-212, "I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Williams...."
298. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 196, "marriage of John Williams, 10 April 1733, to Elizabeth Polk; Coventry Parish; copy made in 1899/1900 by Harrison, at Maryland Historical Society."
299. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 109, under Coventry P. E. Church, Somerset County: "John Williams and Elizabeth Polk m Apr 10 1733."
300. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 196, "marriage of John Williams, 10 April 1733, to Elizabeth Polk; Coventry Parish; copy made in 1899/1900 by Harrison, at Maryland Historical Society."
301. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 109, under Coventry P. E. Church, Somerset County: "John Williams and Elizabeth Polk m Apr 10 1733."
302. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 4, Elizabeth, b. about 1695; m. John Williams of Somerset Co., Md...."
303. Compiled by Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., The Polk Family Supplement One, (November 1981), pg. II-7, birth 1695ca, Somerset, MD.
304. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 209, "Elizabeth (Betsy) Polk, born about 1695, died _______, married John Williams of Somerset..."
305. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 196, "marriage of John Williams, 10 April 1733, to Elizabeth Polk; Coventry Parish; copy made in 1899/1900 by Harrison, at Maryland Historical Society."
306. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726-1750, Book 2, (1993, Family Line Publications), pg. 109, under Coventry P. E. Church, Somerset County: "John Williams and Elizabeth Polk m Apr 10 1733."
307. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, ...Ephriam ..." .
308. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "vi. Ephraim, b. probably in Ireland about 1671; d. in Somerset Co., Md., about 1717/18, his widow giving bonds as administratrix of hes estate on 19 Mar. 1718 [ ? 1717/18]; m., probably about 1700, Elizabeth Williams, probably sister of the wife of his brother James. She m. (2) John Laws, and was living as his wife in 1724. Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim."
309. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 16-17, 27, 55, 60-63, 449-450, and 525, pg. 449, "Ephraim Polk, 1st, progenitor of most of the Polks in Delaware, Kentucky, Iowa, Ohio, California, and some other of the Western and Southern States, was the third son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife, Magdalen (Porter) Polk, nee Tasker."
310. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave unto my son Ephraim the choice of what stear I have or may have at the day of my death."
311. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 42, "Ephraim Polke" cattle marks registered, 1703.
312. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "b. probably in Ireland about 1671."
313. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, "Ephraim Polk, 1st, was born in Ireland about the year 1671, and was a child of tender age when his parents emigrated to America...."
314. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "d. in Somerset Co., Md., about 1717/18, his widow giving bonds as administratrix of his estate on 19 Mar. 1718 (?1717/18)."
315. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, "Ephraim died in 1718, as shown by the fact that on March 19th of that year his widow gave bond in the Somerset Court as Administrex of his estate, with Charles Williams (presumably her father, or a brother) and Dennis Driskett as suireties, in the sum of two hundred pounds each."
316. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. probably about 1700, Elizabeth Williams, probably sister of the wife of his brother James."
317. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, referring to the widow and administratrix of the estate of Ephraim Polk, 1st, "Her maiden name was Elizabeth Williams, a descendant of Henry Williams, a Virginia planter, who settled there in 1618, and who had property in Somerset County, Maryland. Many of this Williams family resided on the Eastern Shore, their ancestors being among the first colonists who came over with Lord Baltimore. Elizabeth is also said to have been a sister of Mary Williams, wife of her husband's brother, James Polk." .
318. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. probably about 1700, Elizabeth Williams...." Place of marriage not given.
319. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 448, "Ephraim and Elizabeth were married about the year 1700, when he was a little less than thirty years old, as their eldest child, Magdalen Manlove Polk, who died unmarried, was born in 1702."
320. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. (2) John Laws, and was living as his wife in 1724."
321. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, "After Ephraim's death his widow married John Laws......and she was his wife in 1824, as the records show." The year is obviously incorrect, should be 1724.
322. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. probably about 1700, Elizabeth Williams...." Place of marriage not given.
323. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 448, "Ephraim and Elizabeth were married about the year 1700, when he was a little less than thirty years old, as their eldest child, Magdalen Manlove Polk, who died unmarried, was born in 1702."
324. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "1. Magdalen, b. in 1702." See notes for Ephraim Polk, also.
325. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 449, "Ephraim and Elizabeth were married about the year 1700 ....as their eldest child, Magdalen Manlove Polk, who died unmarried, was born in 1702." Also, pg. 450: "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: 1Magdalen Manlove; 2Charles, 1st; 3John; 4Joseph; 5Ephraim2d."
326. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: Magdalene Manlove Will Made Date: 21 Mar 1770 Heirs Name: sons Jonathan, Boas and Manuel Manlove; daus. Elizabeth Manlove, Ann Burroughs; grandson James Owens; granddaus. Eunice Waller, Sarah and Betty Manlove (daus. of George) Exec/Trus Name: [No exec'r] Wit Name: Charles Polk, Sr., Charles Polk, Jr., George Polk Will Probate Date: 22 Nov 1770 Will Book: Arch. vol. A86; Reg. of Wills, Liber B Page: 38; folios 406-407.
327. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg., "their eldest child, Magdalen Manlove Polk, who died unmarried, was born in 1702." See notes.
328. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "1. Magdalen, b. in 1702."
329. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: Manuel Manlove, Cordwinder Will Made Date: 19 Oct 1743 Heirs Name: wife unnamed; sons Jonathan, Manuel and Boaz Manlove Exec/Trus Name: unnamed wife Wit Name: William Burroughs, Edward Burroughs, Geo[rge] Grier Will Probate Date: 25 Nov 1743 Will Book: Arch. vol. A86; Reg. of Wills, Liber A Page: 39; folios 345-347.
330. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "...... Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim." See notes, also.
331. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: 1Magdalen Manlove; 2Charles, 1st; 3John; 4Joseph; 5Ephraim2d." Also, same page: "Charles Polk, first son of Ephraim Polk and Elizabeth Williams, was born March 16, 1704, and died Aug. 28, 1784." See notes, also.
332. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, see notes.
333. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia, 1740-1920, www.genealogy.com, Polk, Charles Married: Jul 08, 1736 County: Kent State: DE Gender: Male More About: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006421. Spouse name: Patience Manlove Spouse gender: Female.
334. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "Charles Polk, first son of Ephraim Polk and Elizabeth Williams, was born March 16, 1704, and died Aug. 28, 1784."
335. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "Charles Polk, first son of Ephraim Polk and Elizabeth Williams, was born March 16, 1704, and died Aug. 28, 1784. He married Patience Manlove, on July 8, 1738. She was born in 1711 and died Sept. 23, 1776."
336. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia, 1740-1920, www.genealogy.com, Polk, Charles Married: Jul 08, 1736 County: Kent State: DE Gender: Male More About: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006421. Spouse name: Patience Manlove Spouse gender: Female.
337. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Genealogy.com, October 27, 2001, Volume VII, Early Marriages, Birth and Deaths from Kent County, Delaware, Deed Books, Page 159, "Charles Polk and Patience Manlove, July 8, 1736" Book "L."
338. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia, 1740-1920, www.genealogy.com, Polk, Charles Married: Jul 08, 1736 County: Kent State: DE Gender: Male More About: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006421. Spouse name: Patience Manlove Spouse gender: Female.
339. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "Charles Polk ......... married Patience Manlove, on July 8, 1738. She was born in 1711 and died Sept. 23, 1776."
340. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Genealogy.com, October 27, 2001, Volume VII, Early Marriages, Birth and Deaths from Kent County, Delaware, Deed Books, Page 159, "Charles Polk and Patience Manlove, July 8, 1736" Book "L."
341. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia, 1740-1920, www.genealogy.com, Polk, Charles Married: Jul 08, 1736 County: Kent State: DE Gender: Male More About: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006421. Spouse name: Patience Manlove Spouse gender: Female.
342. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "Charles Polk, first son of Ephraim Polk and Elizabeth Williams, ..... married Patience Manlove, on July 8, 1738."
343. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "...... Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim."
344. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: 1Magdalen Manlove; 2Charles, 1st; 3John; 4Joseph; 5Ephraim2d."
345. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 502, "Joseph Polk, .....b. 1720..." If one accepts the death date of Ephraim Polk I to be about 1718 (as given on pg. 449 of this source), then this date of birth is impossible.
346. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 502.
347. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 470, "Joseph Polk, a brother of Charles Polk 1st, married Sarah Coverdale." Pg. 470 shows: "Ephraim Polk, 2d, .....His marriage to Mary Coverdale, (a sister of Sarah Coversdale, wife of his brother Joseph Polk), ..."
348. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "...... Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim."
349. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 450, "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: 1Magdalen Manlove; 2Charles, 1st; 3John; 4Joseph; 5Ephraim2d."
350. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 514, the text of Ephraim Polk's will is given in the source; said will dated 5 Jan 1789 and presented to the Register of Wills for Sussex Co., DE., on 22 March 1791. Ephraim probably died shortly before the latter date. March 1, 1791 is arbitrarily used as the possible first date he died, but it could have been earlier (though not likely).
351. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 469, "Ephraim Polk 2d, married Polly Manlove, ........." However, pg. 510, states: " ... Ephraim Polk, 2d, ..... His marriage to Mary Coverdale, (a sister of Sarah Coversdale, wife of his brother Joseph Polk), evidently took place about 1740, as his eldest child was born in 1742." See notes.
352. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 514, "As he [Ephraim Polk II] makes no mention [in his will] of his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Coverdale, it is fairly inferable that she was then dead. Had she been alive, he would have made some providison for her." The will of Ephraim Polk II was executed on 5 Jan 1789. See notes under Mary Manlove for discussion of the wife of Ephraim Polk II.
353. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 510.
354. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 510, "His marriage to Mary Coverdale, (a sister of Sarah Coversdale, wife of his brother Joseph Polk), evidently took place about 1740, as his eldest child was born in 1742." See notes under daughter Elizabeth Polk...... date of marriage must be earlier than 1742 considering this daughter b. in 1739.
355. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 397, "Capt. John Scroggin, ....... married (in 1767) Eunice Jane Polk, daughter of John Polk, of Deleware, second son of Ephriam Polk, 1st, who was the third son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and wife, magdalen." Also, pg. 450: "The issue of the marriage of Ephraim Polk, 1st, and Elizabeth Williams, was five children: ...... 3John;" Also, pg. 491: "John Polk (second son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Williams) Polk, was born about 1705, and died in 1782. He married Sarah Vaughan, daughter of Lt. Col. Joseph Vaughan........"
356. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "...... Children: 1. Magdalen, b. in 1702. 2. Charles. 3. John 4. Joseph 5. Ephraim." See notes.
357. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, .........James...."
358. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727, as the probate of his will, dated 8 Nov. 1726, shows; m. Mary Williams, probably sister of his brother Ephraim's wife."
359. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 16-20, 36-40, 45-47, 55, 61-63, and 77:, Pg. 36, "James Polk, fourth son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk (or Pollock) and his wife Magdalen Tasker (Porter) Polk, was born about 1673....."
360. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my son James an Orphan Boy called Christopher Little to him the said James and his heirs during the time of his Indre."
361. Will, James Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills), 19, pp. 205-207, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "In the Name of God, Amen The Eight Day of November in the in the year an. D'' 1726 I James Polk of Somerset County in the province of Maryland...."
362. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 4, Tax Lists of Somerset Co., MD., 1723 ........ James Polk, David Polk, Negroes Samboe and Roger /4.
363. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 36, "James Polk, fourth son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk (or Pollock) and his wife Magdalen Tasker (Porter) Polk, was born about 1673, near about the time his parents came to America, and he died in 1727, as his will of that year indicates."
364. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 36, "he died in 1727, as his will of that year indicates."
365. Will, James Polk, son of Robert Bruce Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 205-207, [MSA SR 4413], "In the Name of God Amen The Eight Day of November in the in the year an. D." 1726...." "On the back of the aforegoing Will was thus written viz --- May 11 1727 [day somewhat questionable; appears to be 4, then written over and initialed]."
366. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727, as the probate of his will, dated 8 Nov. 1726, shows; m. Mary Williams, probably sister of his brother Ephraim's wife."
367. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "James ..... m. Mary Williams, probably sister of his brother Ephraim's wife." See notes for different wife's name. .
368. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 36, "James .......... married Williams, said to have been a sister to Elizabeth Williams, who married his brother Ephraim Polk." Pg. 449, referring to the widow of Ephraim Polk, 1st, "Her maiden name was Elizabeth Williams, a descendant of Henry Williams, a Virginia planter, .......Elizabeth is also said to have been a sister of Mary Williams, wife of her husband's brother, James Polk." See notes.
369. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 36.
370. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
371. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, "David Polk" see notes under James Polk for text of will. Pg. 40: "Of the history of James Polk's children, little has been obtained. David appears to have been the oldest, born about 1700 and died 1773."
372. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 4, Tax Lists of Somerset Co., MD., 1723 ........ James Polk, David Polk, Negroes Samboe and Roger /4.
373. Will, David Pollock, Son James Polk/Mary Williams, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 39, Folio 543-544, "In the name of God amen I David Pollock of Dorchester County and Province of Maryland........ " Will dated 23 Feb 1773, and proven on "[? day] of March Anno Domino 1773...."
374. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: David Polk [Pollock], Sr., Yeoman Admin Name: Alexander Laws, John Collins Will Probate Date: c. 01 Dec 1779 Will Book: Arch. vol. A93 Page: 172 Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A93, page 172 mentions heirs: Francis Roberts and wife; William Juitt and wife; Alexander Laws and wife].
375. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 40, "Of the history of James Polk's children, little has been obtained. David appears to have been the oldest, born about 1700 and died 1773."
376. Will, David Pollock, Son James Polk/Mary Williams, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber 39, Folio 543-544, "In the name of God amen I David Pollock of Dorchester County and Province of Maryland........ " Will dated 23 Feb 1773, and proven on "11th Day of March Anno Domino 1773...."
377. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 40, "Of the history of James Polk's children, little has been obtained. David appears to have been the oldest, born about 1700 and died 1773."
378. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
379. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
380. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
381. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
382. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
383. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, see notes.
384. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
385. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
386. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 38-39, will of James Polk (Sr.), see notes under James Polk (Sr.) for text of will.
387. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45, born about 1707.
388. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
389. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
390. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
391. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
392. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
393. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
394. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
395. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
396. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
397. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
398. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
399. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
400. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
401. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
402. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
403. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "v. James, d. in 1727 .........left land to his sons David, John, James, and Henry and daughters Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Magdalen, Jane, and Anna."
404. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, will of James Polk, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
405. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
406. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 38-39, see notes under James Polk for text of will.
407. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 45.
408. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, see notes.
409. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", "Robert Polk and Magdalen had Eight Children, Six Sons and two Daughters, their names .............. Robert...."
410. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "ii. Robert, b. probably in Ireland; d. between 2 Feb. 1726/7 when his will was dated, and 10 May 1727, when it was proved."
411. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 17, 55, 61-63, 70, and 671-673, Pg. 671, "Robert Polk, Jr., (fifth son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen), was b. in Somerset County, Maryland, about 1675, or shortly after his parents landed in America." Pg. 672: "(3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1707, d. Dec. 1770; married Alice Nutter." Also pg. 672: "According to data procured between 1840 and 1848, by Josiah F. Polk and Col. Wm. H. Winder, of Maryland, and others interested in the preparation of the Polk tree published in 1849, and since that time by others who made careful research, the line of Robert Polk, Jr., down to the Revolution was as follows: (1) Robert Bruce Polk and wife, Magdalen, who came to America about 1672. (2) Robert Polk, Jr., b. about 1675, d. 1727; married Grace Guillette in 1699. (3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1709-11, d. 1771; married Alice Nutter."
412. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., Issue of 6 Aug 1959, "Robert Polk Jr." .
413. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "I leave to my son Robert Polke a parcel of land called Forlone Hope."
414. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138, [MSA SR 4413], "Maryland ............... February ye 21 Day 1725 - In the Name of God Amen I Robert Polk of Dorchester in the Province afore.....
415. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of Robert Polk, Jr. and Grace Guillette: "Robert Polk, Jr." born "Sept. 18, 1678" in "Somerset Co., Md." died "Pro. Dec. 10, 1727" in Dorchester Co., MD."
416. Family group sheets of the Robert Polk, Jr., family line, by Ralph J. Polk, Jr., undated, "Born 18 Sep 1678" Place "Strabe, Tyrone, Ireland."
417. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "d. between 2 Feb 1726/27, when his will was dated, and 10 May 1727, when it was proved." Place of death not provided. Robert's will was written in Dorchester Co., MD. and probated there, so it is probable that he died there.
418. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Maryland ..... February ye 21 Day 1725 [NOTE: year could be 1726] In the Name of God Amen I Robert Polk............On the back of the aforegoing Will was there written viz. May ye 10th 1727......" Due to double dating, if the will was written in 1726, the year would be 1726/27 (as given in the other source, "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee").
419. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, "According to data procured between 1840 and 1848, by Josiah F. Polk and Col. Wm. H. Winder, of Maryland, and others interested in the preparation of the Polk tree published in 1849, and since that time by others who made careful research, the line of Robert Polk, Jr., down to the Revolution was as follows: (1) Robert Bruce Polk and wife, Magdalen, who came to America about 1672. (2) Robert Polk, Jr., b. about 1675, d. 1727; married Grace Guillette in 1699. (3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1709-11, d. 1771; married Alice Nutter."
420. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "About 1699 he was married to Miss Grace Gulllette..."
421. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Grace Guillette, b. "Mar. 3, 1682" at "Somerset Co., Md." died "Dec., 27, 1741" at "Lancaster Co., Pa." buried "Lancaster Cty., Pa." Her parents are shown as "William Guillette" and "Susan Mills."
422. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 116, under Somerset Land Records: "Elizabeth Gullett dau of William and Susanna Gullett b orn 3 Mar 1682 as also Grace Gullett born the same day of same birth."
423. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "About 1699 he was married to Miss Grace Guillette, boy whom he had a considerable family, only part of which he mentions in his will."
424. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Married "1699" in "Somerset Co., Md."
425. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Grace Guillette, b. "Mar. 3, 1682" at "Somerset Co., Md." died "Dec., 27, 1741" at "Lancaster Co., Pa." buried "Lancaster Cty., Pa."
426. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 1, 1648 - 1725, (2000 (reprint), Willow Bend Books; c/r 1982 by F. Edward Wright; revised 2nd edition, 1993), pg. 116, under Somerset Land Records: "Elizabeth Gullett dau of William and Susanna Gullett b orn 3 Mar 1682 as also Grace Gullett born the same day of same birth."
427. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Grace Guillette, b. "Mar. 3, 1682" at "Somerset Co., Md." died "Dec., 27, 1741" at "Lancaster Co., Pa." buried "Lancaster Cty., Pa."
428. Family group sheets of the Robert Polk, Jr., family line, by Ralph J. Polk, Jr., undated, family group sheet of the family of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Gullette: "Grace Gullette (Guilette) ........ died 27 Dec 1741" Place "Lancaster, Pa." (Age 59-9-24)."
429. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "Robert Polk, Jr. (fifth son of Capt. Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen), was b. in Somerset County, Maryland about 1675, shortly after his parents landed in America."
430. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Robert, b. probably in Ireland..."
431. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of Robert Polk, Jr. and Grace Guillette: "Robert Polk, Jr." born "Sept. 18, 1678" in "Somerset Co., Md." died "Pro. Dec. 10, 1727" in Dorchester Co., MD." Place of birth of Somerset Co., MD. not used. See other sources and notes.
432. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of Robert Polk, Jr. and Grace Guillette: "Robert Polk, Jr." born "Sept. 18, 1678" in "Somerset Co., Md." died "Pro. Dec. 10, 1727" in Dorchester Co., MD."
433. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Grace Guillette, b. "Mar. 3, 1682" at "Somerset Co., Md." died "Dec., 27, 1741" at "Lancaster Co., Pa." buried "Lancaster Cty., Pa."
434. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "About 1699 he was married to Miss Grace Guillette, boy whom he had a considerable family, only part of which he mentions in his will."
435. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: Married "1699" in "Somerset Co., Md."
436. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." The language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
437. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." The language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
438. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "i. David Polk was born about 1700." This son is not shown in the will of Robert Polk, Jr. See that will text in the notes under Robert Polk, Jr.
439. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "i. David Polk was born about 1700."
440. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "The estimated dates of births of the children of Robert Polk, Jr., were: (1) Thomas Polk, b. about 1702-1703, d. 1788; married Lurviah ------- ."
441. Contributed by Faye Polk Saunders, Polk Family & Kinsmen, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Family File No. 168, Sabine Parish Library, no date given, but before 1986 (per addendum), name given is "Thomas Polk," one of the sons of Robert Polk, Jr., and his wife Grace Guilette (or Gullett).
442. Kaufman County Genealogical Society, Kaufman County History, (1978-1979, Vol. I and II), pg. 327, Polk Family, Family No. F314, "Among the children of Robert Bruce and Magdalene Polk was Robert Jr., who married Grace Guillette (Gullett) of Hueguenot descent. ...... Robert Jr., .... when he died in 1727, he willed part of his estate to his son, Thomas, born in 1703."
443. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "Thomas Polk Sr. was born in 1702/3. He died on 21 May 1781." Shown under children of Robert Polk/Grace Guillette as the second child.
444. Deed, Thomas Polk to Charles Hopkins, Maryland Archives, Original Land Records, Dorchester County Dates: 1732 - 1738 Description: Old 9, i Accession No.: 8908 MSA No.: C 710-11 Location: 1/4/2/11 Name shown is "Thomas Polk" also, "Thomas Polck." See notes for complete transcription of this deed.
445. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "......Item I give unto my Son Thomas my now Dwelling plantation called Venture bounded & angling according to the pattent to him my aforesaid Son Thomas to him & to his Heirs for Ever only I reserve my well beloved Wife her priviledge on the aforesaid plantation during her Widowhood ......." See complete transcription of will in notes of Robert Polk, Jr. .
446. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: "Thomas (I)" born "28 Jan 1704 Manokin Somerset Md." died "21-5-1781." Also shown in the group sheet for Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns, as "Thomas Polk, Sr."
447. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "Thomas Polk Sr. was born in 1702/3. He died on 21 May 1781."
448. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Thomas Polk Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: Died "May 21, 1781" at "Broxson Twp., Colleton Co., S.C."
449. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "The estimated dates of births of the children of Robert Polk, Jr., were: (1) Thomas Polk, b. about 1702-1703, d. 1788; married Lurviah ------- ."
450. Contributed by Faye Polk Saunders, Polk Family & Kinsmen, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Family File No. 168, Sabine Parish Library, no date given, but before 1986 (per addendum), name shown is "Lurvinah."
451. Kaufman County Genealogical Society, Kaufman County History, (1978-1979, Vol. I and II), pg. 327, Polk Family, F314, "In the year 1732-33 this Thomas and his wife, Lurvinah, ..."
452. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "Thomas Polk Sr....... divorced from Lurvinah Johns (Vier)."
453. Emily George Polk Royalty, Polks Here and Yon, (Privately published, c1999), "Thomas I, b. 5-24-1706" married "Leviney Johns b. 1708."
454. Deed, Thomas Polk to Charles Hopkins, Maryland Archives, Original Land Records, Dorchester County Dates: 1732 - 1738 Description: Old 9, i Accession No.: 8908 MSA No.: C 710-11 Location: 1/4/2/11 Name shown is "his wife Vier" (various places in deed); also, signature (mark) shows name as "Lurviah Polk." See notes under Thomas Polk for complete transcription of this deed.
455. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: "Lurviah (Vier) Johns" born "July 10, 1699" in "Cecil Co., Md." christened "May 11, 1708" died "May 27, 1738" in "Chester, Pa.", buried "Chester, Pa." Parents shown as "Jacob Johns" and "Ann Pennock."
456. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: Married "Jan. 20, 1723" in "Cecil Co., Md."
457. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: "Lurviah (Vier) Johns" born "July 10, 1699" in "Cecil Co., Md." christened "May 11, 1708 ....."
458. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: "Lurviah (Vier) Johns" born "July 10, 1699" in "Cecil Co., Md." christened "May 11, 1708" died "May 27, 1738" in "Chester, Pa.", buried "Chester, Pa." Parents shown as "Jacob Johns" and "Ann Pennock."
459. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Grace Johns Stevens Woolford: Thomas Polk, Sr., married "(2) Grace Johns (Stevens) (Woolford)" born "Feb. 10, 1705" died "Aug. 18, 1746" in "Chester, Pa.", the daughter of "Thomas Johns." Her first husband is shown as "Thomas Stevens," and her second husband is shown as "James Woolford."
460. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Grace Johns Stevens Woolford: "(2) Grace Johns (Stevens) (Woolford)" born "Feb. 10, 1705" died "Aug. 18, 1746" in "Chester, Pa."
461. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Priscilla Dunn family group: Thomas Polk, Sr. married "(3) Priscilla Dunn" born "Feb. 28, 1726" at "St. James, Goose Creek Parish, Charleston, S. C." died "Oct. 16, 1789" in "Colleton Co., S. C." buried "Broxson Fam. Cem., Colleton Co., S. C." Shown as the daughter of "John Dunn (Toune)" and "Catherine Perraneaux."
462. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Priscilla Dunn family group: Thomas Polk, Sr. married "(3) Priscilla Dunn" onn "June 21, 1748" at "St. Phillips Parish, Charleston, S. C."
463. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Priscilla Dunn family group: Thomas Polk, Sr. married "(3) Priscilla Dunn" born "Feb. 28, 1726" at "St. James, Goose Creek Parish, Charleston, S. C." died "Oct. 16, 1789" in "Colleton Co., S. C." buried "Broxson Fam. Cem., Colleton Co., S. C."
464. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "The estimated dates of births of the children of Robert Polk, Jr., were: (1) Thomas Polk, b. about 1702-1703, d. 1788; married Lurviah ------- ." It seems very likely that Thomas was b. in Maryland.
465. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "Thomas Polk Sr. was born in 1702/3. He died on 21 May 1781."
466. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Robert Polk Jr., and Grace Guillette: "Thomas (I)" born "28 Jan 1704 Manokin Somerset Md." died "21-5-1781."
467. Emily George Polk Royalty, Polks Here and Yon, (Privately published, c1999), "Thomas I, b. 5-24-1706" married "Leviney Johns b. 1708."
468. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 671, "d. 1788."
469. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, family group of Thomas Polk Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: Buried at "Broxson Fam. Cem., McMillan farm, Cross Swamp, Colleton Co., S.C."
470. Emily George Polk Royalty, Polks Here and Yon, (Privately published, c1999), "Thomas I, b. 5-24-1706" married "Leviney Johns b. 1708."
471. Contributed by Faye Polk Saunders, Polk Family & Kinsmen, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Family File No. 168, Sabine Parish Library, no date given, but before 1986 (per addendum), Lurviah was alive when the couple petitioned for land in SC. about 1734, and was dead by the time the land was recorded (Thomas stated he was a widower in 1748).
472. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: "Lurviah (Vier) Johns" born "July 10, 1699" in "Cecil Co., Md." christened "May 11, 1708......"
473. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "Thomas Polk Sr....... divorced from Lurvinah Johns (Vier)." Assumption that Vier is maiden name.
474. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Lurviah (Vier) Johns: Married "Jan. 20, 1723" in "Cecil Co., Md."
475. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Grace Johns Stevens Woolford: "(2) Grace Johns (Stevens) (Woolford)" born "Feb. 10, 1705" died "Aug. 18, 1746" in "Chester, Pa." buried "Chester, Pa."
476. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Grace Johns Stevens Woolford: Thomas Polk, Sr., married "(2) Grace Johns (Stevens) (Woolford)" born "Feb. 10, 1705" died "Aug. 18, 1746" in "Chester, Pa.", the daughter of "Thomas Johns." Her first husband is shown as "Thomas Stevens," and her second husband is shown as "James Woolford."
477. Billy Browning Kennedy, Family group sheets of the Thomas Polk, Darlington Dist., SC., family line, c1997, group sheet of the family of Thomas Polk, Sr. and Priscilla Dunn family group: Thomas Polk, Sr. married "(3) Priscilla Dunn" onn "June 21, 1748" at "St. Phillips Parish, Charleston, S. C."
478. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "iii. Daniel Polk was born about 1704." This son is not shown in the will of Robert Polk, Jr. See that will text in the notes under Robert Polk, Jr.
479. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 673, Dorchester Co., MD. records show: "Appraisement of land of Clement Polk, under fourteen years old, orphan and child of Robert Polk, deceased, now under the guardianship of Manuel Manlove, made Sept. 7, 1712, of following tracts: 'Horseys Swamp,' 100 acres, 'Little Goshem,' 250 acres. This Clement Polk was doubtless a son of Robert Polk, Jr., and Grace Gulllette, as Robert 3d was then but a small boy." Clement Polk is the son of Robert Polk, son of Joseph Pollock, not the son of Robert Polk, Jr. See notes.
480. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "vi. Clement Polk was born about 1709." See notes.
481. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "vi. Clement Polk was born about 1709."
482. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, "(3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1707, d. Dec. 1770; married Alice Nutter." Same page: "According to data procured between 1840 and 1848, by Josiah F. Polk and Col. Wm. H. Winder, of Maryland, and others interested in the preparation of the Polk tree published in 1849, and since that time by others who made careful research, the line of Robert Polk, Jr., down to the Revolution was as follows: (1) Robert Bruce Polk and wife, Magdalen, who came to America about 1672. (2) Robert Polk, Jr., b. about 1675, d. 1727; married Grace Guillette in 1699. (3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1709-11, d. 1771; married Alice Nutter."
483. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "v. Robert Polk was born between 1707-1711. He died in Dec 1770."
484. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "....... Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Robert a Certain Tract of Land called Hazard Joyning to the aforesaid Tract of Land called Venture bounded & running accordingly as shall appear upon Record to him the aforesaid Robert & to his Heirs for Ever." See notes under Robert Polk, Jr., for complete transcription of will.
485. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 672-673, "His wife, Alice Nutter, was a daughter of Christopher Nutter, Sr., of Somerset, who came to America a number of years earlier than the Polks."
486. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, "(3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1707, d. Dec. 1770."
487. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "v. Robert Polk was born between 1707-1711. He died in Dec 1770."
488. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "......Likewise I will that my Son Robert shall be a Free man at the years of Fourteen or Before he be of that Age if my Wife should Marry......." If Robert Polk III was not yet age 14 as of the date of the will dated in 1725, then he had to have been born c1711 or later.
489. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, "(3) Robert Polk, 3d, b. about 1707, d. Dec. 1770." HOWEVER, see notes.
490. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "v. Robert Polk was born between 1707-1711. He died in Dec 1770."
491. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 673, "Alice Nutter Polk, wife of Robert Polk, 3d, d. in 1772-3. Her will is dated Jan. 31, 1772 and was probated Feb. 16, 1773..."
492. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672.
493. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "vii. Mary Polk was born about 1714."
494. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife a Negro Man called Minggo During her natural Life only I will the said Negro shall labour & help to maintain my Two Youngest Daughters Grace & Mary " Also: "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." The language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
495. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, b. abt. 1714.
496. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "vii. Mary Polk was born about 1714."
497. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672, "Grace Polk."
498. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "viii. Grace Polk was born about 1716."
499. Family group sheets of the Robert Polk, Jr., family line, by Ralph J. Polk, Jr., undated, family group sheet of the family of Robert Polk Jr./Grace Gullette: "Grace Polk" born "ca 1716" in "Md." married "Padgett."
500. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife a Negro Man called Minggo During her natural Life only I will the said Negro shall labour & help to maintain my Two Youngest Daughters Grace & Mary " Also: "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." The language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
501. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 672.
502. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "viii. Grace Polk was born about 1716."
503. Family group sheets of the Robert Polk, Jr., family line, by Ralph J. Polk, Jr., undated, family group sheet of the family of Robert Polk Jr./Grace Gullette: "Grace Polk" born "ca 1716" in "Md." married "Padgett."
504. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "ix. Susan Ruth Polk was born on 8 Jun 1717 in Cecil Co. Maryland. She died on 9 Nov 1800 in Charlotte, N. C."
505. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that there was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953."
506. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Susan" Polk, born "1734PA," died "1813." This summary shows she married "1/Benjamin Alexander 2/David Reese." The second marriage to David Reese appears questionable in view of the other information from other sources. Susan Polk, dau of William Polk/Margaret Taylor appears to have been confused with Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, Jr., brother of William Polk I, and son of Robert Polk of Maryland." See notes.
507. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 106, "David Reese, of Pennsylvania, and wife, Susan Ruth Polk, of Maryland, ...."
508. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." No daughter named Susan, Susan Ruth, or Ruth is mentioned in this will. See notes.
509. Isaac Polk ancestor data and descendants, by Burney Parker, as provided on Internet, Polk-L@Rootsweb.com, Nov 1997, File No. 40, "ix. Susan Ruth Polk was born on 8 Jun 1717 in Cecil Co. Maryland. She died on 9 Nov 1800 in Charlotte, N. C."
510. Emory Murphy, Moreland, GA., Revised summary (1979) of "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee", "Susan" Polk, born "1734PA," died "1813." This summary shows she married "1/Benjamin Alexander 2/David Reese." The second marriage to David Reese appears questionable in view of the other information from other sources. Susan Polk, dau of William Polk/Margaret Taylor appears to have been confused with with Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, Jr., brother of William Polk I, and son of Robert Polk of Maryland."
511. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 106, "David Reese, b. Brecknoe, Wales, son of Rev. David Reese, lineal descendant of Lord Rhys of Dinevwar Castle." Also, "David Reese, of Pennsylvania, and wife, Susan Ruth Polk, of Maryland, ..."
512. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., paper dated 6 Aug 1959: paper dated 6 Aug 1959: "A certain James Taylor, of which is now Cumberland Co., Penn. His wife Hannah Williams Taylor was reputed [James Taylor reputed not the wife Hannah] to have had five sisters. Margaret married William Polk and they were the parents of Col. Thomas. Capt. Charles, Ezekiel, Wm. III, Debora, Susan, Margaret and John. Three sisters married Alexanders and an unnamed sister married a son of Rev. David Reese, Chas. Gullet Reese. Thus it may be seen that threre was frequent intermarriage between the early Polks, Reeses, Alexanders and Taylors, and that there were two or more Susan Polks. 1. Susan Polk b. about 1742, m. Benjamin Alexander. 2. Their daughter Susan Polk Alexander m. Evan Shelby, son of Moses Shelby and Isabel Hed. This Susan was born about 1769. 3. Susan Ruth Polk b. about 1715 m. David Reese, b. 1710, dau. of Robert Polk Jr. brother of Wm. Polk I and son of Robert Bruce Polk Sr. These records were compiled by Dr. A. M. Stafford, 1734 Amhurst Pl., Charlotte 4, N. C., in 1953." In addition: "David Reese was son of Rev. David Reese and Lady Gladys, daughter of Prince of Poage of Wales." Also, see notes.
513. Herman W. Ferguson, Genealogical Deed Abstracts, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Books 10 -14, (1990, by the author; second printing 1995), pg. 95, Deed Book 13, No. 1594, pg. 813, 28 Aug 1788: "James Rease, exr of the will of the late decd David Rease, Senr, and George and Solomon Rease, legatees, to Martin Phifer, Junr, for [English pound sign]25 current NC money, 40 A on both sides of Coddle Cr adj David Smith and Campbell. Sd land is part of 63 A deeded 27 Jan 1767 by Henry E. McCulloh to David Rease, Senr. Wit: Paul Phifer. Prvd in Jul 1790 Ct by oath of Paul Phifer. Isaac Alexander, CMC."
514. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 192, Bishop Leonidas Polk's letter to President James K. Polk: ".....William Polk ...... married a Miss Taylor, who was the mother of our grandfathers. She was one of five sisters; one other of the five married a Mr. Ruse and was the mother of Rev. David Ruse. The other three married Alexanders......." See notes.
515. Will, David Reese, Mecklenburg Co., NC., Will Book F, pages 62-63, Will dated 5 [unreadable month] 1787.... "In the name of God, Amen, I David Reese of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, ..... (See notes for complete will text).
516. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., "..... David Reese 1709-1787, wife Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, m. 1738."
517. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." No daughter named Susan, Susan Ruth, or Ruth is mentioned in this will. Also, the language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
518. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., "..... David Reese 1709-1787, wife Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, m. 1738."
519. Elizabeth Wheeler Francis and Ethel Sivley Moore, Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data From Many States, (1947, McQuiddy Print. Co., Nashville, and reprint 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co.), pg. 106, "David Reese, b. Brecknoe, Wales, son of Rev. David Reese, lineal descendant of Lord Rhys of Dinevwar Castle."
520. Compiled by the John Foster Chapter of the DAR, Our Heritage, a genealogy and history column published in the Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, NC., "..... David Reese 1709-1787, wife Susan Ruth Polk, daughter of Robert Polk, m. 1738."
521. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], "Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge." No daughter named Susan, Susan Ruth, or Ruth is mentioned in this will. Also, the language of the will indicates none of the daughters were married at the time of the probate of the will.
522. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849, by J. K. McGowell in the Clerks Office of the United States in and for the Western District of Tennessee, A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.,, General Pedigree File No. 224, entitled "McGowell, J. K., A Genealogical Trace of the Polk Family.", name falls on the fold of the tree, only first letter "J" and last letter "h" can be read.
523. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "ix. Joseph, b. in Maryland about 1681; d. in 1752, aged 71 years..." "He did not change his surname to Polk, as his brothers did, but adhered to the older form, Pollock."
524. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 14, 26-27, 55-56, 60-63, and 84-91.
525. Deed, Joseph Pollock to John and William Shores, 16 Aug 1748, Maryland State Archives, MSA No: C1778 Somerset County Court (Land Records) A, pp. 4A-5A, [MdHr 8089, 1-45-1-25], "This Indenture made the Sixteenth Day of August Anno Domino one thousand eleven hundred and forty eight Between Joseph Pollock of Dorchester County in the province of Maryland......... and John Shores and William Shores of Somerset County.... one tract of land called Polks Folly...."
