Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Pollock was born on 30 January 1764, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Pollock, was 39 and his mother, Catherine Campbell, was 36. He married Jane Sheriff in 1789. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1801, at the age of 37.
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- Alexander Pollock, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
- Alexander Pollock in entry for Thomas Pollock, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- Alexander Pollock in entry for Thomas Pollock, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow, probably a British Celtic name derived from pull-, poll- ‘pool’ + a diminutive suffix. The surname has been established in northeast Ulster since the 17th century.
German: ethnic name for someone from Poland.
Americanized form of Jewish Polak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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