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Mary "Polly" Polk 1790 – 1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1790

Birth Location: Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 11 Sep 1818

Death Location: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA

Father: Charles Polke

Mother: Delilah Tyler

Spouse(s): Phillip Bell

Children(s):

In 1790, Mary "Polly" Polk entered the world in Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA, born to Charles "Indian Fighter" Polke and Delilah Tyler. Mary "Polly" Polk married Phillip Bell. Mary "Polly" Polk passed away in 1818 in Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1790, Mary "Polly" Polk entered the world in Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA, born to Charles "Indian Fighter" Polke and Delilah Tyler.
  • Mary "Polly" Polk married Phillip Bell.
  • Mary "Polly" Polk passed away in 1818 in Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Polk's Ancestors

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Mary Polk
1790 – 1818
Birth Place: Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
Parents
Charles "Indian Fighter" Polke
1744 – 1823
Prince George's, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Delilah Tyler
1755 – 1797
Mecklenberg Shepherdstown, Frederick, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Capt (Charles Polk "Indian Trader of the) Potomac"
1703 – 1753
Whitehall, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Christian Cartledge
1714 – 1779
Philidelphia, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
Edward Tyler
1734 – 1802
Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Nancy (Ann) Langley
1732 – 1820
Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
William Polk*
1664 – 1739
Ann Knox-Owens
1662 – 1718
Edmund Cartledge
1689 – 1740
Anne Richardson
Samuel Tyler
1714 – 1767
Susannah Duvall
1714 – 1782
Jonathan Langley
1720 – 1758
Sarah Mendenhall
1723 – 1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Polk
1625 – 1704
Magdalen Tasker
1637 – 1727
John Knox
1639 – 1758
Edmund Darby*
1639 – 1703
Mary Need
1645 – 1703
Edward *
1695 – 1726
Elizabeth Duvall
1697 – 1770
Benjamin Duvall
1692 – 1774
Sophia (Griffith)
1691 – 1730
Dennis *
1690 – 1735
Jennifer 7
1700 –
John Mendenhall
1688 – 1765

Mary Polk's Timeline

2 Records

1790
1790
Birth of Mary "Polly" Polk in Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
1818
11 Sep 1818
Age 28
Death of Mary "Polly" Polk in Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA
Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Cross Creek, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1194.133; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [2] Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M86.1042

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1818
    Event Place: Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, USA

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