Agnes (Powell) Grout (1807)

Ancestors

Wife of Eliphalet Spafford Grout — married 1823 in York, Upper Canada

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Biography

Agnes was born in 1807. She is the daughter of Lewis Powell and Mary Unknown.

From Yonge St Monthly Meeting loose notes, 1812 – 1825

Agness Crout, late Powel having had a right of membership amongst friends, hath accomplished her marriage with a man not in membership with us and friends having treated with her and She not appearing in a disposition to make satisfaction at this time, we therefore disown her from being any longer a member of our Society until She comes to a sence of her Diviation and condems the same to the satisfaction of this meeting.

Sined in and on behalf of Yong Street monthly meeting held the 14th Day of the eighth month 1823

Agnes Groute late Powell having deviated from good order so far as to marry a man not of our society Edith Phillips

Transcription: Canadian Friends Historical Association

From Last Will and Testament of Lewis Powell 4 May 1833:

. .. to my Eldest Son William Powell all that certain Parcel or Tract of Land and Premises situated . . . in the Township of East Gwillimbury . . . I give and Devise . . . Twenty Acres of Land and Premises to my Son Jacob Powell . . . to my son Richard Powell the Sun of Twelve Pounds then Shillings . . . my Said Son Isaac Powell To make and Deliver unto him . . . the sun of one hundred and Twenty Five Pounds . . . to my Son Reuben Powell the sund of Twenty Five Pounds . . . to my Son Jacob Powell the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds . . . To Lewis Webster son of Abraham Webster and Lewis Tool son of Moses Tool Lot Number Twenty Seven . . . I give and Bequeath to Elijah Grout, Lewis P Grout Jan Grout and Ferdinand Grout children of Eliphalet Spofford Grout Each the Sum of Twelve Pounds then shillings . . . I Give and Bequeath to Mary Ann Webster Daughter of Abraham Webster the Large Bible . . . to my daughter Pheobe Powell the Large Trunk now in my Dwelling House . . . to my Son Jacob Powell my Silver Watch . . . Between my children share and share alike that is Elizabeth Tool, Sarah Webster, Mary Tool, Hannah Harman, Agnes Grout, Phoebe Powell . . .

From Last Will and Testament of Isaac Powell, 1834:

. . . I Give and Bequeath to my Sister Agnes Grout the Wife of Eliphalit Spafford Grout the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds . . .

Sources

• Yonge St Monthly Meeting ‘Family Book’, 1804 – c 1824 (Canadian Friends Historical Association transcription: https://cfha.info/YongeStFamilyBook1804-24.pdf)
• Yonge St Monthly Meeting loose notes, 1812 – 1825 (Canadian Friends Historical Association transcription: https://cfha.info/YongeStBox23.pdf)
• Archives of Ontario, Surrogate Court York County, RG 22, Series 6-2, Will of Lewis Powell
• Archives of Ontario, Surrogate Court York County, RG 22, Series 6-2, Will of Isaac Powell