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James Polk 1716–1773 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1716

Birth Location: Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 25 May 1773

Death Location: Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: James Polk

Mother: Mary Williams

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The story of James Polk began in 1716 in Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States. James Polk passed away in 1773 in Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of James Polk began in 1716 in Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States.
  • James Polk passed away in 1773 in Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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James Polk's Ancestors

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James Polk
1716–1773
Birth Place: Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Parents
James Polk
1673–1727
Somerset, Maryland, United States
Mary Williams
1670–
Somerset, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
Captain (Robert Bruce (Immigrant) Pollock Polk) III
1620–1703
Barony of Roos, Donegal, Ireland
Magdalen Tasker
1637–1726
Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Charles Williams
1650–1686
Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Mary WALSTON
1657–1678
of, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1606–1660
Jean Crawford
1600–1625
Colonel Ireland
1606–1688
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Pollock
1580–1660
Margaret Fleming
1590–1648
Cornelius Crawford
1610–1687
Mary Lockhart
1620–1677
Thomas Tasker
1570–1595
Clara Seawell
1575–1606

James Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1716
1716
Birth of James Polk in Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States
1773
25 May 1773
Age 57
Death of James Polk in Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1716
    Event Place: Dames Quarter, Somerset, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1773
    Event Place: Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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