Joseph and Hannah's children included:
Joseph Powers (1715, married Abigail Benjamin),
Thomas Powers (1717, married Hepzibah Hastings), Nathaniel Powers (1720, married Hannah Hoar and Hannah Hartwell),
Dinah Powers Farr (November 12, 1722, married Joseph Farr),
Mary Powers (1723, may have married Simon Davis),
Phineas Powers ( 1725),
Ephraim Powers (September 14, 1726, died young),
Ephraim Powers (1728), and
Hannah Powers Chaffin 1730, married Robert Chaffin).
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 as the wife of Simon Davis, Jr. (p. 15).
Joseph died on December 18, 1745.
First printed in Boston 1745
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
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.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643. The county originally included Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.
