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Thomas Poland

Birth
Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Death
1660 (aged 69–70)
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Thomas Poland was born in 1590 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. His parents' names are unknown at this time. Thomas married Mary (maiden name unknown) in 1619 in, Gloucestershire, England.

Thomas and Mary Poland were the parents of the following known children: John, Joseph, William and James.

The progenitor of our branch of the Poling family was Thomas Poland who landed from the ship Scorpion at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1642. He came from Gloucester County, England. He left his wife and at least three sons and a daughter in England to be brought over after he had established himself. His sons were James, John, Joseph and possibly, William. The descendants of John will be presented in this book. abstracted from "History and Genealogy of the Poling Family" by Clerissa H. Tatterson. chapter 1 page 1- Early History.

Another abstract-same book: The Polings who survived the Norman conquest became vassels to the Norman, Roger de Montgomeri, to whom William the Conqueror, among many othe gifts, gave the Hundred of Poling, the Hundred of Angerming, and five other Hundreds to the Rape of Arundel. Polings are listed as Knights under the Earl of Arundel at the Battles of Crecy, and Agincourt, of the Hundred Years War. Abstracted from "History and Genealogy of the Poling Family" by Clerissa H. Tatterson. chapter 1 page 111- Early History.

Thomas died in 1660 at Massachusetts or New York.

'History of Barbour County', 1979, page 333, lists a biographical sketch of Daniel Boyles POLING which mentions ancestor Thomas POLAND who came to Lynn, Massachusetts in 1642 from Gloucester County, England..

Tatterson, p 1, says Thomas POLAND landed from the ship "Scorpion" at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1642. He came from Gloucester County, England. He then left with Lady Deborah MOODY due to religious persecution and settled in New Amsterdam at Gravesend..

"The Polands from Essex County, Mass.", by L O Poland, p 37, says "Per the Clermont Courier of Batavia, Ohio, newspaper, issue of 7 Apr 1886, 'In 1642, Thomas POLAND arrived in Lynn, Mass., on the good ship, Scorpion, from
Worcestershire Co., England, where his ancestors were well-to-do farmers back to the days of the Norman Conquest in 1066.'" Page 11 says "he was a stern Puritan and left four sons.".
Thomas Poland was born in 1590 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. His parents' names are unknown at this time. Thomas married Mary (maiden name unknown) in 1619 in, Gloucestershire, England.

Thomas and Mary Poland were the parents of the following known children: John, Joseph, William and James.

The progenitor of our branch of the Poling family was Thomas Poland who landed from the ship Scorpion at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1642. He came from Gloucester County, England. He left his wife and at least three sons and a daughter in England to be brought over after he had established himself. His sons were James, John, Joseph and possibly, William. The descendants of John will be presented in this book. abstracted from "History and Genealogy of the Poling Family" by Clerissa H. Tatterson. chapter 1 page 1- Early History.

Another abstract-same book: The Polings who survived the Norman conquest became vassels to the Norman, Roger de Montgomeri, to whom William the Conqueror, among many othe gifts, gave the Hundred of Poling, the Hundred of Angerming, and five other Hundreds to the Rape of Arundel. Polings are listed as Knights under the Earl of Arundel at the Battles of Crecy, and Agincourt, of the Hundred Years War. Abstracted from "History and Genealogy of the Poling Family" by Clerissa H. Tatterson. chapter 1 page 111- Early History.

Thomas died in 1660 at Massachusetts or New York.

'History of Barbour County', 1979, page 333, lists a biographical sketch of Daniel Boyles POLING which mentions ancestor Thomas POLAND who came to Lynn, Massachusetts in 1642 from Gloucester County, England..

Tatterson, p 1, says Thomas POLAND landed from the ship "Scorpion" at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1642. He came from Gloucester County, England. He then left with Lady Deborah MOODY due to religious persecution and settled in New Amsterdam at Gravesend..

"The Polands from Essex County, Mass.", by L O Poland, p 37, says "Per the Clermont Courier of Batavia, Ohio, newspaper, issue of 7 Apr 1886, 'In 1642, Thomas POLAND arrived in Lynn, Mass., on the good ship, Scorpion, from
Worcestershire Co., England, where his ancestors were well-to-do farmers back to the days of the Norman Conquest in 1066.'" Page 11 says "he was a stern Puritan and left four sons.".

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