An American Family History

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

Phineas Powers was born on May 8, 1705 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Powers and Mary Harwood.

He married Martha Winslow in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on November 7, 1728. Martha was born in 1706.

Their children were Martha Powers (1731), Phineas Powers, Jr. (1732), William Powers (1734), Dr. Stephen Powers (1736), Abraham Powers (1738), Isaac Powers (1742), Sarah Powers Whitcomb (1744), Martha Powers (1746), and Marcy (Mary) Powers Fullham (1749). 

He lived in Hardwick until he was quite old and then moved to Champlain, Clinton County, New York where he died. He made his will in Hardwick in 1775.

(from Genealogy of Richard Currier of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts by Harvey Lear Currier, John McNab Currier, Orleans County Historical Society)

Phineas Powers (Thomas, Walter), of Hardwick, Mass.; was born in 1704; married Martha; and had the following children: Phineas; William, born in 1734; Stephen, born in 1736; Abraham, born 1738; Mary, born in 1740; Isaac, born in 1740; Sarah, born in 1744; and Martha.

Dr. Stephen Powers4, (Phineas8, Thomas8, Walter1,) of Woodstock, Vt., was born in Hardwick, Mass., in 1736; died in Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 27, 1809; married Lydia Drew, born in Halifax, Mass., in 1735, died in Woodstock, Vt., August 29, 1823. They had the following children born in Woodstock:: Stephen; Dr. John Drew; Lydia, married Robert Paddock; Mary, married Jason Richardson, in 1784; and Susanna, born 1760, died Dec. 2, 1777