Person:Magdalen Tasker (1)

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Magdalen 'Madalene' Tasker
b.Abt 1634 Lifford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
d.1726 Somerset, Maryland, United States
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  1. Magdalen 'Madalene' TaskerAbt 1634 - 1726
Spouse and Children
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m. 1657
  1. William Bruce Polk, I1664 - 1739
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Facts and Events
Name Magdalen 'Madalene' Tasker
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1634 Lifford, County Donegal, Republic of IrelandCavanacor House
Marriage 1657 County Donegal, Republic of Irelandto Captain Robert Bruce Polk
Marriage to Col. John Porter
Death? 1726 Somerset, Maryland, United States
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Magdalen Tasker

  • Cavanacor House
Cavanacor House is located just off the N14 on the outskirts of the town - which is the ancestral home of the 11th President of the United States of America, James Knox Polk. His great, great, great grandmother (Magdelene Tasker) was born here[16] in 1634, she later married Capt. Robert Bruce Pollock and emigrated to the USA. King James II dined at Cavanacor House on his way to the siege of Derry in 1689.
Sources
http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/cav.html
http://www.ulsterancestry.com/newsletter-content.php?id=384
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