Guess I was forgetting about the "his and hers" POWELLs in our family. I wrote about hers who were in some way mixed up with Moravians in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio etc. My husband has a Quaker line of POWELLs way back in Maryland: Walter POWELL (b abt 1622 in England) whose wife was Margaret BERRI/BERRY (b abt 1645, prob in VA) lived in Somerset Co, MD. His will was proved 4 Feb 1695. They had a son, John, b 27 Sep 1674, who was both a Sheriff and a Justice; he d 8 Jun 1718 in Northampton Co, VA. His wife was Sarah YEARLEY (abt 1675-19 Nov 1718 -- will pr Northampton Co, VA) They had 5 daughters, no sons. Now John had a brother William POWELL (1673-1715) who remained in Somerset Co, MD, md Elizabeth/Eliza LANE and they had a son John (b abt 1700) who md Elizabeth BRITTINGHAM. Their son, William (b abt 1703 - 1788), md Eleanor PEYTON and they apparently had two sons named John -- i.e. John Thomas POWELL (b abt 1745) and John Peyton POWELL (1760-1844), who had several wives, and a son named John Peyton POWELL. CAUTION: This is from a variety of "second hand" sources and should be thoroughly checked out by anyone who has reason to use the data. Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Lou Ward" <mary@salida.com> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [POWELL] ASK & ANSWER QUESTIONS SOME ONE KNOWS > Greetings Powell Group: > I am researching my Powell line which is replete with John's and I am > hoping someone else is working on the ancesters of the family emigrant > John Powell b. 1595. (my 13 GG) This John Powell was the first John > Powell documented in America in Jamestowne arriving 1609 on the > Swallowe. He survived the Indian massacres (in which two other early > Powells, Nathaniel and William were killed.) He is listed with wife > Katherine and son John on the VA muster of 1624/25 as living at that > time. He was an ancient planter and probably died around 1636 leaving > his wife Catherine and four sons (only one documented - another John.) > > I am working with a cousin on this line and we have hit nothing but > brick walls on the ancestry of John b. ca 1595. Speculation has him > related to Nathaniel and William of Jamestowne; related to Castle Madoc > Powells; or son of a John Powell b. 1558 in St. Olave Parish, > Southwarke, Surrey. We have found nothing to document any of these > theories. If anyone has any documentation on his pedigree, please > contact me. I hope someone knows. > > My father and grandfather were also John Powells. > > Mary Powell Ward > Salida, CO > > On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 08:35 AM, MLT648@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Hello Group, > > The name John runs in my Thomas Powell of Chester County, PA > > family, too. > > John Powell, b. 1665 in Cheshire County, England, was my 7th > > Great-grandfather. The latest John I have was born in 1741 to David > > Powell, b. 1718, and > > Elizabeth Chalfant, b. 1722. > > > > I recently came across information that suggests that this Thomas > > Powell, > > born abt. 1640, was born in Holt, Denbigh County, Wales, rather than > > Rudheath, > > Cheshire, England. According to this research, it's possible that > > there are > > Johns in my family dating back to 1539. > > > > ~ Marge in Ohio > > > > ~ Marge in Ohio > > > > > > ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > > political > > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, > > flames, > > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > > removal. > > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Powell surname list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to Powell-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the digest list > to Powell-d-request if you are on the digest list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >