Ezekiel
Polk
Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Wesley Polk
and Mary (Ross) Polk
Brother of
Charles Ross Polk, Evan Polk, Matilda (Polk) Barker, Hugh Polk, Unknown Polk, Hannah (Polk) Bollinger, John Wesley Polk and William J Polk
Husband of
Elizabeth (Phillips) Polk
— married
14 Jul 1804 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Knox Polk, Mary (Polk) Tims, John Lewis Polk, Martha Norissa (Polk) Sewell and Frances Matilda (Polk) Langston
Died
at about age 74
in Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jul 2011
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Biography
Ezekiel Polk was born about 1782 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and his parents were Mary (Ross) and William Wesley Polk. Ezekiel Polk married on 14 Jul 1804 to Elizabeth Phillips. Ezekiel and Elizabeth became the parents of
- James Knox Polk, born November 23, 1805, in Madison county, Georgia, died March 3, 1879, in Atlanta, Georgia, served 17 terms in the Ga. Legislature, both as a member of the House and also a Senator from the 34th Senatorial District in 1863.
- Levi Moore Polk
- Mary Polk
- Barbara Polk
- Sarah "Sally" Polk, born December 12, 1815, in Madison county, Georgia, died February 24, 1889, in Polk county, Georgia, married Marion Sewell (1815-1883)
- James Lewis Polk, born 1821, died 1890, married 1) Louise Strickland, and 2) Barbara Hawkins Note: nicknamed "John" but headstone inscribed James [1]
- Martha Norissa "Patsy" Polk, born March 5, 1824, in Madison county, Georgia, died July 31, 1864, in Coweta County, Georgia, married John Asbury Sewell, in 1839
- Frances Polk
Ezekiel Polk died January 7, 1856, in Jackson County, Georgia, and is buried in the Crooked Creek Cemetery. [2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24840974/john-lewis-polk
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32369707/ezekiel-polk
- "Pedigree Resource File" on FamilySearch database (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S5PG-35L : accessed 18 June 2018), entry for Ezekiel Polk; cites sources
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1575471&pid=412 Ancestry Family Tree
Acknowledgements
- Polk-217 was created on 04 Jul 2011 by Robert Low through the import of Low Family Tree.ged
- Polk-1402 was created in Sep 2019 by Sherri (Long) Rohm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ezekiel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ezekiel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ezekiel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ezekiel:
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~1.56%
Russell Fields
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RussellKFields
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~1.56%
Sherri (Long) Rohm :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sherrirohm90
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~0.78%
John Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A239332 [compare], Ancestry member WOLFENSTOCK
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~0.78%
Dan Van Vleet :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A009860 [compare], Ancestry member Samantha3049
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N Gauthier
Polk-1402 and Polk-219 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same dates & locations & relatives
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by N Gauthier
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