Born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Pollard
and Ann (Wellington) Pollard
Sister of
George Lucy Lane Pollard
Wife of
Edward Adcock
— married
1 Jan 1848 in Sidbury, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Edward Stavely Adcock, Samuel Adcock, Richard Simmonds Adcock, Jane Elizabeth Adcock, Sarah Anne Adcock, Eliza Jane Adcock, Jessie (Adcock) Burroughs, Christopher Adcock, Lavinia (Adcock) Rowles, Angelina (Adcock) Hundermark and Joseph Benjamin Adcock
Died
at about age 67
in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2016
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Biography
Maria was born in Grahamstown in 1822; she was the daughter of George and Ann Pollard.
She married widower Edward Adcock after the death of his first wife; they married in Sidbury on 1 January 1848:[1][2]
- Edward ADCOCK, Age: 28, Status: Widower, Inn keeper of Bushmans River
- and
- Maria POLLARD, Age: 29, Status: Spinster of Sidbury
- Married at Sidbury, St. Peter's Anglican Church by George Villiers THORPE
- Witnessed by: Thomas POLLARD, H.M.P. MACK
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| Marriage Edward Adcock to Maria Pollard |
The following children were born of this marriage:
- Edward Stavely Adcock
- Samuel Adcock
- Jessie (Burroughs) Adcock
- Lavinia (Adcock) Rowles
- Angelina (Adcock) Hundermark
Maria was 67 years old when she passed away in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, on 2 May 1889.[3][4]
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| Death Notice of Maria (Pollard) Adcock |
Sources
- ↑ Source: Sidbury - St Peter (Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape. baptisms, marriages and burials register, 1841-1849. Repository: Cory Library, MS 17 591. Transcribed by Marielle Ford, independently, from her own photographs of the photocopied registers in the Cory Library
- ↑ Civil Registrations (Marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-89CN-M?i=202&cc=2821281&cat=244034
- ↑ South Africa, Settlers Index, 1820-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZL2-DYTD : 19 May 2021), Maria Pollard Adcock, 1889 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-PZDP?i=1817&cc=3040532&cat=195564
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 23 June 2021
- www.1820settlers.org
- [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 11 Nov 2016]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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Rejected matches › Maria (Ballard) Sladen (1823-1903) › Maria S (Pollard) Morton (abt.1820-) › Maria (Ballard) Higson (abt.1822-abt.1889)
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