[Father] Pollock
Husband [Father] Pollock
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1 M John Pollock 1 2
Born: 3 Mar 1724 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland 1 2 Christened: Died: 16 Jul 1794 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2 Buried:Spouse: Catherine Campbell ( -1765) 1 Marr: 8 Mar 1759 3Spouse: Eleanor Scull ( -Abt 1808) 1 Marr: 18 Jun 1766 3
2 M Thomas Pollock, M.D. 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M Robert Pollock 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M James Pollock 2 4 5
Born: 1728 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland 1 2 Christened: Died: 1812 1 2 Buried:Spouse: Mary Herron ( -1820) 4 5 Marr: Abt 1770
5 M Charles Pollock 1 6 7 8 9
Born: Abt 1732 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland Christened: Died: Mar 1795 - near Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA 1 2 Buried:Spouse: Agnes Steele ( - ) 1 2 9
6 F Jane Pollock 1
Born: Christened: Died: 17 Feb 1797 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland 1 Buried:Spouse: [Unk] McLean ??? ( - ) 1
7 F Eliza Pollock 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Sheriff ??? ( - ) 1
8 F Mary Pollock 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F [Unk] Pollock
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Colwell ??? ( - ) 1Spouse: [Unk] Allison ( - ) 1
10 F Elizabeth Pollock 1
Born: Christened: Died: - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland Buried:
11 F [Unk] Pollock
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Davis Barber ( - ) 1
General Notes: Husband - [Father] Pollock
The following genealogical notes came into my hands from various quarters, while making researches into the family history of James and Oliver Pollock, of Carlisle, Pa. I have thrown them into shape and present them in their imperfect condition; leaving the work of completion to those more immediately connected with this house. The records of the first two generations are based on a letter written in 1848, to William Pollock by his uncle James, of Erie county, son of Charles, and born 1769. A copy of this letter has been sent me by Captain O. W. Pollock, U. S. A., stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. With the facts of this letter, all the traditions of other descendants agree.
James says: "My father, Charles, had three brothers, John, James, and Thomas. They all came to the Colonies many years before the revolution. Thomas remained but a short time, when he returned to Ireland, and being an educated man, he applied himself to the study of physick; which profession he practiced during the remainder of his life." The letter further states, in substance, all the particulars noted in the following record of John, James, and Charles, and adds: "My father had three sisters; I do not know their christian names, but their husbands' names were McLeon, Sheriff, and Colwell. The latter dying, his widow married an Allison, and settled in Nova Scotia."
In addition to this letter, Mr. William W. Hart, of Williamsport, gr.-gr.-grandson of John, has in his possession letters from Ireland, from which the following is gleaned :
In a letter from Wm. Scull to John Pollock, dated January 28, 1771, he says: "My love to cousin Nelly and aunt Jarvis." In a letter from Thomas Pollock to his brother, John Pollock, dated at Coleraine, August 3, 1785, he says: "Betty and Mary join in most tender regards to you and family, and Mr. Barber and family." In a letter from Eliza Pollock to David Barber, Northumberland, Pa., and dated, as all the letters are, from Coleraine, Ireland, May 22, 1797, she addresses him as "Dear Brother," and says: "Brother Bob had some intention to go to America, but found it was not in his power this season;" again, "Brother John, they say, has left Carlisle;" and again, "Sister Jane is no more; she departed this life the 17th of February, 1797." The letter closes thus: "Dr. and Mary join in love to you and brother John." From these records deduce the following genealogy: [Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 196.]
About the year 1760 five brothers, bearing the name of Pollock, settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. They came from Ireland, whither they had emigrated from Scotland a few years previous. One made his permanent home in Cumberland County, and ex-Governor James Pollock is one representative of his family. Of the others, one returned to Ireland, two settled in Erie County, and one, James, came to Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County. [HWC 1882, 701]
Over two hundred years ago [1914] Pollock ancestors settled in the vicinity of Londonderry, in the North of Ireland, emigrating from Glasgow, Scotland. Charles Pollock came to America from Coleraine, Ireland, in the same county, from which fact it is inferred that this is the same branch of the family to which President Polk belonged, his family name being originally Pollock. In the "Genealogies of the Presidents" we find: "James K. Polk, born in Mecklenburg county, N. C., Nov. 2, 1795, son of Samuel (1771-1827) and Jane Knox (1773-1848) Polk, grandson of Ezekiel (born about 1737) and Mary Wilson (daughter of Samuel Wilson) Polk; and great-grandson of William (1701-1769) and Mary Knox Pollock. William Pollock (the original form of the name 'Polk') was the son of Robert (died in 1727) and Magdalena Tasker Pollock, who emigrated with their family from County Londonderry, Ireland, to Somerset county, Md., about 1694. William Pollock removed from Dorchester county, Md., to Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., Pa., about 1738, and thence, a few years later, to Mecklenburg county, North Carolina."
Charles Pollock came alone to this country, settling in Dauphin county, Pa., where he began farming. A year later he was joined by three brothers, one, a doctor, returning to Ireland soon afterward, not finding the practice he liked here. Another went South, to North Carolina, and the third settled near his brother Charles in the vicinity of Lewistown, in what was called Buffalo valley; he married and had a family. [HAC 1914, 326] 3 9
1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 195.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 728.
3 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 196.
4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 701.
5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 166.
6 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 310.
7 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 45.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 728, 739.
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—, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 326.
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