Ancestry of
James K. Polk

11th U.S. President

William Polk

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of James K. Polk — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Robert Pollock 
  • Mother:
  • Magdalen Tasker   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1664 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. County Donegal, Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 24 Feb 1739/1740 
  • Death Location:
  • Maryland 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Knox
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  • Child:

  William Polk Jr. (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Additional marriages for William Polk

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  • Spouse:
  • - - - - - - Grey

• Sources for William Polk

  • ¹ Polk, William Harrison, Polk Family and Kinsmen, Louisville, Kentucky: Bradley and Gilbert Co., Inc. (1912), 34, 204-205.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 32.