Dorcas Powell was born on 28 February 1794, in Bethpage, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States as the daughter of James Powell. She married John G. Bedell on 22 June 1814, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Vienna, Vienna, Oneida, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 1 October 1875, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lakeside Rural Cemetery, Bernhards Bay, Constantia, Oswego, New York, United States.
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Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States
Historical Boundaries 1816: Oswego, New York, United States
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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