Nicholas Power, III

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Nicholas Power III (1673 - 1734)

Nicholas Power III
Born 1673 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Nicholas Power II and Rebecca (Rhodes) Williams
Brother of Hope Power, Peleg Williams [half], Roger Williams [half], Mary (Williams) Olney [half], Jeremiah Williams [half], Patience (Williams) Ashton [half], Providence Williams [half], Daniel Williams [half] and Joseph Williams [half]
Husband of Mercy (Tillinghast) Power — married before 1701 in Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary (Power) Cooke, Hope (Power) Brown, John Power Sr, Joseph Power, Anne Power, Nicholas Power IV and Mary Lydia (Power) Sabin
Died 18 May 1734 at about age 61 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Nicholas Power, III was born in 1673 in Providence, Rhode Island as the first child of Nicholas Power, II and Rebecca Rhodes.[1][2] He married first, Mary Haile sometime before 1699.[1] His second wife was Mercy Tillinghast, daughter of Pardon Tillinghast, Jr. and Lydia Taber, whom he married about 1699.[1]
As an heir of Nicholas Powers, II, young Nicholas was taxed 4s, 2d (Levy of £25) on 29 Oct 1684.[1] He also inherited 50 acres of land on 12 Dec 1685 from his father that was passed down through his grandfather, Nicholas, I.[1] On 04 Mar 1701 Nicholas bought a house lot in the lower end of Providence from Daniel Williams, the son of Reverend Roger Williams.[1] Nicholas Power, III was a man of considerable importance in the Colony of Rhode Island. He was one of the assistants in the General Assembly of 1720 and Deputy from Providence to the Assembly in 1722.[3] In his will dated 16 Mar 1732, he instructed that 1294 acres of land in Gloucester was to be disposed of.[3] The right of this land was based on the original purchase rights of his grandfather, Nicholas Power, I.
Nicholas died on 18 May 1734 and was buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.[4]
Nicholas Powers III and Mary Haile had the following children:
Mary Powers was born before 1699.[1]
Nicholas Powers III and Mercy Tillinghast had the following children:[1]
Hope Powers was born on 04 Jan 1701 in Providence, RI.
John Powers was born in Mar 1703 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 18 Feb 1772 in Rowan, North Carolina. He married Mary Holloway on 25 Dec 1735 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware (Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church).
Anne Powers was born on 12 Dec 1707.
Joseph.
Sarah.
Nicholas.
Lydia.
Mercy.
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 John Osborne Austin, The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island: comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's sons, 1887), p. 356-358. Archives.org.
↑ James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register (Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1861), Vol. III, p. 470.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society collections: (Providence, s.n., 1918), p. 51-52. Archives.org.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 August 2018), memorial page for Nicholas Power (1673–18 May 1734), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21741163, citing North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Scout (contributor 47319613).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21741163/nicholas-power
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