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The following information was taken from "Polk Family and Kinsmen," 1912, William Harrison Polk, and Emma Angellotti's "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennesee, 1923-1924:
Robert was a very active, enterprising planter and citizen and possessed great force of character. Robert owned considerable land at his death, but it appears he acquired most of it by purchase rather than by land grant as the only grant shown under his name was "Bally Hack," consisting of 200 acres, lying in Somerset County, 8 Nov., 1700. It is recorded at the Maryland Archives, land records, Book 5, pages 73-74. The Dorchester County records show a number of land transactions in the name of Robert Polk. Those before 1727 were by Robert Jr. Those after that year (in which he died), were by his son Robert Polk 3rd, who appears to have been a very large land proprietor, purchasing many tracts.
The tracts of land devised by Robert in his will [will dated 21 Feb 1725 (or 1726/27...difficult to read ..... see transcript below] and probated in Dorchester Co., MD., 10 May 1727) were: "Venture," "Hazard," "Forlorn Hope" and "Bally Hack." No executor was named. The witnesses to the will were William Polk, Daniel Harrison and Robert Polk. To his son Thomas, Robert Jr. devised "Venture," the "dwelling plantation." To his son Robert, then under fourteen years of age, he gave "Hazard." And said Robert was to be a free man at 14 years if his mother should marry again. To his brother Joseph Polk, Robert devised part of a tract called "Forlorn Hope." According to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
Robert may have been the only child of Robert and Magdalen to leave the Presbyterian church. He appears to have become a Baptist.
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"Polk Family and Kinsmen," pp. 81-82 states about this inventory of the estate of William Polk, son of John Polk, son of Robert Polk/Magdalen Tasker of Somerset Co., Maryland: "The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
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Robert Polk Jr.'s Will (refer to My IRN P-187 for copy of will).
Transcription below is based on a copy from the Maryland State Archives. Source is: Prerogative Court (Wills) 19, pp. 136-138, Robert Polk, 1727...... Certifed by Edward C. Papenfuse, State Archivist, Maryland State Archives:
? (possibly De’d) Maryland (????) February ye 21st Day 1725 -
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Polk of Dorchester in the province aforesaid Planter being very Sick & Weak of Body but of sound perfect mind & memory praise therefore be given to Allmighty God do make & ordain this my last
Will & Testament in manner and form following that is to say, first - & principally I recommend my Soul unto the Hands of Allmighty God hoping that through the Merrits Death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon of all my Sins & to inheritt Everlasting Life & my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried at the Direction of my Executors & as touching the Disposition of all such Temporal Estates as it hath pleased Allmighty God to bestow upon me I give & bequeath as followeth - First I will that my Just Debt of Funeral Charges be paid, so discharged. Item I give unto my Son Thomas my now Dwelling plantation called Venture bounded & angling according to the pattent to him my aforesaid Son Thomas to him & to his Heirs for Ever only I reserve my well beloved Wife her priviledge on the aforesaid plantation during her Widowhood -
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Robert a Certain Tract of Land called Hazard Joyning to the aforesaid Tract of Land called Venture bounded & running accordingly as shall appear upon Record to him the aforesaid Robert & to his Heirs for Ever. -
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Brother Joseph Polk part of Forlorn Hope on the northern End being a Certain Tract of Land formerly Surveyed for Augustin Stanford & likewise a Certain Tract of Land called Ballehack lying near the Head of a Creek called pidgeon House Creek to him & to the Heirs of his own Body for Ever -
Item I give & bequeath unto
Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife a Negro Man called Minggo During her natural Life only I will the said Negro shall labour & help to maintain my Two Youngest Daughters Grace & Mary -
Item I give unto my Son Thomas One Gun.
Item I give unto my Son Robert One Gun being the newest of the Two then as to the rest of my moveable Estate I will that it be Equally Divided amongst my five Daughters only sett a part my Wife’s Third. Likewise I will that my Five Daughters shall have a priviledg upon both the aforesaid Tracts of Land for their Creatures Cattle sheep Hoggs or any Other Useful Creature whatsoever till Such Time as they are disposed in Marriage providing that the Girls do provide such food as is necessary for their Creatures on their own cost & charge. Likewise I will that my Son Robert shall be a Free man at the years of Fourteen or Before he be of that Age if my Wife should Marry & likewise I will that my Two Daughters Grace & Mary be Free whenever their Mother Marrys otherwise to remain with their Mother till the Years of Sixteen or Marriage I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my Seal
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in the presence of Robert Polk
William Polk (seal) Daniell Harrison his Mark
Robert Polk
On the back of the foregoing Will Was their Written Vizet
May ye 10th 1727Came Daniel Harrison & Robert Polk Two of the Subscribing Evidences to the Last Will & Testament of Robert Polk late of Dorchester County Deceased & made Oath upon the Holy Evangelists of Allmighty God that They Saw the Within named Robert Polk Sign & Seal & heard him Publish & declare the Within Instrument of Writing to be his Last Will & Testament & at the Time of his so doing he was to the Best of their Apprehension in perfect Sense & Memory & that the other Witness Vizet William Polk was then & there present & Signed with them.
