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13. John POLHILL

The Topographer and Genealoist Vol 1 of 1846 has this John (of Preston - the Elder of Chancery Suit 1582) as the son of Thomas and that Thomas Polhill as of Preston, Esq. called " John " in the Visitation of 1619, but no records to confirm this have been identified.  Since John was married about 1578 (no records to confirm this) he would be expected to be born about 1550-1560.  The above document has John born about 1572 which is clearly an error if he was married to Elizabeth Fowle in about 1578.

John Polhill was buried at the Frenches in Burwash, co. Sussex, the 26 August 1611. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Fowle, of Wadhurst, co. Sussex, Esq. a branch of the ancient family of the Fowles of Riverhall and Rotherfield, of which family was the last Prior of St. Saviour's, Southwark. The issue of this marriage was nine sons and five daughters, ten of which survive long enough to be mentioned in John's will of 1611.


England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Death Date: abt 1611
Burial Date: 26 Aug 1611
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Johannis Polhill [John Polhill]
Residence: Eckinham, Sussex, England
Probate Date: 23 Sep 1611
Death Year: Abt 1611

Will of Johannis Polhill [John Polhill]  23 August 1611
Residence: Eckinham, Sussex, England (i.e. Etchingham)
Mentions:
Elizabeth Polhill my beloved wife
John Polhill my eldest son
Edward Polhill my second son
Nicholas Polhill my third son
Henry Polhill my fourth son
William Polhill my fifth son
Thomas Polhill my sixth son
Robert Polhill my seventh son
My daughter Dorothy Polhill
John Turner the son of Barbara Turner my late daughter
Susan Harrison my daughter
Elizabeth Polhill the daughter of my son John Polhill
My sister Elizabeth Tilman
John Harrison the son of Thomas Harrison my son-in-law
My children William, Thomas, Robert and Dorothy
My beloved friend Mr Thomas Enisombe?, Mr William Fanley? my brother-in-law Mr Robert Porter, and Thomas Harrison my son in law

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Elizabeth FOWLE

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Elizabeth Polhill
Gender: Female
Death Date: abt 1627
Burial Date: 3 Nov 1627
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
Notes: Mrs
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2

Mentioned in husband's will of 1611 as Elizabeth Polhill my beloved wife.

Mentioned in son John's will of 1613.

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Polhill, Elizabeth
Dates: 1627
Place: General, England
Book: 1620 to 1629.
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-1629
Text: 1627 Polhill, Elizabeth, widow, of Burwash, Sussex 111 Skynner

Will of Elizabeth Polhill of Burwash in the County of Sussex, Widow
Written - 13 March 1625
Mentions:
Son Edward Polhill, Rector of Etchingham
Son Nicholas Polhill
Daughter Susan Harrison
Daughter Perry Fandeth (Could this be Dorothy?)
Son Robert Polhill
Nephew John Polhill, son of John Polhill (actually grandson)
Neice Elizabeth Buskyn daughter of John Polhill (actually grandaughter)
Thomas Polhill son of Thomas Polhill my son
Cousin Thomas Polhill of Burwash
Probate 20 Nov 1627

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28. Elizabeth POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Elizabeth Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 18 Feb 1582
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

Not mentioned in her father will of 1611.

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32. Henry POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Henry Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 15 Mar 1587
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

Mentioned in both father's will of 1611 as his fourth son but not his mother's will of 1625 so presummed deceased by then.

Mentioned in brother John's will of 1613.

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Henery Polhill
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 6 Sep 1616
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2 no 16

UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
Polhill, Hy. Eliz. P. Edw. P.
Dates: 1616
Place: General, England
Book: Index to Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1609 - 1619 (Acts of Administration)
Collection: England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1609-1619
Text: Polhill, Hy., Etchingham, Suss. To Eliz. P., m. & Edw. P., bro. 1616 , p. 82.

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33. William POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
William Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 14 Sep 1589
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

Mentioned in both father's will of 1611 as his fifth son but not his mother's will of 1625 so presummed deceased by then.

Mentioned in brother John's will of 1613.

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35. David POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
David Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 26 Mar 1592
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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36. Ellin POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Ellin Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 15 Jul 1593
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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37. Joseph POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Joseph Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 17 Nov 1594
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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38. Dorothy POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Dorothy Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 16 May 1596
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

Mentioned in father's will of 1611 but not in mother's will of 1625 unless she went by the name Penny.

Mentioned in brother John's will of 1613.

Possible marriage: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Dorothie Polhill
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1622
Marriage Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Spouse: John Eversfield
FHL Film Number: 992535

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15. Robert POLHILL

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Robarte Palhyll
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1560
Marriage Place: Ightham,Kent,England
Spouse: Marie Barrett
FHL Film Number: 992524

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41. George POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Georg Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 17 May 1560
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Robte. Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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16. Thomas POLHILL

Thomas Polhill, the second son of John Polhill, of Shoreham Castle, left issue two sons and one daughter Margaret. Thomas, his second son, married and left issue a son George. Abraham, the third son, died s. p.

