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Son of John Powell 1746 and Mary Staddon
William was baptised n 17 Jan 1796 (1) in Porlock, Somerset. He married Jane Doble on 4 Oct 1823 (1) in Porlock , Somerset.
Jane Doble was born about 1795 (3) in Cutcombe, Somerset
William and Jane started their married life in Maidenhead, before settling in Bossington, Porlock, Somerset. William worked as a husbandman and labourer, they had 8 children all born in Porlock, but some were baptised in Selworthy and some in Porlock
John Powell Baptised 21 Dec 1823 (2) in Selworthy William Powell Baptised 18 Mar 1825 (2) in Selworthy James Powell Baptised 4 Feb 1828 (2) in Selworthy, buried 8 Feb 1829 (1) in Porlock aged 1 Thomas Powell Baptised 14 Feb 1830 (1) in Porlock Jane Powell Baptised 21 Apr 1833 (1) in Porlock James Powell Baptised 30 Aug 1835 (2) in Selworthy Ilet Powell Baptised 15 Apr 1838 (2) in Selworthy Naboth Powell Born about 1842 (3) in Porlock
Census details below
1841 Census HO107/936 William Powell 45 Ag Lab y Jane Powell 44 y William Powell 14 y Thomas Powell 11 y Jane Powell 8 y James Powell 5 y Illet Powell 3 y Address: Bossington Village, Porlock, Somerset 1851 Census HO107/1920 William Powell Head m 56 Ag Labourer Porlock, Somerset Jane Powell Wife m 56 Cutcombe, Somerset James Powell Son u 15 Ag Labourer Porlock, Somerset Ilett Powell Daug 12 Porlock, Somerset Naboth Powell Son 9 Porlock, Somerset Address: Bossington Village, Porlock, Somerset 1861 Census RG9/1601 William Powell Head wid 65 Labourer Porlock, Somerset Ilott Powell Dau u 21 General Servant Porlock, Somerset Address: Porlock, Somerset
Sources (1) Transcript of Porlock Parish Records (2) Martin Southwood - Transcript of Selworthy Parish Records (3) Census Page last updated 13 Dec 2009 Contact - Jacky Hockridge - juljacho@aol.com ******************************************************