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Walter Welles Powell 1607–1695 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1607

Birth Location: Virginia, American Colonies

Death Date: 4 Feb 1695

Death Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States

Father: Sir Planter

Mother: Elizabeth Mayflower

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Walter Welles Powell was born in 1607 in Virginia, American Colonies, the child of Sir Capt William I Powell Gentleman Knight Of Surrey Captain Of The Governor S Guard Commander Of Jamestown Member Of The 1St Virginia House Of Burgesses Lt Gov Of The Virginia Colony Ancient Planter And Elizabeth Bess Wyllys Wells Indian Massacre Survivor Before The Mayflower. Walter Welles Powell passed away in 1695 in Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • Walter Welles Powell was born in 1607 in Virginia, American Colonies, the child of Sir Capt William I Powell Gentleman Knight Of Surrey Captain Of The Governor S Guard Commander Of Jamestown Member Of The 1St Virginia House Of Burgesses Lt Gov Of The Virginia Colony Ancient Planter And Elizabeth Bess Wyllys Wells Indian Massacre Survivor Before The Mayflower.
  • Walter Welles Powell passed away in 1695 in Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Planter
1577–1623
Birth Location: Somerset, England
SP
Elizabeth Mayflower
1588–1640
Birth Location: Somerset, England
EM

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Powell's Ancestors

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Walter Powell
1607–1695
Birth Place: Virginia, American Colonies
Parents
Sir Capt. William I. * Powell, Gentleman, Knight of Surrey, Captain of the Governor's Guard, Commander of Jamestown, Member of the 1st Virginia House of Burgesses, Lt. Gov. of the Virginia Colony, Ancient Planter
1577–1623
Somerset, England
Elizabeth ((Bess), Wyllys\Wells, Indian massacre survivor before the) Mayflower
1588–1640
Somerset, England
Grandparents
William (Powell* Capt. (Kiled by Indians in) 1623)
1545–1623
Southwark, Surrey, England
Jane\Joan (Starkie Jones (Powell) Killed by) Indians
1550–1628
Wepre, Flintshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
William Powell
1502–1595
Lady Cordery
1534–1605
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Powell\Powle
1478–1543
Agnes Dodson-Pechey-Powell\Powle
1475–1521

Walter Powell's Timeline

2 Records

1607
1607
Birth of Walter Welles Powell in Virginia, American Colonies
Virginia, American Colonies
1695
4 Feb 1695
Age 88
Death of Walter Welles Powell in Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1607
    Event Place: Virginia, American Colonies
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1695
    Event Place: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
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