Thomas Pollard of Billerica

Had 14 children by his cousin, Sarah Farmer.

Came to Massachusetts with his brother William Pollard (2) in 1692.

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Thomas Pollard emigrated from Warwickshire, in England. He was son of William Pollard, who was a glover, of the city of Coventry, in Great Britain.* He became an in- habitant about 1692, and died, 4 April, 1724, leaving ten sons.

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Birth • 4 Sources 28 December 1666 Ansley, Warwickshire, England 1724 Age 57 Death • 6 Sources 4 April 1724 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States No Image Available Thomas Pollard in entry for Sarah Farmer, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949" Thomas Pollard in entry for Sarah Farmer, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949" Family Members SPOUSES AND CHILDREN Thomas William Pollard Thomas William Pollard 1666-1724 Marriage: 1 November 1692 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Sarah Farmer Sarah Farmer 1669-1725 Children (16) Abigale Pollard Abigale Pollard 1692- Mary Frances Pollard Mary Frances Pollard 1693-1796 Edward Pollard Edward Pollard 1694-1736 Barbara Pollard Barbara Pollard 1695-1770 Thomas Pollard Jr. Thomas Pollard Jr. 1697-1769 William Pollard I William Pollard I 1698-1762 John Pollard John Pollard 1699-1772 Sarah Pollard(unmarried) Sarah Pollard(unmarried) 1700-1700 Joseph Pollard Joseph Pollard 1702-1780 Oliver Pollard Sr. Oliver Pollard Sr. 1703-1788 Sarah Pollard Sarah Pollard 1704-1749 Nathaniel Pollard Nathaniel Pollard 1706-1779 James Pollard James Pollard 1708-1781 Walter Pollard Walter Pollard 1709-1790 Elizabeth Pollard Elizabeth Pollard 1712-1713 Benjamin Pollard Benjamin Pollard 1715- PARENTS AND SIBLINGS William Pollard William Pollard 1638-1700 Marriage: Marye Farmer Marye Farmer 1640-1695 Children (1) Thomas William Pollard Thomas William Pollard 1666-1724

Thomas Pollard ( Thomas) 2/16/1696-7 was born in Billerica, MA. He married Mary, daughter of William and Esther (Perry) Harwood of Dunstable, MA. He died 7/23/1769. She was born 3/5/1709.

Thomas Pollard Jr was on of the first eighteen settlers to Nottingham West, NH chartered in 1733, when Pollard was 36. On July 14, 1721 Pollard purchased from John and Sarah Taylor land in Dunstable on the east side of the Merrimack River in 1722. He purchased from Joseph Blodget land on the east side of the river. He was chosen to be constable in 1731 (could be 1737 I can’t read what I wrote) Their children:

John 9/20/1727 Ebenezer 12/4/1728 Thomas 9/17/1732 Dorcas 1/12/1735 – d. 9/7/1736 Amos 3/2/1737 Rachel 3/26/1739 Molly 6/10/1741 – d. 8/24/1753

• Samuel 7/10/1743 Timothy 8/24/1745

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Son John on find a grave 1st married to Mary Stearns. They wed in Billerica, MA, on Sept. 17, 1728. She died in 1738. He then married Alice (Wilson) Stearns. They wed in Billerica, MA, on Sept. 14, 1741. Son of Thomas and Sarah (Farmer) Pollard.

His father Thomas died Apr. 4, 1724 in Billerica and his mother Sarah died May 3, 1725 also in Billerica. Both are still burial unknown.

____________ Billerica VRs, births, pg 150 Pollard John, s. Thomas and Sarah, Sept. 1, 1699.

Note the headstone has he died at 72y 2m. This would have him being born in 1700, however, the birth record has 1699. (or 73y 2m 10d) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24726961

• Sarah Farmer, wife of Thomas, was also his cousin from his mother's side.
• Thomas came to Billerica, Mass. in 1690 from Coventry, England and in 1692 was living in Billerica, Mass. where he purchased the lot and proprietors rights of William Hale, near the fordway, on the Concord River. In 1708 he received a grant of thirty acres of land situated between the road to the ford and the road which turns east from it. He erected a dwelling on the original land; this house was the birthplace of his grandson, Asa Pollard, hero at Bunker Hill. It was destroyed by fire in 1910 and a new dwelling erected in 1913. This place also burned down. This land remained in the possession of the family until 1893 when William Pollard, a descendant, died without heirs, and the property passed into alien hands. Thomas Pollard accumulated a substantial estate, as we know by the Middlesex Co. records, "but his chief wealth was his ten stalwart sons and four daughters". He served in the Indian wars (1706) for the relief of Dunstable. He and his wife Sarah were buried in the Old Corner Burial Grounds, near the junction of the Boston and Salem roads. Two brown stones, crudely inscribed, still stand to mark their last resting place. These stones are inscribed: "T.P. 1724" and "S.P. 1725".
• He died in Billerica in 1724. More About SARAH FARMER: Christening: August 19, 1671, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

source: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/l/a/Paul-C-Plante-Brampton/GENE4-000...

