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Ancestors of Martha Jo (Martha) Cross


      3352. Robert Bruce Polk, born Abt. 1625 in Co. Donegal, Northern Ireland; died Abt. 1704 in prob Somerset Co., MD. He was the son of 6704. II Robert Pollok. He married 3353. Magdalen Tasker Abt. 1671 in Co. Donegal, Ireland.

      3353. Magdalen Tasker, born Abt. 1635 in Cavanacor, Co. Donegal, Ireland; died Abt. 1727 in prob Somerset Co, MD. She was the daughter of 6706. Roger Tasker.

Notes for Robert Bruce Polk:
In Burke's Presidential Families of the United States, it is stated that "Sir John Pollok, of Renfrewshire, Scotland, m. Janet Mure, and was at the battle of Lecherbie 1593, leaving issue.;
Robert Pollok, who received a grant of lands in Coleraine, Co. Derry, Ireland 1605/8, m, and had issue; Robert Pollok, of Coleraine, a Covenanter, b ca 1595/8, m, and d ca 1640, leaving issue; and Robert Pollok (or Polke) served as a Capt. in Col. Porter's Regt against King Charles I, later emigrated to Maryland and was granted land known as "Polke's Lott" and "Polke's Folly" by Lord Baltimore 7 March 1687, m. Magdalen (will dated 7 Apr 1726), widow of ? Porter, and dau of " Tasker, of Moneen, nr Strabane, co Tyropne, Ireland, and d in Somerset Co., MD (will pr 5 June 1704), leaving, with other issue, William Polk, of White Hall, MD, b prob in co Donegal ca 1664, m 1st Nancy, widow of ? Owen, and dau of ? Knox; and 2ndly, ? Gray, widow, and d (will pr 24 Feb 1739), leaving issue; William Polk, Jr, settled first in Hopewell Township, Cumberland Co., PA, then "west of the Yadkin River" in NC, b at White Hall ca 1700, m ca 1730, Margaret Taylor (who survived him), and d in NC ca 1753, leaving ... issue." Burkes states that the first three have not been proven but are probable.

Know as Sir Robert Pollok.
Received a grant of lands (1605-1608) in County Derry, in or near Colerlaine, in what is now Northern Ireland (ref: Burke's Presidents, 1981, second edition, under "Lineage of President Polk".

Progeniter of the Polk family is John Pollock, a gentleman of landed property near Glasgow. His son was Robert Pollock, who married Magdalen Tasker Porter, the daughter of Colonel Tasker, who was Robert Pollock's commander in Oliver Cromwell's Army. Robert Pollock in 1659 emigrated from Ireland to Maryland accompanied by his wife and children. It is about this date that "Polk" was evolved from Pollock.

The following is the Will of Robert Polk, with spelling and capitalization exactly as shown in the original:
"In the Name of God, Amen:
This sixth day of May in the year of our lord, 1699, I Robert Polke of Somerset County in the Province of Maryland being of good health and Perfect memory at this present thank be to Almighty God for the same yet knowing the uncertainty of this present life and being desirous to settle my affairs doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and form following:
First and principally I commend my soule to God who gave it to me, assuredly believing that I shall receive full and free pardon of all my sins and be saved by the pretious Death and Merritts of my Blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried after a decent and Christian manner at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as touching such worldly estate as God in his mercy hath bestowed upon me. It is my will that it be disposed of as hereafter is expressed.
2ndly I leave to my son Robert Polke a parcel of land called Lone Ridge being part of a tract of land called Forlone Hope, formerly belonging to Augustine Standforth but now conveyed to me the said land called Lone Ridge beginning at a marked pine standing in a slash next to my said Son's House and from thence running north east the number of poles specified in the pattent soe leaving to my son Robert what land belongs to the said pattent on the north east side of the said Slash to him the Said Robert Polke and his heirs forever.
3rdly I leave to my said son David Polke the remainder of the above tract of land called Forlorne Hope as also one hundred acres of land called Polks Folly bounded as per Pattent will appear both said tracts of land to him the said David and his heirs forever.
4thly I leave to my Beloved Wife Magdalen Polke my now dwelling house and plantation during her natural life as also a third of what goods and moveables I am possessed with or shall hereafter to the day of my death the said Goods and moveables to be at her dispossing at her decease. Another third of my Goods and moveables I leave to my daughter Martha be it little or much here and her heirs forever and as for the other third. It is my will it be equally divided between my sons David and Joseph, and if it should please God to Remove me before I purchase a seat of Land after my son Joseph, this my will: that my son David give unto my son Joseph four thousand pounds of Tobacco in the leu of the above said tracts of Land left to my son David and as for what Cattle I have given to my son Joseph they being in his proper Mark it's my will that he enjoy and possess the same he and his heirs forever for this boy Christopher must live with Magdalen Polke during her life time then.
5thly I leave to my son James an Orphan Boy called Christopher Little to him the said James and his heirs during the time of his Indre.
I leave unto my son Ephraim the choice of what stear I have or may have at the day of my death. I leave to my sons John and William Polke to each of them twelve pence. I constitute and appoint my son David Polke and my wife Magdalen Polke to be Executors of this my last will.

