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Jonas Powers Jr. (1742 - 1833)

Jonas Powers Jr.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 31 Jan 1765 in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at about age 90 in Bland, Bland County, Virginiamap
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Biography

Jonas Power was born June 13, 1742 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a son of Jonas Powers and Mary Tryon. He married Jerusha Harmon on January 31, 1765; they had at least eight children. Jonas died in 1833 and Jerusha in 1783. There is no information regarding their interments.

Children of Jonas and Jerusha Powers:

  • Nicholas Powers 1766-
  • Jonas Harmon Powers 1767-1856
  • Nancy Eunice Powers 1771-1852
  • Esther Powers 1773-1832
  • Reuben Powers 1775-
  • Oliver Harmon Powers 1776-
  • Jerusha Rushia Powers 1780-1850
  • Lydia Powers 4-19-1783-1870; m. James Allen Newberry 1805

From the GEDCOM: Born' 13 Jun 1742. Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [1] Died 1833 Northward Lost War. [2] File Format: jpg. Jonas Powers land grant 1782. Powers, Jonas and Jerusha Harmon_Indenture_Wythe Co VA_DeedBook 5 Pg 21. Marriage Husband Jonas Powers. Wife Jerusha Harmon. Child: Jonas Powers. Marriage 31 Jan 1765. Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. [3]


Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S-808100335
  2. ↑ Source: #S-808100335
  3. ↑ Source: #S-808100335
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125698648/jonas-powers: accessed 01 September 2022), memorial page for Jonas Powers Jr. (13 Jun 1742–1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125698648, ; Maintained by Stanley Shepard (contributor 47123608) Burial Details Unknown.
  • Find a Grave[1]
  • Book Title: The Powers family : a genealogical and historical record of Walter Power, and some of his descendants, Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Charlotte Graves for creating WikiTree profile Powers-1848 through the import of Charlotte's Family Tree(1)_2013-12-29 JQ INGRAM II.ged on Dec 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Charlotte and others.





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Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Powers-3594 and Powers-1848 appear to represent the same person because: Exact date and same father
posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

Jonas is 13 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 27 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 21 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 16 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 19 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 19 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 11 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

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