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William
(Thomas?) POWELL (1620)
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Birth: abt 1574 Wales
Death: abt 1623
(William?) A P HOWELL (abt 1574 - abt 1623)
Thomas POWELL (abt
1600 - 9 Feb 1687) & Elizabeth? WELLES?
William
(Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11 Dec 1695) & Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 -
)
Thomas
POWELL (1630 - 10 Apr 1701) & Mary PLACE (1645 - Dec 1710)
Ann POWELL* (1683-1685 - ) &
Edward COFFEY (1650-1670 - abt 14 Feb 1716)
Edward Jr. COFFEY* (bef 16 Jul 1700 - aft 1774) & Unknown MARTIN
Chesley COFFEY (Bet 1720-1730 - aft 1760) & Jane CLEVELAND (1725 -
aft 1760)
Salathial COFFEY (abt 1753 - 1784) & Elizabeth NEWTON (1758 - )
Eli COFFEY** (8
May 1775 - 18 Jul 1833) & Mary "Polly" COFFEY (1785 - 1872)
Newton Eli
COFFEY (1823 - 1890) & Martha Louise VERMILLION (1827 - 1904)
William
COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (1855 - 1920)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
Note: AP
meant "son of", hence William AP Howell would be William, Son of
Howell; therefore AP Howell might have meant "Son of Howell" but
might have been, instead, his initials.
Spouses
(Unknown)
:
Children: Thomas (~1600-1687)
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Birth: abt 1600 Powelltor, Suffolk, England
Death: 9 Feb 1687 Isle of Wright, Virginia Colony,
VA
Father: (William?) A P HOWELL
(~1574-~1623)
(William?)
A P HOWELL (abt 1574 - abt 1623)
Thomas POWELL (abt 1600 - 9 Feb 1687)
& Elizabeth? WELLES?
William
(Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11 Dec 1695) & Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 -
)
Thomas
POWELL (1630 - 10 Apr 1701) & Mary PLACE (1645 - Dec 1710)
Ann
POWELL* (1683-1685 - ) & Edward COFFEY (1650-1670 - abt 14 Feb 1716)
Edward Jr. COFFEY* (bef 16 Jul 1700 - aft 1774) & Unknown MARTIN
Chesley COFFEY (Bet 1720-1730 - aft 1760) & Jane CLEVELAND (1725 -
aft 1760)
Salathial COFFEY (abt 1753 - 1784) & Elizabeth NEWTON (1758 - )
Eli COFFEY** (8 May 1775 - 18 Jul
1833) & Mary "Polly" COFFEY (1785 - 1872)
Newton Eli
COFFEY (1823 - 1890) & Martha Louise VERMILLION (1827 - 1904)
William
COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (1855 - 1920)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Spouse: Elizabeth?
WELLES?
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Birth: VA
Children
Thomas POWELL (abt 1600 - 9 Feb 1687) & Elizabeth?
WELLES?
William
(Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11 Dec 1695) & Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 -
)
Thomas POWELL (abt
1621 - )
Nathaniel POWELL
(abt 1622 - )
John POWELL (abt
1623 - )
Robert POWELL (abt 1624 - )
Name: William (Thomas?) POWELL
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Birth: abt 1620 Wales, or Virginia
Death: 11 Dec 1695 Chickahominy River, Lancaster Co.,
VA
Father: Thomas POWELL (~1600-1687)
Mother: Elizabeth? WELLES?
(William?)
A P HOWELL (abt 1574 - abt 1623)
Thomas POWELL (abt
1600 - 9 Feb 1687) & Elizabeth? WELLES?
