When Richard James Powell Sr. was born in 1685, in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Arthur Powell, was 61 and his mother, Margaret Clement, was -118. He married Mary Wood about 1710, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1715, in Good Intent, Deptford Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Chew Cemetery, Mantua, Mantua Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1686: Gloucester, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Gloucester, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1695: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1710:Gloucester, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Gloucester, New Jersey, United States
An early settler, George Ward, purchased 250 acres (100 ha) of land at Good Intent in 1701 and erected small mills
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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