


Winder Wonderland DNA Project
Researching the genealogy of the Winder/Winders/Wynder/etc families.
Gertrude POLK

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Name Gertrude POLK Birth 13 Apr 1781 , Somerset, Maryland, USA [1]
Gender Female Census 1830 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Federal _UID 9EDD770B4DF54C1EAC804684480AECD6B311 Death 28 Dec 1872 Person ID I1343 WinderWonderland Last Modified 9 Jan 2014
Father Judge William POLK, b. Abt 1740 d. Bef 21 Jan 1806 (Age 66 years) Mother Esther WINDER, b. 9 Oct 1751, Coventry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 14 Dec 1790, , , Maryland, USA
(Age 39 years)
Marriage Feb 1775 Family ID F579 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Brig. Gen. William Henry WINDER, b. 18 Feb 1775, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 24 May 1824, , Baltimore, Maryland, USA
(Age 49 years)
Marriage 9 May 1799 Quantico, Somerset, Maryland, USA [3]
- Location became Wicomico county in 1867. [2]
Children 1. Brig.-Gen. John Henry WINDER, b. 21 Feb 1800, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 8 Feb 1865, Florence, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
(Age 64 years)
2. William Henry WINDER, b. 3 May 1804, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 7 Feb 1865, Florence, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
(Age 60 years)
3. Charlotte Aurelia WINDER, b. 1806, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Yes, date unknown
4. Charles H. WINDER, b. Abt 1810, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 12 Apr 1881, Washington DC, , , USA
(Age 71 years)
5. William Taskar WINDER, b. Abt 1814, Rewastico Creek, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Yes, date unknown
6. Gertrude WINDER, b. 1815, Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 1838 (Age 23 years)
Family ID F578 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2014
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Notes - Gertrude was a 1st cousin to Wm Henry Winder. Gertrude gave birth annually from 1802 to 1809, but four children (William ,William,Tasker,and Amelia) died in Infancy. [4]
- (Research):1830 census
3 males 30-39 (1791-1800)
2 females 10-14 (1816-1820)
1 female 40-49 (1781-1790) Gertrude
1 female 50-59 (1771-1780)
3 slaves
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Sources - [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997), Pg. 341 (Reliability: 3).
- [S418] Somerset Co., MD Marriage Licences 1796 - 1832 by bride surname, (Rootsweb Archives http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/md/somerset/vital/bride.txt).
- [S151] F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725, (Family Line Publications, Silver Spring MD, 1982 ,), Book 4, 1776-1800, Pg. 76 (Reliability: 0).
- [S72] Christine Thacker, Descendants of John Winder posted on Winder website (Reliability: 3).
- [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997), Pg. 341 (Reliability: 3).