Thomas Powell, of Isle of Wight

• Not the same as Thomas Powell, of New Haven
• Wives seen as Rebecca Crew and Elizabeth Powell
• son seen as William Powell
• seen as son of Thomas Powell

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Thomas (ap Howell) Powell

• Born say 1600 - Suffolk, England
• Alternate birth dates: Apr 1 1599 / London 22 February 1611 / Pawelltor 1614
  • ” I can't find any place in England named 'Powelltor', it does seem to be completely fictitious.”
• Died 9 Feb 1687 - Isle Of Wright, Virginia
• Wife: Mrs. Powell, b. Abt 1600 (Goodwife) Married Abt 1635 , Isle Of Wright, Virginia

Children

• + 1. William Powell, b. 1620, , Wales d. 12 Nov 1695, Chickahominy Riv, Virginia (Age 75 years). Married Elizabeth Lawrence.
• 2. Nathaniel Powell, b. Abt 1626, , Isle Of Wight, Virginia d. 10 Mar 1678, , Isle Of Wright, Virginia(Age ~ 52 years). Married Lucretia.

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Lucretia Powell's maiden name was listed in the will of Thomas Powell, dated July 12, 1683, Wight County, VA.

Info found in the "Tyler's Quarterly Magazine", The Antecedents of Richard Powell, of Amherst County, Virginia. by (Mrs. Philip W. ) M. W. Hiden. < PDF >

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/98516497?cid=mem_copy

Ap Howell uses a Welsh patronym which means 'the son of the grandson of...Well'.

The last name Ap Howell was changed to Powell as an anglicized form of the original.

This Thomas Powell?

Ap Howell is a Welsh surname meaning "son of Howell" similar to Mac in Scotland, meaning "son of..." (Example: MacDonald= son of Donald) homas Powell (son of William AP Powell and Elizabeth Wells) was born 01 Apr 1599 in Powelltor, Suffolk, England, and died 09 Feb 1686/87 in Isle of Wright, VA. He married Elizabeth ?.

Notes for Thomas Powell: On 10 Jun 1637, Thomas Powell patented 100 acres in Upper Norfolk County an the south side of the Nansemond River "50 acres for his own and 50 acreas for the personal adv (enture) of a servt." On the same day he patented 200 acres "1 mile from the plantation of sd Powell" which would lead to the inference that he had settled there earlier and that these two patents were additions to acreage in his possession. (See Nugent, "Cavaliers and Pioneers," Page 76)

It seems most likely that he is the Thomas Powell (Hotten's "Original Lists," page 236) who appears in the1625 Muter taken after the massacre, as one of the servants of Captain Ralph Hamor then living at Hog Island and who states that he came over in the "Seaflower." This boat is elsewhere listed as coming over in 1621.

There is a distance of some forty miles between Hog Island and where Thomas Powell settled in 1637, but it is known that the settlements around Nansemond River were later than those close to Jamestown. Hog Island laying across the river was settled by 1608, possibly even by 1607, and is near enough to Jamestown for signal fires to be used as a means of communication. If the enormous holly tree, over four hundred years old according to experts, that stands on Hog Island close to the river, could only speak, how greatly of these early days would be increased!

This Thomas Powell is not the same person of that name listed in Hotten on page 263 as living on the eastern shore and havong come in the "Sampson" in 1618. The descendanys of that Thomas Powell can be traced through Accomack and Northampton County records and are entirely distinct.

Probably this Thomas Powell

Do not assume the legatees are necessarily his children.

The will of Thomas Powell, dated 12 Jul 1683 and probated on 9 Feb 1687/8, is abstracted in Mrs Chapman's "Wills and Administration of Isle of Wight County," Vol. 1, page 40. In this he names legatees Thomas, Nathaniel, William and John Powell, daughter-in-law Elizabeth Powell, daughter-in-law Lucretia Corbett, Lucretia, Roberta and Elizabeth Powell, son Willaim to be executor. Witnesses: Thomas Griffin and Francis Hutchins. (James H. Ware jware12753. aol.com) 1

Children of Thomas Powell and Elizabeth ? are: +William Powell, b. Abt. 1620, Isle of Wright, VA or Wales, d. 11 Dec 1695, Chickahominy River, VA.