526. Will, Magdalen Pollok or Polk, Somerset Co., MD., Office of the Register of Wills, Liber EB, No. 9, folio 117, "In the name of God Amen I Magdalen Pollok ...... Item I give and bequeath a Tract of Land called Moning lying in the Kingdom of Ireland and in the Barrendy of Rofo and County of Donogall and in the Parish of Leford unto my Son Joseph Pollok....."
527. Will, Robert Polk, Jr., son of Robert (Bruce?) Polk, Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138 Robert Polk, 1727 [MSA SR 4413], " .....Item. I give & bequeath unto my Brother Joseph Polk part of Forlorn Hope on the northern End being a Certain Tract of Land formerly Surveyed for Augustin Stanford & likewise a Certain Tract of Land called Ballehack lying near the Head of a Creek called pidgeon House Creek to him & to the Heirs of his own Body for Ever." See notes under Robert Polk, Jr., for complete transcription of will. .
528. F. Edward Wright, Citizens of the Eastern Short of Maryland, 1859 - 1750, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD.), pg. 4, Tax Lists of Somerset Co., MD., 1723 ........ James Polk, David Polk, Negroes Samboe and Roger /4 and Joseph Polk /1.
529. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "In the Name of God Amen This twelfth Day of September Ann Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty one I Joseph Pollock of Dorchester County and Province of Maryland....... ."
530. Will, Robert Polke (Robert Bruce?? Polk), MD. Archives, Perogative Court (Wills), 11, pp. 416-418; Accession No. Md. HR 1289-2; Location 1-11-1-12; Will dated 6 May 1699, proven 5 Jun 1703, "It is my will it be equally divided between my sons David and Joseph, and if it should please God to Remove me before I purchase a seat of Land after my son Joseph, this my will: that my son David give unto my son Joseph ......."
531. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, Maryland Hall of Records, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], Joseph Polk aged about forty one years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that about twenty five years agoe he was in a peach orchard in company with one John Hillman and that the said Hillman told the deponent he would show him the bounder of Elliotts Choice as Samuel Jones told him and they went to a pine stump standing near a marsh side about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling home of Francis Roberts and about South from the said house. The deponent further saith that the said Hillman told him that a cedar post standing by the said stump was put up by Samuel Jones and the said Jones told the said Hillman that it was first bounder of Elliotts Choice and that Samuel Jones took severall young people and told them that the afsd bounder was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice. The deponent saith that John Roberts interrupted James Polk on his oath and then Richard Wallis Sen standing by said that John Roberts was a liar for the afsd pine stump was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice. Likewise John White said John Roberts was a rogue for the pine stump aforesaid was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. Joseph Polk.
532. Somerset [MD.] Judicial Records, 1730-1733, [Accession 9177 MSA C1774-30, Loc. 1/48/3/4], 6 Aug 1730, - Joseph Polk aged about forty one years or thereabouts being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that about twenty five years agoe he was in a peach orchard in company with one John Hillman and that the said Hillman told the deponent he would show him the bounder of Elliotts Choice as Samuel Jones told him and they went to a pine stump standing near a marsh side about two hundred and fifty yards from the dwelling home of Francis Roberts and about South from the said house. The deponent further saith that the said Hillman told him that a cedar post standing by the said stump was put up by Samuel Jones and the said Jones told the said Hillman that it was first bounder of Elliotts Choice and that Samuel Jones took severall young people and told them that the afsd bounder was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice. The deponent saith that John Roberts interrupted James Polk on his oath and then Richard Wallis Sen standing by said that John Roberts was a liar for the afsd pine stump was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice. Likewise John White said John Roberts was a rogue for the pine stump aforesaid was the first bounder of Elliotts Choice and further saith not. Joseph Polk.
533. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "d. in 1752, aged 71 years." Will dated 12 Sep 1751 and proven 10 Jun 1752.
534. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 87, will dated 12 Sep 1751 and probated 10 June 1752.
535. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, will dated 12 Sep 1751, proved on 10 June 1752.
536. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "m. (1) _____Wright, dau. of Col. Thomas (as shown by the latter's will of 8 Feb. 1753)..." His second wife in unknown. See notes under Joseph Pollock for more information on this wife.
537. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 85, "Joseph appears to have taken unto himself a helpmeet in the person of a Miss Wright, daughter of Col. Thomas Wright, of Dorchester County, by whom he had several children." No wife mentioned in Joseph Pollock's will. See notes under Joseph Pollock for more information on this wife.
538. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 85, "It also appears that he had a second wife, whose maiden name is not known, and that she was alive when he executed his will of Sept. 12, 1751."
539. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "...my will and Desire is that my Son Robert Pollock may Dwell with his Mother in Law till he arrive at the Age of Eighteen years or Till the Day of her Marriage......" Appears from the language that the wife alive at the time of the will was not the natural mother of Robert Pollock. Also: "I Likewise Leave my well Beloved Wife full and whole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament....."
540. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, will proven 10 June 1751, wife was executor.
541. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "b. in Maryland about 1681." Somerset County assumed.
542. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 84, "Joseph, it appears, was about twenty-two years of age at the time his father deceased..." Pg. 84, "Joseph Polk (or Pollock) according to all family traditions and record evidence the youngest son of Robert Bruce Polk and his wife Magdalen Polk, was born about 1681 and died in 1752. aged 71 years, at his home in Dorchester County, Maryland."
543. Deed, Joseph Pollock to John and William Shores, 16 Aug 1748, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD., MSA No: C1778 Somerset County Court (Land Records), A, pp. 4A-5A, [MdHR 8089, 1-45-1-25), "This indenture made the sixteenth Day of August Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and forty eight Between Joseph Pollock of Dorchester County in the province of Maryland.....and John Shores and William Shores.....one tract of Land called Polks Folly....."
544. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "ix. Joseph............. Children by first wife: 1. Robert 2. Ann."
545. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 85 and 87, in his will, Joseph Polk requested his son Robert to "Dwell with his mother-in-law," evidently meaning step-mother until he is 18 years old, or until her marriage.
546. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "I give and bequeath to my well Beloved Son Robert Pollock......"
547. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "...my will and Desire is that my Son Robert Pollock may Dwell with his Mother in Law till he arrive at the Age of Eighteen years or Till the Day of her Marriage......" Appears from the language that the wife alive at the time of the will was not the natural mother of Robert Pollock. Also, Robert was not yet age 18, so birth after 1732.
