Nathaniel Powers (1754 - 1804)

Born 1754 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Jerusha (Hart) Powers — married 1776 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1804 at about age 50 in Leeds, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Corporal Nathaniel Powers served with 1st New Hampshire Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Powers is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092279.

Nathaniel Powers was born in 1754 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont. He is the son of Nathaniel Powers and Hannah Hartwell.

Nathaniel marries in 1776 at Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York, to Jerusha Hart, daughter of Constant Hart and unknown Mother. Jerusha was born in about 1757 in Vermont.

Nathaniel dies on March 4, 1804 at Leeds, Ontario. Jerusha dies in about 1827 in Ontario, Canada.

Children of Nathaniel Powers and Jerusha Hart are:

1. Sarah (Sally) Jane Powers was born November 15, 1777 at Madrid, St. Lawrence, New York. Sarah dies on May 6, 1838 at Madrid, St. Lawrence, County, New York. Sarah marries Samuel Russell Allen.

2. Simon Powers was born in about 1781 at Brockville, Ontario.

3. Jerusha Powers was born about 1783 at Brockville, Ontario.

4. Constant Hart Powers was born about 1785.

5. Nathaniel Hart was born February 25, 1787 at Charleston, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Nathaniel dies June 6, 1862 at Orono, Durham County, Ontario. Nathaniel marries to Rebecca La Rue.

6. Phoebe Powers was born about 1789.

7. Sophia Powers was born about 1791.

8. Susan Powers was born about 1793.

9. Thomas Hart was born December 22, 1795 in Vermont. Thomas dies on August 12, 1881 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thomas marries on Feb 22, 1817 at Napanee, Lennox, Ontario to Ruby Fyles (Files).

10. Samuel Weatherhead Powers was born about 1797 at Charlestown, New Hampshire. Samuel dies at Vernon Springs, Minnesota. Samuel marries Catherine Walpole Doran.

Powers Family of Ontario

This entry is from "Powers family of Ontario" and tagged Leeds County, Ontario, Nathaniel Powers. Here is an account of Nathaniel’s Revolutionary War service, provide by Robert Dorsett.^[1]

This is an attempt to reconstruct the activity of Nathaniel Powers (b. 1754) throughout his military career during the Revolutionary War until Nathaniel’s return to Richmond 19 July 1782. Records for the activity of New Hampshire men in the Revolutionary War are sparse and Col. Joseph Cilley, under whom the Powers brothers served for much of their service, was evidently poor at documenting his activity throughout the war. However, much of the documentation for this reconstruction was accumulated from historical websites, four volumes of ‘Rolls of soldiers during the Revolutionary war’ and various other sources. In addition, in a letter dated September 9 1929, Ivy Blanche Powers Bradford, (b. 19 May 1870) in Barrington, IL, a devoted genealogist and great-granddaughter to Nathaniel Powers, claimed that her great-grandfather “was a corporal in the American Revolution and served in the battles of Ticonderoga, Bennington, Saratoga and Yorktown.” This was published in The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy Vol III, p. 84 by Frederick A. Virkus 1928. Following this lead and assuming this is correct, I have traced the probable course of maneuvers for Nathaniel Powers and his brothers Abner, Thomas, Joseph, Whitcomb and Simeon during this eventful time in history. Throughout much of the war the brothers stayed together as shown below.

Revolutionary War Service of Nathaniel Powers Posted on July 18, 2010 by Gary

According to the Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to May 1777 (p. 468 and 471), he is stated to have enlisted in 1776 in a list provided by Col. Cilley, commander of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.

Nathaniel Powers (1754-1804), born in the USA and the father of Nathaniel Hart Powers (1787-1862). The Powers family moved to Canada around 1790 and Nathaniel was to die in Leeds County Ontario in 1804. The family played a very important role in the Revolutionary War so it is unclear why they moved to Canada.

• According to Nathaniel's Land Claim in 1794, he states that he wishes to be a loyal subject of the King and to reside in Canada.

