Jemima Polly
Birth Name | Jemima Polly |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | unknown |
Narrative
"Jemima went through a suspect marriage, bore a child eighteen months after her putative husband left town, took that natural son into the household of an unquestionably legal husband and, after his early death, married a man at least thirteen years younger than herself."
Source: American Ancestors, Fall 2011, vol 12, no. 4, page 9 "Letters and Feedback". In a letter from the publishers of "Planters and Grantees of Cobequid, Nova Scotia, 1761-1781" (Colchester Historical Society, Truro N.S., 2011).
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | John Polly Sr. | after March 15, 1721 | ||
Mother | Jemima Unknown | |||
Brother | John Polly Jr. | before 1755 | before 1829 | |
Jemima Polly | before 1755 | |||
Brother | Nathaniel Polly | before 1755 | ||
Brother | Joseph Polly | August 20, 1756 | ||
Sister | Elizabeth Polly | August 20, 1756 | January 7, 1757 | |
Brother | unnamed Polly | February 25, 1759 | February 25, 1759 | |
Brother | William Polly | October 4, 1760 |