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From: "Linda Merle" <>
Subject: FWD: Re: [Sc-Ir] Re: Chester Alan Arthur
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:13:52 -0800


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Charles A. Wyly" <>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:35:04 -0700

Which Polk was Fort Polk, Louisiana, named for?

Charles Wyly

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:11:00 -0500 "Steve Wallace"
<> writes:
> Just FYI ,,,,,,,,
>
> ON ARTHUR: See Albion's Seed (p. 833-866). Also see: "The Ulster
> Background
> of Chester Alan Arthur", Irish Society Year Book (1939) (p. 38-49)
>
> ON POLK: I have a GEDCOM of the presidential genealogies. Both I
> and a guy
> (from my town) is also named James Polk <> are
> also
> related to the 11th President, James Knox Polk, among others. One
> good
> source is "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee" NEHGR 77
> (1923). The
> Polks were Pollocks t one point, in North British border country.
> The book
> "Albion's Seed" (p. 649) also shows the Polk genealogy starting with
> Capt.
> Robert Pollock & Magdalen Tasker Porter, emigrants from Londonderry
> in 1698.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Polk" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Chester Alan Arthur
>
>
> > That would mostly be Gary Boyd Roberts of the NE Historic and
> Genealogy
> > Society who published "Ancestors of American Presidents".
> >
> > I have not seen this but am familiar with the related work which
> might be
> > of interest - "Presidential Families of The United States of
> America",
> > published by Burke's Peerage. I believe G. B. Roberts was also
> involved in
> > this, but no author is cited on the title page which I copied. The
> trouble
> > with the Burke is that it does not cite sources. By the List
> Admin's
> > standard this makes it HEARSAY. In the UK Burke's Peerage is right
> next to
> > the Bible, but it is rather unsatisfying to have to take things on
> faith
> in
> > genealogy. Burke didn't come down from Mt. Sinai.
> >
> > I can comment on the article about James K. Polk in Burke since I
> have
> > spent a huge amount of time on this line myself. Burke traces
> President
> > Polk's line back to Ulster and Scotland, but adds the caveat that
> "The
> > first three generations of this lineage are in fact unproven, but
> appear
> > highly probable." I would like to know what is behind the "highly
> > probable" assertion, but that is all there is. I suspect "educated
> guess",
> > or even SWAG, might be nearer the truth. Part of the lineage just
> repeats
> > some long ago published Polk family genealogy, which I am familiar
> with
> and
> > quite sure is incorrect, but no source is actually cited. In
> addition
> there
> > are some factual errors on other points.
> >
> > John Polk
> >
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Linda Merle <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Date: 1/7/2005 1:39:44 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Chester Alan Arthur
> > >
> > > Does anyone recall the name of the man here in Boston who
> > > has published a book or books on the ancestry of the
> > > American presidents?
> > >
> > > If I were attempting to find out what is known and is
> > > correct, I'd check him first as he's spent his life doing
> > > this work, not just a few hours in the evening, and he's
> > > a professional genealogist which means (in order to avoid
> > > being stoned to death by peers and clients) he has got himself
> > > edjeekated on how to do these thangs gooder than the rest of
> > > us.....
> > >
> > > One can rather quickly validate or invalidate what he's
> > > written as he'd provide sources (as a professional) and then
> > > move on to unknown territory which is, after all, where
> > > we SI prefer to be.
> > >
> > > I just can't remember his name or find it fast on the
> > > website (www.newenglandancestors.org) .
> > >
> > > My only known link is by marriage to the CLINTONS
> > > of New York and eventually Arkansas, but my link was in
> > > Ulster around 1700. Could be related to George W as my
> > > father's family is from the same locale in England. A chance
> > > encounter in the back hallway with one of the staff and
> > > voila! your blood is blue. I figure I'm related to the best
> > > families of England as we were from Stanhope, up in the
> > > mountains where the kings had their royal forest and you
> > > can't hunt in the dark.
> > >
> > > Linda Merle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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