Descendants of John POLHILL
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England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 27 Feb 1611/2
Baptism Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2Mentioned in father John's will of 1613.
Mentioned in grandmother Elizabeth Polhill's will of 1625.
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1646
Marriage Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Spouse: Anne Gilbourne
FHL Film Number: 992535England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
John Pollhill
Residence: Preston, Kent, England
Probate Date: 15 Feb 1651/2
Death Year: Abt 1651/2
POLHILL, John, of Preston, Kent.
Will [40 Bowyer] pr. Feb. 14, 1651/2 by relict Anne.Will of John Polhill of Preston, Kent
Written - 11 May 1651
Mentions:
Daughter Elizabeth
Son Edward
Three brothers in law
Sister Sandra
Sister Alice
Beloved wife AnneShoreham Kent
The chapel on the north side is described in a framed notice hanging in the church porch as "The Polhill Chapel". It contains no memorials of the Bucklands but is occupied by memorials of JOHN POLHILL (1612-1651), Sir John Borrett and his family (1739), Lady Stirling (1806), and of Sir Roger Gregory (1938) and Lady Gregory (1947) and his family, -all residents at one time or another of Shoreham.The Polhill memorial is a rather damaged black marble slab, under glass, in the west wall, bearing the arms of Polhill and Buckland impaled with Gilboume. The inscription, with conjectures for the words which are damaged, reads as follows:-
Neere this lyeth interred the body of John Polhill late of Preston in ye parish of Shoreham, esq, lineally descended from the elder house of ye ancient family of ye Polhills of Preston aforesaid in ye cou of Kent. He departed this life ye 12 Day of May Ao Dni 1651 in ye 39th yeare of his age. He left a —full issue of two sonnes and one daughter viz John, Edward and Elizabeth by Anne his deere wife (?) one of the daughters of Sr. Edward (?) Gilboume of Shoreham aforesaid Kt. of her desire to preserve (?) the memory (?) of him, ordered (?) this to be erected (?).
Mentioned in husband's will of 1651.
Mentioned in father's will of 1651.
Edward died s.p.
Mentioned in father's will of 1651.
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Simonis Polhill [Simon Polhill]
Residence: London
Probate Date: 11 Jul 1693
Death Year: Abt 1693
Will written - 18 March 1691
Mentions:
Wife Mary
Sons Simon, Edward, Samuel
Oxford University Alumni
Polhill, Simon, s. Sim., of London, pleb. St. John's
Coll., matric. 3 July, 1677, aged 18; B.A. 1681,
fellow, M.A. 1685, B.D. 1691. second (1690) and
first undermaster Merchant Taylors’ school 1692-5;
(born 11 May, 1658), rector of Wolveston, Suffolk;
will at Oxford proved 23 March, 1694; brother of
Edward.Will of Simon Polhill bachelor of Divinity, fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford.
Written: 22 December 1693
Mentions:
Brother Edward
Brother Samuel
Oxford University Alumni
Polhill, Edward, s. Sim., of London, pleb. Lincoln
Coll., matric. 17 Oct., 1679, aged 17; B.A. from
New Inn Hall 1683, M.A. 1686; admitted to
Merchant Taylors’ school 1673, born 2 Oct., 1661;
vicar of Dinton 1695, and of Compton Chamber-
laine, Wilts, 1718, until bis death in 1732; brother
of Simon.
John Polhill, of Burwash, Esq. born 6 Oct. 1633; he married on the 29 July 1656, Jane, daughter of George Claggett, gentleman, who died 28 March 1704 (a branch of the old family of the Clagets of Mailing), but, it is to be remarked, in the marriage register she is called " Mrs. Jane Claggett" so she may have been a widow. He had issue by her three sons and four daughters, viz:
*Mary, born the 12th April 1660;
*Elizabeth, born 6 April 1668;
*Martha, born 16 Jan. 1671, and
*Jane, born 28 April 1676.
