Robert Pollard II

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Birth: 1610 Devon, England Death: 1668 Bruington King and Queen County Virginia, USA

CEMETERY UNCONFIRMED****

• ****UNDERGOING RESEARCH 10/2013*****
  • **??? >>> Robert Pollard I born 1580 d. 1640 in Pollard Castle, Devon, England, Great Britain (Way) Married?? Lady Margaret Barrett? (de Ayring) b. 1582 d. 1639 Pollard Castle, Devon, England / Way(e) Wales ???

Is illegitimate son of Sir John; "Robert Pollard of Ways I" the father of this Robert?

• ***Recorded in the Sir George Amorye (d. 1598) (Amory, Amery, Emery, Damore) family concerning Whitechapel Manor Estate that a woman named "Prudence" was quote "widow of Sir John Pollard of Combe Martin" married Robert Damore; brother of George Amorye. George Amory's wife Margery was of the Ayre or Eyre family of Atherington. There is also family BASSETT involved. All names from the Bishop's Nympton area and all known to each other well. i.e. Pollard, Amory, Bassett (NOT Barrett) and Ayre/Eye. Sir John so far has only been found to have married a one "Cathrine" and no one else.

SOURCE: National Archives, North Devon Record Office, South Molton Records B264, Whitechapel Estate and the families associated with it 1609–1990

--------------------------------------------------- Robert Pollard was born (1598?1610) in Devon, England. He died in 1668 in Bruington, King and Queen County, Virginia, American Colony. His father was born in 1580(?) in Devon, England. (Old New Kent Co. was renamed King and Queens Co. in 1791) Constable of Lancaster County 1661 - 1662/3.

"Robert Pollard of Bruington" Married Mary Stanford 1659.

The book "Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2, Vol. 2, Lancaster County, Virginia Court Orders and Deeds, 1656-180", page 8 shows: Robert Pollard married Mary Stanford, the widow and excutrix of Vincent Stanford, deceased. Court of July 27, 1659.

CHILDREN: 1. Robert B. 1630 D. 23 April 1709 2. John B. about 1635
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WILL OF VINCENT STANFORD: Lancaster County Recor book No. 2, 1637-1640, page 57. Will of Vincent Stanford of the County of Lancaster in Virginia. "I give and bequeath towards the purchaseing of a glebe for the parish wherein I now live one thousand pounds of good tobo and caske to be paid within two years of my decease. To the widd Dudley 1 hhd tobo. To my niece Lydia the wife of Anthony Tibboe cattle. To Mary the dau of Mr. Edward Dale 800 acres lying on Lawsons Creek. To Mary my wife balance of estate. Exors. Mr. Edward Dale and "Mary my aforesd wife." Dated 16 Nov. 1658. Signed Vincent Stanford. Wit: Robert Pollard, Elyas Wilson. 8th Nov. 1658 Edward Dale, Maia Stanford wid and Robert Pollard. Recorded 1st October 1658 [sic]. Probate granted by the right honbl. Will Berkeley Knt unto Mary the wid and relict of the above named Vin Stanford. Dated at James City, the 20th of March 1659.
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The Pollard family of Virginia appears to have first settled at "Mount Zoar," in King and Queen county, Virginia, in the early to mid 1600's. This family is of great antiquity and, in some accounts, can be traced to 11th century France. The Pollard's flourished throughout west England with some appointed to and married into positions of stature. Therefore; these Pollards upon having migrated to American intermarried with other prominent families of the day such as; Dandridges, Hoomes, Pendletons, Clarkes, Edwards, Underwoods and Spottswoods; The family history includes many distinguished names in Virginia and elsewhere in the United States. It has been said that King and Queen County, Virginia, contains so many relics of old colonial days, but none so interesting as the old homesteads of the Claibornes, Braxtons, Dandridges, Hoomes, Ayletts, Langbornes, Pollards, and others, all of which have their own peculiar features and traditions of that time. In those old mansions a former generation lived in lordly manner, and entertained those who came to their door with lavish hospitality. Many of those old residences have decayed and disappeared, while others are in ruins, but a few of those old buildings have been preserved with zealous care to the present time. The glory of those old "Barons of the Pamunkey and of the Mattapony" has passed away, but their descendants of the twentieth century still cling to the fond tradition of that long ago, and are still noted for their geniality and personal integrity of character.
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"The History of the Pollard Family of America" by Maurice J. Pollard: Robert Pollard [1] 1000 acres of land in 1656 when he came from Wales.
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KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VIRGINIA By Rev. Alfred Bagby, A.B., D.D. - NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908

