Robert (Bruce?) Polk/Polke/Pollock & Magdalen (Tasker) Porter Polk
Hi, Polk Folk
There is so much erroneous/questionable/undocumented information out there online and in print on Robert Polk/Magdalen Tasker Porter and family, and it keeps being repeated/perpetuated, that I thought I would provide a few items that I can reasonably substantiate.Maybe this list will help people differentiate between fiction and information that has some basis in documents.For your info, I have been researching Polks since the summer of 1986, which certainly does not make me any kind of expert; but I have done research in actual documents, not just online - makes a BIG difference.Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] about any of the below items or anything Polk, any family, any timeframe.
1.Robert is just plain ol' Robert, no Bruce.Middle names were rarely used in those times.His full name is either Robert Pollock, Robert Polke or Robert Polk.
2.Robert Polk's ancestry is unknown.He definitely did not have a father Sir Robert Pollock II and a grandfather Sir Robert Pollock I in Ireland, as often published.
3.Robert and Magdalen came to America some years before 1687, when Robert Polk received two land patents.This is as close as I have been able to come to their date of arrival.
4.Robert and Magdalen did not have an estate called "White Hall."White Hall did not come into existence until 1795.
5.William Polk, son of Robert and Magdalen, is not the progenitor of the Polk line of President James Knox Polk, and William Polk and Charles Polke, the Indian Trader of the Potomac, are not William Polk's (son of Robert/Magdalen)sons.
6.William Polk, son of John Polk, son of Robert and Magdalen, is also not the progenitor of the Polk line of President James Knox Polk.
7.John Polk, son of Robert/Magdalen, did not marry a woman name Jugga Hugg.No such person existed.
8.Robert Polk, Jr., son Robert Polk/Magdalen Tasker, may be the progenitor of the SC Polk line of Thomas Polk who first married Lurviah Johns, but proof of the father/son connection is lacking.
9.The above Robert Polk, Jr. and wife Grace Gullette - If you come from this line, better question what you find, as there is much, much misinformation in print and online.
9.There is minimal proof that Magdalen Tasker's father was Roger Tasker, that there was an estate in Ireland, and that Magdalen's first husband was John Porter.
Bill Polk, Kansas City, MO.
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