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17. Abraham POLHILL

Will of Abraham Polhill of Shoreham
Written - 30 Mar 1624, Proved 12 Nov 1624
Mentions:
Wife Alice
Son Edward
Son John
Deceased daughter Joan Johnson
Daughter Dorothie wife of John Eversfield
Daughters Margaert and Friswide

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45. Friswyte POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Friswyte Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 19 May 1578
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Abraham Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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46. John POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 9 Jul 1581
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Abraham Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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47. Margaret POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Margaret Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 15 Nov 1584
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Abraham Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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48. Jane POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Jane Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 15 Mar 1589
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Abrahm. Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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49. Dorothy POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Dorothy Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 5 May 1594
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Abrahm. Polhill
FHL Film Number: 992535

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18. Thomas POLHILL

UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
Thomas Polhill
Dates: 1605
Book: Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and now Preserved in the Principal Probate Registry. 1605 to 1619. (Will)
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1605-1619
Text: 1605 Polhill, Thomas, the elder, (son and heir to Thomas Polhill the elder of Shoreham, Kent, late deceased), Addington, Kent 19 Hayes

Will - Thomas Polhill  the elder of Addington, Kent the sole son and heir to the late deceased Thomas Polhill the elder of Shoreham, Kent
Written: 20 October in 44th Year of reign of Elizabeth (1602)
Mentions:
Sons of brother (assume -in-law) Thomas Carson (deceased)
Sister Polly
Brother-in-law John Barfons
Wife Elizabeth
Daughter Elizabeth (less than 19)
Daughter Margaret (less than 19)
Daughter Dorothy (less than 11)
Daughter Jane (less than 11)
Son Thomas
Son-in-law Thomas Birsty?
Cousin John Polhill of Otford son of David Polhill

Probate 15 March 1604

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Elizabeth DANIEL

Mentioned in husband Thomas' will of 1602.

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51. Elizabeth POLHILL

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1602.  She was clearly less that 19 at the time.

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52. Margaret POLHILL

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1602.  She was clearly less that 19 at the time.

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54. Dorothy POLHILL

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1602.  She was clearly less that 11 at the time.

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55. Jane POLHILL

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1602.  She was clearly less that 11 at the time.

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22. John POLHILL

John, the only surviving son of David Polhill, inherited Broughtons in Otford from his father and Planners (alias Palsters) from his grandfather Francis Sandbach.

John Polhill, of Otford, Esq. the eldest son, married three wives.
By his first wife, Ann, daughter of William Morse, gentleman, he had no issue; and he had no issue by his third wife Alice, daughter of Robert Hodsol, of Wrotham, Esq. descended from the ancient family of the Hodsols of Halywell, co. Kent(Vide Hasted, vol. ii. p. 67.);  
but by his second wife Frisiwith, the daughter of Robert Cawston, of Orpington, co. Kent, Esq. he had two sons and one daughter, viz.
* Anne, who married firstly, Thomas Gilmau of London, mercer: secondly, William Nutt, of Mays, Esq. Counsellor at Law; and thirdly, Thomas Milles, of Norton Court and of Davington Hall, Esq. Customer of Sandwich, Keeper of Rochester Castle, and Esquire of the Body to James the First. He was the nephew of Glover, Somerset Herald, and grandson of Richard Milles, of Hotfield, Esq. and was sent by Queen Elizabeth as Envoy to Henry the Fourth of France, for which service he had an augmentation to his armorial bearings. (Vide Noble s Coll. of Anns, and Hasted.)   She died in 1624 at Davington, and was buried in St. George's church, Canterbury.
* John Polhill, the second son, died s. p.
* David polhill.

Friswith died and was buried at Otford 23 Nov 1598.  John himself died at Otford 22 Sep 1614.

Referred in the will of 1602 of his cousin Thomas Polhill of Addington as "Cosin John Polhill of Otford son of late deceased David Polhill".

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Johannis Polhill [John Polhill]
Residence: Otteford, Kent, England
Probate Date: 24 Sep 1614
Death Year: Abt 1614

Will - Written 20 August 1614
John Polhill of Otford , Kent
Mentions:
Son David Polhill
Son John Polhill
Daughter Ann wife of Thomas Mills

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56. Anne POLHILL

John's daughter Anne, was three times married.
First to Thomas Gilman, a mercer of London, without issue.
Secondly to William Nutt, counsellor-at-law, leaving one son John.
Thirdly to Thomas Miller of Norton Court and Davington Hall, Faversham. He had been for 25 years Head Customer of Sandwich and the memoer ports thereof in Kent, viz:-Dover, Faversham, Milton, and Rochester. He was also Keeper of Rochester Castle. He went as envoy from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV of France for which service he was granted an augmentation to his armorial bearings, "ermine, a fer de moline sable on a chief of the last, two wings conjoined, or." He was squire for the body of James I. They left one daughter born 1615 but a second daughter was buried with Anne in St. George's Canterbury in 1624.

Mentioned in the will of father John Polhill of 1614.

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Thomas GILMAU

Thomas Milles, of Norton Court and of Davington Hall, Esq. Customer of Sandwich, Keeper of Rochester Castle, and Esquire of the Body to James the First. He was the nephew of Glover, Somerset Herald, and grandson of Richard Milles, of Hotfield, Esq. and was sent by Queen Elizabeth as Envoy to Henry the Fourth of France, for which service he had an augmentation to his armorial bearings. (Vide Noble s Coll. of Anns, and Hasted.)

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Thomas MILLES

Mentioned in the will of father-in-law John Polhill of 1614.

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58. John POLHILL

John Polhill, the second son, died s. p.

Mentioned in the will of father John Polhill of 1614.

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25. Richard POLHILL

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Richardi Polhill [Richard Polhill]
Residence: Lighe, Kent, England
Probate Date: 16 Feb 1618
Death Year: Abt 1618

Will of Richard Polhill of Lighe, Kent, Gent.
Written - 17 December 1618
Mentions:
Son Wlliam
Sons and daughters - no names specified
Wife Sindonia
Grandaughter Sindonya Watt

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Sidonia CHILDERNESS

Mentioned in husband Richard's will of 1618.

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