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Eleanor Shelby

Female 1730 - 1803  (73 years)


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  • Name Eleanor Shelby 
    Nickname Elinor 
    Born 1730  Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 10 Jul 1730  St. Caron's Church, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1803  York Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2117  MyTree
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2011 

    Father Evan Shelby, Sr.,   b. 1690, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1751, Frederick Co., MD. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherine Morgan,   b. Abt 1699, prob Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1754, prob. Frederick Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1716  Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Polk, Sr.,   b. Abt 1739, Near Carlisle, Lancaster Co., PA (was Chester Co. until 1730) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1785, York Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1758  Anson Co., N.C. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Shelby Polk,   b. Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Eleanor Polk,   b. Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Polk,   b. Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Charles Polk,   b. Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John Polk, Jr.,   b. 1767, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1845, Maury Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Taylor Polk, Sr.,   b. Abt 1780, Mecklenburg Co, NC or York Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1838, Arkansas Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F5164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • From: Ancestry.com Biographies ...
      Eleanor Shelby was born 10 Jul 1730 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales, and died 1803 in York Co., South Carolina. She married John Polk 02, the son of William Polk and Margaret Taylor on 2 Oct 1758 in Anson Co., North Carolina. He was born 1739 in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania and died in 1785 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. The marriage of Eleanor Shelby and William Polk was only the first of several marriages between the Shelby and Polk families. We’ll explore these intermarriages more in other parts of this history.
      Capt. John Polk served in the French and Indian Wars 1760-1766 and the Revolutionary War 1775-1780. He served as a Captain in Col. Francis Locke's regiment at the Battle of Ramseur's Mills. He was also a planter and Indian Agent for the Catawba Indians. He assisted in keeping the Indians friendly with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Children of Capt. John and Eleanor Shelby Polk: Charles, John, Shelby, Taylor and Eleanor.

      U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: John Polk
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: PA
      Birth Year: 1739
      Spouse Name: Eleanor Shelby
      SpouseBirth Place: Dy
      Spouse Birth Year: 1730
      MarriageYear: 1758
      Marriage State: SC
      Number Pages: 1

      Family Data Collection - Deaths
      Name: Elinora Eleanor Shelby
      Death Date: 1803
      County: York
      State: SC
      Country: USA


      Elinora/Eleanor (Shelby) Polk's Will, signed by her X on 6 May 1803
      and probated 31 Oct 1803 is on file in York Co. SC, Will Book A, pg.
      129, case #61, file #350. The witnesses of the Will includes her son,
      Taylor Polk, her daughter, Eleanor, and Wily Sanders. She appointed
      her friend, Robert Harris to serve as the executor of her estate.
      Other records pertaining to her estate can be found in Will Book B,
      pg. 474, and pg. 550 (or 551). (Source: Lola Withrow in Ancestry.com
      post of 25 Nov 1998)

      4-Eleanor SHELBY
      b: abt 1741 in PA??
      d: 1803 in York Co, SC
      sp-John POLK
      b: abt 1739
      m: 2 Oct 1758 in NC
      d: 1803 in York Co, SC
      . . . . . . . . 5-John A POLK
      b: abt 1767 in Mecklenburg Co, NC
      d: 2 May 1845 in Maury Co, TN
      . . . . . . . . sp-Elizabeth ALDERSON
      m: bef 1790 in Mecklenburg Co, NC