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Winifred 'Winny' POWELL 1771–1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1771

Birth Location: Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 5 Nov 1799

Death Location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA

Father: Jacob Vet

Mother: Mary Gordon

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Valentine Sampson

Winifred 'Winny' POWELL was born in 1771 in Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA, the child of Jacob James Powell Rev Sgt War Vet And Mary Gordon. Winifred 'Winny' POWELL had children including Valentine Sampson. Winifred 'Winny' POWELL passed away in 1799 in Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Winifred 'Winny' POWELL was born in 1771 in Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA, the child of Jacob James Powell Rev Sgt War Vet And Mary Gordon.
  • Winifred 'Winny' POWELL had children including Valentine Sampson.
  • Winifred 'Winny' POWELL passed away in 1799 in Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Vet
1725–1776
Birth Location: St Thomas Parish, Orange, Virginia, United States
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Mary Gordon
1728–1780
Birth Location: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Valentine Sampson
1799–1854
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
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Winifred POWELL's Ancestors

Self
Winifred POWELL
1771–1799
Birth Place: Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Parents
Jacob James Powell Rev. Sgt. War Vet
1725–1776
St Thomas Parish, Orange, Virginia, United States
Mary Gordon
1728–1780
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (Thomas) Powell
1695–1762
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Ann (Pickett) Stephens
1695–1776
Essex County, Virginia, USA
John (George) Gordon
1700–1766
Sheepbridge, Newry, Down Co., Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mary (Sarah) CHAPMAN
1707–1795
Charles County, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
John William
1670–1731
Deborah Hearn
1670–1731
Sarah Greenway
1676–1758
Jonathan CHAPMAN
1680–1749
Jane Taylor
1674–1751
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Lawrence
1650–1708
Henry Hearne
1630–1695
Elizabeth Boazman
1630–1695

Winifred POWELL's Descendants

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Winifred ('Winny') POWELL (1771–5 Nov 1799)
  1. 1. Valentine Sampson 1799–1854 m. Nancy (M) Higgins 1800–1842
    1. 1. Nancy (J.) Sampson 1836–1917 m. George (Washington) Bennett 1834–1909
      1. 1. Rose (Etta) Bennett 1863–1924 m. G (Vastine"Tine”) Merrit 1854–1948
        1. 1. Violet (Elizabeth) Merritt 1900–1975 m. William Klein 1895–1981

Winifred POWELL's Timeline

2 Records

1771
1771
Birth of Winifred 'Winny' POWELL in Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
1799
5 Nov 1799
Age 28
Death of Winifred 'Winny' POWELL in Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1771
    Event Place: Alcoma, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Nov 1799
    Event Place: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA
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