Clan Pollock International Society
Welcome to the Official Clan Pollock International Web Page.
This site is dedicated
to all descendants of Fulbert, the progenitor of the Pollocks (Pollok) of Scotland. If
your surname is Pollock, Pollok, Pook, Polk, Polke, Paulk, Poalk, Poalke, Poulk, Poolke or
Pogue, or you are a descendant of Pollock, Pollok, Pook, Polk, Polke, Paulk, Poalk,
Poalke, Poulk, Poalke, Poulk, Poolke or Pogue or any spelling derived from this ancient
family name of Scotland we invite you to join Clan Pollock.
Clan Pollock
International is very
active at the Scottish Highland Games and Scottish Clan Gathering across the US and in
Canada. Clan Pollock has members world wide and the membership is growing each year. In
this web page you will find some general information on the origin and history of the
surname Pollock (Pollok, Pook) and of the Lands of Pollock that the name was derived from.
The lands of Pollock is located in the Renfrewshire area of Scotland in and around
Glasgow.
Pollock is among the oldest family names recorded in
Scotland, as written by George Crawfurd in his "General Description of the Shire of
Renfrew, Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families", first published in
1710.
The surname Pollock was adopted from the ancient lands of
Pollock in Renfrewshire, when surnames were beginning to be used. Records of the 12th
century reveal the sons of Fulbert, the progenitor of the Pollock Family, held these
lands. Fulbert's son, Petrus, who inherited the lands of Pollock from his father in 1163,
was the first person to use Pollock as a surname. One surviving document charters the
lands to Petrus through Walter Fitz-Alan, High Steward of Scotland and the progenitor of
the Royal Stewart line. The lands then passed to Robertus, brother of Petrus, when Petrus
had no male heir.
The main line of Pollock descent is from Robertus, who was
a witness to the founding of Paisley Abbey in 1160, being described as "Roberto filio
Fulberti."
New
Information listed in History of Pollock
A.D.
Pollock, Jr.
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