Individual Details

Birth

or 1645 Essex, England

Death

Son of Robert Poley (1582-1625) and Joan Brener. 

George Polly (Polly)



Land was ordered laid out to George Polley in Woburn on 3 Feb 1648/49.

He was chosen surveyor of fences in 1665.

He is recorded as being taxed in Woburn in 1655 and again in 1663/64.

He was taxed at the county rate 26 Oct 1666.

His right to share in the common lands of the town was acknowledged in 1668.

He was summoned to court with others 18 Jun 1670 in a debt case,
giving testimony there on 21 Jun 1670.


John Lakin's Deed 1653 Communicated by the Hon. Samuel Abbott Green M.D. of Boston: in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston: Published by The New-England Historic Genealogical Society. XLV: 81-2—

A George Polly served in King Philip's War under Captain John Carter (or Cutler).

(See Bodge's 1906 King Philip's War, p. 286 and D. H. Hurd's 1890 History of Middlesex Co., Mass., pp. 382-383. )



"In 1658, John Cromwell a Scotchman confessed ‘that he was in the house of George Polly alone with his wife, and that he kissed her once & eate some strawberries' etc. The Court ordered both Cromwell and the wife of George Polly ‘severely whipt ten stripes a peece.' [The Middlesex County Court Records, Vol I, p. 158, are the cited providing insight regarding Cromwell.]

Cromwell died in 1662 near Chelmsford. He is referred to as ‘late trader with ye Indians,'and Seaborne Cromwell was his relict widow."

George From Shoreditch (South Leonard), Co Middlesex Ma.. Was taxed in Woburn in 1655 and 1663/4 and listed in the county rate 26 October 1666. His right to share common lands was ackowledged in 1668. His age is listed as 43 in his testimony on 2 April 1668.

George Polly died in Woburn on 22 Dec 1683. His will was dated 5 Jun 1683 and proved on 1 Apr 1684. A full copy of the will of George Polly appears in"Descendants of Samuel Hills", compiled for Francis J. Hills by Winifred Lovering Holman, published in 1957 by the Rumford Press, page 87. It reads as follows:



"By these presents be it knowne that I George Polly sen of Woburn in the Massachusetts Colony in the County of Middlesex being of sound understanding and perfect memory: Doe heerby make this writeing my last will and Testament: Renouncing all former wills by me made Committing my soule unto god in Christ my Saviour and my body Decently to be interred in the Earth: And After my Debts are paid and my funerall expenses discharged; I Doe give my estate both personal and Reall as follows:



"Imp. I give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth the use of my now dwelling house all my land which I now posses my household stuff and the use of two oxen two Cows a mare together with cart a plow and ___ ___ _____ during her widowhood. I do give to my son John POLLY all my land and meadow belonging to my houselott lying on the south west side bounded by a white oake stump at the upper end and so by a line through the middle of Drie pole swamp to the river and one Cow; two thirds of all my woodland: paying fourty Pounds as is heer after Expressed: I give unto my son George the other part of my land on the North East side of my houselott and my meadow on the south side of the river one third part of my woodland and one Cow: paying fourty pounds as I heerafter appoint; but if he fails to pay the fourty pounds: then I give him only his ten Acre lott he now possesseth one Cow and one quarter part of my woodlands: I Doe give unto my Daughter Elizabeth twenty pounds and one Cow as part of the twenty pounds: with that she hath already received: to my Daughter Hannah twenty pounds and my seven Acre lott on the other side [of] maple meadow river: to my son Samuel twenty pounds or my great lott and twenty shillings and my musket; to my son Edward twenty one pounds; to my Daughter Sarah twenty one pounds: I Doe Give to my Daughter Hannah one Cow as part of the twenty pounds mentioned before: I Do appoint my sons John and George to pay my legacies to the other Children when they come to possese the lands; that is to say ten pounds yearly as it ariseth due untill the four scoure pounds be paid: only when Edward comes to Receive his legacy I Doe Appoint them to pay fiveteen pounds that year. I Doe give my son Samuel a pair of steers [___?] three year old when he is at age: I Doe give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth two cows a mare and my household stuff for her use dureing her Naturall life… After my wives decease I Doe give my household stuffe equally to be devided Among my Children: I Doe Constitute and ordaine my sons John and George joint executours to this my will: I Doe Appoint my trustie friends Mathew Edwards and John Baker overseers: unto what is above written I George Polly have put to my hand and seal the fifth day of June one thousand six hundred and Eighty three.



his mark

George X Polly

In presence of

Sam Carter

her mark

Deborah X Pierce."

When the will was proved 1 April 1684, the inventory read in part as follows(as transcribed by Winifred L. Holman):



"An inventory of the Estate of George poly senr who deceased upon the twenty second daye of Janewary 1683-4," was taken, 21 Feb. 1683[-84], by "frances Kendall & James Converse," the total amount being L298-09-06. It included "one small hous and about 35 acres of upland adjoyning," some 101 additional acres in upland, swamp, meadow and woodlot; his stock, with "one mare and bridle sadle and pilion and harnes"; carpenter's tools; household effects with a "brass scilet listed; a "Swarm of bees," etc. Note the apparent conflict between the Woburn death record date for the decease of George Polly (22 December 1683), and the date of death stated in the inventory (22-Jan-1683/84). The latter date is believed to be an administrative oversight.


Family Members
Parents
Robert Poley
1582–1625
Spouse
Elizabeth Winn Polly
1625–1695 (m. 1649)
Children
John Polly
1650 – unknown
Edward David Polly
1670–1715

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