His sons were:
*John Polhill, of Burwash, born 28 Aug. 1658, who married, and had issue two sons and two daughters, viz. John and Nathaniel, and Anne and Elizabeth
*Edward Polhill, Esq. of Burwash and Newhaven.
*Nathaniel, born at Burwash, 27 Jan. 1665, and who died 22 June 1722.England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 6 Oct 1633
Baptism Place: Burwash,Sussex,England
Father: Robert Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1067139England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Jane Clagett
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1656
Marriage Place: Burwash,Sussex,England
Spouse: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1067139Mentioned in the will of cousin Edward Polhill of 1685.
Possible Burial: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Death Date: abt 1689
Burial Date: 3 Jun 1689
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
FHL Film Number: 1468824
John Polhill married on the 29 July 1656, Jane, daughter of George Claggett, gentleman, who died 28 March 1704 (Not confirmed possibly 28 Aug 1704?) (a branch of the old family of the Clagets of Mailing), but, it is to be remarked, in the marriage register she is called " Mrs. Jane Claggett" and may have been a widow.
England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
June Polhill
Gender: Female
Death Date: abt 1704
Burial Date: 28 Aug 1704
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
FHL Film Number: 1468824
England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Mary Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 12 Apr 1660
Baptism Place: Burwash,Sussex,England
Father: John Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1067139England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Mary Polhil
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1686
Marriage Place: St. Anne'S, Lewes, Sussex, England
Spouse: John Elphicke
FHL Film Number: 1468906
Reference ID: item 2
England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Thomas Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 6 Oct 1622
Baptism Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
Father: Thomas Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2
England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Agnes Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 6 Sep 1650
Baptism Place: Burwash,Sussex,England
Father: Thomas Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1067139
England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Edward Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 9 Dec 1627
Baptism Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Father: Edward Polhill
Mother: Agnes
FHL Film Number: 992535Mentioned in father Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
Mentioned in father-in-law Edward Polhill's will of December 1670 as daughter-in-law Mary Polhill.
Mentioned in grandfather Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
Mentioned in grandfather Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
Mentioned in grandfather Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
Mentioned in grandfather Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
Mentioned in grandfather Edward Polhill's will of December 1670.
John Polhill, the son, married Jane, daughter of John Porter, Esq. by whom he had David Polhill, of Otford, Esq. his son and heir, born in 1633, and who purchased Chipstead Place, a fine view of which was published by Harris in his History of Kent. This gentleman served the office of Sheriff in 1662; ( "he married Martha, daughter of Herbert Hay, of Glyndburne, Esq. who remarried Sir James Langham, Bart"- I do not think this is correct - it applies to David Polhill (b abt 1620) son of David Polhill of Broughtons Otford (b abt 1577), and dying in 1665, s. p. left his estates to his second brother, Thomas, the continuator of the line. Robert, the third son, died s. p. in 1699; John Polhill, the fourth son, ob. infans. He had also one daughter, Anne, married to George Petty, Esq. ( Ibid. vol. iii. p. 30.)
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Joanes. Polehill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1631
Marriage Place: Lamberhurst,Kent,England
Spouse: Jana Porter
FHL Film Number: 992526The marriage settlement, entered into on 21st November of 1631, declared:
1 David Polhill, of Otford, gent.
2 John Polhill, gent, eldest son and heir.
3 John Porter of Lamberhurst, Esq.
In consideration of a marriage between John Polhill and Jane Porter, David gives to John and then to John and Jane and their heirs:-
(a) the moytie of one message, barn, garden and 32 ac. in Seavenoaks Weald in occupation of Robert Spilstead, sometime the lands of John Tottishurst, gent, decd.
(b) the moytie of all lands etc. called Dales Chawldwell and Goldlacke in Sevenoke.
John Porter promises to give 1530 pounds to John Polhill. David will pay 1050 pounds. Out of the total 2580 pounds John Polhill promises to expend 2500 pounds on lands likely to yield the best profit, the same to be vested in John and Jane and their heirs.