Death

Burial: Yonge Mills Cemetery, Yonge Mills, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Military

• 25 Sep 1776 - A Nathaniel Powers appears in a muster roll for Capt. Abijah Smith's Company, Col. Nahum Baldwin's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia; it was to serve in New York until December 1st of that year.^[2][3]

• 7 May 1777 - He is listed as a Corporal in Col. Benjamin Bellow's Regiment of Militia (16th New Hampshire Militia Regiment) - it was recruited from Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Also in the regiment was Constant Hart, his father-in-law, his brother, Joseph Powers, and his brother-in-law, John Hart.^[4]

• 18 June 1777 - He is discharged from the 16th New Hampshire Militia Regiment.^[5]

• 1778 - The town of Richmond, New Hampshire, lists Nathaniel Powers as having enlisted in the Continental Line for 2 years.^[6]

• 13 Feb. 1778 - Nathaniel Powers appears on the muster roll of Capt. Isaac Farwell's Co., 1st New Hampshire Reg., having enlisted for the duration of the war; it also says he was 28 years old, 5' 9 3/4 inches tall, was born in Brattleboro, New York (now Vermont), living in Charlestown, Cheshire County (now Sullivan), NH, at enlistment, and had light hair and a light complexion; he enlisted in Charlestown.^[7]

• 15 April 1782 - Listed as having deserted from the 1st New Hampshire from Saratoga with his brother Simon. They appear to have returned to the regiment as they are listed on later records.^[8]

• 19 April 1782 - Jerusha Powers receives 4 bushels of corn from Col. Samuel Hunt, delivered by Constant Hart, and paid for by the wages of her husband Nathaniel Powers who was in the Continental Line of New Hampshire.^[9]

• 19 July 1782 - The town of Richmond lists him as having returned from being in the New Hampshire Line, along with his brother Abner.^[10]

• 13 Jun 1794 - He, along with Joseph and Abner Powers, and several other men, appears on a petition for a grant of land for his service in the war, having felt that the pay that was received was insufficient compensation for services rendered.^[11]

"DAR American Revolution Ancestor Database" - Transcription

POWERS, NATHANIEL - Ancestor #: A092279

Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank: CORPORAL

Birth: CIRCA 1740 MASSACHUSETTS

Death: POST 1794 CHARLESTOWN-LIV CHESHIRE CO NEW HAMPSHIRE

Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 14, PP 592, 594, VOL 16, PP 197, 201, 202, 218

Service Description:

1) ALSO PVT, CAPT ISAAC FARWELL, COL JOHN STARK

2) 1ST REGT; CPL, COL CILLEY, 7TH CO

Residence: CHARLESTOWN - County: CHESHIRE CO - State: NEW HAMPSHIRE

Spouse: JERUSHA

Great depiction of a soldier of the 1st New Hampshire Infantry, Cpl. Powers' regiment

Sources

1. ↑ http://history.centipede.ca/2010/07/18/revolutionary-war-service-of-nathaniel-powers/
2. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-BV9H : 20 February 2021), Nathaniel Powers, 25 Sep 1776; citing 25 Sep 1776, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,327.
3. ↑ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-06-02-0299
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-FBP5 : 15 March 2018), Nathl Powers, 18 Jun 1777; citing New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005832980.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-FBP5 : 15 March 2018), Nathl Powers, 18 Jun 1777; citing New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005832980.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-J6DN : 15 March 2018), Nathaniel Powers, 1778; citing Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833020.
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-J578 : 15 March 2018), Nathaniel Powers, 13 Feb 1778; citing Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833027.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-JPM2 : 15 March 2018), Nathl Powers, 15 Apr 1782; citing New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833027.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-J4K6 : 15 March 2018), Nathaniel Powers, Jun 1782; citing Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833019.
10. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-Z1DY : 20 February 2021), Nathaniel Powers, 19 Jul 1782; citing 19 Jul 1782, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,332.
11. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-YF4F : 20 February 2021), Nathaniel Powers, 13 Jun 1794; citing 13 Jun 1794, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,333.

