| Name |
Benjamin Pollard |
| Born |
8 Feb 1751/52 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
LCR8-9DF |
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| Died |
4 Oct 1779 |
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia |
| Book Article |
1969 |
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland |
| The Loyalists of Massachusetts, by E. Alfred Jones, pp. 236-237 |
- BENJAMIN POLLARD (Plate XLIII) was a flourishing merchant and native of Boston, born about 1749, who declines considerable appointments in the American military forces in the Revolution, in which his brother, Jonathan, was apoointed Quartermaster-General to the American army at Boston and aide-de-camp to General Heath from October 2, 1776, to September, 1778. But he preferred a commision in the army of the King to the first place gift of the rebels. His younger brother was an officer [in 1780] in the Royal Navy, in Rodney's fleet. [This brother was doubtless George Pollard, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, May 7, 1762, and again in 1780] (Audit Office [A. O.] 13/49; A. O. 13/75.)
Benjamin Pollard became an ensign in the 2nd battalion of De Lancey's Brigade, which he accompanied to Georgia in November, 1778, and participated in the capture of Savannah in December. He was killed in the defence of Savannah on October 4, 1779.
In a schedule of Benjamin Pollard's property, the names of his parents, Benjamin and Margaret Pollard, are mentioned, and in a copy of evidence mention is made of his brothers and sisters: Jonathan, mentioned above; Margaret; Joshua, a loyalist, who died in 1783 or 1784; and Peter, who commanded an American privateer in the Revolution. (A.O. 13/49.) He left a widow, Hannah, a native of Boston, who went to live at Carmarthen in South Wales. (A.O. 12/81, f.46; A.O. 12/105, f. 108.) She claimed compensation, £1,572, and was allowed £200. (A.O. 12/109.) and was granted a pension of £30 until 1818, when she is presumed to have died. (T.50/8; T.50/25.)
A portrait of Benjamin Pollard is in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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| Book Article |
2000 |
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland |
| American (Loyalist) Migrations, 1765-1799 by Peter Wilson Coldham, p. 33 |
- Pollard, Benjamin of Boston. Memorials: by the claimant NY 1781; by his widow Hannah Pollard, London 1786. Both she and her husband were natives of Boston whoestablished a profitable grocery in the town in 1775. He served as an Ens. in Delancey's Provincial Corps and was made Deputy Narrack Master before being killed at the siege of Savannah in October 1779 when he was aged about 26. She was left with two children to support and unable to return to her native town. Claim for the estate of Benjamin Pollard in New Boston inherited from his father. Extract of the will of Benjamin Pollard Sr. dated 25 December 1756 with bequests to his wife Margaret and children Jonathan, Benjamin, Margaret, Josha and Peter Pollard. Abstract of a letter dated Boston 1783 from Jonathan Pollard [elder brother of Benjamin and an active patriot] to Hannah Pollard: my late father's estate has been appraised... The British hurt us as much as lay in their power by pulling down our houses... Now if you conceive that you are to receive a fortune from that estate you are greatly mistaken... You may do as you please by employing a lawyer on this side of the water to pursue a phantom. (12/81/46, 105/108, 109/244; 13/49/156-158, 75/239-249).
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| Person ID |
I22939 |
New England Hall Families Master Tree |
| Last Modified |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Father |
Benjamin Pollard, b. 6 Jun 1696, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts , d. 25 Dec 1756, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Winslow, b. 28 Apr 1724, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts , d. 25 Mar 1814, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
14 Aug 1746 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F10901 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hannah Johnson, b. 1749, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts , d. 1818, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales (Age 69 years) |
| Married |
23 May 1777 |
New York, New York County, New York |
- Ancestry.com. New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s
Name Benjamin Pollard
Spouse Name Hannah Johnson
Marriage Date 1775
Marriage Place New York
Marriage ID 2220289676
Other Comments On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1916, selected extracts
Publisher New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Publication Place New York, NY
Page 184
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Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Marriage Index, 1600-1784
Name Benjamin Pollard
Marriage Date 23 May 1777
Spouse Hannah Johnson
Record Number M. B.
Volume XXIV
OSPage 92
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| Last Modified |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Family ID |
F10904 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1752 - 1779 (27 years)
