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George Pownall

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Birthplace: Laylock, Cheshire , England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 11, 1682 (48)
Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America (Killed by falling tree)
Immediate Family:

Son of George Pownall, I and Elizabeth Pownall
Husband of Eleanor Hoopes
Father of Elizabeth Gail Clowes; Sarah Pownall; Rachel Pownall; Abigail Paxson; George Pownall, III and 1 other
Brother of Anne Pownall; Elizabeth Pownall; Ralph Pownall and Katherine Pownall

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About George Pownall

George and Elenor Pownall emigrated from Laylock, Chester County, England in 1682 and settled on a tract of land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with their four children. George Pownall was killed by a falling tree just a month after his arrival in America. Elenor had a baby, George Pownall, just eleven days after her husband's death.

Sources

  1. Microfilm of ms. and newspaper clippings collection (143 p.) at the Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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George Pownall's Timeline

1634
February 26, 1634
Laylock, Cheshire , England (United Kingdom)
1670
May 16, 1670
England
1672
October 23, 1672
Laylock, Chester, England
1675
July 28, 1675
Overstreet, Cheshire, England
1677
February 4, 1677
Laylock, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1682
July 28, 1682
Age 48
Pennsylvania
July 1682
Age 48
Arrived on ship "Friends' Adventure"
September 11, 1682
Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
November 11, 1682
Age 48
Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America