Codicil--I constitute my sons Ephraim and James Polke to be Executors of this my last will and testament disannuling and making voide all former Will or Wills by me made either by word or written.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written this being altered the eighth day of August, 1703.

Robert Polke
X mark Seal

Richard Knight, Mary 0. English, Richard Whittley,

And I desire that Martha Poock may have liberty let her cattle run on the plantation until she gets plantation and as for Sarah Powers she must have a heifer at her freedom day.

Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Robert Polk
Richard Whittley
Richard Knight
Mary 0. English."

On the back of said will was thus written: "Vizt:--Memorandum this 5th
day June the within will was proved to the Act and Deed of the within named Robert Polke by the oaths of Richard Whittley, Richard Knight and Mary English before.
Peter Dent. Depty Com'y.

Test.
R. McKendree Davis,
Dept. Register Orphans Court
Anne Arundel County
State of Maryland

Annapolis Wills T. B. 1701-3, folios 416-418



More About Magdalen Tasker:
Will: March 20, 1727, Somerset County & Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MC at the Maryland State Archives.
     
Children of Robert Polk and Magdalen Tasker are:
  i.   II Robert Polk, died Unknown.
  ii.   Joseph Polk, died Unknown.
  iii.   Martha Polk, died Unknown.
  iv.   David Polk, died Unknown.
  v.   Ephraim Polk, died Unknown.
  vi.   Anne Polk, died Unknown.
  vii.   John Polk, born Abt. 1662; died Unknown; married (1) Jane Knox in Sommerset Co., MD; died October 28, 1700 in Sommerset Co., MD; married (2) Joanna Knox in Sommerset Co., MD; died Unknown.
  1676 viii.   I William Polk, born Bet. 1664 - 1667 in Donegal Co., Ireland a short distance from Londonberry and Coleraine.; died Unknown; married (1) FNU Gray in MD; married (2) Nancy Ann (Owens) Knox.


      3356. I James Taylor, born Bet. 1615 - 1635 in Carlisle, Lancaster Co., England; died April 30, 1698 in New Kent Co., VA or King and Queen Co.. He was the son of 6712. John Taylor and 6713. Elizabeth LNU (Taylor). He married 3357. Frances Walker Abt. 1666 in Richmond Co., VA.

      3357. Frances Walker, born Abt. 1640 in England or VA; died September 22, 1680 in Richmond Co., VA.
     
Child of James Taylor and Frances Walker is:
  1678 i.   II James Taylor, born March 14, 1674 in New Kent Co., VA, or Accoma, Accomack Co., VA; died January 23, 1730 in Bloomsburg, Orange Co., VA; married Martha Thompson February 23, 1698 in Richmond Co., VA.


      3360. Marcus Knox, born Abt. 1559 in Silvyland, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; died 1625 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. He was the son of 6720. William Knox and 6721. Margaret Maxwell. He married 3361. Margaret Greenlees November 16, 1584 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.

      3361. Margaret Greenlees, born Abt. 1563 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; died Unknown.
     
Child of Marcus Knox and Margaret Greenlees is:
  1680 i.   William Knox, born Abt. 1586 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; died 1650 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; married FNU Campbell Abt. 1625 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.


      3364. Richard Crofton, born 1604 in Lissadorn Castle, , Roscommon, Ireland; died 1668 in Lissadorn Castle, , Roscommon, Ireland. He married 3365. Anne Brooke 1633 in Lissadorn Castle, Roscommon, Ireland.

      3365. Anne Brooke, born Abt. 1608 in Brooke Manor, , Donegal, Ireland; died Abt. 1640 in Lissadorn Castle, , Roscommon, Ireland. She was the daughter of 6730. Basil Brooke and 6731. Ann Leycester.
     
Child of Richard Crofton and Anne Brooke is:
  1682 i.   John Crofton, born 1634 in Lissadorn Castle, Roscommon, Ireland; died Unknown in 1693; married Sarah LNU (Crofton) 1657 in Lissadorn Castle, Roscommon, Ireland.


      3552. II Thomas Glascock, born Abt. 1645 in Moreton, Essex Co., England; died Bef. 1701 in Lancaster Co., VA. He was the son of 7104. I Thomas Glascocke and 7105. Jane Juett. He married 3553. Anne Nichols Abt. 1672 in Lancaster Co., VA.

