Frances Powers

Brief Life History of Frances

When Frances Powers was born on 4 April 1773, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Francis G Powers, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Cummings, was 30. She married William Doble on 1 January 1804, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 1850, in Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Doble
1775–1850
Frances Powers
1773–1850
Marriage: 1 January 1804
Eliza Doble
1804–1863
William Doble
1806–1876
Francis Alfred Doble
1807–1882
Sarah Varnum Doble
1809–1890
Hosea B Doble
1810–1881
Mahala Doble
1812–1868
Frances Powers Doble
1813–1889
William Doble
1816–1906
James Swan Doble
1816–1846

Sources (8)

  • Frances Powers, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Francis Powers, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Frances in entry for Hosea Doble and Cynthia Nason, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

World Events (2)

1774

Historical Boundaries: 1774: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1816: Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Penobscot, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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