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Residences & events: 1704 Thomas was listed in the Essex Co Quit Rent Roll. He and histhree brothers owned equal acreage of land. 5/1712 Essex Co, VA, St Mary's Parish. He and brother, John, bought316 acres from Richard Long. 3/18/1722 With his wife, Mary, he conveyed to John Jeter one parcelof a tract of land granted to Richard West and Roger Clothworthy andby Roger conveyed to Nicholas Catlett and by him sold to Wm Gibson.John Jeter kept the property only a few years and his deed of salesays that Wm Gibson devised the land to his daughter, ElizabethGibson, who was the mother of Mary Powell, the wife of Thomas. 1728 Caroline Co, VA. The boundaries shifted, causing him to live ina new county. 1/15/1748 The vicinity of their home was located by the followingitem: "John Glanton is appointed overseer of the road from the postabove Mary Powell's to the Mount Church." Mount Church was probablyon the Mount Creek which crosses the upper end of Essex Co and emptiesinto the Rappahannock River a few miles north of Tappahannock. Thehome of one branch of the Taliaferro family was nearby and called "TheMount." |
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His will was dated 6/8/1739 naming his wife, Mary as executrix. Itwas proved by oaths of Samuel
Coleman and Thomas Samuel. Wm.Harrison, Nicholas Ware, Gabriel Long and Robert Taliaferro
or anythree of them were appointed as appraisers. All above named people were formerly in Essex Co, VA. and wereassociated with Powells there. Anthony Samuel posted security for theexecutors of Thomas Powell in 1701 (Thomas' father) and the Wares andTaliaferros were friends of the next generation of Powells in AmherstCo. |