Isaac Powell

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Powell was born on 28 February 1786, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Col. John Powell, was 34 and his mother, Lois Curtis, was 31. He married Lydia Wood on 30 January 1807. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States for about 15 years and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 22 March 1878, in Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Holland Patent, Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Powell
1786–1878
Lydia Wood
1787–1875
Marriage: 30 January 1807
Lora Ann Powell
1808–1880
Leman Wood Powell
1816–1882
George Powell
1810–1900
Lydia Powell
1812–1903
Lois Susan Powell
1814–1886
David Powell
1819–1903
Ruth Ann Powell
1821–1882
John N Powell
1824–1903
Lewis R Powell
1827–1893
Esther Powell
1829–1874

Sources (10)

  • Isaac Powell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Isaac Powell, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Isaac Powell, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"

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World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1798

Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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