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Ruth Powell 1745 – 1805 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1745

Birth Location: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1805

Death Location: Orange, Virginia, United States

Father: James Powell

Mother: Mary Gordon

Spouse(s): Abner Breeding

Children(s): aquiler breeden, Aquiler Breeding, James Breeding, William Breeding, Berryman Breeding, Ezekiel Breeding, Preston Breeding, Sarry Breeding

Ruth Powell was born in 1745 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, the child of James Powell and Mary Gordon. Ruth Powell married Abner Breeding, and had children including aquiler breeden, Aquiler Breeden\Breeding Breeding, James P Breeding, William S Breeding, Berryman B Breeding, Ezekiel Fields Breeding, Preston R Breeding, Sarry Sally Breeding. Ruth Powell passed away in 1805 in Orange, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Ruth Powell was born in 1745 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, the child of James Powell and Mary Gordon.
  • Ruth Powell married Abner Breeding, and had children including aquiler breeden, Aquiler Breeden\Breeding Breeding, James P Breeding, William S Breeding, Berryman B Breeding, Ezekiel Fields Breeding, Preston R Breeding, Sarry Sally Breeding.
  • Ruth Powell passed away in 1805 in Orange, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Powell
1725 – 1776
Birth Location: St Thomas, Orange, Virginia, United States
JP
Mary Gordon
1722 – 1850
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
MG

Spouses(s)

Abner Breeding
1735 – 1790
Birth Location: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
AB

Children(s)

aquiler breeden
1768 –
Birth Location: , , Virginia, USA
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Aquiler Breeding
1769 – 1830
Birth Location: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States
AB
James Breeding
1770 – 1830
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
JB
William Breeding
1770 – 1850
Birth Location: Madison, Orange, Virginia
WB
Berryman Breeding
1772 – 1820
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
BB
Ezekiel Breeding
1775 – 1820
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States
EB
Preston Breeding
1780 – 1833
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States
PB
Sarry Breeding
1781 – 1876
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States
SB

Ruth Powell's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Powell
1745 – 1805
Birth Place: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Parents
James Powell
1725 – 1776
St Thomas, Orange, Virginia, United States
Mary Gordon
1722 – 1850
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John Powell
1700 – 1776
Essex, Virginia, United States
Anne Pickett
1718 – 1776
Essex, Virginia, United States
John (George) Gordon
1700 – 1766
Newry, Down, , Ireland
Mary (Sarah) Chapman
1707 – 1795
Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
Honorias Powell
1669 – 1750
Joyce Lamberth
1671 – 1754
James Gordon
1680 – 1749
Sarah Greenway
1680 – 1758
Jonathan Chapman
1680 – 1749
Jane Taylor
1673 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Powell
1640 – 1701
Mary PLACE
1648 – 1710
James Gordon
1645 – 1707
Jane Campbell
1658 – 1750
Samuel Greenway
1660 – 1720
Elinor Matthews
1650 – 1720
Thomas Chapman
1641 – 1708
Elizabeth CRAXON
1647 – 1695

