My husband also descends from Walter POWELL & Margaret BERRY via their son John. I have not been able to place Walter's father Here are several generations as I have them: Descendants of Walter POWELL & Margaret BERRY/BERRI 1. Walter POWELL (b.1622-prob England;d.4 Feb 1695-w p Somerset Co,Md) sp: Margaret BERRY OR BERRI (b.1645-,,,Va;m.Abt 1663/1664;b.26 Nov 1679-Pocomoke,,Somerset Co,Md) 2. Elizabeth POWELL (b.1665-,,,Va;d.19 Jul 1746-w pr,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Hugh TINGLE (b.Abt 1654-prob,,,Scotland;m.21 Dec 1683;d.1723-,,Worcester Co,Md) 3. Hugh TINGLE , Jr. (b.Abt 1683-Worcester Co,Mm;d.1737-Sussex Co,DE) sp: Comfort FASSETT 3. John TINGLE (b.17 Jan 1683/1684-,,Worcester Co,Md;d.18 Jan 1737/1738-(w pr) prob,Worcester Co,Md) sp: Mary Margaret RICKARDS 3. Samuel TINGLE (b.17 Sep 1684-Somerset Co,Md;d.1721-Somerset Co,Md) sp: Sarah COBB 3. Sarah TINGLE (b.1695-Worcester Co,Md) sp: Charles COLLINS (m.Bef 1723) 3. Mary TINGLE (b.8 Mar 1684/1685-,,Worcester Co,Md;d.Aft 19 Sep 1717) sp: Samuel COBB (d.21 Sep 1717-(w pr) prob,Worcester Co,Md) 3. Margaret TINGLE (d.Aft 1762-,,Worcester Co,Md) sp: Richard HUDSON (m.Abt 1703;d.1763-prob,,Worcester Co,Md) 3. Stephen TINGLE (b.21 May 1689) 3. Jane TINGLE (b.19 Jul 1690) 3. William TINGLE (b.29 Aug 1692) 3. Elizabeth TINGLE (b.1700-Somerset Co,Md) sp: John SAULS 3. Daniel TINGLE (b.1704-Somerset Co,Md;d.Aft 1757-Somerset Co,Md) sp: Catherine RACKLIFFE 2. Mary POWELL (b.3 Jan 1668/1669-Pocomoke,,Somerset Co,Md;d.Abt 1733-w pr,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Walter EVANS 3. Powell EVANS (b.Bef 1728) 3. Gammage EVANS (b.Bef 1728) 3. William EVANS (d.1741-,,Worcester Co,Md) 3. John EVANS sp: Priscilla 3. Margaret EVANS 3. Marierey EVANS 3. Elizabeth EVANS 2. Sarah POWELL (b.1671-Pokomoke,,,Md) 2. William POWELL (b.12 Jun 1673-Pocomoke Riv,,Somerset Co,Md;d.22 Jun 1715-w pr,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Elizabeth or Eliza LANE (b.6 Mar 1682-Somerset Co,MD;d.Aft 1719) 3. Levin POWELL (b.Abt 1689;d.23 Aug 1764-w pr,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Rachel TULL 3. John POWELL (b.Abt 1700-,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Elizabeth or Betty BRITTINGHAM (m.Abt 1720) 3. William POWELL (b.Abt 1703-"Greenfields",Pokomoke,Somerset Co,Md;d.May 1788-,,Pr William Co,Va) sp: Eleanor PEYTON (b.Abt 1720-,,Stafford Co,Va;m.Abt 1735/0036) 3. Margaret POWELL (d.Bef 1718) sp: William HOLLAND (d.1732-,,,Md) 2. Sheriff/Justice John POWELL (b.27 Sep 1674-Pocomoke,Somerset Co,NWC,Md;d.8 Jun 1718-,,Northampton Co,Va) sp: Sarah YEARDLEY (b.Abt 1675-,,Northampton Co,Va;m.1697;d.19 Nov 1718-w pr,,Northampton Co,Va) 3. Sarah POWELL (b.Bef 1718;d.Bef 15 Feb 1764) sp: John HAGGOMAN Sr (m.Abt 20 Jul 1720;d.Bef 10 Jan 1764-prob,,Northampton Co,Va) 3. Rose POWELL (b.Abt 1700;d.Aft 1761) sp: Michael CHRISTIAN Dr. (b.Abt 1700;m.7 Dec 1722;d.Bef 1736) 3. Yeardley or Yardley POWELL (d.1734-intestate,,Northampton Co,Va) 3. Mary POWELL (b.Bef 1718;d.1733-w pr,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Thomas JOHNSON III (b.Abt 1715) 3. Margaret POWELL 2. Margaret POWELL (b.22 Feb 1675-Pocomoke,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Henry SCHOOLFIELD (m.1695;d.Bef 1718-,,Somerset Co,Md) 3. John SCHOOLFIELD 3. William SCHOOLFIELD 3. Henry SCHOOLFIELD , Jr. (d.1777-,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: Leah ADAMS (m.27 Nov 1746) 3. Margaret SCHOOLFIELD (d.Aft 1780-,,Worcester Co,Md) sp: Thomas SELBY sp: Nathaniel MADDOX (m.Bef 23 Aug 1716) 2. Catherine POWELL (b.25 May 1678-Pokomoke,,Somerset Co,Md;d.Aft 1708-Pokomoke,,Somerset Co,Md) sp: William WHITE (b.1673-prob,,Somerset Co,Md;m.Abt 1698;d.1708-,,Somerset Co,Md) 3. John WHITE 3. Rose WHITE sp: Thomas EVANS (m.Bef 1723) 3. Sarah WHITE sp: William MASSEY (m.Bef 1723) 3. Katharine WHITE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Clagett" <clagett@pacbell.net> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: [POWELL] Walter POWELL - Somerset County, Maryland > Regarding List Housekeeping - Please keep me subscribed as I am still > looking for the parents of Walter POWELL, born bet 1620 - 1642 and died June > 27, 1695, of Somerset County, Maryland. One researcher posted the names of > his parents as Captain William POWELL, born about 1577 Southwarke Parish, > Surry County, England, and his wife Elizabeth WELLS, born about 1577 Wales, > England. I cannot find proof as of this time. My notes indicates three major > branches of POWELLs in America; 1) John POWELL family of Old Rappahannock, > Essex, Caroline, Orange, Culpeper Counties in Virginia and Orange and Burke > Counties in North Carolina; 2) Robert POWELL family of Caroline, Culpeper > and Orange Counties in Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky; and > 3) Thomas POWELL of Essex, Caroline, Orange, Culpeper and Amherst Counties, > Virginia. With this information, how did my Walter POWELL get to Somerset > County, Maryland? Is he of any of these branches? > > The POWELLs are my husband's maternal line and the following direct > descendancy was, in part, generously given me by a distant cousin: > > Walter POWELL (b. bet 1620-1642 - d. 6/27/1695) married Margaret BERRY (b. > 1621 - d. 2/4/1694-95). They had: >