Last Will and Testament of Thomas Powell

Will of THOMAS POWELL dated 12 July 1683, probated 9 Feb 1687/8

In the name of God, Amen, the 12th day of July in the year of our Lord, 1683, according to the computation of the Church of England: I, THOMAS POWELL of the Isle of Wight County, beinge of perfict memory and rememberance, praised be God, doe make and ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in maner and form following:

First, I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God, my Maker, hoping that through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ, my only Saviour and Redemer, to receive free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and as for my body to be buried in christian buriall at the discretion of my executor, hereafter mentioned.

Item I doe give and bequeath the one-half of my land which I now enjoy and assine unto Thomas Powell, Nathaniell Powell, William Powell and John Powell to be equally divided amongst them after my decease, and I doe by these presents oblidge them and their heirs that they shall not make sale of any part or parcell of the said land to any person whatsoever unlesse it be from the one to the other.

Item I doe give and bequeath all the rest of my lands unto my sonne William Powell whome I have hereby constituted and ordained my executor: To him and his heirs forever. I doe give and bequeath to my sonne William Powell one brass ketle and flaske, bed and what clothinge belonge the unto it, as one lott of iron weight, one cross sawe, one tenant sawe, four augers, two small chissels, and one gouge.

Item I doe give and bequeathe unto my daughter in law Elizabeth Powell one cowe.

Item I doe give and bequeathe unto my daughter in law Lucretia Corbett one cowe. I doe give and bequeathe one cowe betweene Lucretia Powell and John Powell.

I doe bequeathe one heffer of two years ould betwene Rebecca Powell and Elizabeth Powell.

I give to Thomas Powell one pair of leather breeches and blew waistcoate.

I give to Nathaniel Powell one pair of cloth breeches and a serge waistcoate.

Item I doe give unto my sonne William Powell the rest of my wearinge clothes whom I doe appointe by these presents to executor this my Last Will and Testament, performed and accomplished.

I doe give unto Thomas Powell one iron pestle and his brother Nathaniel is to have the use of it as much as himselfe.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presents of The mark of Thomas Griffin the mark of Thomas (TP) (seale) Francis FH Hutchins

Proved by Francis Hutchins in open Court held for the Isle of Wight County February the 9th 1687/8 to be the Will and Testament of Thomas Powell. Test. John Pitt, C.C. (BG)

References

• "Tyler's Quarterly Magazine", The Antecedents of Richard Powell, of Amherst County, Virginia. by (Mrs. Philip W. ) M. W. Hiden. < PDF >
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jan 23 2017, 21:58:56 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39761536/thomas-powell claims: Son of Thomas Powell. Father of William, Nathaniel, Thomas and John Powell (Lucretia) Powell also born on Isle of Wight. Daughters-in-law Rebecca and Elizabeth Powell. His Father Thomas Powell was the son of Barnable Powell (1554-1602) and Agnes Webbe (1572-1619). He had a older half brother Thomas and two other brothers Nathanial and William
• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/98516497?cid=mem_copy
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son William Powell by SmartCopy: Aug 31 2015, 20:01:51 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 23 2017, 19:26:11 UTC
• a different Thomas Powell: On April 12th, 1626, Thomas Powell, (the eldest brother of Nathaniel) and his brothers and sisters then living in England, petitioned the government in regard to William's estate; they stated that William Powell, who had gotten possession of all of Nathaniel's estate in Virginia, was no relation. How they decided this is not recorded, but in 1653 George, Richard and Maud Powell, supposed to have been neice and nephews of Nathaniel, petitioned for the property, which would indicate that Nathaniel and William left no lineal descendants in Virginia or elsewhere. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eaglesnest/Histor...)
• This Thomas Powell? https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Powell-2191 (currently a mess - June 2023)
• The link which brought me to this page was: Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina', p 1. 'The Stepp/Stapp Families of America,' Henry P. Scalf. IGI
• http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f002/f27/a0022718.htm the link for Joshua Stapp, b. 1688. His specific page is and it shows his two children as listed on his wife's About Me note.
• http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f002/f46/a0024641.htm
• https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.powell/6148.2
• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/98516497?cid=mem_copy
• "Tyler's Quarterly Magazine", The Antecedents of Richard Powell, of Amherst County, Virginia. by (Mrs. Philip W. ) M. W. Hiden. < PDF >
• http://heathcock.org/genealogy/ps23/ps23_019.html