• Death - FindAGrave Memorial #167068821. Memorial Record Created by: J. Pacholke. Record Added: 16 Jul 2016. Request for Image of Headstone submitted by J. Pacholke.

• Land Petitions - "Land Petitions of Upper Canada," Library and Archives Canada. Nathaniel Powers, 1794, Grenville, Ontario. Vol. 418, Petition No. 149, RG1L3, C-2737, Page 1009 and 1010.

• Military - "Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War," Fold3. Cpl. Nathaniel Powers. 1st Regiment, New Hampshire, Company Payroll August to October 1780. Fold3. Content Source: The National Archives. Publication Number: M881. Publisher: NARA. National Archives Catalog ID: 570910. Record Group: 93. Date: 1775-1785. NARA M881. Roll: 0493. Page 40.

• Military - "Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War," compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784, The National Archives. Fold3. Pvt. Nathaniel Powers, 1779 to 1780. 1st Regiment, New Hampshire, Company Payroll Publication Number: M881. Publisher: NARA. National Archives Catalog ID: 570910. Record Group: 93. Date: 1775-1785. Roll: 0493. Page 38.

• Military - " Revolutionary War Rolls," Fold3. State: New Hampshire. Military Org: 1st Regiment. Date Range: 1777-80. Folder: 4. Content Source: The National Archives. Publication Number: M246. Publisher: NARA. National Archives Catalog ID: 602384. Record Group: 93. Roll: 0043. Nathaniel, Abner, Simeon & Joseph Powers.

• Census - "1790 US Census Transcription," FindMyPast. First name(s) Nathaniel. Last name(s) Powers. City/township Charlestown. County Cheshire. State New Hampshire. NARA series M637. NARA roll 5. Record set US Census 1790. Subcategory Census. Collections from United States & Canada.

• Source: S-2049099046 Repository: #R-2139205524 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21980502&pid=3108
• Repository: R-2139205524 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S-2050202630 Repository: #R-2139205524 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5769::0
• Source: S-2050202662 Repository: #R-2139205524 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0

DNA

Attempting to prove relationships using DNA

Christopher Douglas M055274 and grandfather Richard Douglas shows DNA match with descendant of Susan (Powers) Allen, William Wise on GedMatch A805722. MRCA is about 5 generations away. It turns out it is actually further because William Wise and Christopher Douglas are double related because one of William Wise ancestors, Albert Allen, married a cousin of his, who was a descendant of Jonathan Whitcomb (1669 - 1715) and Mary Blood. Both Albert Allen and his wife are related to Christopher Douglas through Cpl. Nathaniel Powers, the MRCA.

Richard Douglas is a DNA match with Charles Barclay Dorsett (1927 - 2019) on MyHeritage. They share a 7.1 Cm segment on Chromosome 1, a segment of 8.3 Cm on Chr. 2, and a segment of 9.1 Cm on Chr. 8.

Chromosome 8

Richard Douglas is a DNA match with Donna McDonald on My Heritage. They share a 24.7 Cm segment on Chromosome 8.

Richard Douglas is a DNA match with Jane McCoy on MyHeritage. They share a segment of 11.6 Cm on Chromosome 8, and a segment on Chromosome 19 of 8.8 Cm.

Richard Douglas is a DNA match with Deborah Wallace on MyHeritage. They share a segment of 20.9 Cm on Chromosome 1, and a segment on Chromosome 8 of 12.6 Cm.

Richard, Donna, and Jane overlap on Chr. 8, with segment size 10.3 Cm.

Richard, Donna, and Jane and Deborah overlap on Chr. 8, with segment size 9.1 Cm.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Powers-1236 created through the import of Kenneth LeRoy Jordan Family Tr.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kenneth Jordan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kenneth and others.

• Thank you to Beverly Henry for creating Powers-1741 on 23 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Beverly and others.