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Captain Isaac Powers

Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first settled in 1686 by English settlers and was the the location of the Native American village called Nashoba Plantation

It was customary for the men and women to sit separately in meeting, and to choose a committee once a year to assign the seats to the congregation according to what each paid, considering also "age and dignity."

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.

Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

Children of Walter Powers
and Trial Shepard
  • William Powers
  • Mary Powers Wheeler
  • Captain Isaac Powers
  • Thomas Powers
  • Lieutenant Daniel Powers
  • Increase Powers
  • Walter Powers, Jr.
  • Jacob Powers
  • Sarah Powers Barron
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    From the tombstone of Isaac Powers
    (son of Captain Isaac Powers and Mary Poulter)

    Her lyeth the body of Isaac Powers,
    One of the sweet and pleasant flowers;
    Let this be a lesson unto the rest,
    When God doth take from us the best,
    Who was a pattern to us all.
    But God can give a louder call,
    And earthly parents now behold,
    The price of grace is more than gold;
    Prepare to meet your children first,
    At the resurrection of the just.

    		  
         
     
    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
    		  
      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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