William (Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11
Dec 1695) & Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 - )
Thomas
POWELL (1630 - 10 Apr 1701) & Mary PLACE (1645 - Dec 1710)
Ann
POWELL* (1683-1685 - ) & Edward COFFEY (1650-1670 - abt 14 Feb 1716)
Edward
Jr. COFFEY* (bef 16 Jul 1700 - aft 1774) & Unknown MARTIN
Chesley COFFEY (Bet 1720-1730 - aft 1760) & Jane CLEVELAND (1725 -
aft 1760)
Salathial COFFEY (abt 1753 - 1784) & Elizabeth NEWTON (1758 - )
Eli COFFEY** (8
May 1775 - 18 Jul 1833) & Mary "Polly" COFFEY (1785 - 1872)
Newton Eli
COFFEY (1823 - 1890) & Martha Louise VERMILLION (1827 - 1904)
William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896)
& Malcena BARBRE (1855 - 1920)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
CAUTION, CAUTION, CAUTION:
There are
many variations as to who is the father of the Thomas POWELL who married Mary
PLACE. Some claim he is “William”, he is sometimes referred to as “William Thomas”,
or sometimes as “Thomas Sr.”. And the ancestry varies!
NOTES FROM A SOURCE THAT THINKS “THOMAS SR.” IS THE RIGHT PERSON:
”The name
Powell (originally Ap Howell) is of Welsh derivation and not uncommon in
Virginia.
“On 10 Jun
1637, Thomas Powell patented 100 acres in Upper Norfolk County an the south
side of the Nansemond River "50 acres for his own and 50 acreas for the
personal adv (indenture) of a servt." On the same day he patented 200
acres "1 mile from the plantation of sd Powell" which would lead to
the inference that he had settled there earlier and that these two patents were
additions to acreage in his possession. (See Nugent, "Cavaliers and
Pioneers," Page 76)
“It seems
most likely that he is the Thomas Powell (Hotten's "Original Lists," page
236) who appears in the1625 Muter taken after the massacre, as one of the
servants of Captain Ralph Hamor then living at Hog Island and who states that
he came over in the "Seaflower." This boat is elsewhere listed as
coming over in 1621.
“There is a
distance of some forty miles between Hog Island and where Thomas Powell settled
in 1637, but it is known that the settlements around Nansemond River were later
than those close to Jamestown. Hog Island laying across the river was settled
by 1608, possibly even by 1607, and is near enough to Jamestown for signal
fires to be used as a means of communication. If the enormous holly tree, over
four hundred years old according to experts, that stands on Hog Island close to
the river, could only speak,!
“This Thomas
Powell is not the same person of that name listed in Hotten on page 263 as
living on the eastern shore and havong come in the "Sampson" in 1618.
The descendanys of that Thomas Powell can be traced through Accomack and
Northampton County records and are entirely distinct.
The will of
Thomas Powell, dated 12 Jul 1683 and probated on 9 Feb 1687/8, is abstracted in
Mrs Chapman's "Wills and Administration of Isle of Wight County,"
Vol. 1, page 40. In this he names legatees Thomas, Nathaniel, William and John
Powell, daughter-in-law Elizabeth Powell,
daughter-in-law
Lucretia Corbett, Lucretia, Roberta and Elizabeth Powell, son Willaim to be
executor. Witnesses: Thomas Griffin and Francis Hutchins.
Death: Bef
12 JUL 1683 in Isle of Wight County, VA
Spouse: Elizabeth
GORUSCH?
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Birth: 1622-1630 Isle of Wright, Virginia Colony,
VA
Misc. Notes
Some claim
birth in England, in about 1607.
Children
William (Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11 Dec 1695) &
Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 - )
Thomas POWELL
(1630 - 10 Apr 1701) & Mary PLACE (1645 - Dec 1710)
John POWELL (1632
- 1698)
Nathaniel POWELL
(1634 - )
Jacob POWELL (1636
- )
William POWELL
(1638 - )
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Birth: 1630 Dinsdale, VA
Death: 10 Apr 1701 Sittenburn Parish, Essex Co., VA
Father: William (Thomas?) POWELL
(~1620-1695)
Mother: Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-)
(William?)
A P HOWELL (abt 1574 - abt 1623)
Thomas POWELL (abt
1600 - 9 Feb 1687) & Elizabeth? WELLES?