Ruth Powell's Descendants

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Ruth Powell (1745 – 1805) m. Abner Breeding (1735 – 17 Feb 1790)
  1. 1. aquiler breeden (1768 – )
  2. 2. Aquiler (Breeden\Breeding) Breeding (1769 – 1830)
  3. 3. James (P) Breeding (1770 – 1830)
  4. 4. William (S) Breeding (1770 – 1850) m. Susannah Tanner (9 Nov 1767 – 18 May 1860)
    1. 1. Elijah Breeden (1 May 1793 – 13 Jun 1870)
    2. 2. Jonathan Breeden (1795 – )
    3. 3. Allison (James) Breeden (1798 – 1880)
    4. 4. Richard Breeden (1800 – )
    5. 5. Job Breeden (1801 – Apr 1872)
    6. 6. Ephraim (W) Breeden (1803 – 1880)
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Breeden) Breeding (1804 – 1870)
    8. 8. Sarah ("Sally") Breeden (1806 – 3 Feb 1877)
    9. 9. Mary (D) Breeden (1809 – 15 June 1891)
    10. 10. Susannah (L Breeden) (Breeding) (1810 – 26 Mar 1891)
    11. 11. Mary (Polly) Breeding (1810 – 1900)
    12. 12. Abraham Breeden (1815 – 1868) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Jarrell (1820 – Aft. 1870)
      1. 1. Joseph (Newton "Nute""Newt") Breeden (15 March 1835 – 10 April 1919) m. Mary (Ophelia) Jarrel (Apr 1840 – 1904)
        1. 1. Missie (Estelle) Breeden (1859 – 9 June 1942)
        2. 2. Monroe Breeden (Jan 1862 – 23 Jul 1938) m. Rachel (Taylor) Breeden (20 Dec 1866 – 31 Dec 1968)
        3. 3. Mary (E.) Breeding (1 May 1866 – 1955)
        4. 4. Martha (Cornelia) Taylor (1 May 1866 – 26 Apr 1918) m. Whitfield Taylor (10 May 1856 – 24 December 1944)
        5. 5. Rosalie Breeden (1867 – 9 Jan 1955)
        6. 6. Charles ("Charley") Breeden (Sep 1868 – 8 Jun 1953) m. Elizabeth ("Betty") Snow (abt 1885 – )
        7. 7. James (M) Breeden (13 Jun 1871 – 14 July 1953) m. Ardena Breeden (Mar 1874 – )
        8. 8. George (Roger 'Razor") Breeden (1874 – 24 September 1948) m. Ella (F) Breeden (19 Jun 1877 – 26 Sep 1961)
        9. 9. Armenita (F) Breeden (14 Oct 1878 – 2 Sep 1959) m. John (Wesley) McDaniel (1875 – 1902) m. Bucey (Wysong) Dean (4 December 1878 – 17 January 1943)
        10. 10. John (Allen) Breeden (14 October 1881 – 14 March 1963) m. Bessie (Edna) Shifflett (9 June 1891 – 2 October 1951)
        11. 11. Fannie (L) Breeden (6 May 1889 – 1 Oct 1944)
      2. 2. Susan Breeden (1837 – June 1890)
        1. 1. Jeremiah Breeding (Abt 1870 – )
      3. 3. Thomas (Franklin) Breeden (18 Oct 1844 – ) m. Ann (Eliza) Estes (Mar 1834 – )
        1. 1. Susan Breeden (Abt 1870 – )
        2. 2. Thomas (F. R.) Breeden (Abt 1873 – )
        3. 3. Ella (F) Breeden (Jun 1876 – )
      4. 4. Sarah (L) Breeden (23 Mar 1853 – ) m. George (W) Sampson (Abt 1828 – )
        1. 1. Richard Sampson (Abt 1862 – )
        2. 2. Henry Sampson (Abt 1866 – )
        3. 3. Catherine (Virginia) Sampson (5 Jan 1872 – 3 Mar 1927)
        4. 4. James (B.) Sampson (Abt 1873 – )
        5. 5. Thomas (Washington) Sampso (Oct 1887 – )
      5. 5. Asa (V) Breeden (18 Oct 1855 – 30 September 1932) m. Lucy (Ann) Taylor
        1. 1. Amanda Taylor (28 Mar 1881 – )
    13. 13. William (S) Breeden (1818 – 18 AUG 1893)
    14. 14. Nancy (Ann) Breeding (1822 – )
    15. 15. James Breeding (1822 – )
    16. 16. Joel (R) Breeden (1828 – 1900)
  5. 5. Berryman (B) Breeding (1772 – 1820)
  6. 6. Ezekiel (Fields) Breeding (1775 – 1820)
  7. 7. Preston (R) Breeding (1780 – 1833)
  8. 8. Sarry (Sally) Breeding (1781 – 1876)

Ruth Powell's Timeline

2 Records

1745
1745
Birth of Ruth Powell in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
1805
1805
Age 60
Death of Ruth Powell in Orange, Virginia, United States
Orange, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1745
    Event Place: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1805
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
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