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An American Family History |
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Captain Isaac Powers |
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Captain Isaac Powers was born on April 9, 1665 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Walter Powers and Trial Shepard. He was captain of the militia, petitioned for the incorporation of the town and moderated the first town meeting. He held various town offices for many years and was twice a member of the general court and was the colonial agent for conveying lands. He was also on the pew committee to convey pew-rights in the meeting house when completed in 1723. He married the widow of Samuel Winship, Mary Poulter Winship on April 14, 1701. Mary was born in 1668. She was the daughter of John Poulter. Their children were Isaac, Jr. (August 26, 1701 to December 15, 1729), Jonathan Powers (February 20, 1703/04), Gideon Powers (December 31, 1706), Lucy Powers Powers(Luce—March 9, 1705, married Ephriam Powers son of William Powers and Mary Bank), Hannah Powers Davis (March 21, 1709, married Barnabas Davis), Tryphena Powers Laurence (May 22, 1711), Ephraim Powers, and Mary Powers Davis (1724). The Powers Family by Amos Powers has both Mary the daughter of Joseph Powers and Hannah Whitcomb (p. 24) and Mary the daughter of Captain Isaac and Mary Poulter the wife of Simon Davis, Jr. (p. 15). He died in 1735. Mary died in 1743. |
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From the tombstone of Isaac Powers Her lyeth the body of Isaac Powers, |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Published by Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1909 |
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| 3. Isaac, born 1665, married, April 14, 1701, Mary, daughter of John Poulter and widow of Samuel Winship Sr. Isaac Power was captain of the militia, a petitioner for the incorporation of the town, moderator of the first town meeting, held various town offices for many years, was twice a member of the general court and was colonial agent for conveying lands. With his brother, Walter, he was on the pew committee to convey pew-rights in the meeting house when completed in 1723. His wife and the wife of Benjamin Shattuck, the first settled minister of the town, were of the same family. | |||||
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