Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Patch was born on 3 February 1794, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Patch, was 27 and her mother, Ruth Norcross, was 22. She married John Peckam Smith on 27 March 1815, in Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Polly Smith in household of Jacob S D Frazer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Patchen in entry for Melissa E Butler, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Polly Smith in household of John P Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1795–1871 Male
1794– Female
Children (12)
1815– Female
1820–1887 Female
1821– Male
1823– Female
1824–1904 Female
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1766–1850 Male
1771–1840 Female
Siblings (5)
1794– Female
1796–1833 Male
1797–1843 Male
1809–1891 Male
1809–1895 Female
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
1805
Age 11
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: variant of Pask .
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Pač (see Pac 2).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Petsch , Pätsch (see Patsch 1) or Patsch 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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