Thomas
Powell
Sr.
Born in Saint James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of John Powell
and Mary (Webb) Powell
Brother of
William Powell
Husband of
Nancy (Chaney) Powell
— married
about 1775 in Worcester County, Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Powell, John Powell, Mary Ann (Powell) Weiss, Nancy Powell, Charles Powell, Isaac Powell, William Powell, Jeremiah Jerry Powell, Robert Powell and Nathan Powell
Died
at age 61
in Nicholas, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2015
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Biography
Thomas Powell and Nancy Chaney, his wife, were natives of Maryland, but settled in Nicholas County, KY., in 1796. They had eleven children, nine of whom lived to be grown, viz.:
- John,
- Charles,
- Jerry,
- Thomas,
- Isaac,
- William,
- Robert,
- Polly, and
- Nancy.
John, Isaac and Nancy settled in Indiana. Charles, Thomas and William lived in Kentucky. Polly married, and she and her husband lived in Ohio. Jerry settled in Illinois. Robert was a soldier of the War of 1812, and became an early settler of Audrain County, Missouri where he still lives in his eighty-third year. He was married first to Celia Murphy, of Kentucky, by whom he had:
- Alvin,
- Alfred,
- Monroe,
- Jefferson,
- Jameson,
- Columbus,
- Jackson,
- Robert T.,
- Julia A.,
- Nancy and
- Grezella.
Mr. Powell was married two other times, his last wife being the widow Hunt. All of his children live in Audrain County.
Sources
- ↑ Bryan, William S., Robert Rose. "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri". St. Louis Missouri: Bryan, Brand & Co., 1876.
- Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
- “Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYL8-FZ2M : 12 February 2020), Thomas Powell, 1752.
- Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LVL8-X19
- Find A Grave: Memorial #181959593
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Rejected matches › Thomas Powell Sr (abt.1752-abt.1813)
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