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141. William POLHILL

Baptism: William Polhill
Baptism date 27 Dec 1689
Residence Burwash, Sussex, England
Father Edward
Mother Mary
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

William Polhill, gentleman, born 1689, at Burwash, of Newhaven. He married Hannah, daughter of Stephen Lade, Esq. of Downham, co. Norfolk, married at Newhaven in 1721. She died at and was buried at Burwash, on 17 March 1760; he died and was buried there 10 April 1765, leaving issue three sons, Nathaniel, John, and William.

Marriage: Hannah Lade
Marriage date 26 Dec 1721
Marriage place Newhaven Sussex England
Spouse William Polhill
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
FHL Film Number: 1067271

Letter from William Polhill, Burwash 6 July 1739
Addn 32692 Vol. VII fo. 112
to His Grace the Duke of Newcasle
Lincolns Inn Fields
Westminster
May it please your Grace
Having the honour and happiness of your Grace's promise to assist in obteyning a Riding officer's place for my brother John Polhill and being informed by Mr. Collier that there was a vacancy at Deal by one of the officers stationed at that port being superannuated (though he charged me not to mention to any person that he informed me of it). I sent my brother forthwith to Deal who was there told it was so. Whereupon he went to Mr. Turner at Maidstone and had his letter to Mr. Carkess, secretary of the Customs which he immediately carried to London and delivered the next morning but to his mortification Mr. Carkess told him and sent for answer to Mr. Turner that the vacancy had sometime been filled up for one Danby Hunter to whom the Commr. had given leave to be absent from duty but was now forthwith going. Mr. Turner thinks my brother has not fair play and advised him to come to me to write to your Grace on the subject mater, (sic).
This being a true state of the case I humbly presume to lay the same before your Grace and humbly hope for your forgiveness and that you will order an enquiry to be made into the affair by which means I hope it may be set to rights and my brother succeed. But if it should happen to be irredeemable I shall humbly hope for a continuance of your Grace's kindness to him till the same is obteyned.
I am with all respect and gratitude, My Lord, your Grace's most faithful obedient servant
Will. Polhill

Burial: William Polhill
Burial date 10 Apr 1765
Dedication St.Bartholomew
Place Burwash County Sussex England
Notes Gent.
Record set Sussex Burials
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
William Polhill
Residence: Burwash, Sussex, England
Probate Date: 9 May 1765
Death Year: Abt 1765 William Polhill, Gentleman of Burwash, Sussex

His will was written on 15 June 1761 and proved on 9 May 1765
Mentions:
Oldest son - Nathanial Polhill and all my children which shall be living at the time of my decease.

Hannah LADE

William Polhill married Hannah, daughter of Stephen Lade, Esq. of Downham, co. Norfolk, married at Newhaven in 1721. She died at and was buried at Burwash, on 17 March 1760.

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Hannah Lade
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1721
Marriage Place: Newhaven,Sussex,England
Spouse: William Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1067271

Burial: Hannah Polhill
Burial date 17 Mar 1760
Dedication St.Bartholomew
Place Burwash Sussex England
Notes W William
Record set Sussex Burials

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Hannah, Wife of William Polhill
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Death Date: abt 1760
Burial Date: 17 Mar 1760
Burial Place: Burwash, Sussex, England
Spouse: William Polhill
FHL Film Number: 1468824
Reference ID: item 2

185. Hannah POLHILL

Will of Hannah Polhill, spinster of Burwash.
Dated 20 July 1780 and proved 1 December 1780.
Mentions:
Nephew - William Polhill son of late brother William Polhill, deceased
Nephew - Nathaniel Polhill the other son of late brother William Polhill, deceased
Nieces - Mary polhill, Sarah Polhill, Jane Polhill, Ann Polhill and Elizabeth Polhill all daughters of late brother William Polhill, deceased
Nephew - Thomas Smith son of sister Elizabeth Smith
Brother-in-Law - Thomas Smith
Niece - Hannah Polhill daughter of late brother John Polhill, deceased
Brother - Nathaniel Polhill

Burial: Hannah Polhill
Burial date 27 Oct 1780
Dedication St.Bartholomew
Place Burwash Sussex England
Notes Mrs.  ???
Record set Sussex Burials

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Hannah Polhill
Residence: Burwash, Sussex, England
Probate Date: 1 Dec 1780
Death Year: Abt 1780

Will of Hannah Polhill of Burwash Sussex, Spinster
Written - 20 July 1780
Mentions:
Nephews William Polhill, Nathalial Polhill sons of late deceased brother William Polhill
Neices Mary Polhill, Sarah Polhill, Jane Polhill, Ann Polhill and Elizabeth Polhill daughters of late deceased brother William Polhill
Nephew Thomas Smith the son of late deceased sister Elizabeth Smith
Neice Hannah Polhill daughter of late deceased brother John Polhill
Brother Nathanial Polhill
Proved 1 December 1780 on oath of brother Nathnial Polhill executor.

