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)	III.	PROCOPIO J. POLLOCK, (Oliver,) b. at
New Orleans; was educated in Europe. His miniature, which was lost, stolen, or destroyed in 1863, was painted in Bordeaux, representing him in a scarlet uniform. In the only letter written by him, in the possession of the present writer, he signed his name as above. About 1800 he removed to Oporto Rico, and engaged in the coffee culture. He become very wealthy; but nothing more can be learned of him. He is said once to have lived in St. Petersburg, Russia.
IV.	JARED POLLOCK, (Oliver,) b. at New Orleans; m . at Carlisle , Pa ., February 13 , 1800, by Rev . Robert Davidson, D. D., MARY BRIGGS, dau. of David Briggs, Esquire, of Silver's Spring settlement, and shortly after removed to Centre county, where all trace of him is lost. This marriage was not approved of by Oliver Pollock, as his letters indicate.
V.	MARY SERENA POLLOCK, (Oliver,) b. at New Orleans in 1777. She was m. July 9, 1797, by Rev.
N. Snowden, at Silver's Spring, to DR. SAMUEL ROBINSON, then a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, and oldest son of Daniel ond Rachel (Nixon) Robinson of Dover, Delaware. He was descended on the father's side from John Robinson, Dover, Delaware, 1680, in the fourth generation, thus: SamueK, Danie|3, Samuel^, George^ . And on his mother's side from Nicholas Nixon of Dover, Delaware, 1680, in the fourth generation, thus: Samuel^, Racbe|3, Thomas^/ Nicholas , He was one of fourteen children, ten of whom matured, their ages averaging seventy-nine . One sister, Maria Antoinette Robinson, m. Horace H. Hayden, M.D., of Baltimore, Maryland, seventh from William Hayden of Connecticut, 1630, and one brother, Thomas Robinson, m. successively his two cousins, the niece and the daughter of Nicholas Van Dyke, first president of Delaware and a member of the Continental Congress.
Dr. Samuel Robinson was b. Philadelphia, where his father was engaged in the shipping business, January 7, \76tf baptised in Christ Church, by Rt. Rev . William White, D . D . Studied medicine under Benjamin Rush, LL.D,, of Philadelphia, and praticed (sic) his profession at Baltimore, Md., and Hanover and Carlisle, Pa. In 1808 he removed to Pinckneyvil le, Wilkinson county, Miss., where he lived until his death, December 9, 1846. He was skillful and eminently successful in his profession and greatly esteemed
as a man . Mrs . R . d . at same place Sunday, ---------21 , 1847.
They had issue:
i. Oliver Pollock, b. Hanover, Pa.,
June 17, 1800; d. June 18, 1800.
"How great the change, from little earth to Heavenl
Where joys most true, for trifling shades are given.
'?Cease fond nature ? ahI thou can'st not save One loved feature from the spoiling grave ? Her spotless soul that body ne'er shall stain, Nor all thy griefs recall it back again.
"Mrs. Pollock was born in Ireland, and descended from a noble family by both her parents ? O'Brien of the house of Clare, and Kennedy of Ormond, whose sons were distinguished in foreign services."
8.	ii. Margaretto Pollock, b. Hanover, Pa.,
June 21 , 1801; d. June 1846; m. James W. Foley.
iii	. Mary, b. Hanover, June 22, 1803;
d . July, 1803 .
iv	. Oliver Pol lock, b. Bo I te, Md . July 27,
18 04; d. unm. December 2, 1866.
v.	William, b. Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 29, 1806; d. Mch. 3, 1807.
9.	vi. Lucetta Adelaide, b. Carlisle, Oct. 27,
1807; m. 1st Charles M. Pennimarv 1? John Ebenezer Phares. vii . Samuel, b. Pinckneyvil le, Miss., July 16, 1810; d. July 17, 1821.
10.	viii. Mary Louisa, b. Pinckneyville, July 17,
1812; m. James C. Daugherty.
11.	ix. Nathaniel Evans, b. Pinckneyville,
April 3, 1814; m. Sarah Jane Alger.
x . Delia Anne , b . PinckneyviI le , Dec . 17, 1817; m. James C. Daugherty.
VI.	JAMES POLLOCK, (Oliver,) b. N.O.-----------------,
was ki lied in his early youth, at Silver's Spring . He was riding a spirited horse to water, and desiring to see the carcass of a favorite dog that had died, he rode his horse to the spot where the animal lay. The horse startled by the body, or its odor, sprang to one side, throwing his rider, whose head striking upon a stone he was instantly killed.
VII.	LUCETTA ADELAIDE POLLOCK, (Oliver,) b. N. O., 1783; d. unm. at Philadelphia, Pa., March,
18 04. Her remains were buried under the Roman Catholic
c hurch there . In the MSS . copy of Watson's Annals of Phi lade Iphia, now in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, is a water-color drawing of Lucetta. Under the likeness Mr. John F. Watson, the author of the Annals, has written these words: "The obove is a likeness drawn from life by the celebrated General Kosciusko, done at Philadelphia, 1797-8, when the Congress was in session there.
He was in attendance claiming a compensation for his services and wounds. It represents my omiable friend,
Lucetta A. Pollock, who died at Philadelphia, in March, 1804, in her twentieth year. She was the daughter of Oliver Pollock, Esquire, distinguished in the Revolution for his zeal and services in the American caus? while a resident of New Orleans. My daughter, Lucetta, was named after her." The will of Lucetta was recorded 18 04, Bk . 1 , p . 258, and is on file in the Register of Wills office, Philadelphia.*
*ln the name of God, Amen.
I,	Lucetta Pollock now of the city of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, single woman, boing of sound mind & Memory, do moke & publish this my Icisl will & testament.
First, as to my tract of land and estate lying and situated on the Mississippi containing about 500 acres or thereabouts, be the same more or less, known by the name of old Tunica village and now in the possession of Hamilton Pollock, which said lot of land was granted & conveyed to me by Jearet (sic) Pollock and Mary his wife by deed being dated on the fifteenth day of September, 1802, I give bo-queath & devise the same as follows: One full & equal half part thereof I give and devise to my beloved sister Mary


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