Built a house in Great Kills, Staten Island in 1695 that survived until 1996, when it was destroyed (not entirely ethically) by developers. (http://www.preserve.org/plsi/may97news.htm#poillon) From C & R Poillon, Ship Builders (profile on founder Richard): Richard is a direct decendant of Jaques Poillon, who left France for Holland to travel to America in 1671. Jacques was a native of Liebessait, County of Saint Pol, Sur Fromoise,Pas de Calais, France although recent reseach shows that this is most likely a typographical error and it is Sur Ternoise, Pas de Calais, France. The village or Hamlet is now called Pierremont. The family is traced back to 1380 in France. Their moto is ARMOUR TRAVAIL- translated "Love of Work and Knowledge". Jacques Poillon (Poillion) was among the earliest settlers on Staten Island. (http://by-the-sea.com/articles/poillon.html)

Appraised the estate of brother-in-law Nicholas Crocheron, Sept. 23 1701. [102]

James Poillon Sr. is in the 1706 Staten Island census, age 60.