      3553. Anne Nichols, born Abt. 1655 in Warwick Co., VA; died February 06, 1712 in Raleigh, Moore Co., NC. She was the daughter of 7106. George Nichols.

Notes for II Thomas Glascock:
I can find no record of Thomas(2) Glascock moving to NC or living outside of the Richmond Co, VA area. Thomas(2)'s son Col. George(3) is credited with building Indian Banks in 1699.
Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 by Headley, Genealogy Publishing Co. 1983 Will Bk. 3, p.168 - (Col.) George(3) Glascock, will; Jan 1713/14, 7 Apr 1714
sons William(4) and George(4) the plant, where I now live . . . (this was Indian Banks). (Courtesy of Jack Glasscock-March 2004)

"Acting at its second session in Williamsburg in 1730 the Virginia General Assembly passed an enactment to establish a public warehouse at William Glascock's landing in (then) Richmond Co. The warehouse was for the inspection and transhipment of tobacco and was the 'port to which hogheads of tobacco' were brought from the surrounding area of the Northern Neck for inspection, weighing and loading on boats to be shipped down the Rappahannock. The salary at Glascock's Landing was established at 50 pounds per annum. A 1731 record speaks of the several warehouses at Glascock's Landing, so apparently the establishment was a flourishing one.
Records of this period show that in 1730 Capt. William Glascock was appointed to the Commission of Peace for Richmond Co. Major George Glascock was foreman of a grand jury of Richmond Co. on 5 Nov 1739 which prosecuted Rev. Thomas Blewitt for 'swearing and being drunk!' In 1748 Million Glascock, eldest daughter of Capt. William and Esther Ball Glascock, was married to a Capt. William Peachey who served as a Capt. in Washington's regiment in the French and Indian War where 'they were engaged ... around Winchester'. He later was a Colonel in the Revolution in the 8th Virginia Regiment in 1776. A note about Dr. Andrew Robertson, 'a surgeon and plysician of great eminence' who came to America and fought with Braddock in Pennsylvania in 1755... He returned to England, later to emigrate to America. On his return trip to this country he stated that 'landing at Indian Banks, Richmond Co., Virginia, he was entertained most kindly by a Scotch merchant, Mr. Glasscock'. He later married Glascock's daughter, Anne, settled in Lancaster Co. and became a leading physician and Presbyterian elder on the Northern Neck.
The account indicates that Robertson landed at 'Indian Banks' directly from England. This no doubt was the case since trans-Atlantic ships often landed at Tidewater plantations. These ships usually loaded tobacco for Europe and brought back in exchange furniture, plate, linens, fine dress and other items to lend a touch of fashion to the life of the Virginia gentlemen. Or else they were a part of the 'trade triangle' between the West Indies, Britain and the Colonies. Many planters had regular arrangements with yearly visits not only afforded much excitement to the routine plantation life, but also were a source of news from the world and the visiting captains were well entertained by the planters n exchange for the lastest word about life in Europe, along the Atlantic seaboard, in New England, or in the Barbadoes, or West Indies.
In 1769 Thomas Glascock, son of Capt. William, was a Burgess for Richmond County. (On a granite boulder on the site of the Capitol of Williamsburg, the following inscription was discovered in 1909: 'Members of the House of Burgesses who at the Raleigh Tavern, May 18 1769, and May 27, 1774 and August 1774, entered into associations against the importation or purchase of British manufacturers' -- names include Thomas Glascock...."
(Source: The Glas(s)cock--Glassco Saga by Lawrence A. Glassco)


  Notes for Anne Nichols:
Anne Nichols Glascock left a Will dated the twelth day of February 1713.

"In the name of God, Amen, I Anne Glascock of the parish of Farnham and the County of Richmond widdow being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it do nominate and appoint this my Last Will and Testament revoking and annulling all other Wills and Will Tos?am or Testaments whatsoever. I bequeath my soule to God who gave it and my body to be buryed as my esqheres after mentioned shall think fit:

Item: I give unto my grandson John Tarpley and his hares forever thirty acres of land lying betweene the lands of Henry Clarke and his father Capt. John Tarpley.
Item: I give unto my grandson Anthony Sydnor and the hares of his body lawfully begotten and for want of such hares to my granddaughter Anne Barber and her hares forever, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying along the lines of William Dunn and John Hughlett.
Item: It is my desire that all the accounts standing betweene myself and son George Glascock as well his as mine be sett att naught unless his Executors(?) Think fit to bring in his and thus mine to be brought in ball. of his.
Item: I give to my son in law Rowland Lawson and their heires forever all the rest of my estate both reale and personall they causing all my whole estate to be appraised in tobacco to be divided into five equall parts. One fifth part of which said tobacco I give unto my daughter Joan Lawson, one fifth part to my daughter Frances Barber, one fifth part to my daughter Anne Tarpley, one fifth part to my daughter Mary Hopkins and the other fifth part to my grandson George Glascock.
Item: I do nominate and appoint my son in law Charles Barber and my son in law Rowland Lawson my whole and sole Executors(?) Of this my Last Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and fixed my seale this twelth day of Feb.1713.
Signed Sealed and published in the presence of: Ann A. Glascock (seal)
Joseph Bragg, Wm. Downeman, Thos. Glascock"

