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Betty Polk (unknown)

Birthdate:
Death: 1790 (69-70)
Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Cottman, Sr. and Frances Cottman (Brown)
Wife of James Knox Polk
Sister of Mary Polk; Rebecca Elizabeth Ashton (Cotman); Benjamin Cottman; Susannah Cottman; Frances Cottman and 1 other

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About Betty Polk

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Polk-76

James Polk, the second son of William Polk and the Widow Owens (nee Nancy Roberts) was born May 17, 1719 and died 1771. James was twice married. First he married Mary Cottman and his second wife's name was Betty (?nee). The Will of James Polk was probated April, 1771, in Frederick county, Maryland, and mentions his wife, Betty, two sons, Benjamin and William and daughters, Nancy, Leah, and Mary, and grandson James Polk and granddaughter Betty Whittington.

Children of James Polk and Mary Cottman are:

  1. Virginia Polk, died unmarried
  2. Benjamin Polk, married Sarah Whittington
  3. Priscilla Polk, married William Whittington
  4. Nancy Polk
  5. William Polk, married Mary Williams

Children of James Polk and Betty (?nee) are:

  1. Leah Polk
  2. Mary Polk
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Betty Polk's Timeline

1720
1720
1790
1790
Age 70
Pennsylvania, United States