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5 x Great Grandparents
Son of John Powell and Mary Pollard
John was baptised on 24 Jan 1746 (2) in Culbone, Somerset. He married twice. His first marriage was to Elizabeth (Betty) Phelps on 22 Sep 1781 (1) in Porlock, Somerset.
Betty Phelps was baptised on 20 Jan 1759 (1) in Porlock, Somerset. She was the base born of Betty Phelps.
John and Betty had 4 children.
Thomas Powell * Baptised 8 Aug 1782 (1) in Porlock Mary Powell * Baptised 21 Aug 1785 (1) in Porlock Betty Powell * Baptised 16 Jun 1787 (1) in Porlock John Powell * Baptised 9 Dec 1789 (1) in Porlock * has own page
Betty died in 1793 aged 34 years, she was buried in Porlock 20 Apr 1793.(1)
After Bettys death John married again. His second marriage was to Mary Staddon on 28 Dec 1795 (1) in Porlock, Somerset.
Mary Staddon was baptised on 22 Jun 1770 (3) in Selworthy, Somerset. Her parents are John Staddon and Mary Prescott.
John and Mary had 5 children.
William Powell * Baptised 17 Jan 1796 (1) in Porlock Naboth Powell * Baptised 27 Dec 1798 (1) in Porlock Sarah Powell * Baptised 24 Jan 1802 (1) in Porlock James Powell * Baptised 29 Apr 1804 (1) in Porlock Ilett Powell * Baptised 10 Jul 1808 (1) in Porlock * has own page
John, Mary and son James are all buried in Porlock. The Headstone reads
Sacred to the memory of John Powell of this Parish who departed this life Feb 16th in the year of our Lord 1808 in the 63rd year of his age. Also of Mary wife of the above who departed this life Dec 20th in the year of our Lord 1842 aged 72 years. Also of James son of the above who died Feb 10th 1879 aged 75 years. (4)
Sources (1) Transcript of Porlock Parish Records (2) Transcript of Parish Records by Martin Southwood (3) Family information courtesy of Bruce Powell (4) Headstone Transcription courtesy of Cynthia Spanner Page last updated 15 Dec 2009 Contact - Jacky Hockridge - juljacho@aol.com ******************************************************