"He was a man of prominence during the
French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars."
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
Quabbin was also called Quaker Plain and Narragansett. Quabbin is now under the Quabbin reservoir.
Jeremiah Powers was born about 1710 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Powers and Mary Harwood.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .
from The Revolutionary Ancestry of the Members of the Warren and Prescott Chapter by Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Warren and Prescott Chapter, Boston
Of another great-grandfather of these members, Jeremiah Powers, one of the early settlers of Concord, Mass., and who later helped to found the town of Greenwich, Mass., it is stated, "He was a man of prominence during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars." Whether he was ever enrolled in the army has not yet been ascertained.
