To confuse the subject even more: Thomas Powell 1640 & Jane Handley had: John Powell abt 1665 England, Married: Elizabeth Taylor had: Thomas Powell 1690 York Co, PA, Married: Elizabeth Musgrave had: John R Powell 1730 Chester Co PA, Married: Nancy Ann Todd had: 17 Children and at 4 of them were born and lived in and around Guilford, North Carolina. Caroline clj <[email protected]> wrote: Skip, Thomas's first wife was Jane Handley, she died 1672 England. They had two sons that I know of, John 1665?, Thomas Jr, 1668?. Thomas died at Sea. Thomas's second wife was: Anna Gibbins and they had two sons ? Joseph Powell, 1680 born in England and Thomas Jr, 1684 born in Pennsylvania. Supposedly a confirmed descendent of that Thomas is living in Oregon, but no one will give a DNA test. Caroline [email protected] wrote: Caroline Interesting is right. Agree with your Thomas & Wm Penn info. Thomas departed w/3 sons, 1 died enroute, another was later born. He had two wives, names unk to me. Wish I could find some Powell, a 'confirmed' descendant of that Thomas and see his DNA. Best I know now, they not of my line skip 85885 In a message dated 7/2/2008 1:07:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Interesting that you should bring up William Penn. In March of 1682, My Thomas Powell (1640) purchased 500 acres in PA from WILLIAM PENN and brought his family to America. It is also noted that in 1692, Thomas Powell had joined in the defection from Friends ( Quakers), influenced by George Keith. In 1692, Keith and 48 of his followers accused the Society of Friends at their Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia with "tax discipline and doctrinal heresy" and were disowned. From 1692 to 1695 the Keithaian Quakers held their meetings at the home of Thomas Powell, with George Keith as their leader. Caroline **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message