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Facts and Events
- Page 17 - The Descendants of George Pollock - George Pollock (son of John Pollock and Elizabeth Carlile, his wife), emigrated with his brother Carlile, to U.S.A., ...
- George Pollock was the brother of Ann Elizabeth Pollock (Betsey Hartigan, wife of Dr. William Hartigan of Dublin, Ireland). In 1787 he married Catherine, daughter of Richard Yates, his business partner in New York. He was also associated with Oliver Pollock in New York and Philadelphia. In 1802 he moved to New Orleans and took an active part in the organization of the State Government.” (Parks, Lawrence: Gilbert Stuart. N. Y., 1926. Vol. 2, p. 605.) A portrait of George Pollock, and portraits of his wife and family connections, all by Stuart, hang in the National Gallery of Art at Washington, D. C.
References
- Hartigan, Allen Stewart. The Family of Pollock Of Newry And Descendants. (Dublin: Folkestone: Birch & Co., Printers)
Page 17. - Will of George Pollock
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