John Pitt Deputy Com’y
for Dorsett County
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There may have been two other daughters of Robert and Grace Polk, b. c1720, another b. c1722, per Burney Parker's information in data of Isaac Polk ancestors and descendants (see master source). These two, I assume, are two of the three unnamed daughters in Robert's will above.
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See notes under John Polk, Robert's brother, regarding birth sequence of the children of Robert Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter Polk, to see how Robert Polk, Jr., fits into the family structure.
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Notes for GRACE GULLETT:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
The following information downloaded from World Connect Project at Roots Web at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lildoc98&id=I27 8
Early VA Ancestors of Marianne Hall Little
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ID: I278
Name: +Grace GUILETTE
Sex: F
Birth: ABT. 1675
Death: in Maryland
Father: +William GUILETTE b: ABT. 1640
Mother: +Susan MILLS b: ABT. 1645
Marriage 1 +Robert Bruce POLK , Jr. b: 1672 in Somerset Co, Maryland
Married: 1699 in Maryland
Children
1. +Susan Ruth POLK b: 8 JUN 1719 in Cecil County, Maryland
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More About GRACE GULLETT:
Burial: Unknown, Lancaster Co., PA.22
Children of ROBERT POLK and GRACE GULLETT are:
i. DAVID2 POLK,?? SON ROBT. POLK JR./G. GUILLETTE23, b. Abt. 1700, MD., probably24; d. Unknown.
2. ii. THOMAS POLK, PROBABLE SON ROBT POLK/G. GUILLETTE, b. January 28, 1703/04, Manokin, Somerset Co., MD., (See notes, also); d. May 21, 1781, Broxson Twp., Colleton Co., SC., (See notes, also).
iii. DANIEL POLK, ?? SON ROBT. POLK, JR./G. GUILLETTE25, b. Abt. 1704, MD., probably; d. Unknown.
Notes for DANIEL POLK, ?? SON ROBT. POLK, JR./G. GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
The 1790 census of SC, shows many Polks. Among these are:
Poke, Daniel, Jr., Cheraws Dist.., pg. 49; Poke, Daniel, Cheraws Dist., pg. 49; Poke, Robert, Cheraws Dist., pg. 49; Poke, Thomas, Cheraws Dist. pg. 49; Polk, Danie [probably should be Daniel], Cheraws Dist., pg. 46; Polk, Daniel Jr., Cheraws Dist., pg. 46; Polk, Robert, Cheraws Dist., pg. 46; Polk, Thomas, Cheraws Dist., pg. 45;
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3. iv. WILLIAM POLK, ?? SON ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE, b. Abt. 1705, MD., probably; d. October 28, 1788, DE., probably.
4. v. ROBERT POLKIII, SON ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE, b. Bet. 1707 - 1711, MD., probably; d. December 1770, Dorchester Co., MD., probably.
vi. CLEMENT POLK, NOT SON RBT. POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE26,27, b. Abt. 1709, MD., probably27; d. Unknown.
Notes for CLEMENT POLK, NOT SON RBT. POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
The below notes (down to -------) are also in the notes for Clement Polk, son of Robert Pollock, son of Joseph Pollock:
"Polk Family and Kinsmen," 1912, William H. Polk, pg. 673, states "The Dorchester County records show a number of land transactions in the name of Robert Polk. Those before 1727 were by Robert, Jr. Those after that year (in which he died) by his son Robert Polk, 3d, who appears to have been a very large land proprietor, purchasing many tracts.
Other interesting entries on the dorchester records are: Appraisement of land of Clement Polk, under fourteen years old, orphan and child of Robert Polk, deceased, now under the guardianship of Manuel Manlove, made Sept. 7, 1712, of following tracts: 'Horseys Swamp,' 100 acres, 'Little Goshem,' 250 acres. This Clement Polk was doubtless a son of Robert Polk, Jr., and Grace Guillette, as Robert 3d was then but a small boy. Wm. Polk appointed guardian to Caleb and Mary, orphans of Christopher Nutter, August ---, 1773."
The above date of 1712 for the appraisal of the lands of Clement Polk is incorrect and is not 1712, probably should be 1762. The Will of Joseph Pollock was probated 10 June 1752 (ref PF&K, pg. 87), and in that will both of the above named properties were bequeathed to Robert Pollock, son of Joseph Pollock. Apparently Robert Pollock died between 1752 and 1762, since Clement Polk
has, by 1762, received these same lands from his deceased father Robert Polk. Appears the date of 1712 mistake, caused William Harrison Polk, compiler/author of "Polk Family and Kinsmen" to make an erroneous assumption in assigning Clement Polk as a child of Robert Polk, Jr., and Grace Guillette, and he compounded this by using that date to declare that Clement could not possibly be the son of Robert Polk III, either. Clement Polk could not possibly be the son of Robert Polk Jr., since Robert Jr. died in 1727. Based on the ages of the individuals, this Clement could have been the son of Robert Polk III, but Robert III's will names his children, and Clement is not one of them, nor are any of the above-mentioned named lands included in the lands bequeathed by Robert Polk III. The assignment of the same-named properties from grandfather (Joseph Pollock) to son (Robert Pollock or Polk) to son Clement Polk, definitely shows the proper family line. Additional information: The age of 14 being used here does not mean that Clement was close to age 14; that age (14) was often used in official records as the age where a child could make some decisions (not necessarily as an adult could), such as being allowed to help choose his/her guardian (as one example). So, Clement could be anywhere from age 1-13 in this record. Assuming this age range from 1-13, and using the year 1762 for the date of the appraisal, his birth year range would be from 1749-1761. I would guess that Clement was born in the 1750s, since his father Robert appears to have been born sometime after 1732, and I assume he was at least age 20 or so when he married.
