John
Powell
Born after in Occupacia-Piscat, Old Rappahannock County, Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Coghill) Powell
— married
3 Sep 1690 in Old Rappahannock, Colony of Virginia
Husband of
Jane (Lucas) Powell
— married
1694 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before age 116
in Essex County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
John Powell was a Virginia colonist.
This profile is part of the Powell Name Study.
John was born about 1632-1644.[citation needed]
A John Powell did marry a Margaret Coghill (Cogwell), the elder daughter of James Coghill (Cogwell) and sister of Mary Coghill, in Rappahanock before 3 Sep 1690. See attached image.[1]
John passed away in 1698.[2]
Old Rappahannock County was formed in 1656 from part of Lancaster County and was divided in 1692 to become Essex and Richmond Counties. There appear to have been two John Powells in Old Rappahannock County. One John Powell married Miss Michael Turner in 1689 and the records of this family are found in Richmond Co., VA.
The second John Powell was born about 1644 and died about 1699 in Essex County, VA, formerly Old Rappahannock County. Dr. Casey reported John Powell was the father of Robert and Henry Powell of Caroline County, Elias Powell of King George Co., [James] Powell, and John Powell of Burke Co., NC. William Powell (b. ca. 1691, d. 1760) and Lucas Powell of Brunswick Co., VA. There may have been other sons, according to Dr. Casey.
Research Notes
Disputed Origins
- Needs Relationship Review: Disputed Origins and possibly conflated based on apparent discrepancy between birth and death dates > 110 years old. Spratlin-29 20:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- He may have been the son of William Powell and Elizabeth Gorusch or he may have been the son of Thomas Powell and Ann Gorusch or he may have been the son of someone else entirely. We need yDNA results and sourced family trees to determine his parentage.
- [Thomas Powell, who died in Brunswick County, VA, about 1750, has been proved to have been a son of Nathaniel Powell of Isle of Wight Co., VA, rather than of John Powell of Old Rappahannock Co., VA, as theorized by Dr. Casey.][3]
- In September or October of 1666, a Thomas (T) and Mary (X) Powell sold their interest in 300 acres land to James Coghill of Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock Co., VA,. The land was "lying in the freshes of Rappahannock River on the North side of the River." [4]
Sources
- ↑ "Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, pg 287.
- ↑ Entered by Travis Wagner, Jun 13, 2012.
- ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/POWELL/1997-04/0860525213
- ↑ Recorded Old Rappahannock Co., VA, Deed Book 3, page 317.
See also:
- Lucas, S E. The Powell Families of Virginia and the South: Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General. Easley, S.C. (P.O. Box 738, Easley 29640: S.E. Lucas, 1982. Print. pp. 362-364.
- http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/r/Edwin-C-Martin-jr/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0217.html
- Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Index, 1655-1900. Book: O 1,; Page: 242. page 59
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Source number: 543.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CLE
- Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Marriage Location- Virginia, United States.
- War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815. Pension Number - #1. Wid Orig 3047. Pension Number - #2. Wid Ctf 2072. Roll number 76. Archive Publication Number- M313.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on 13 March 2011.
- WikiTree profile Powell-2102 created through the import of haynes 2012-01-10.ged on Jan 12, 2012 by John Haynes.
- See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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There has been a request that the parents be detached, and it does appear from the bio that the parents are unknown. I propose to remove those parents and move the discussion in the bio about who they might be into a Research Note. Please weigh in if anyone objects to that change.
The Date of John's Marriage to Margaret (Coghill) Powell is stated as 3 Sep 1690, and his second Marriage to Jane (Lucas) Powell is about 1694. All of the Children are listed being from both wives, on their separate Bios. The Problem I see, is that John and Margaret were married for four years. While possible, I do not think she could have had six children in that time period. Some of those must have been Jane's children, but not all of them. How do we decide which child belongs to which Mother? M. Lucas Powell's Mother appears to have been Jane (Lucas) Powell, birth about 1696. Can we get clarification on the three Profiles of John, Margaret, and Jane?
We do not delete profiles in WikiTree -- however, the child can be disconnected from the parents.
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John Powell did not marry Mary Coghill ,She was a minor when he and wife Margaret sold her half of the 300 ac she inherited with her sister Mary receiving her part 150 ac some years later her married name was Willis . The marriage license for John Powell md to Margaret has been posted at length .
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I see no evidence for John Powell's parents -- it looks like they should be deleted.
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Jane survived John and about 1698 or 1699, she married Thomas B. Burnett who was co-administrator of John's estate. They managed the estate for some years: Thomas Burnett of South Farnham Parish, Essex Co, on 6/16/1728 & wife, Jane, sold 500 acres of the 1372 acres of John Powell's land in Occupacia-Piscataway area and John Powell, Jr (Jane's stepson) was a witness.
John Powell, Jr, presumably upon coming of age, sold some of this land to John Battaile. The minor Powell children were reared by a stepfather and a stepmother from 1698 to their maturity, perhaps with an assist from elder brother, Robert Powell, of (unreadable) Co, to whose neighborhood they migrated later.
They had the following children:
M i Lucas POWELL was born in 1696. He died after 1756.
Lucas sold land in Brunswick Co, VA, in 1756.
This was the date of a land transaction bearing his name.