Polkowski Origins in Wizna

Polkowskis in Wizna in 1456
Stanislaw from  Piasecznica , recte Polkowski  
 
From "The heraldry of Ignacy Kapica Milewski ", published in 1870 in Krakow by "Dom Polkowskich "


" Vladislaus Dux Masovia , Stanislao de Piasecznica 20 mansons POLKOWO vulgariter , in terra nostra Visensus jacentes, pro 20 sexagenis in perpetuum Vandeo contulit
Privilegium: idque praesentibus Joanne dicto Glowacz palatino preaclari Principis domini Bolkonis Ducis Masoviae, filiastri nostri charissimi et Zawisza de Dluzniewo subdapitero et
capitaneo Plocensi "


This Stanislaw from Piasecznica settled down on land called POLKOWO. He created the village of Polkowo and it was the beginning of the POLKOWSKI s House . 
He came from Wizna land. Jan Polkowski registered in 1456. This family took its surname from the place Polkowo .

Contributed by Iwona Dakiniewicz.

 

See Szlachta from Wizna District Website: http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~apszczol/wizna.htm