GIVING THE NAME AND DESCENT IN THE MALE LINE OF AMERICANS WHOSE ANCESTORS SETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES PREVIOUS TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AD I776 VOL VII EMBRACING LINKAGES mom THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED STATES I 8 9 2 Those who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future do not perform their duty to the world DANIEL WEBSTER ALBANY NY jOEL MUNSELL'S SONS PUBLISHERS 1892 American Ancestry
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POWELL DAVID of Pittsburgh Pa b in Allegheny co Pa Apr 26 1831 m May 3 1866 Agnes B dau John and Eleanor Boyd Sleeth and had six children Robert C Margaret J Mary A David George M and John 5 son of Samuel of EE Pittsburgh Pa b there 1790 d in Allegheny Pa 1856 m 1814 Isabella dau of George and Hannah Sinky Hosack and had eleven children Sarah George Malachi Hannah Samuel James John Baby David Isabella and Elizabeth son of Malachi of Allegheny Pa b in Powell Valley Pa 1741 d in Freeport Pa 1826 m Sarah Hackett and had nine children John David Malachi James William Samuel Joseph Betsey and Sarah son of John of Phila Pa b in England d 1748 m Margaret son of William of Phila Pa b in England (Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania ... - Google Book (I) William Powell, of Southwark, England
MEMORIAL HISTORY or PHILIP POWELL Of Mifflin County Pa AND _HIS DESCENDANTS MD OTHERS WITH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND INCIDENTS OF INTEREST BY REV JOHN POWELL Volume I AUTHENTIC GENEALOGICAL
CHAPTER VI Personal History of First Generation Philip Powell An Explanation PHILIP POWELL Very little of the early history of Philip Powell is upon record and the memories of the few persons still living who have any knowledge of him are so imperfect that but little can be ascertained I could find no record to show positively where or when he was born or who his ancestors were But the circumstantial and incidental testimony in my possession goes to show that his grandfather was William Powell one of the five brothers who came from South Wales to Camden County New Jersey about 1685 William afterward moved to Pennsylvania near the City of Philadelphia and was the father ot John Powell who moved to Lancaster County Pa in 1736 where he owned land John Powell was the father of Philip Powell and that Philip Powell was born in Lancaster County Pa about the year AD 1743
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POWELL DAVID of Pittsburgh Pa b in Allegheny co Pa Apr 26 1831 m May 3 1866 Agnes B dau John and Eleanor Boyd Sleeth and had six children Robert C Margaret J Mary A David George M and John 5 son of Samuel of EE Pittsburgh Pa b there 1790 d in Allegheny Pa 1856 m 1814 Isabella dau of George and Hannah Sinky Hosack and had eleven children Sarah George Malachi Hannah Samuel James John Baby David Isabella and Elizabeth son of Malachi of Allegheny Pa b in Powell Valley Pa 1741 d in Freeport Pa 1826 m Sarah Hackett and had nine children John David Malachi James William Samuel Joseph Betsey and Sarah son of John of Phila Pa b in England d 1748 m Margaret son of William of Phila Pa b in England (Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania ... - Google Book (I) William Powell, of Southwark, England
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Powell Arms—Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis argent. Crest—A boar's head cabossed.
(I) William Powell, cooper, was of Southwark, County of Surrey, England, and about 1681 came to America, settling on the west bank of the Schuykill river; on October 17, 1681, he secured a patent for twelve hundred and fifty acres of land, proved 1684. (Ex. Book 8, page 526). (In Vol. I., "Votes of the Assembly," Pennsylvania, William Powell signed with others. William Penn—"Adventurers and Purchasers," II July, 1681). ).
MEMORIAL HISTORY or PHILIP POWELL Of Mifflin County Pa AND _HIS DESCENDANTS MD OTHERS WITH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND INCIDENTS OF INTEREST BY REV JOHN POWELL Volume I AUTHENTIC GENEALOGICAL
CHAPTER VI Personal History of First Generation Philip Powell An Explanation PHILIP POWELL Very little of the early history of Philip Powell is upon record and the memories of the few persons still living who have any knowledge of him are so imperfect that but little can be ascertained I could find no record to show positively where or when he was born or who his ancestors were But the circumstantial and incidental testimony in my possession goes to show that his grandfather was William Powell one of the five brothers who came from South Wales to Camden County New Jersey about 1685 William afterward moved to Pennsylvania near the City of Philadelphia and was the father ot John Powell who moved to Lancaster County Pa in 1736 where he owned land John Powell was the father of Philip Powell and that Philip Powell was born in Lancaster County Pa about the year AD 1743
PHILIP POWELL He was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania probably in 1743 He had four brothers and one sister that I have knowledge of The four brothers all went into the Revolutionary war It is not known what became of them as nothing was heard of them afterward Philip Powell was the father of sixteen children named respectively John Margaret Ann Maria Peter Jacob John Philip Polly Elizabeth Barbara Susannah Catherine Daniel Christina lio sannah and two that died in infancy He lived in Berks County Pa four miles north of Beading His farm was hilly and stony and hard to clear up and improve and when it was clear it was hard to farm Having a large family to provide for he had but little to give to his children for an outfit to set them up in business in life He sold out in Berks County probably in 1795 and moved with his family to Mifflin County Pa three miles west of McVeytown where he died in 1821 Julia Ann Powell died in 1825 Both are buried at McVeytown where they await the resurrection of the just JOHN POWELL Was married to a Miss Alspaugh and had a 42 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF
ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Wife of Charles Phillips with whom she had five children Three are dead Elizabeth her daughter was married to Moses Fellers She is dead Eli Phillips was married to Miss Margaret Folk and Catherine Phillips was married to Peter Fetters The whole number of the branch of Charles Phillips is forty three of whom sixteen are dead Mr Phillips moved to Hancock County Ohio in 1833 where both parents died and are buried in Eagle Township Hancock County Ohio
She died some years ago Catherine Ann Phillips was born October 9th 1826 She was married to Peter Fetters of Hancock County Ohio where they now live on a farm They had thirteen children six of whom are dead Charles Phillips and family moved to Hancock County Ohio in 1833 He bought forty acres of