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This fictitious Clement Polk is being left in the database in the family of Robert Polk, Jr., to help those readers who might have seen the data in "Polk Family and Kinsmen" and become confused as to Clement's ancestry.
vii. MARY POLK, DAU ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE28,29, b. Abt. 1714, MD., probably30,31; d. Unknown.
Notes for MARY POLK, DAU ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Mary Polk was b. c1714 as shown by the sources in FTM database, then she would be too young to be married by 1727. Robert Polk, Jr. had other daughters (unknown), so the above mentioned men may have married those unknowns. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
viii. GRACE POLK, DAU ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE32,33, b. Abt. 1716, MD., probably34,35; d. Unknown.
Notes for GRACE POLK, DAU ROBERT POLK/GRACE GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Grace Polk was b. c1716 as shown by the sources in FTM database, then she would be too young to be married by 1727. Robert Polk, Jr. had other daughters (unknown), so the above mentioned men may have married those unknowns. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
5. ix. SUSAN RUTH POLK, ??? DAU ROBT POLK/GUILLETTE, b. June 08, 1717, Cecil Co., MD.; d. November 09, 1800, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC..
x. UNKNOWN DAU 1, ROBERT POLK JR./ G. GUILLETTE, b. Bet. 1699 - 1710; d. Unknown; m. JAMES CANNON, OR JOHN POLLET, (SEE NOTES); b. Bef. 1705; d. Unknown.
Notes for UNKNOWN DAU 1, ROBERT POLK JR./ G. GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Mary Polk was b. c1714 and Grace Polk was b. 1716, and Susan Ruth Polk married David Reese, as shown by the sources in FTM database, then the daughters who may have married James Cannon and John Pollet, would have to be the two unknown daughters. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
Notes for JAMES CANNON, OR JOHN POLLET, (SEE NOTES):
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Mary Polk was b. c1714 and Grace Polk was b. 1716, and Susan Ruth Polk married David Reese, as shown by the sources in FTM database, then the daughters who may have married James Cannon and John Pollet, would have to be the two unknown daughters. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
xi. UNKNOWN DAU 2, ROBERT POLK, JR./G. GUILLETTE, b. Bet. 1699 - 1710; d. Unknown; m. JAMES CANNON, OR JOHN POLLET, (SEE NOTES); b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for UNKNOWN DAU 2, ROBERT POLK, JR./G. GUILLETTE:
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Mary Polk was b. c1714 and Grace Polk was b. 1716, and Susan Ruth Polk married David Reese, as shown by the sources in FTM database, then the daughters who may have married James Cannon and John Pollet, would have to be the two unknown daughters. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
Notes for JAMES CANNON, OR JOHN POLLET, (SEE NOTES):
NOTES BY BILL POLK, KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Pp. 81-82, "Polk Family and Kinsmen," shows the following: "William [son of John Polk Sr., son of Robert Polk of Somerset Co., MD.] died about Nov. 25, 1726/7 leaving a son John, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. These children were presumbly named for their grand parents, John Polk and his wife Jane, and Anne Polk, who married Francis Roberts. His wife did not long remain single, for on May 20, 1727, the inventory of his estate was file by her and her second husband, Robert Clarkson. The singular feature about this inventory is that it was signed by James Cannon, John Pollet, Robert Polk and Thos. Polk as 'creditors and the next of kin.' Robert and Thomas Polk were probably his first cousins, sons of Robt. Polk and Grace Guillette. John Pollet was also probably his first cousin, a son of his aunt Martha. How James Cannon came to be next of kin, I do not know; but I am inclined to think that both he and John Pollet married two of the daughters of Robert Polk and Grace Guilette; that Wm. Polk, the blacksmith, had purchased from his uncle Robert Low Ridge and Polks Folly and had not completed the payment for same; therefore, his uncle robert's sons and sons-in-law appear as creditors and next of kin."
BILL POLK COMMENT ON ABOVE: If Mary Polk was b. c1714 and Grace Polk was b. 1716, and Susan Ruth Polk married David Reese, as shown by the sources in FTM database, then the daughters who may have married James Cannon and John Pollet, would have to be the two unknown daughters. Per PF&K, according to other records in Maryland, Robert and his wife Grace had the following children: Thomas, William, Robert, Mary, Grace and three other daughters whose names are unknown.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1679 - 1727 (48 years)