Walter Powers (1674 - 1738)

Born 28 Jun 1674 in Concord Village, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Died 1738 at about age 63 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

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Biography

Walter Powers Jr., born June 28, 1674, married, December 16, 1696, Rebecca, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Gould) Barrett, of Chelmsford. Rebecca Barrett was born July 4, 1673. died in 1754.

Walter Power Jr., on marrying, located in the town of Littleton, west of Spectacle Pond and adjoining the town of Groton, near "Brown Hill," and after the death of his brother William, he appears to have been the owner of the old plan in Concord Village. In 1723, in awarding the pews, the second "pew place" was awarded him as paying "next to the largest tax." In May, 1853, the old gravestone of "Rebekah in ye eightieth year of her age was found freshly turned over by the plow of Mr. Reed."^[1]

Walter Powers and Rebecca Barrett had the following children:

Rebecca Powers 1697–1768

Ezekiel Powers 1700–1768

Sarah Powers 1702–

David Powers 1704–

Susanna Powers 1706–

Martha Powers 1708–1708

Josiah Powers 1710–1778

Burial: Power Burying Ground Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, published by Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1909.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178520301/walter-power

• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888);p.12

• The Powers Family: A Genealogical and Historical Record of Walter Power Compiled by Amos H. Powers, Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, 1884. Walter Power, Jr. pg 12

• The Powers Family: A Genealogical and Historical Record of Walter Power Compiled by Amos H. Powers, Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, 1884. Children of Walter Jr. and Rebecca Barrett pg 18

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, published by Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1909.

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter.

• WikiTree profile Powers-1045 created through the import of wikitree1.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kimball G. and others.

• Source: S125 Title: A Genealogical Record of the Power(s) Families, Format: unpaginated Abbreviation: Gen. Rec. of Powers Fams. Author: Powers, Franklin E. Publication: the author, Aurora, Colo., 1974 Repository: #R2 Call Number: 929.273 P872pf
• Repository: R2 Name: Family History Library Address: City: Salt Lake City State: Utah Country: -United States
• Source: S695 Title: The Powers Family, Format: typescript Abbreviation: Powers Fam. Author: Crutchett, Ralph H.; Crutchett, Isabel Publication: 1965 Repository: #R2 Call Number: 929.273 A1 no.759