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John Pollington (sometimes shown as John Polentine or Pollentin)Hening, William Waller
''The Statutes at Large; being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the year 1619, Volume I''
New York: Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, Printed By and For Samuel Pleasants, Junior, Printer for the Commonwealth, 1809, p. 129, shows the name as John Pollington, as does Haile, Edward Wright, ed. ''Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony: The First Decade: 1607-1617''. Champlain, VA: RoundHouse, 1998. . p. 916. These are pages cited by McCartney, Martha W.br>''Virginia immigrants and adventurers, 1607-1635: a biographical dictionary''
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. . p. 564, who nonetheless spells the name John Polentine (Pollentin). The list of the members of the 1619 general assembly at Stanard, William G. and
Mary Newton Stanard Mary Mann Page Newton Stanard (1865 - June 5, 1929) was an American historian, specializing in the history of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Stanard was the daughter of John Brockenbrough Newton and Roberta Page (Williamson) Newton. She ...

''The Virginia Colonial Register''
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. , Retrieved July 15, 2011, p. 52 also shows John Polentine based on a manuscript copy of the Journal of this session in the Public Records office in London, although on the next page, it shows John Pollington as a representative in the 1623-24 session. In turn, several journal articles about the first assembly, such as Henry, William Wirt. ''The First Legislative Assembly in America.'' I
''Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1893''
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1894. . Retrieved July 21, 2011. p. 60 follow with the spelling John Polentine. McIlwaine, H. R. ''Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1658/59''. Richmond, VA: The Colonial Press, E. Waddey Co. 1915. . p. vii shows John Polentine, but notes this is probably Pollington and uses that name for the 1623/24 session list on the next page, citing Brown, Alexander, ''The First Republic in America'', pp. 579, 580. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner i
''Encyclopedia of Virginia biography''
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915. . Retrieved July 21, 2011. p. 306 shows the name as John Pollington for both sessions

''Virginia in 1626-27 (Continued)'' The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published by: Virginia Historical Society, July, 1908, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 31, has a footnote by W. N. Sainsbury stating that "John Pollington, or Polentine as it is sometimes written" was a member for the two assemblies. The same document, the "Petition of the Governor and the Assembly to the King," July 3, 1624 shows the name as Pollington. Since sources, including McCartney, show that the same person was the member for the 1619 and 1623/24 sessions, it appears that the sources which use "Pollington", including Tyler, should be accepted as the more accurate.
was an early Virginia colonist who was a member of the first assembly of the Virginia
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at
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in 1619 for the "Citie" of
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, Virginia. In 1624, he was a burgess for
Warrosquyoake Shire Warrosquoake Shire (with numerous variant spellings, including Warrascoyack, Warrascocke and "Warwick Squeak") was officially formed in 1634 in the Virginia colony, but had already been known as "Warascoyack County" before this. It was named for ...
sometimes shown as Warresqueak and other variations, now
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. McCartney, Martha W.br>''Virginia immigrants and adventurers, 1607-1635: a biographical dictionary''
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. . p. 564.
He also was a landowner and merchant. By the date of the Muster Roll of 1624/5 (census), Pollington had moved to Warresqueak with his wife Rachel and with Margaret Polentine, who Martha McCartney surmises was their daughter. Pollington signed the letter of the governor, councillors and burgesses replying to Alderman Johnson (Alderman obertJohnson), who claimed that the colony thrived in its early years in contrast to the current dire state of the colony. The list of land patents sent to England in May 1625 showed Pollington with 600 acres of land in Warresqueak. The Colonial Records for Virginia show:
"July 6, 7, 1626. Examinations of John Preen of London, Merchant aged 36, Thomas Willoughby of Rochester aged 27 and John Pollington of London, Merchant, aged 33. That the only intent of their voyage to Virginia is to carry passengers, goods and munition for the plantation there."Sainsbury, W. N.

''Virginia in 1626-27 (Continued)'' The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published by: Virginia Historical Society, July, 1908, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 31. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
In June 1628, Rachel Pollington was listed as an exporter of tobacco. On February 10, 1629 the General Court decided in a dispute between her and John Moon(e) that she was entitled to the house she occupied, a tobacco house, half the crops and half the land and should lease the other half of the land and other houses on the property to Moone. McCartney states that the date of John Pollington's death is uncertain but the information about Rachel's dealings and property suggest that John Pollington had died by a date in 1628 or 1629.


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* “Colonial Records of Virginia”, Volume I. R.F. Walker, Superintendent Public Printing, Richmond, VA: Clemmitt & Jones, Printers, 1874. * Haile, Edward Wright, ed. ''Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony: The First Decade: 1607-1617''. Champlain, VA: RoundHouse, 1998. . * Henings, Statutes at Large, shown as Virginia, William Waller Hening, Virginia (Colony)
''The statutes at large: being a collection of all the laws of Virginia''
Volume 1, Richmond, VA: Printed by and for Samuel Pleasants, Junior, printer to the Commonwealth, 1809-1823. . Retrieved July 15, 2011. * Henry, William Wirt. ''The First Legislative Assembly in America.'' I
''Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1893''
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1894. . Retrieved July 21, 2011. * McCartney, Martha W.br>''Virginia immigrants and adventurers, 1607-1635: a biographical dictionary''
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. . * McIlwaine, H. R. ''Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1658/59''. Richmond, VA: The Colonial Press, E. Waddey Co. 1915. . * Sainsbury, W. N

''Virginia in 1626-27 (Continued)'' The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published by: Virginia Historical Society, July, 1908, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 31. Retrieved August 10, 2020. * Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard
''The Virginia Colonial Register''
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers, 1902. , Retrieved July 15, 2011. * Tyler, Lyon Gardiner i
''Encyclopedia of Virginia biography''
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915. . Retrieved July 21, 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pollington (burgess), John Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown House of Burgesses members American people of English descent Virginia colonial people English emigrants People from Jamestown, Virginia People from Isle of Wight County, Virginia American planters