Ann (Nicholls) Glasscock, Richmond Co., VA Will Probated;
Will Bk. 3, p. 163:
Will Probate dated 3 March 1713, Proved 7 April 1714.
Leg: To grandson John Tarpley; To grandson Anthony Sydnor; To granddaughter Ann Barber; to grandson George Glascock; to son-in-law Charles Barber; to son-in-law Roland Lawson; to daughter, Jean Lawson; to daughter, Frances Barber; to daughter, AnnTarpley; to daughter Mary Hipkins;to son George Glascock.
Witnesses:
Charles Barbar, Rowland Lawson.Executors: Joseph Bragg, William Downman, Thomas Glascock.




     
Children of Thomas Glascock and Anne Nichols are:
  i.   Jean Glascock, born July 10, 1673 in Raleigh, Moore Co., NC; died Unknown; married Rowland (Robert) Lawson Abt. 1714 in Richmond Co., VA; died Unknown.
  1776 ii.   George Glascock, born Abt. 1675 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Abt. 1714 in Lancaster Co., VA; married Millicent (Million) Downman in Lancaster Co., VA.
  iii.   Elizabeth Glascock, born Abt. 1678 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Unknown; married (1) William Downman in Lancaster Co., VA; born April 24, 1680; died Abt. 1719 in Lancaster Co., VA; married (2) Thomas Griffin in Lancaster Co., VA; died Unknown.
  Notes for William Downman:
Chichester is a family line connected with the Ball's. Ellen Ball, daughter of William, m. 1st on 3 Jul 1734, to a Richard Chichester of Lancaster Co. whose family line came from Exeter, Eng.
In 1744 Ellen Chichester (probably after the death of her Chichester spouse) m. 2nd her cousin, William Ball. On 12 Jun 1747 m. 3rd to William Downman (son of Rawleigh and Margaret Ball Downman). In a letter from Joseph Ball 1743-1744, he says "Mrs. Ellen Chichester, who thinks she is entitled to property left by the Earl of Chichester".

Nov. 1692 Richmond Co. Wm. Downman buys 50 acs on Moraticon Creek from Edward & Elizabeth King.
Wit: Thomas Glascock

1. Nov. 1692 Wm. Downman signs bond for 10,000 lbs tobacco payable to Edw. & Eliz. King for purchase of land above.
2. Aug. 1697 Richmond Co. Wm. Downman buys 491 acs. on Totaskey Creek from Arthur Etty.
Wit: Rawleigh Downman.
3. May 1701 Richmond Co. Wm. Downman II buys 200 acs on Totaskey Creek from Geo. Bedley.
4. 1702 Wm. Downman was sheriff of Richmond Co.
5. 1711/1712 Richmond Co. Wm. Downman dies leaving a Will.

  iv.   Frances Glascock, born July 14, 1680 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Unknown; married Charles Barber Abt. 1701 in Lancaster Co., VA; died 1716 in prob VA.
  v.   Winnifred Glascock, born Abt. 1685 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Bef. 1714 in Lancaster Co., VA; married Anthony Sydnor Abt. 1710 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Unknown.
  vi.   Anne Glascock, born Abt. 1688 in Raleigh, Moore Co., NC; died Unknown; married John Tarpley January 1712 in Richmond Co., VA; died Unknown.
  Notes for Anne Glascock:
In January 1712/13, Anne Glascock (daughter of Thomas & Ann) married Col. John Tarpley, obviously he was much her senior.

By 1739, Col. Tarpley was dead and Anne causes the following to be entered into court records:
"To the worshipful court of Richmond County, Now know yee that I Ann Tarpley, widdow of Col. John Tarpley late deceased do declare that I will not accept or take any part of the legacy to me conveyathed by the last Will of the said John Tarpley deceased, and will absolutely ronounce all benefit which I might claim by such last Will. In witness hereunto I have set my hand & seal this seventh day of May MDCCXXXIX.
Prvd: Willm. Glascock, Thos. Glascock Signed: Anne Tarpley

Anne and John Tarpley's grandson, James Tarpley, was a prominent merchant of Williamsburg and in 1761 he gave the historic bell to Bruton Parish Church which still swings in the steeple.

  vii.   Mary Glascock, born January 22, 1690 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Abt. 1717 in Lancaster Co., VA; married John Hipkins February 1712 in Lancaster Co., VA; died Unknown.


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