Pollock Tartan In 1979, the late Rhys Pollock organized Clan Pollock. Shortly afterward, Clan Pollock adopted its own tartan and registered it with the Scottish Tartan Society in Scotland. Our original Pollock Tartan was designed by Rhys A Pollock, J.C. Thomson of Arlington is thought to have had a large hand in the design and […]
From The Historian’s Corner: Thomas Pollok, Proprietary Governor This came to us by way of Rob Pollock, who shared this information about Thomas Pollok, Proprietary Governor of North Carolina. The earliest known Pollock to come to North Carolina was Thomas Pollok who was born March 6, 1654 at Balgra, home of his father Thomas Pollok, near Glasgow,
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From The Historian’s Corner: Tempus Edax Rerum – The Polk Family Clock In “Polk Family and Kinsmen” W. H. Polk quotes a letter he had received in 1874 from Colonel William T. G. Polk of Princess Anne, Maryland, describing certain items that he claimed had come to America with Robert and Magdalen Polk when they
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From The Historian’s Corner: Oliver Pollock, Unsung Hero of the American Revolution Oliver Pollock is not a name that is often highlighted in histories of the American Revolution, but his remarkable dedication and patriotism made a crucial difference to the American cause. It is a story in which we in Clan Pollock can take considerable
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From The Historian’s Corner: From Lifford to America Scotch-Irish and Pollock Beginnings in America – Part 3 In two earlier articles we described the arrival of the first identifiable group of Scotch-Irish in America, following the lead of the Presbyterian ministers Francis Makemie and William Trail who emigrated to Somerset County, Maryland, in 1683. We
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From The Historian’s Corner: From Lifford to America Scotch-Irish and Pollock Beginnings in America – Part 2 In previous article we described the situation in Ulster which led to the initial exodus of some of our Scotch-Irish ancestors and their arrival in Somerset County, Maryland, in the period 1683-1690. It would really be nice to
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From The Historian’s Corner: From Lifford to America Scotch-Irish and Pollock Beginnings in America – Part 1 A great many of our Pollock ancestors came to America from Scotland by way of Ireland as members of the ethnic group that we now call Scotch-Irish. In Ireland they are known as Ulster-Scots. As such they were
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From The Historian’s Corner: George Black’s History of the Family of Pollock Perhaps the best known work on Scottish genealogy and family histories is “The Surnames of Scotland – Their Origin, Meaning and History” by Dr. George Fraser Black, first published in 1946. This book is a serious work of scholarship, over 800 pages long, written over
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From The Historian’s Corner An Addendum – A Visit to the Earthwork Fort at Pollok I am very happy to include here a report from James Polk Farber, Sr., a Clan Pollock member, who just returned from a visit to Scotland. Jim took the opportunity to visit the earthwork fort at Pollok which I described
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From The Historian’s Corner In The Beginning – The Earthwork Fort At Pollok Our family took its name, Pollock, from the place name of an area along the Whitecart River in Renfrewshire bordering on what is now the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow. In present day maps you will find the name Pollockshaws
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