EARLY VIRGINIA SETTLERS We give the following names of settlers in that region, on the soil of the present King and Queen County, drawn from the antiquated books now in the land office in Richmond, counting from the year 1625 onward:

Major William Nash, Major William Lewis, Dr. Giles Mode, Anthony Haynes, Wyatt, Hodson, Loane, Chapman, Pigge, Colonel Nathaniel Bacon (Arioceo Swamp), Lockey, Austin, Peck, Diggs, Richard Harrison, Mozey, Birch (Hartquake Creek), Morris, Biggs, Hugh Roye, Jennings, James, Brund, Sexton, Woodward, Fuzey, Michel, Robert Pollard (near L. Creek), Clayborne, William Anderson (Poropotank Creek), Butler (Hartquake Swamp), Captain Thomas Byneton. Holmes, Williams (on Bestland, a branch of Piankitank), Robert Bagbie (1672), (joined Skipwith and Chapman), Robert Bagby (above tide, joined...) - Bagby
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Memoirs and Sketches of the Life of Henry Robinson Pollard; an autobiography. By H.R. Pollard Lewis Printing Company, Richmond, 1923. Chesapeake Bay Book Collection. American Memory, Library of Congress.

"...that the first of our name to appear in this country (America) were two brothers who came from Ireland. A careful study of the country records and dates seems to bear this out, and to give ground for the logical conjecture that the descendants, either sons or nephews we cannot be sure which, of old Sir John, Governor of the Irish province of Munster and staunch loyalist, either remained in Ireland ot fled thither from London in the time of Cromwell. Then later, when the Irish persecutions became so bitter, they fled, in all likelihood, from the hated Protectorate, and came to Virginia, as did so many of the friends of the Stuarts."

...we find the records of Lancaster County (Virginia) that on, Jan. 8, 1656 (just when Cromwell's power was at it's height, Edwyn Conway made an assignment of a land warrant to a certain Robert Pollard, generally presumed to have been the father of Robert Pollard of Bruington. A generation later (1720), there is recorded a royal grant from King George II., "for divers good causes and considerations, but more especially for and in consideration of the sum of twenty-five shillings in good and lawful money paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia;" of two hundred and fifty acres, near Tuckahoe Swamp in St. Stephen's Parish, King and Queen, to Robert Pollard. This grant is signed by "A. Spotswood," the royal governor.

With the aforesaid Robert Pollard of Bruington, a figures step out boldly and clearly into authentic facts and enact their part definitely upon the pages of history rather than in the annals of tradition."
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The book "Virginia Genealogies" , page 226, shows the following land transaction in Lancaster County, Virginia: "I, Edwyn Conway, doe by these presents assign over all my rights, title, and interest of the land specified in this grant unto Robert Pollard and Thomas Smyth, their heirs, executors, and administrators, forever. In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand the 8th day of January 1656, from me, my heirs, and administrators forever. [Signed] E dwyn Conway
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FROM "Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters ..., Volume 1" By Malcolm Harris "Robert Pollard married the widow of Vincent Stanford and disposed of the land called Poplar Neck in Lancaster County to David Fox Gent, 8 September 1663."
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The Court of Lancaster County, Virginia on May 8, 1661, Robert Pollard was appointed Constable. The Court on March 11, 1662/63 discharged Robert Pollard as Constable.
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The Court of Lancaster County, Virginia on September 14, 1665 recorded that Robert Pollard gave two cows to Will Price, his son-in-law.
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The Court of Lancaster County, Virginia on April 11, 1666 recorded that the list of those going to England: Mr. Thomas Williamson, Robert Pollard, and John Fleming.
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The book "Old New Kent County" by Malcolm H. Harris, page 435 states: On March 16, 1668 Robert Pollard was issued a patent to 85 acres of land adjoining Edward Simpson on Simpson's Creek. This was marshland along Pepetico Creek and the creek separated Pollard land from Simpsons. This is likely Robert Pollard, Sr. 1630-1709.
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The book "Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2, Vol. 2 - Lancaster County, Virginia, Court Orders and Deeds 1656-1680", page 65: Court of January 8, 1667/68. Page 55. Before Robert Pollard, deceased, went to England he committed his son Robert Pollard to the tuition of Nicholas Hale and debts vs. Pollard Estate.

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Parents:

 Robert Pollard (1580 - 1640)

 Margaret Bassett Pollard (1582 - 1639)

Spouse:

 Mary Stanford Pollard

Children:

 Robert Pollard (1630 - 1709)*

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Burial: Christ Church Cemetery Weems Lancaster County Virginia, USA

Created by: W. Pollard Record added: Oct 23, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 119195714

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