Priscilla Polk^{[1, 2]}

1740 - 1835  (95 years)

• Histories

  Our Heritage by Loula Allen Lentz Eastern Shore MD families including Whittington. Manuscript in PDF format.(large file)

  
  

• Name	Priscilla Polk  [3, 4, 5]
  Born	1740	Somerset County, MD
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	K2XV-GFH
  Relationship	John's Ancestor
  Relationship	William 'The Conqueror' (b. 1024) Descendants & Spouses
  Died	1835	Somerset County, MD   [6]
  Person ID	I212	Main
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	James Polk,   b. 17 May 1719, MD ,   d. Apr 1771, Frederick Co., MD  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Mary Cottman,   b. 1723, Frederick, MD ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef 1740	Frederick, MD   [7]
  Family ID	F128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Col. William Whittington, of Chance "Revolutionary War ",   b. 1740, Chance, Somerset County MD ,   d. 1818, Somerset County, MD  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1760  [8]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Whittington,   b. 1761,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Margaret Whittington,   b. Abt 1763,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Whittington, IV,   b. Abt 1765,   d. Bef 1806  (Age ~ 40 years) + 4. James Whittington,   b. 1765, Somerset County, MD ,   d. 1849, Somerset County, MD  (Age 84 years) + 5. Mary Jane Priscilla Whittington,   b. Abt 1769, Somerset County, MD ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Isaac Joseph Whittington,   b. Abt 1770,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ann Whittington,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1740 - Somerset County, MD Died - 1835 - Somerset County, MD  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Priscilla's grandfather William B. Polk is the great great grandfather of U.S. President James Knox Polk - making her the 1/2 1st Cousin twice removed of the President.  She died 10 years prior to his taking office of President. FamilySearch ID: https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K2XV-GFH

  
  

• Sources

  [S651] DAR Lineage Books, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S716] L. A. Lentz - Our Heritage, Loula Allen Lentz, (Privately published manuscript. March 1, 1959. 198 pp. 8.5 x 11 in 19 ring binder, green custom impritned cover with gold lettering. Scanned into .PDF format. Cpies of the PDF file may be obtained from John Howell, jhowell@jhowell.com), p. 37 (Reliability: 0). [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001). [S716] L. A. Lentz - Our Heritage, Loula Allen Lentz, (Privately published manuscript. March 1, 1959. 198 pp. 8.5 x 11 in 19 ring binder, green custom impritned cover with gold lettering. Scanned into .PDF format. Cpies of the PDF file may be obtained from John Howell, jhowell@jhowell.com), p. 40 (Reliability: 0). [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), d. abt 1834 per http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whittington/d0/i0001214.htm#i1214 (Reliability: 0). [S748] Angellotti - Polks of NC and TN, Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, (Originally published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Soc., 1923-1924. ISBN 0-89308-543-X), p .136 (Reliability: 3). [S477] Marguerite Freeney Howard, Marguerite Freeney Howard, DAR Application (Reliability: 3).