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