145. John POLHILL

Baptism: Johannes Polhill
Baptism date 02 Mar 1698
Residence Burwash, Sussex, England
Father's name Edwardus Polhill
Mother's name Maria Polhill
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

John Polhill (b. 1698) John was the son of Edward Polhill of Burwash and Mary Gillam. The coveted post referred to is that of Riding Officer, sought for John by his brother William in a letter dated 6th July 1739 to the Duke of Newcastle.

Some consider that this John died in infancy but there is no record in the Burwash baptismal register of another John being born to Edward and Mary Polhill, nor any record of the death of John in infancy. And the William Polhill who wrote to the Duke of Newcastle did so from Burwash, so he must have been the William who was brother of John.

One further piece of evidence is that John's uncle Nathaniel Polhill mentioned by name, including John, in the children of Edward Polhill and Mary Gillham.

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
John Pollill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 05 Apr 1727
Marriage Place: Saint Mary The Virgin,Dover,Kent,England
Spouse: Mary Steel
FHL Film Number: 355634

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
John Polhill Senr.
Gender: Male
Death Date: abt 1764
Burial Date: 25 Apr 1764
Burial Place: Lydd, England
FHL Film Number: 1736874
Reference ID: it 4 p 137

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
John Polhill
Residence: Lydd, Kent, England
Probate Date: 8 Jan 1765
Death Year: Abt 1765
Will - John Polhill, Yeoman, late a riding Officer of His Majesty's Customs
Dated: 1 May 1762, 8 Jan 1765
Mentions:
Son John Polhill, Riding Officer
Son Edward Polhill
Daughter Hannah Gutsole

187. Hannah POLHILL

Referred to as daughter Hannah Gutsole in her father's will of 1762.

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Hannah Pothill
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1755
Marriage Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England
Spouse: Thomas Gutsole
FHL Film Number: 1473776
Reference ID: Page 3 No 9

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Hannah Gutsole
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1764
Marriage Place: Warehorne, Kent, England
Spouse: Benjm. Pilcher
FHL Film Number: 1751477
Reference ID: item 2

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Hannah Pilcher
Gender: Female
Death Date: abt 1782
Burial Date: 16 Apr 1782
Burial Place: Folkestone, Kent, England
FHL Film Number: 1736721

153. David POLHILL

David Polhill, Esq. the eldest son was born in 1674, and was Sheriff of the county in 1715. He repurchased the Chipstead estate in 1701. In 1708 he represented the county in Parliament: he was Keeper of the Records in the Tower, and represented Rochester in Parliament at the time of his death, which took place on the 15th Jan. 1754, in the 80th year of his age. He married three wives; first, in 1702, Elizabeth, daughter of John Trevor, of Glynde, in Sussex, Esq. great-granddaughter of John Hampden: she died s. p. in 1706. His second wile was Gertrude Pelham, sister of Thomas-Holies Duke of Newcastle, who also died s. p. He married thirdly, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Borrett, Esq. of Shoreham, co. Kent, a Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, by Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir John Trevor, of Denbighshire, Secretary of State to Charles II., by Ruth eldest daughter of John Hampden; by this lady, who died in 1783, aged 87, he had five sons and one daughter, Elizabeth, born March 4, 1727, ob. 1815. ; Henry died young; John died unmarried.

Family and Education
bap. 22 Apr. 1674# 2nd s. of Thomas Polhill (d. 1683), Merchant Taylor, of Clapham, Surr., by Elizabeth, da. of Maj.-Gen Henry Iretont, of Attenborough, Notts, educ. travelled abroad (Hanover, Brunswick, Zell, Austria, Geneva, Italy, United Provinces), 1693-6; Padua Univ. 1694. m. (1) 3 Sept. 1702, Elizabeth (d. 1708), da. of John Trevor of Glynde, Suss., sis. of John Morley Trevor*, s.p.; (2) 20 Aug. 1713, Gertrude (d 1714), da. of Thomas Pelham I*, 1st Baron Pelham, sis of Thomas Pelham Holies,1st Duke of Newcastle, s.p.; (3) 28 July 1719, (with Pounds 5,000), Elizabeth (d. 1785), da. and h. of John Borrett of Shoreham, Kent, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) Ida sue. er. bro. aft. 1683.

