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Sir Robert de Pollok Polk 1544–1639 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

Birth Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 27 SEP 1639

Death Location: Heybridge, Essex, England

Father: Sir (Polke)

Mother: Janet (Muir)

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In 1544, Sir Robert de Pollok Polk entered the world in Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Sir John De Pollock Polke And Janet Of Glanderdston Mure Muir. Sir Robert de Pollok Polk passed away in 1639 in Heybridge, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1544, Sir Robert de Pollok Polk entered the world in Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Sir John De Pollock Polke And Janet Of Glanderdston Mure Muir.
  • Sir Robert de Pollok Polk passed away in 1639 in Heybridge, Essex, England.

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Sir Polk's Ancestors

Self
Sir Polk
1544–1639
Birth Place: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John** de Pollock (Polke)
1535–1593
Pollock Castle, Glanderston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Janet (of Glanderdston Mure) (Muir)
1530–1577
Glanderson, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Pollok of that) Ilk
1494–1564
Pollok Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret (Sempil of) Fullwood
1494–1589
Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Mungo (Laird of Rowallan MURE (12th) GGF)
1500–1547
Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion Campbell Stewart of) Moray
1507–1548
Louden, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Pollok
1415–1469
Marion Stewart
1460–1497
Sir Fullwood
1598–1675
Margaret Colville
1672–
John x
1515–1591
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Charles Pollok
1420–1508
Countess Stewart
1440–1527
Lord Stewart
1438–
Margaret Montgomerie
1430–
Sir Colville
1625–1698
Elizabeth Arnot
1640–
Mungo Rowallan
1500–1547
Lady Moray
1507–1548

Sir Polk's Timeline

3 Records

1544
1544
Birth of Sir Robert de Pollok Polk in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Renfrewshire, Scotland
1593
1593
Age 49
Death of Sir Robert de Pollok Polk in -- Killed in the Battle of Dryfe Sands at Lockerby, Scotland
-- Killed in the Battle of Dryfe Sands at Lockerby, Scotland
1639
27 SEP 1639
Age 95
Burial of Sir Robert de Pollok Polk in Heybridge, Essex, England
Heybridge, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1593
    Event Place: -- Killed in the Battle of Dryfe Sands at Lockerby, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 SEP 1639
    Event Place: Heybridge, Essex, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers

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