Edward and Lettice had their children before they married so all wereP owells except the last one, Mark Ware.
From Amherst Co, VA Queries:
"My great great great great grandparents, James WARE and Lettice WAREw ere both born 1779 and 1783, respectively, in Amherst Co., VA. Theirfa thers, James and Edward WARE were sons of Edward WARE and LetticePOWEL L who came from Caroline Co., VA. Edward and Lettice also had;William W ARE, John WARE, Elizabeth WARE, Anne WARE and Sarah Ware.Often times t hese children were known as POWELLS due to the fact thattheir parents w ere not married until later. Edward WARE, father ofJames and Edward, w as a son of Nicholas WARE who died in the 1740s inCaroline Co., VA. Hi s mother may have been a GRESHAM or a GARROTT.Lettice POWELL was very l ikely daughter of Thomas POWELL and MaryPLACE (incorrect, was Gibson). J ames WARE, son of Edward and Lettice,married Mary VEAL, daughter of Ca rnaby VEAL, and his brother, EdwardWARE, married Sarah THURMOND, daugh ter of Philip THURMOND and JudithTUCKER."
Edward paid the fine for Lettice having a child out of wedlock as wella s served as co-executor of the estate of mother-in-law Mary Powell.
Edward Ware left a will in Amherst Co in which he lists Mark Ware,Jame s Powell, William Powell, John Powell, Edward Powell, ElizabethJoplin, S arah Ware, Wife Lettis (Letticia) Ware. The will waspresented in court o n 3 Jul 1786 by James and William Ware aliasPowell, two of the executo rs named therein.
