Notes for Thomas POWELL

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Notes for Thomas POWELL

Thomas was a frequent traveler between England and America before hefinally decided to stay here for awhile, perhaps disposing of propertyat home first.

Residences & events in Thomas' life:

1618 VA. There were 2 passenger lists with Thomas Powell, botharriving in 1618. One said Thomas Powlett, age 40 was aboard theSamson, the other said Thomas Powell was on the Neptune. Whichever,he apparently returned to England within a short time.

1621 VA. Thomas arrived again, this time sailing on the Seafloure(Seaflower).

Hogg Island, VA. Thomas sailed in again, landing at this port, andamong the passengers was a William Hitchcocke. The name of this shipwas not specified.

Date and port unspecified for this arrival but accompanying him wasGody Powell, probably his wife. On this trip was a Thomas Hitchcocke.

1625 Hog Island, VA. It was probably this Thomas whose name appearsin the Muster taken after the 1622 Massacre by Powhattan Indians ofcolonists, Gov Nathaniel Powell among them. There Thomas was listedas a servant of Capt Ralph Hamor then living at Hog Island and namesthe ship he came over in. Hog Island, lying across the river andsettled about 1607-8, was close enough to Jamestown for colonists touse signal fires as a means of communication.

6/10/1637 Upper Norfolk Co, VA. Thomas patented 100 acres on thesouth side of the Nansemond River "50a. for his own and 50a. for thepersonal adv(enture) of a servt." On the same day he patented another200 acres "1 mi. from plantation of sd Powell," which infers he hadalready settled there. This was about 40 miles from the previousaddress, settlements around the Nansemond River being later than thosecloser to Jamestown.

1640 John Geary patented 200 acres in the same county "between landlate in possession of Mr. Thomas Dew and by him assigned to ThomasDavis, and land now in the possession of Thomas Powell."

1657 Nansemond Co, VA. Francis Hutchins patented 200 acres at thehead of Beaver Dam Creek, being a branch of the west branch ofNansemond River, beginning at mile's end of William Storie's land andadjoining the land of Mr. John Garrett and Thomas Powell.

1680 Thomas gave his son, William, "the tract of land on Beaver Danwhereon he lived."

1686 Isle of Wight Co, VA. Francis Hutchins and wife, Mary, of thelower Parish, conveyed 100 acres of land, which by change of countylines now lay in Isle of Wight, to Thomas English, described as lyingon the Western Branch adjoining Thomas Gale and Thomas Powell.
His will was dated 7/12/1683 and recorded 2/9/1687. In it he namedlegatees: Sons, Thomas, Nathaniel, William, John; daughters-in-law,Elizabeth Powell and Lucretia Corbett; Lucinda, Elizabeth, andRoberta; with son, William, and his wife, Elizabeth as executors.There was no mention of Thomas' wife so apparently she predeceased
him.

Half of Thomas' land was bequeathed to Thomas, Nathaniel, William, andJohn with the stipulation that they not sell it except to each other.The other half of the land went to son, William. From this some haveconcluded the first 4 named were actually grandsons, children ofdeceased son, Nathaniel, rather than his own children. I prefer tobelieve they were sons as stated.

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