548. Administrative Account, Robert Polk, Dorchester Co., MD., 2 June 1773, Balance Books 6, folio 241 and 316, Legatees: Children Daniel, John, Esther, children of Sarah Nutter; distributions to unnamed wife and children Daniel, John, Esther, Ann, Betsy, Sarah.
549. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: Levin Crapper Will Made Date: 10 Apr 1775 Heirs Name: wife Betty; sons Milton and Levin; daus. Amelia Crapper, Leah Parker (wife of John), Sarah Rench (wife of James) Exec/Trus Name: wife Betty and son Milton Crapper Wit Name: Matthew Brown, Thomas F. Eccleston, William Polk, John Laws, Jr., Francis Stevens Will Probate Date: 23 Apr 1775 Will Book: Arch. vol. A67; Reg. of Wills, Liber C Page: 169-176; folios 80-83 Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A67, page 173 shows the estate was settled Feb. 12, 1791 by Sydenham Thorne and Betty, his wife, (late Betty Crapper) who survived Milton Crapper]. Also, see notes and notes under Manuel Manlove, her husband.
550. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: John Polk Admin Name: bro. William Polk of Northwest Ford Hd., Sussex County Will Made Date: Will Loc: Dorchester County, Md. Heirs Name: Exec/Trus Name: Wit Name: Will Probate Date: [c. 07 May 1784] Will Book: Arch. vol. A93 Page: 124 Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A93, page 124 mentions heirs; William Polk, Esther Ann Standfield, Betty Thorn, Daniel Polk, John Laws and wife Anna; heirs of Christopher Nutter and wife Sarah, late Sarah Polk].
551. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, Ancestry.com, Prim Name: John Laws, Jr. Will Made Date: 20 Apr 1788 Heirs Name: wife un-unnamed; sons Alexander and John Laws; other children unnamed Exec/Trus Name: unnamed wife Wit Name: John Fisher, Nobel Cordray, Betty Thorne Will Probate Date: 24 May 1788 Will Book: Arch. vol. A83; Reg. of Wills, Liber D Page: 135-137; folios 185-186 Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A83, page 137 shows the estate was settled by Anna Laws].
552. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia, 1740-1920, www.genealogy.com, Manlove, Betty Married: Jan 01, 1773 County: Sussex State: DE Gender: Female More About: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417. Spouse name: Levin Crapper.
553. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "ix. Joseph............. Children by first wife: 1. Robert 2. Ann."
554. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pp. 88, will of Joseph Polk, "I give and bequeath to my eldest daughter Ann Pollock...." Pg. 91, Morris Family Bible: "Daniel Morriss Jr., b. 17---; married Ann Pollock Dec. 24, 1754." Daniel Morris was the son of Daniel Morris, Sr. Also, see notes and see pg. 520.
555. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "........ on the Condition the Said James Pollock paying my Daughter Ann Pollock the sum of fifty Pounds........" Also: "I give and bequeath to my Eldest Daughter Ann Pollock......."
556. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 90.
557. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 91, Morris Family Bible, "Daniel Morriss Jr., b. 17---; married Ann Pollock Dec. 24, 1754." Also, pg. 520: "Daniel's father was also named Daniel -- (Daniel Morris, Sr.), who had a biblically named progeny, viz: Hezekiah, Daniel Jr., Nathaniel, John Masten, Martin, Deborah, Comfort and Mary Morris." Also, see notes. .
558. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 91, Morris Family Bible, "Daniel Morris Jr., b. 17----; married Ann Pollock Dec. 24, 1754."
559. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 90, Daniel's will was dated 1 May 1802 and was probated at Lexington, KY., in the Dec. term, 1806.
560. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 90, "Ann (Pollock) Morris died in June, 1816, near Payne's Depot, Scott County, and was buried beside her husband Daniel Morris Jr., in the Morris family graveyard." See notes, also.
561. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 90.
562. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 91, Morris Family Bible, "Daniel Morris Jr., b. 17----; married Ann Pollock Dec. 24, 1754."
563. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Children, probably by second wife: 3. Zephaniah. 4. James. Perhaps another daughter or other daughters."
564. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 88, "I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Zephaniah Pollock...."
565. The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1965, pg. 8, Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland: Tepeniah Polk to Lucretia Causey, 1775 (no other date).
566. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 141, marriage of Polk, Zephaniah, 1775, to Lucretia Cawsey.
567. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "I give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Son Zephaniah Pollock......."
568. Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774 - 1815, Ancestry.com, Date: 28 Jan 1775 Name: Zepheniah Polk Spouse: Lucretia Cawsey.
569. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, will proven 10 June 1752, and Zephaniah Pollock alive then.
570. The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1965, pg. 8, Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland: Tepeniah Polk to Lucretia Causey, 1775 (no other date).
571. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 141, marriage of Polk, Zephaniah, 1775, to Lucretia Cawsey.
572. Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774 - 1815, Ancestry.com, Date: 28 Jan 1775 Name: Zepheniah Polk Spouse: Lucretia Cawsey.
573. The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1965, pg. 8, Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland: Tepeniah Polk to Lucretia Causey, 1775 (no other date).
574. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 141, marriage of Polk, Zephaniah, 1775, to Lucretia Cawsey.
575. Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774 - 1815, Ancestry.com, Date: 28 Jan 1775 Name: Zepheniah Polk Spouse: Lucretia Cawsey.
576. The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Raymond B. Clark, Jr. and Sara Seth Clark, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1965, pg. 8, Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland: Tepeniah Polk to Lucretia Causey, 1775 (no other date).
577. Compiled by Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1634 - 1777, (1975, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.), pg. 141, marriage of Polk, Zephaniah, 1775, to Lucretia Cawsey.
578. Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774 - 1815, Ancestry.com, Date: 28 Jan 1775 Name: Zepheniah Polk Spouse: Lucretia Cawsey.
579. Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924; republished for the James K. Polk Memorial Association, Columbia, TN., 1984, by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.), pg. 3, "Children, probably by second wife: 3. Zephaniah. 4. James. Perhaps another daughter or other daughters."
580. William Harrison Polk, Polk Family and Kinsmen, (1912, by Bradley and Gilbert Inc. of Louisville, KY.), pg. 88, will of James Polk, "I give and bequeath to my son James Pollock all my smith tools and the remainder of my estate to be equally divided among my other children."
581. Will, Joseph Pollock, son of Robert Bruce? Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, Maryland State Archives, microfilm, Dorchester Co., MD., Wills, Liber unknown, folio unknown, "....... my youngest son James Pollock........"


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