The memorial to David IV was erected on the wall of the south aisle of Otford Church. Backed by a slab of marble is a white marble bust from which David peers into the church, surrounded by cherubs, vases and scrolls. The inscription reads:-

"Near this place are deposited the remains of DAVID POLHILL of CHEAPSTEAD in this county, Esq, son of Thomas Polhill of Otford, Esq. by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Ireton by Bridgett, daughter of Oliver Cromwell.

"He was ever active and steady in promoting the true interest of his Sovereign and defending the just liberties of the Subject both Civil and Religious with which laudable view he generously hazarded his own safety by being one of the Kentish Petitioners in the reign of King William III.

His humanity to his Dependents, Generosity to his Relations, Tenderness and Affection to his Family: Steadiness and Sincerity to his Friends: Added to his Benevolent Temper, Merited and Gained him a very general Approbation and Esteem.

He died (Member of Parliament for the City of Rochester and Keeper of Records in the Tower of London) January 15th. 1754 in the eightieth year of his Age.

He married three times. The first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Trevor of Glynde in the co. of Sussex, Esq. The second, Gertrude, sister to the most noble Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle. Both of these died without issue. The third was Elizabeth, daughter of John Borrett of Shoreham in this county, Esq. by whom he had issue 4 sons and 1 daughter. His Widow and Surviving children Charles and Elizabeth have erected this Monument to his Memory."

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1682.

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
David Polhill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Jul 1719
Marriage Place: Shoreham,Kent,England
Spouse: Elizabeth Borret
FHL Film Number: 992535

Elizabeth TREVOR

Elizabeth died s.p.

Gertrude PELHAM

Sister of Thomas-Holies Duke of Newcastle, who died s. p.

191. Elizabeth POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Elizabeth Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 15 Mar 1727
Baptism Place: Saint Anne Soho,Westminster,London,England
Father: David Polhill
Mother: Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 918606

Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914
Elizabeth Polhill
Gender: Female
Death Age: 87
Record Type: Burial
Birth Year: abt 1728
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1815
Burial Place: Otford, Kent

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Elizabeth Polhill
Residence: Chevening, Kent, England
Probate Date: 8 May 1815
Death Year: Abt 1815

192. Thomas POLHILL

Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812
Thoms Polhill
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 13 Jun 1732
Baptism Place: St Anne, Soho, London, Westminster, England
Father: David Polhill, Esq.
Mother: Elizabeth Polhill

Died unmarried.

193. Henry POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Henry Polhill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1734
Baptism Date: 5 Feb 1734
Baptism Place: Saint Anne Soho,Westminster,London,England
Father: David Polhill
Mother: Eliz.
FHL Film Number: 918606

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
Henry Polhill Esq
Residence: Avening, Kent, England
Probate Date: 2 Aug 1754
Death Year: Abt 1754

194. John POLHILL

John died unmarried.

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
John Polhill Esq
Residence: Otford, Kent, England
Probate Date: 9 Mar 1757

Will - written 25 September 1756
John Polhill of Otford, Kent.
Mentions:
Brother and Sister - to share and share alike
Brothers youngest son.
Proved by: Charles Polhill the only brother
Proved 9 March 1757.

154. Thomas POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Thomas Polhil
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1675
Baptism Date: 15 Jan 1675
Baptism Place: Saint Luke,Old Charlton,Kent,England
Father: Thomas Polhil
Mother: Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 942.23 C3 K29CH

Mentioned in father Thomas' will of 1682.

Thomas died young.

179. Robert POLHILL

England Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Rob Polhill
Sex Male
Baptism Date 5 May 1656
Baptism Place Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Father's Name Ric Polhill
Father's Sex Male

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Rob Polhill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 04 Jul 1675
Marriage Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Spouse: Eliz Hayes
FHL Film Number: 0845142 IT 2

197. Jane POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Jane Pollhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 15 Oct 1682
Baptism Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Father: Rob Pollhill
FHL Film Number: 0845142, 0845143

198. Rose POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Rose Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 9 Dec 1684
Baptism Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Father: Rob Polhill
FHL Film Number: 0845142, 0845143

199. Thomas POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Thos Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 22 Mar 1687
Baptism Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Father: Rob Polhill
Mother: Eliz
FHL Film Number: 0845142, 0845143

200. John POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
John Polhill
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 22 Mar 1687
Baptism Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Father: Rob Polhill
Mother: Eliz
FHL Film Number: 0845142, 0845143

201. Mary POLHILL

England, Select Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975
Mary Polhill
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 28 Feb 1689
Baptism Place: Tonbridge,Kent,England
Father: Rob Polhill
Mother: Eliz
FHL Film Number: 0845142, 0845143

202. William POLHILL

Mentioned in brother Robert's will of 1728 so there must have been a William, brother of Robert who was a son of Robert.