William
(Thomas?) POWELL (abt 1620 - 11 Dec 1695) & Elizabeth GORUSCH? (1622-1630 -
)
Thomas POWELL (1630 - 10 Apr 1701) &
Mary PLACE (1645 - Dec 1710)
Ann
POWELL* (1683-1685 - ) & Edward COFFEY (1650-1670 - abt 14 Feb 1716)
Edward Jr. COFFEY* (bef 16 Jul 1700 - aft 1774) & Unknown MARTIN
Chesley COFFEY (Bet 1720-1730 - aft 1760) & Jane CLEVELAND (1725 -
aft 1760)
Salathial COFFEY (abt 1753 -
1784) & Elizabeth NEWTON (1758 - )
Eli COFFEY** (8
May 1775 - 18 Jul 1833) & Mary "Polly" COFFEY (1785 - 1872)
Newton Eli
COFFEY (1823 - 1890) & Martha Louise VERMILLION (1827 - 1904)
William
COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (1855 - 1920)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
Ancestry.com
has several hundred references to this person and his ancestors. Most do not
seem to be well documented. Dates and details are all over the place, sometimes
with impossible connections (e.g., children born to 12 year old parents). For
what it’s worth, the info here on his ancestry represents what seems to be a
“rough consensus”.
General Note
One story
says it was this Thomas, along with brothers Robert and John and 26 others, who
were imported to America 11/18/1663 by Capt Wm Mosley. Other theories place him
in America much earlier, by at least 1654. He may have traveled back and forth
between England and America.
MEMO: FOLLOWING NOTES SEEM
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DOCUMENTED, AND ARE FREQUENTLY QUOTED:
Old
Rappehannock County Will, No. 1, Page 59. John Mills sold to Thomas Powell both
of Rappahannock County, 50 acres of land beginning at a marked hickory near the
mill floodgates bounding on the land of Thomas Rooson, now possessed by Philip
Saunders, to a creek called Tignor's Creek, into a small river going into said
creek being part of a grand patent to John Mills, for 400 pounds of tobacco and
two cows.
Ibid, Bk 3,
Pg. 317. Thomas Powell and Mary, his wife, sell to James Coghill for the
valuable consideration of 9 barrells of good Indian corn and divers other
considerations, 300 acres on North side of Rappahannock River patented Sept. 7,
1654. Mary Place, daughter of Francis Place, doth appoint her loving friend,
Mr. Daniel Gaines her true and lawful attorney to acknowledge said deed. (This
deed establishes the maiden name and father of Thomas Powell's wife Mary.)
Lancaster
County, Virginia Record Book 2, Page 104. Dated August 11, 1655. Francis Place
conveyed a tract of land formerly in Isle of Wight County, Virginia containing
300 acres patented by him Sept. 7 1654, lying on the North side of the
"freshes" of the Rappahannock River about ten miles above Nazemum
Town and certain cattle by deed of gift to "My daughter Mary Place when
she arrives at 18 years," if she dies without heirs, then "to
daughter Margaret Place, my youngest daughter." Mary had Thomas Powell by
1666 when they deeded this land to James Coghill.
Essex County
Order Book, 1692-1694, Page 325. 1694 Thomas and mary Powell convey to their
son, Honorias Powell, 100 acres of land beginning at an ash standing "in
the line of Colonel Catlett (forest land)" on a branch adjoining Abraham
Stepp.
Essex County
Deed and will Book 10, Page 75. 1701 Will of Thomas Powell says he is of
Sittenburn Parish and very sick and weak. He leaaves land to be divided equally
between his sons, Place and Thomas and his wife, her part at her death to go to
son William, cattle to son William and "these persons that hath the
education of my son William till he shall come to the age of 21 years." He
also left bequests to daughters, Frances Powell, Elizabeth Salmon, Anne Coffee,
and sons, Honours (Honorias) and Place, and son-in-law, John Salmon, to be
Executors.
