Born about in Wales
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of John Powell
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Susan Morgan
Wife of
David O'Killia
— married
about 1660 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, Colony of England
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (O'Killia) Okiley, Joseph O'Killey, David O'Killey Jr., Jeremiah (O'Killey) O'Kelley, John O'Killey, Benjamin O'Killey and Elizabeth (O'Killey) Sears
Died
at about age 72
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Jane (Powell) O'Killia was an early settler in Massachusetts.
Jane was a Friend (Quaker)
Jane Powell was supposedly born in Wales, around 1640. Her birth date, place, and parents have not been substantiated.
Possibly she was the Jana Powell who was baptized on 4 March 1640 at Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, or the Jana Powell who was baptized 1 July 1639 at Wrexham, Denbigshire, Wales . [1] [2]
On 6 June 1655, Jane was brought before the General Court of Plymouth Colony for fornication: "Item, wee present Jane, the seruant of William Swift, for an acte of fornication, by her owne confession vpon examination." [3]
She was brought before the General Count because she and David Okillia had met privately, possibly as employees of William Swift. "It has been recorded [that Jane] met David at the well whither she had gone for water. Maybe this was the trysting place. The meeting budded into a romance, and blossomed into a fruitful union, the stalwart Irishman and the Welsh Quaker maid." [4]
On 4 October 1655, the General Court of Plymouth Colony noted: "And att this Court, Jane Powell, seruant to William Swift, of Sandwidge, appeered, haueing been presented for fornication, whoe, being examined, saith that it was committed with one David Ogillior, an Irish man, seruant to Edward Sturgis; shee saith shee was alured therevnto by him goeing for water one euening, hopeing to haue married him, beeing shee was in a sadd and miserable condition by hard seruice, wanting clothes and liuing discontentedly; snd expressing great sorrow for her euell, shee was cleared for the present, and ordered to goe home againe." [5]
By about 1660, Jane was apparently married to David Okillia, and the family was residing "in Old Yarmouth near the head of Follin's Pond, [now] a section of Dennis called Mayfair." [6]
On 10 February 1696/7, Jane's husband David O'Killia of Yarmouth signed his will. He bequeathed to his wife: "I do give unto my loving wife Jane my bed and bedding and bedstead and curtains and all ye moveables that are not above mentioned. I do give unto my son Benjamin O'Killia my own dwelling house and all my lands and meadows with all ye privileges belonging there unto after my wife's decease (or after her marriage if that my wife marry again) and all plow irons, and chains, and all iron tools that are left. And I to make and appoint my loving wife Jane O'Killia to be my sole executrix to perform this my last will and testament according to ye true meaning and intent hereof." [7]
Jane died on 17 October 1711 at Yarmouth (now Dennis), Barnstable County, Massachusetts: "Geene Ocilly widow died the 17th of October in the year ... 1711" [8]
Probably Jane is buried with her husband at the Quaker Burial Ground in the Mayfair area of Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [9]
SECONDARY SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7P9-7CZ
Historic Resources
- From Tracy Crocker's page on David O'Killea
- Jane O'Killia (Powell) on Geni.com
- Jane Powell in Court
- Plymouth Colony Record for Jane Powell
Historical notes and commentary
Regarding Jane's court appearance, a 1996 article noted: "Only one out of twenty-four charges brought against servants [in Plymouth Colony] involved a female servant. The one woman, Jane Powell, was brought up on charges of fornication and she was acquitted. This may very well indicate that women felt they could not risk their indenture by running away or commiting crimes that would get them punished. For example, a runaway woman faced greater social and physical challenges than men. A single unchaperoned woman moving through strange towns drew attention. ... The majority of female servants [in Plymouth Colony] received little or no reward for their service. [unlike men, who were granted land, etc.] Thus many hoped to marry prior to, or just after, their release from their indenture. If they were known for unruly behavior these women may have been considered as inappropriate partners. If unmarried when their servitude was complete, these women may have had no choice other [than] to enter into another service agreement." [10]
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch. "Wales, Montgomeryshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- ↑ FamilySearch. "Wales, Denbigshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- ↑ Shurtleff and Pulsifier. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. Colony. General Court Records. General Court Presentments by Grand Enquest. 3:82
- ↑ Randall, Eunice Kelley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families. The Author, 1962. page xiv
- ↑ Shurtleff and Pulsifier. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. Colony. General Court Records. General Court Presentments by Grand Enquest. 3:91
- ↑ Randall, Eunice Kelley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families. The Author, 1962. page 19
- ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. "Abstracts of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records." Mayflower Descendant, vol. 32 p. 82
- ↑ Sherman, Robert and Ruth. Vital records of Yarmouth Massachusetts. Providence, RI: Society of Mayflower Descendants of the State of Rhode Island, 1975. vol. 1 p. 132
- ↑ Randall, Eunice Kelley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families. The Author, 1962. p. xvi
- ↑ Galle, Jillian. Servants and Masters in the Plymouth Colony.
- Bowman, George Ernest. "Abstracts of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Probate Records." Mayflower Descendant, vol. 32
- FamilySearch. Ancestral file. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZS7-1PQ : accessed 2015-05-04), entry for Jane POWELL.
- FamilySearch. "Wales, Montgomeryshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- Find A Grave: Jane Powell O'Killia
- Galle, Jillian. Servants and Masters in the Plymouth Colony. www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ Galle1.html
- Kelley, R. Dudley. David Okillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 132.
- Randall, Eunice Kelley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families. The Author, 1962.
- Sherman, Robert and Ruth. Vital records of Yarmouth Massachusetts. Providence, RI: Society of Mayflower Descendants of the State of Rhode Island, 1975.
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel and David Pulsifier. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. New York: AMS Press.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. 'Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.
- Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. /pt/ViewRecordRedir.aspx?tid=33520008&pid=20467206063&dbid=7836&rpid=974120&nam=Jane%2bPowell&pg=32772&pgpl=pid Jane Powell] S-2056080676 Repository: #R-2139194211
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David Ogillior Powell was not her father. It was her husband to be (David O'Killia) who was called David Ogillior in the 1655 court record (charging him and Jane Powell with fornication before marriage). So I would forget David Ogillior Powell (who never existed) and Susannah Bacon as parents of Jane.
His source was from Ancestry in 2013 and I have no proof of this source. I do NOT use Ancestry and don't have a subscription to their site nor will I get one.
Thanks in advance. Rebecca