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Ezekiel Franklin Polk 1747–1824 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1747

Birth Location: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Death Date: 31 August 1824

Death Location: Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Lt II

Mother: Margaret Taylor

Spouse(s): Maria Wilson, Bessie Campbell, Sophia Leonard

Children(s): Samuel Polk

Ezekiel Franklin Polk was born in 1747 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of Lt Col William Bruce Polk Ii And Margaret Taylor. Ezekiel Franklin Polk married Bessie Polly Campbell, Maria Winslow Wilson, Sophia Neely Leonard, and had children including Samuel Polk. Ezekiel Franklin Polk passed away in 1824 in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ezekiel Franklin Polk was born in 1747 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of Lt Col William Bruce Polk Ii And Margaret Taylor.
  • Ezekiel Franklin Polk married Bessie Polly Campbell, Maria Winslow Wilson, Sophia Neely Leonard, and had children including Samuel Polk.
  • Ezekiel Franklin Polk passed away in 1824 in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lt II
1700–1757
Birth Location: Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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Margaret Taylor
1704–1763
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Spouses(s)

Maria Wilson
1746–1793
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
MW
Bessie Campbell
1771–1793
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
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Sophia Leonard
1776–1851
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Samuel Polk
1772–1827
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
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Ezekiel Polk's Ancestors

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Ezekiel Polk
1747–1824
Birth Place: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Parents
Lt Col William Bruce Polk II
1700–1757
Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, USA
Margaret Taylor
1704–1763
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Grandparents
William (Bruce) Polk
1664–1739
Lononderry, Donegal, Ireland
Peter Taylor
1665–1720
Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England
Sarah Hall
1682–1741
Great-Grandparents
Rober Polk
1625–1703
Magdalen Tasker
1626–1726
William Taylor
1640–1682
Margaret Finsham
1645–1683
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1597–1675
Roger Ireland
1606–1688
Magdalena Maryland
1610–1727

Ezekiel Polk's Descendants

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Ezekiel (Franklin) Polk (7 Dec 1747–31 August 1824) m. Maria (Winslow) Wilson (1746–02 Apr 1793) m. Bessie (“Polly”) Campbell (1771–02 Apr 1793) m. Sophia (Neely) Leonard (1776–24 Dec 1851)
  1. 1. Samuel Polk 1772–1827 m. Sophia Leonard 1776–1851 m. Jeanette ("Jane" Gracey) Knox 1776–1852 m. Sophia Leonard 1776–1851 m. Jeanette ("Jane" Gracey) Knox 1776–1852
    1. 1. James (Knox Polk* 11th) President 1795–1849

Ezekiel Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1747
7 Dec 1747
Birth of Ezekiel Franklin Polk in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
1824
31 August 1824
Age 77
Death of Ezekiel Franklin Polk in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America
Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1747
    Event Place: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 August 1824
    Event Place: Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States of America
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