| ![Show Contents]() Pollexfen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Pollexfen familyThe surname Pollexfen was first found in Devon where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Kitley. One branch of the family was found in the parish of Woodbury in Devon. "The church [of Woodbury] contains some ancient monuments, among which is one to Chief Justice Sir Edmund Pollexfen." 1 Early History of the Pollexfen familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pollexfen research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1632, 1636, 1679, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1697 and 1715 are included under the topic Early Pollexfen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pollexfen Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Pollexfen, Pollfexen, Polfaxen, Pollfaxen and many more. Early Notables of the Pollexfen familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - Sir Henry Pollexfen (1632-1691), a British judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1689; as well as his brother John Pollexfen (1636-1715)...
- John Pollexfen (fl. 1697), was a merchant and economic writer, younger son of Andrew Pollexfen of Stancombe, in the parish of Sherford, Devonshire and brother of Sir Henry Pollexfen. 2
 Migration of the Pollexfen family to Ireland
Some of the Pollexfen family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 67 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Pollexfen familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Pollexfen (post 1700) | + |
- Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784-1838), British Tory politician, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth from 1812 to 1816, older brother of John Bastard
- John Pollexfen Bastard (1756-1816), English politician, born in 1756 at Kitley, near Plymouth Member of parliament for Devon; his family, settled in Devonshire since the Conquest, obtained the Kitley property about the end of the seventeenth century 3
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 6 June 2019
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