"Powell
Families of Virginia and the South", Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1980.
WILL OF THOMAS POWELL:
"In the
name of God Amen I Thomas Powell of the Parish of Citingburg in the county of
Essex and the Colony of Virginia being very sick and perfect memory blessed and
praised by Almight Got for the same doth make this to be my last will and
Testament in manner and form following.
First I
commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God who gave it homeing by the meritorious
death and passing of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to receive full
remission of my sins and a joyful resurrection at the last day and my body be
decently and Christianly buryd at the descretion of my executors hereafter
named and as for ye worldly goods God has lent me I will and bequeath them as
followth, Imprimis,
It is my will that my land be divided in
three equal parts and that my two sons Place Powell and Thomas Powell have each
of them one third part of the land and forthwith after the departure of my said
wife out of this life the third part of my land decend to my sonne William
Powell. And it is my will that my land bequeathed as aforesaid to my sons Place
Powell and Thomas Powell decend after their or either of their decease upon the
heirs of their body lawfully begotten & for want of heirs to heirs till
both my name and lineage be extent.
Item: I give unto my son William Powell
halfe of my female cattle and all their male increase and my will is that the
sale go to those persons that hath the education of my son William Powell until
he shall come of the age of twenty one years and further:
Item: I give unto my daughter Frances Powell
two cows called Rose and Nanne with their increase.
Item: I give unto my sonne Honnor Powell and
my daughter Elizabeth Salmon and my daughter Ann Coffee each of them one
shilling and as for the rest of my estate and the other half of my cattle I
will and bequeath it to my loving wife Mary Powell as long as she remains a
widow or deease out of this mortal life then it shall be divided equally
between Place Powell, Thomas Powell, Elizabeth Salmon, and Anne Coffee. Also Place Powell and Thomas Powell and my
son-in law John Salmon be executors of this my last will and testament hereby
nullifying and making vvoid all former wills by me made at any time. Signed
sealed and published as witness whereof I have hereunto sett my and and seale
this second day of March Anno Dono 1700.
His Thomas X
Powell Mark
Signed
sealed and published in the presence of us Edward Coffee Sarah Miller
Proven by
oaths of the Witnesses in Essex County Virginia ye 10th day of April
1701 and truly recorded. Teste Frances Merriweather Cl. Cur.
Marriage: 22 Oct 1667 Old Rappahanock, VA
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Spouse: Mary
PLACE
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Birth: 1645 VA
Death: Dec 1710 Richmond Co., VA
Father: Francis PLACE (1615-1655)
Mother: Ann WILLIAMS
Misc. Notes
Essex County
Order Book, 1703-1708, Page 183. Mary Powell petitioned that the maintenance of
her son William be allowed out of her husband's estate, but the court refused
this as an "irregular process."
Essex County
Order Book, 1703-1708, Page 237. 1705 William Powell had died and the Executors
of his father's estate unsuccessfully petitioned the court that his estate be
appraised.
Ibid, Page
341. In 1706 John Warden as the greatest creditor, obtained administration of
the estate of William Powell.
Richmond
County, Virginia Order Book 6, Page 108. Mary Powell, widow of Thomas, died
about middle of December, 1710.
"Powell
Families of Virginia and the South", Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1980
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Children
Thomas POWELL (1630 - 10 Apr 1701) & Mary PLACE (1645 -
Dec 1710)
Ann POWELL*
(1683-1685 - ) & Edward COFFEY (1650-1670 - abt 14 Feb 1716)
Ann POWELL*
(1683-1685 - ) & Robert DUNLIN
Place POWELL
(1666-1674 - abt 1715)
Honorias POWELL
(abt 1669 - 1750-1763)
Elizabeth POWELL
(1671-1685 - )
Francis POWELL
Thomas POWELL (abt
1675 - abt 1739)
William POWELL (abt 12 Jul 1683 - 1705)
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