Captain Thomas Powell sailed to St. Kitts and the Barbados. He waslater a Sea Captain in the Sack and Rum trade between the West Indiesand N orth America. He left his son William Thomas on a visit toVirginia.
Monica Hague wrote:
"Re. for THOMAS POWELL, in Per. Ct. of Canterbury, (Eng) names him asbrother of sd. Nath'l Powell."
Thomas was a frequent traveler between England and America beforefinal ly deciding to stay here for awhile, perhaps having to disposeof property at home first.
And Henry Powell said:
"I don't have any problem with Thomas ap Howell b. ca 1550 at CastleMadoc. He had several sons and most wound up in the Virginia, alongwith some of his grandsons. Thomas and John of Old Rappahannock Countywere possibly his grandsons or great-grandsons, and Walter of SomersetCo., M D was probably a grandson. Between those points I just am notsure who went where and when.
One interesting twist is that one of the Castle Madoc Powells (maybe aW illiam) moved to Suffolk (England) at the end of the 1400s at theinvitation of Henry VII to take over a Norman manor of their choice.This was his way to repay the services of his Welsh supporters whohelped him win the crown. William chose a nice piece of land near Eyeand moved in, naming the site Howellton. The land owner sued him fortrespass but the suit was never brought to court (The Royal way to getaround the law). You'll find William and Howellton in Burkes LandedGentry. His descendents certainly played a role in the settlement ofthe American colonies but I certainly am not clear on which ones andwhere and when. Perhaps Nathaniel (GOV. of VA in 1619) was one of thisclan?
I'll post more on Thomas ap Howell when I can get into the filingcrate and get it better organized. And a photo of Castle Madoc too(from my 1996 trip to Wales)."
Residences & events in Thomas' life:
1618 VA. There were 2 passenger lists with Thomas Powell, botharriving in 1618. One said Thomas Powlett, age 40 was aboard theSamson, the other said Thomas Powell was on the Neptune. Whichever,he apparently returned to England within a short time.
1621 VA. Thomas arrived again, this time sailing on the Seafloure(Seaflower).
Hogg Island, VA. Thomas sailed in again, landing at this port, andamong the passengers was a William Hitchcocke. The name of the shipnot specified.
Date and port unspecified for this arrival but accompanying him wasGody Powell, his wife. On this trip was a Thomas Hitchcocke.
2/16/1623-4 Thomas and Gody's names were listed among the settlersliving at "the Eastern Shore" in VA and listed again at the same placein " Living In VA."
There was another Thomas Powell listed at Hogg Island, same date.
1625 Hog Island, VA. Was it this Thomas whose name appears in theMuster taken after the 1622 Massacre by Powhattan Indians ofcolonists, Gov Nathaniel Powell among them? There Thomas was listedas a servant o f Capt Ralph Hamor then living at Hog Island and namesthe ship he came over in. Hog Island, lying across the river andsettled about 1607-8, was close enough to Jamestown for colonists touse signal fires as a means of communication.
6/10/1637 Upper Norfolk Co, VA. Thomas patented 100 acres on thesouth side of the Nansemond River "50a. for his own and 50a. for theperson al adv(enture) of a servt." (Robert Floyd) On the same day hepatente d another 200 acres "1 mi. from plantation of sd Powell,"which infers he had already settled there. This was about 40 milesfrom the previous address, settlements around the Nansemond Riverbeing later than those closer to Jamestown.
1640 John Geary patented 200 acres in the same county "between landlate in possession of Mr. Thomas Dew and by him assigned to ThomasDavis, and land now in the possession of Thomas Powell."
1657 Nansemond Co, VA. Francis Hutchins patented 200 acres at thehead of Beaver Dam Creek, being a branch of the west branch ofNansemond River, beginning at mile's end of William Storie's land andadjoining the land of Mr. John Garrett and Thomas Powell.
Thomas acted as surety for son William's executorship of Robert Roe'sestate:
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
Name: Thomas Powell
Date: 9 Aug 1675
Location: Isle of Wight
Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies ofthe original Will Book.
Remarks: Robert Roe. Dying intestate, administration requested byWilliam Powell, his greatest creditor.
Description: Surety
Book_Date: 2-36
Prove Date: 4 Sep 1675
2/9/1680 Thomas gave his beloved son, William, "a tract of land itbeing the same piece of land therewith he now lives upon in the I. ofW. C o, on Beaver Dam Branch," on path called "Edward Perkins Path"formerly called "Indian Path."
1686 Isle of Wight Co, VA. Francis Hutchins and wife, Mary, of thelower Parish, conveyed 100 acres of land, which by change of countylines now lay in Isle of Wight, to Thomas English, described as lyingon the W estern Branch adjoining Thomas Gale and Thomas Powell.
Thomas' birth date is different in nearly every genealogy in a 25 yearr ange. The date posted here is from Sharon Foster at Ancestry.
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
Name: Thomas Powell
Date: 12 Jul 1683
Location: Isle of Wight
Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies ofthe original Will Book.
Remarks: Thomas Powell. Leg.-Thomas, Nathaniel, William and JohnPowell ; son William; daughter-in-law Elizabeth Powell;daughter-in-law Lucretia Corbett; Lucretia, John, Roberta andElizabeth Powell. Son William Ex.
Description: Testator
Book_Date: 2-272
Prove Date: 9 Feb 1687
His will said:
"In the name of God, Amen, the 12th day of July in the year of ourLord 1683, according to the computation of the Church of England. I,Thomas Powell of the Isle of Wight County being of perfect memory andremembrance, praised be God, doe make and ordaine this my Last Willand 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 Savior and Redemer, to receive free pardon and forgiveness ofall my sins, and as for my body to be buried in christian buriall (atthe discretion buriall) at the discretion of my executor, hereaftermentioned .
Item I doe give and bequeath the one-half of my land which I now enjoyand assine unto Thomas Powell: Nathaniell Powell: William Powell andJohn Powell to be equally divided amongst them after my decease, and Idoe by these presents oblidge them and their heirs that they shall notmake sale of any part or parcell of the said land to any personwhatsoever unlesse it be from the one to the other.
Item I doe give and bequeath all the rest of my lands unto my sonneWilliam Powell whome I have hereby constituted and ordained byexecutor: To him and his heirs forever. I doe give and bequeath to mysonne William Powell one brass ketle and flaske, bed and whatclothinge belongethe unto it, as one lott of iron weight, one crosssawe, one tenant sawe, four augers, two small chissels, and one gouge.
Item I doe give and bequeathe unto my daughter in law Elizabeth Powellone cowe.
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter in law Lucretia Corbettone cowe.
I doe give and bequeathe one cowe betweene Lucretia Powell and JohnPowell.
I doe bequeathe one heffer of two years ould betwene Rebecca Powelland E lizabeth Powell.
I give to Thomas Powell one pair of leather breeches and blewwaistcoate.
I give to Nathaniell Powell one air of cloth breeches and a sergewaist coate.
Item I doe give unto my sone William Powell the rest of my wearingeclothes whom I doe appoint by these presents to executor this my LastWill and Testament, performed and accormplished.
I doe give unto Thomas Powell one iron pestle and his brotherNathaniell is to have the use of it as much as himselfe.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presents of Thomas Griffin TheMark of The mark of Thomas Powell Francis Hutchins
Proved by Francis Hutchins in open court held for the Isle of WightCou nty February the 9th 1687/8 to be the Will and Testament of ThomasPowell. Test. John Pitt, CC"
Isle of Wight Co., VA deed & will bk 2, 1661-1719, p 272-3.
