Friends, Bear with me, this is rather long and complex. Today I got my hands on a Powers manuscript written by Rev. Grant POWERS in 1839. He was the son of Samson POWERS of Hollis NH and grandson of Capt. Peter POWERS. Evidently Daniel POWERS lived with his son Capt. Peter POWERS in Hollis until his death in 1754. Capt. Peter died in 1757. Rev. Grant does mention that Daniel was buried near his sons in Hollis. And he also mentions that Daniel didn't move up there until later in life. Supposedly, Daniel moved up to Hollis after the death of his wife, Martha. That is a new lead, since I have been trying to locate her death record. Martha's death isn't recorded in the Lancaster VRs I own, but since the family belonged to the 2nd Lancaster Church (also called Chocksett Church) which was in the western part of Lancaster that became Sterling MA, maybe she died in Sterling. Can anyone check the Sterling VRs for me? I am leaning toward acceptance that Daniel did live and die in Hollis, even with no concrete proof. Sometimes that type of proof just isn't there, but if the History of Hollis plus his great-grandson (and grandson of the man who took care of Daniel until his death) says he died there then that makes for a rather strong case. I look forward to seeing some solid proof (like tombstone inscription or something like that) of Daniel being buried in Hollis, but that may take some digging - no pun intended!<G> However, that doesn't necessarily mean that it was Daniel's son Jonathan (of Lancaster, who married Hannah MOORE) who was the 72-yr. old man who fought in the Rev War for Hollis in 1775. The Powers family genealogy says this man died in Worcester Co. MA in 1775, when a Hannah POWERS, supposedly his widow, took out letters of administration in that county. Also, some researchers claim that the widow Hannah married again, to a Mr. SAWYER. This needs checking. Does anyone out there have access to the Worcester Co. probate index book? Does it mention Jonathan POWERS, Hannah POWERS, or Hannah SAWYER? The Powers genealogy says that Lancaster Jonathan was the man who fought in the Rev War and that there is no record of him after the war. But why would he have fought for Hollis if he lived in Worcester Co. MA? I suppose it is possible that he moved up to Hollis after his youngest son was born in 1754 in Lancaster, then moved back to Worcester Co. MA to be with one of his married children (they all seem to have stayed in that area, although I can't find out where his son Jonathan ended up). It is also possible that he was the Jonathan POWERS who fought at Crown Point with Capt. Peter's Hollis men in 1755. But, if all his children married in Worcester Co. MA, that seems to indicate that he stayed down there, too. I propose that it was Jonathan, son of Jonathan and nephew of Daniel, who was the 72 yrs. old who fought for Hollis during the Rev War. And he was probably the man who was with Capt. Peter POWERS in 1755 (or it could have been Jonathan's son, Jonathan born in 1726). Capt. Peter was his cousin, after all. This Jonathan was the same age as Jonathan, son of Daniel, and married Elizabeth KIDDER. The KIDDER family was from Chelmsford and eventually ended up in New Ipswich, NH. Jonathan, brother of Daniel, had a son Isaac who did move to the Dunstable, NH area and may have married a second wife in Hollis in 1763. I'm checking on that, too. Jonathan, brother of Daniel and husband of Elizabeth KIDDER, supposedly died in Litchfield NH, but I haven't found proof of that. But it does indicate that Daniel's branch was not the only branch to move up to the Dunstable and Hollis area. A widow Elizabeth POWERS was living in the eastern part of Mason, NH on the 1769 tax list. That area is be very close to New Ipswich, NH where her family settled. However, that means that her husband died before 1769 so wouldn't have fought in the Rev War. So, perhaps she was the widow of one of Jonathan and Elizabeth's sons. Or she really was Elizabeth (KIDDER) POWERS and her husband didn't fight in the Rev War. Or she was someone else entirely! <G> To complicate things, there is proof that many men named Jonathan POWERS fought in the Rev War in that area of MA and NH. My husband's ancestor Jonathan POWERS, born in 1759 in Dunstable NH to Jonathan POWERS Jr. and Bridget _____, fought in a Hollis regiment in 1777, as proven by his pension records. Plus the Lancaster Jonathan, son of Daniel, had a son named Jonathan b. 1744. I can't find any trace of him, but he could have fought in the war, since his age is right for it. There was a Jonathan POWERS who fought with a Rowley MA company from 1777 to 1779. Who was he? And was he the same man who mustered in Boston in March 1777 in Col. Nixon's regiment? And there was a Jonathan POWERS, "probably" of Princeton according to __Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution__, who fought with Col. Sparhawk's regiment in April 1775. Perhaps this was Jonathan of Lancaster, son of Daniel? Or perhaps he was his son Jonathan, b. 1744? Are we having fun yet? <G> The Kidder family genealogy says that Elizabeth's husband Jonathan died in 1777, but I don't have a copy of the book to see what proof was found. The Powers genealogy by Amos Powers says the same thing, but no documentation was given. It could be true but....These genealogies and town histories all borrow from one another, usually with no documentation, so it is difficult to figure out the facts. Well, I hope you all can make sense of this. I welcome any input into this. It sure is complicated. But can anyone help me straighten out all of these Jonathan POWERSes, with good solid proof rather than just quotes from published genealogies? Help! <G> Vickie Elam White