Priscilla
Powell
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Powell
— married
before 1637 in England
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah (Powell) Tuttle, Priscilla (Powell) Thompson, Mary (Powell) Sanford, Martha Powell, Martha Powell and Hester Powell
Died
at about age 65
in New Haven, Connecticut
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Biography
According to Jacobus, we do not know the parents or even the surname of Priscilla, the wife of Thomas Powell of New Haven. Thomas and Priscilla Powell had 6 daughters and no sons: Hannah, Priscilla, Mary, Martha, Martha, and Hester.[1]
The origins of the wife of Thomas Powell are unknown. Priscilla died after 29 September 1681, the date her husband Thomas Powell executed his will.[2]
Because nothing is known of Priscilla's parentage, the birth place previously listed for her, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, has been removed. It is estimated that her husband was born about 1616, so that same estimated date is given for her.
It has been suggested that Priscilla Powell's maiden name was Whitson, and that her father was Stephen Lynn Whitson, but no sources have been found for that information so he has been removed as her father.
She is listed as Priscilla [?Whitson] in Torrey's New England marriages.[3]
Children listed in "List of Baptisms In the Church in New Haven, Conn., during the Ministry of Rev. John Davenport, from Nov 1639 to Nov 1666 taken from the Church Records & arranged alphabetically"[4]
[Where the name of the child is in italics it denotes that the name of the parent is not mentioned in the Church Record, but is supplied by the compiler from the town Registry of Births, Probate Records, or other sources of information. In all other cases the parent's name is taken from the Church Record. Where the name of the mother is given from the Record, that of the husband is supplied, when known. The date of birth, when it occurs in the Church Record, is put following the name. The dates in brackets are births from the Town Records. The name of the father is always entered in the Town Record of births. The year of the dates commences 25 Mar. H.W.]
Priscilla POWELL, wife of Thomas POWELL
- 1643, Hannah, b. Aug 1641
- 1644, Priscilla, b. Dec 1642
- 20 Jul 1645, Mary
- 28 Jan 1648, Martha
- Jan 1659, Martha, an infant
- 6 Jun 1653, Hester, [b. 6 Jun 1653]
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol VI, page 1476 (Powell Family).
- ↑ Louis Effingham De Forest, "Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore", New York 1938, page 432, found on Ancestry.com
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985.)
- ↑ Henry White New England Historical & Genealogical Register Vol 9, October 1855, pages 357 - 364 [Transcribed by Jane Devlin]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Priscilla by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Priscilla:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Priscilla by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Priscilla:
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~0.39%
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Just remember: Powell-2190 had ONE wife, and that was Mary Place. They lived in Virginia. This man, Powell-2190, is NOT the same man that married Priscilla Whitson. (And the last name Whitson is VERY documented, thank you very much.)