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An American Family History |
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Captain Jeremiah Powers, II |
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"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood." -- John Adams, 1765 |
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Captain Jeremiah Powers, II was born on February 21, 1733 in Quabbin, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His parents were Jeremiah Powers and Hannah Fiske. Jeremiah enlisted in the Revolution at the age of 16. After that he was a surveyor. He married Elizabeth (Betty) Cooley on May 4, 1755. Betty was born on January 7, 1734/35 in Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Benjamin Cooley and Elizabeth Charles. Jeremiah and Betty's children were Dolly Powers Colton (March 19, 1756), Elizabeth Powers (November 2, 1757), Prudence Powers Lampon, Jeremiah Powers, III (February 14, 1760), Dr. Charles Powers (February 1, 1762), Gardner Powers, Reverend George W. Powers, Achsah Powers Thayer, Joab Powers, Major Justus Powers (February 26, 1774), and Richard Montgomery Powers (December 26, 1775). In 1772, Paul Chase, a 3 year old orphan came to live with the Jeremiah Powers family. They were original settlers at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont in 1792. Jeremiah died in June 2, 1801 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Elizabeth died August 17, 1823. They are buried at the Old Congregational Cemetery in Pittsford, Vermont. |
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The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society
By Thomas Hamilton Murray et. al.
Published by The Society, 1919 |
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Pittsford, Vt.—"Jeremiah Powers from Ireland came very early to Pittsford (date unknown). He settled first at Greenwich, Mass., where his son, Jeremiah, was born in 1735. His grandson, Jeremiah Powers, was also born at Greenwich. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Revolutionary army and served during part of the war, after which he was employed as a surveyor in Vermont." |
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History of the Town of Pittsford, Vt.: With Biographical Sketches and Family Records
Published by Tuttle & Co., printers, 1872 |
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| Jeremiah Powers, Sen., father of the Jeremiah who has been mentioned, removed from Greenwich to Pittsford in 1792, and located in Sugar Hollow, on a lot of land now constituting the farm owned by "William Nicholas. He made the first improvements on that farm and built the house that is there. His wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Benjamin Cooley of Greenwich. Mr. Powers died in Pittsford, June 2, 1801; Mrs. Powers died Aug. 17, 1823. | ||||
Jeremiah. Powers was the son of Jeremiah, of Greenwich, Mass., who was the third generation from the early settler of this name in that township, and who was originally from Ireland. Jeremiah, 3d, married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Cooley, of Greenwich, and resided some years in that township where the following children were born, viz.: Jeremiah, Justus, Joab, Charles, George, Prudence, Montgomery and Gardner. |
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