Dorcas Powell

Brief Life History of Dorcas

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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John G. Bedell
1794–1880
Dorcas Powell
1794–1875
Marriage: 22 June 1814
James Bedell
1815–
Jeremiah Bedell
1817–1887
Henry C. Bedell
1818–1896
John G. Bedell
1820–
Sarah Bedell
1821–
Merium Bedell
1823–
James Bedel
1825–
George C Bedell
1825–1914
Catharine Bedell
1827–
Deborah Jane Bedell
1831–1883
Hannah Halstead Bedell
1832–1922

Sources (7)

  • Dorcas Bedel in household of John Bedel, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Dorcas Powell Bedell, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Long Island Genealogies

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World Events (7)

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

1798

Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States

1816

Historical Boundaries 1816: Oswego, New York, United States

Name Meaning

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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