Priscilla Polk^{[1, 2, 3]}

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  [4, 5, 6]
  Born	1740	Somerset County, MD
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	K2XV-GFH
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2XV-GFH
  Died	1835	Somerset County, MD   [7]
  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
  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr. [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. [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. [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), d. abt 1834 per http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whittington/d0/i0001214.htm#i1214. [S477] Marguerite Freeney Howard, Marguerite Freeney Howard, DAR Application.