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Also listed in the following genealogy list: Thomas Pollard Born about 1666 Gender Male Baptism 28 December 1666 Ansley, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location [1] Died 4 April 1724 Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this location [1] Person ID I117884 Schirado Last Modified 7 August 2015

Father William Pollard Mother Mary Farmer, b. about 1640 Family ID F77528 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family/Spouse Sarah Farmer, b. about 1669, Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 3 May 1725, Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) Married November 1692 Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this location [2] Children + 1. Nathaniel Pollard, b. 18 October 1706, Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this location Family ID F77529 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources [S628] Genealogist John Farmer discovers his ancestry: the Warwickshire family of Edward ^1 Farmer, Isabel^1 (Farmer) (Wyman) (Blood) Green, and Thomas^1 Pollard, of Billerica, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Lane Taylor.

[S307] (Boston, 1908).

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Research There is quite a bit on the Billerica Pollards in "The History of Billerica'and also the NEHGS library has copies of "The Pollards in America"

My mother's maiden name is Pollard. I have information on the Billerica, Mass. Pollards.

According to the History of Monroe, Thomas Pollard, son of William and Mary Farmer Pollard, came from Coventry, England about 1692 and settled in Billerica. He married November 1692, his cousin, Sarah Farmer. He died April 4, 1724. She died May 3, 1725. They had fourteen children. One son, John, was the father of Asa Pollard, first man killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.

Edward, 4th generation from Thomas and Sarah was born April 11, 1756 and served in the Revolutionary War. He came to Ryegate, Vermont, in 1787 and bought land, part of which was later owned by Horace Chamberlin. He married March 21 1793, Polly Wolcott of Barnet, Vermont.

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Monroe Town History which has the info. that mentions Thomas Pollard and his wife Sarah Farmer Pollard. 

names witheld/ Ancesry message board

http://howtosavetheworld.ca/images/Sheridan-Pollards-Register-2014-... Parents of William Pollard b.1640 not listed

Sarah

Nathaniel Lane Taylor researched the Farmer family. His web page is located at http://nltaylor.net/ and there you’ll find a copy of his article “Genealogist John Farmer discovers his ancestry: the Warwickshire family of Edward ^1 Farmer, Isabel^1 (Farmer) (Wyman) (Blood) Green, and Thomas^1 Pollard, of Billerica, Massachusetts” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg. 160 (2006), pp. 261–272; 161 (2007), pp. 62–72, 146–155, 209–222, 289–299 http://nltaylor.net/pdfs/a_Farmer.pdf?page=289&vol=160&pg=261&Brows...

From the Billerica vital records: “Mr. Edward Farmer above mentioned emigrated from Warwickshire in England. He had one daughter, Sarah besides above who married Thomas Pollard and is not recorded.”

Edward emigrated from England to Billerica about 1671. [1, 2]

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The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1908)(Free e-book. Available at Google Play) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org)

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Pollard library in Lowell, MA. I can check a book on the Pollard family in the Nashua, NH library

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The book on the Pollards at my library is "History of the Pollard Family in America" It mentions very little about the Pollards that stayed in England. On page 37 it mentions William of Coventry married about 1650, Mary, daughter of John and Isabell (Barbage) Farmer of Ansley and Great Packington, Warwickshire respectively; died before 1699. Children of William and Mary - William and Nathaniel who lived in London, Thomas, immigrant to America, Billerica, MA 1690, John, Joseph and James (d. 1733) who lived in Coventry.

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I thought you might be interested in the following link to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office (SBTRO). It lists a letter from "Daniel Pollard to S[amuel] Bird stating that he is the oldest member of Coventry branch of Pollards." http://www.dswebhosting.info/Shakespeare/dserve.exe?&dsq...;)) I've only just started trying to track the Pollard family tree - I discovered my G-G-G-G-G-grandmother was a Pollard of Coventry at Christmas last. It seems that a John Pollard (not your one, but the son of Stephen & Anna Maria (nee Catherwood) Pollard ) died intestate (ie left no will - & no obvious heir) and the SBTRO has copies of the solicitors papers trying to identify the heirs. Makes interesting reading, plus they are very helpful at the SBTRO and are geared up to quotes for copies of documents over the net etc.

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