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Sarah POLK 1720–1782 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland

Death Date: 1782

Death Location: Salem, Washington County, New York, United States of America

Father: James Polk

Mother: Mary Williams

Spouse(s): David Sergeant

Children(s): Margaret Hopkins

Sarah POLK was born in 1720 in Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland, the child of James K Polk And Mary Williams. Sarah POLK married David Hopkins Sergeant, and had children including Margaret Hopkins. Sarah POLK passed away in 1782 in Salem, Washington County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sarah POLK was born in 1720 in Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland, the child of James K Polk And Mary Williams.
  • Sarah POLK married David Hopkins Sergeant, and had children including Margaret Hopkins.
  • Sarah POLK passed away in 1782 in Salem, Washington County, New York, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah POLK's Ancestors

Self
Sarah POLK
1720–1782
Birth Place: Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland
Parents
James K. Polk
1675–1727
Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Mary Williams
1681–1719
Dames Quarter, Somerset County, MD, USA
Grandparents
Capt (Robert Bruce) Polk
1625–1704
Ballymoney, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Magdalen Tasker
1635–1726
Cavanacor House, Parish of Lifford, Barony of Raphoe, Prov. of Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
Charles (Mortimer) Williams
1653–1686
Queen Anne, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Mary Walston
1657–1678
of, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1597–1675
Lady Crawford
1600–1625
Col Castle
1606–1688
Magdalen Porter
1610–1727
Alexander II
1626–1687
Ruth Tackling
1626–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1559–1624
Jean Mowat
1560–1648
Hugh Crawford
1586–1624
Elizabeth Stirling
1586–1616
Thomas Tasker
1581–1661
Clara Seawell
1575–1606
John Porter
1563–1625
Sybil Vessey
1561–1625
Alexander Williams
1590–1628
Elizabeth White
1605–1638
SAMUEL Tackling
1600–
MARIA Covigneau
1600–

Sarah POLK's Descendants

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Sarah POLK (1720–1782) m. David (Hopkins) Sergeant (Feb 1713–6 Jun 1783)
  1. 1. Margaret Hopkins 1746–1836 m. Benjamin Cleaveland 1744–1806
    1. 1. Mary (Esther) Cleveland 1795–1859 m. ONESIMUS ("TITUS") CURTIS 1798–1840
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Curtis 1814–1862 m. Peleg Place 1811–1887
        1. 1. William (Harvey) Place 1850–1913 m. Margaret (Clementine) McBrayer 1853–1915

Sarah POLK's Timeline

3 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Sarah POLK in Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland
Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland
1720
1720
Birth of Sarah POLK
None
1782
1782
Age 62
Death of Sarah POLK in Somerset, Maryland, USA
Somerset, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Bushmills, Antrim, , Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 83
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: Somerset, Maryland, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1907) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 24
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Salem, Washington County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1907) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 24
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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