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Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk 1710–1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 25 Apr 1775

Death Location: , Somerset, Maryland, USA

Father: William Sr

Mother: Nancy Knox

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Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk was born in 1710 in Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA, the child of William Polk Sr And Nancy Ann Knox. Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk passed away in 1775 in , Somerset, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk was born in 1710 in Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA, the child of William Polk Sr And Nancy Ann Knox.
  • Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk passed away in 1775 in , Somerset, Maryland, USA.

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Elizabeth Polk's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Polk
1710–1775
Birth Place: Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Parents
William Polk Sr
1664–1739
Donegal, Ireland
Nancy (Ann) Knox
1664–1717
Somerset County, Maryland
Grandparents
Captain (Robert Bruce (Pollock) Polk) 2
1625–1699
Ballymoney, Ulster, Ireland
Magdalen (Porter) Tasker
1634–1726
of, Donegal, Ireland
JOHN KNOX
1640–1689
Donegal, Ireland
SARAH (V) SMILEY
1640–1691
Donegal, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Pollock
1580–1660
Jean Lady
1600–1625
Col Ireland)
1606–1688
Magdalen Porter
1610–1727
John Sr
1615–1658
Jean Gracie
1615–1658
John Gracy
1629–1700
Mary Wylie
1608–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
SIR Ireland
1559–1625
Jean Mowat
1560–1648
Hugh Crawford
1570–1625
Richard Tasker
1570–1661
Clara Seawell
1575–1606
Thomas Knox
1585–
Jeane Lady
1595–

Elizabeth Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk in Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA
1775
25 Apr 1775
Age 65
Death of Elizabeth "Betsy'' Polk in , Somerset, Maryland, USA
, Somerset, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1775
    Event Place: , Somerset, Maryland, USA

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