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John W. Polk 1745 – 1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Mar 1745

Birth Location: Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America

Death Date: 27 Sep 1777

Death Location: Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA

Father: Capt Potomac"

Mother: Christian Cartledge

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of John W. Polk began in 1745 in Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America. John W. Polk passed away in 1777 in Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John W. Polk began in 1745 in Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America.
  • John W. Polk passed away in 1777 in Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA.

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John Polk's Ancestors

Self
John Polk
1745 – 1777
Birth Place: Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America
Parents
Capt Charles Polk "Indian Trader of the Potomac"
1703 – 1753
Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Christian Cartledge
1714 – 1779
Philidelphia, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
Grandparents
William (Bruce) Polk*
1664 – 1739
Raphoe, Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
Ann (Nancy) Knox-Owens
1662 – 1718
Donegal County, Ireland
Edmund (Joseph) Cartledge
1689 – 1740
Ridings, Darby Co., England, United Kingdom
Anne Richardson
Great-Grandparents
Robert Polk
1625 – 1704
Magdalen Tasker
1637 – 1727
John Knox
1639 – 1758
Edmund Darby*
1639 – 1703
Mary Need
1645 – 1703
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Pollock
1606 – 1660
Jean Crawford
1600 – 1625
Roger Ireland
1606 – 1688
Edmund GGF)
1609 – 1683
Dorothy Stevenson
1608 – 1669
Nathaniel Neyd
1622 – 1701
Anne !
1626 – 1713

John Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1745
10 Mar 1745
Birth of John W. Polk in Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America
Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America
1777
27 Sep 1777
Age 32
Death of John W. Polk in Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA
Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1745
    Event Place: Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1777
    Event Place: Wheeling, WV, West Virginia, USA

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