Lt. Col.
William
Polk
Sr
Born about in Whitehall, Dorchester Co., Maryland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Nancy (Taylor) Polk
— married
1725 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland Co.)
Descendants 
Father of
Susan (Polk) Alexander, William Bruce Polk Jr, Thomas Polk, Charles Taylor Polk Sr, Deborah (Polk) McCleary, John Polk, Mary (Polk) Alexander and Ezekiel Polk
Died
at about age 56
in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
This person is an ancestor of President James Knox Polk.[1]
William Polk/Margaret Taylor constitute the end of the line as far as the President's ancestry goes. Everything that has been written on the ancestry of President Polk showing such ancestry going back to Robert Polk/Magdalen (Tasker) Porter Polk of Somerset Co., MD., is wrong, proven by research and by DNA.[2][3] There is no doubt that the old Polk Tree of 1849 and all the main Polk genealogies such as "Polk Family and Kinsmen," 1912, by William Harrison Polk, and "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee," 1923-1924, Emma Angellotti, and numerous other genealogies and writings are wrong as to the ancestry. We do not know at this point who the parents of William Polk (who m. Margaret Taylor) are, nor is there any proof of Margaret Taylor's ancestry (some have speculated, but there is no proof of who her parents were). [4]
Sources
- ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
- ↑ Multiple discussions and data on Geni.com
- ↑ FamilyTree DNA site
- ↑ POLK (ALL LINES) & LOGAN Plus Related Lines of Bill Polk
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21012861/william-polk: accessed 15 November 2023), memorial page for William Polk (1700–1757), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21012861, citing Polk Family Cemetery, Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
- Wikipedia contributors, "Ezekiel Polk," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ezekiel_Polk&oldid=1130306490 (accessed November 15, 2023).
- Mrs. Frank M. Angellotti, "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, LXXVII (1923), 133-145, 213-227, 250-270; LXXVIII (1924), 33-53- 159-177, 312-330.
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Polk-261 created through the import of altic Family Tree.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Todd Altic.
- WikiTree profile Polk-169 created through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on May 29, 2011 by Kennon Edwards.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Bill Polk
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2, FTDNA kit #153671
-
~0.78%
Stephen Dowdy :
23andMe, GEDmatch RB4862025 [compare], yourDNAportal STEbf0a4446
-
~0.78%
Ina (Polk) Moody :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM7618991 [compare], Ancestry member ina_p_moody
-
~0.78%
Robert Funderburk :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Marj Aler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marjaler
-
~0.39%
MaryLou (Velebir) Crouch :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158163 [compare], Ancestry member mlcrouch1
-
~0.39%
William Cheshire :
23andMe, GEDmatch PY9984568 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A737803 [compare], Ancestry member wpcheshire67
-
~0.39%
Helen (Cheshire) Chapman :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HL3322133 [compare], Ancestry member Hwcelder
-
~0.39%
Lesa (Guite) Gaither :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Robert Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A819011 [compare], Ancestry member tonyantaylor123
-
~0.39%
Janie (Elms) Matthews :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A476196 [compare], yourDNAportal JAN8f86655e, Ancestry member FamilyGatherer23
-
~0.39%
Anna (Spellings) Shelton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member annashelton49
-
~0.39%
Linda Bonds :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AT6147914 [compare], Ancestry member linda_gramling
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Margaret (Ford) McCain :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mfm351, FTDNA kit #325910
-
~0.39%
James Beard :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
S. (Orr) Wood :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
L Gregory :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T439536 [compare], FTDNA kit #399116
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
M (Gregory) Anonymous :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T264182 [compare]
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Christina Finn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T141035 [compare]
Images: 1
Rejected matches › William Stanhope Polk
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Thanks, Nikki Byer
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13091981 Indicates that all children mentioned in both profiles were siblings
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/polk/results
Margaret Taylor's ancestry is not proven. She d. in 1763, per old listing of burials in the Polk-Alexander Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC. Where the exact DOD for her in 1763 came from I know not. Bill Polk