John Powell

Abt 1662 - Bef 1702  (< 40 years)

• Name	John Powell  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1662	Northampton County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Fathers will	5 Jul 1669	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as my son John Powell (under 16) in the will of Nicholas Powell, wife Agnes.
  Reference Identifier	N'hamp
  Record ID	56034
  Will	6 Dec 1700	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	In his will John Powell gave son Nicholas Powell my 350 A. where I now live to begin for his southern bounds upon the land that was James Petti:Johns, and northerly to run along the marsh three half chaines by a pond in the northward pasture fence which runneth to the Rich Hummock, and from thence westerly into the branch where my pasture fence now stands and from thence along the aforesaid branch. To my son John Powell 200 A. which was my father's, it being the southern part of my land. To son Nathaniel Powell 200 A. where Thomas Cottin now liveth, it being the northern part of my land. To sons Nicholas and John my 325 A. part of Wrack Island. To my son Nicholas all the cattle marked with the flowerdeluce. To my loving wife Frances Powell during her widowhood the use of my whole estate, except the legacies given my three sons. My sons to be taught to read, write, and cipher perfectly. If wife dies or marries, estate to be eq. div. by wife and three sons. Sons to be of age at 16 if wife marries, else at 21. If wife marries again then three sons to be at liberty to pick their guardians when 12. If my son Nicholas should disturb or sue his mother or his brother Nathaniel, then Nicholas to have only 5s. Wife extrx. Honored friend (Col.) John Custis, Esq. and my brother Benjamin Stratton to oversee. Witt: Thomas 'T' Bayley, Agnes Stratton, Benjamin Stratton. Probate - The widow appointed as her attorney her brother Benjamin Stratton to prove her husband's will, which was proved by Benjamin Stratton and his dau. Agnes. (Marshall's Note: Frances Powell the widow of John Powell married Jonathan Bell)
  Death	Bef 28 Dec 1702	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [2, 4]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Nicholas Powell,   b. Abt 1630   d. Bef 28 Mar 1670, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 40 years)  (Father)  Agnes Johnson,   b. Abt 1630   d. Bef 28 Mar 1687, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 57 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. John Powell,   b. Abt 1662, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Dec 1702, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 40 years) ╚═ Frances (20) Wilkins,  m. Abt 1690 + 2. Elizabeth Powell,   b. Abt 1664, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William (of Phillip) Parker, (of Matompkin),  m. Abt 1685 ;   William (14) Bagwell,  m. Abt 1697 ;   John Coe, (Quaker),  m. 15 Nov 1715
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Thomas Stratton and Agnes Johnson)
  + 1. Ann Stratton,   b. Abt 1656, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 4 Mar 1711/12, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 56 years) ╚═ William Burton, I, Gent.,  m. Abt 1670 ;   James Alexander,  m. Abt 1698 + 2. Benjamin Stratton,   b. 25 Feb 1657/58, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Oct 1717, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age 59 years) ╚═ Ann (15) Wilkins,  m. Bef 6 Sep 1681
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of Edmund Barnes and Agnes Johnson)
  1. Issabella Barnes,   b. Abt 1650   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I56034	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Powell,   b. Abt 1630   d. Bef 28 Mar 1670, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 40 years)
  Mother	Agnes Johnson,   b. Abt 1630   d. Bef 28 Mar 1687, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 57 years) Other Partners: ╚═Edmund Barnes,   b. Abt 1620   d. Bef 27 Jul 1655, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 35 years)  m. Abt 1650    ╚═Thomas Stratton,   b. Abt 1625, England d. Bef 2 Nov 1659, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 34 years)  m. Abt 1656
  Marriage	6 Jun 1661	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [2, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F19640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances (20) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1670, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  Other Partners: ╚═Jonathan Bell,   b. Abt 1680, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1705
  Marriage	Abt 1690	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas (75) Powell,   b. Abt 1690, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 9 May 1732, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 42 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--)  m. Abt 1712;    ╚═ Susanna (52) Kendall  (Age < 74 years)  m. Aft 14 Feb 1727   2. John (73) Powell,   b. Abt 1692, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 9 Jul 1710, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 18 years) + 3. Nathaniel (74) Powell,   b. Abt 1694, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Oct 1732, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 38 years) ╚═ Sarah Bell  (Age < 42 years)  m. Abt 1720
  Family ID	F19641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1662 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 5 Jul 1669 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1690 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Will - 6 Dec 1700 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 28 Dec 1702 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 96 (Bagwell Family), 887. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 582 (Wilkins Family), 940. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 83 (will of Nicholas Powell, planter, wife Agnes), 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 170 (will of John Powell, wife Frances), 497. [S20] Lucy Ames Edwards & Nannie Ames Mears, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County, Virginia, (Lucy A. Edwards, 1967), p. 159 (Stratton Family), 20. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 68 (Hungars Parish Records), 497.