Signed. David Polhill (armorial seal)
John Porter
Jane Porter
Witnesses Richard Porter, John Porter, junr., Thomas HoughtonIndirectly mentioned in his father David's will of 20 Nov 1657 as the father of David's grandchild, David Polhill.
England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 9 Nov 1657
Burial Place: Otford, Kent, England
FHL Film Number: 1473698UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
Polhill, John, gent.
Dates: 1658
Place: General, England
Book: Calendar of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1657-1660 (Will)
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1657-1660
Text: Polhill, John, gent., Ottford, Kent 1658 266England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
John Polhill
Residence: Ottford, Kent, England
Probate Date: 3 May 1658
Death Year: Abt 1658
Will dated 6 October 1657 Otford, Kent
Mentions:
Loving wife
Son David
Son Robert
Son Thomas
Son George
My daughters
Cousin: Liston? Polhill
Father David
All my children and my daughters
Wit: Robert Petty, George Petty
Probate 3 May 1658 on oath of Jane Polhill, relick and sole executor.
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Jana Polhill [Jane Polhill]
Residence: Ottford, Kent, England
Probate Date: 3 Nov 1680
Death Year: Abt 1680Mentions as his mother, Jane, in her son Robert's will of 1698.
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Jana Polhill [Jane Polhill]
Residence: Otford, Kent, England
Probate Date: 3 Nov 1680
Death Year: Abt 1680Will Jane Polhill - Written 20 July 1678
Mentions:
Son Thomas Polhill
Son Edward Polhill
Son Robert Polhill
Three daughters
Eldest daughter Ann wife of son-in-law George Petty
Second Daughter Jane wife of son-in-law George Henley
Youngest daughter Margaret wife of son-in-law Nicholas Miller
Grandaughter and Goddaughter Jane Polhill daughter of my son Edward
Grandaughters Jane Polhill, Elizabeth Polhill and Anne Polhill daughters of my son Robert
Grandsons Thomas Polhill and David Polhill sons of my son Robert
Grandaughters Elizabeth Polhill and Jane Polhill daughters of my son Thomas
Grandchildren Ann Petty, George Petty
Grandchildren Jane Henley, Joseph Henley, Mary Henley, John Henley, Robert Henley
Grandchildren Ann Miller, Margaret Miller
David Polhill, of Otford, Esq. born in 1633, succeeded his grandfather David II, and who purchased Chipstead Place, a fine view of which was published by Harris in his History of Kent.
David served the office of Sheriff in 1662 dying in 1665, s. p. left his estates to his second brother, Thomas, the continuator of the line.
Mentioned in his father's will of 1657.
Mentioned in grandfather David Polhill's will of 20 Nov 1657.
Mentioned in his father's will of 1657.
Not mentioned in mother's will of 1678.
William Polhill, who was aged 16 years in 1621, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Marsh, of Langdon, gentleman, and widow of Paul Lukyn, Esq.; her will bears date A.D. 1670; from this William Polhill descended the Polhills of Philpots and Chatham, for a further account of whom, v. Hasted. The tradition in this branch of the family was, that one of them had been Bow-bender to Queen Elizabeth, and there was long preserved (says Hasted) at Philpots a bow beautifully ornamented, said to have been given to the family by that Queen.
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Willmi Polhill [William Polhill]
Residence: Tonbridge, Kent, England
Probate Date: 12 Dec 1638
Death Year: Abt 1638Will of William Polhill of Tonbridge
Written: 20 September 1638
Mentions:
wife Elizabeth
Daughter Hester Polhill
Son Richard Polhill
Son John Polhill
Daughter Barbara Polhill the youngest.
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Marsh, of Langdon, gentleman, and widow of Paul Lukyn, Esq.; her will bears date A.D. 1670
Mentioned in husband William's will of 1638.
Mentioned in father William's will of 1638.
Mentioned in father William's will of 1638.
Mentioned in father William's will of 1638.