Walter Power and Trial Sheppard

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Husband Walter Power ¹

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           Born: Abt 1640 - ? Essex, England
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           Died: 22 Feb 1708 - near Concord, MA 1
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       Marriage: 11 Jan 1660 - Malden, Middlesex Co, MA 1

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Wife Trial Sheppard ¹

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         Father: Deacon Ralph Sheppard (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Thankes [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M William Power ¹

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           Born: 1661 1
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           Died: 16 Mar 1710 1
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         Spouse: Mary Bank (      -      ) 1

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2 F Mary Power ¹

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           Born: 1663
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         Spouse: Lt. Joseph Wheeler (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1 Jan 1683 1

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3 M Isaac Power ¹

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           Born: 1665 1
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         Spouse: Mary Poulter (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 14 Apr 1701 1

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4 M Thomas Power ¹

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           Born: 1667 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Mary Harwood (      -      ) 1

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5 M Daniel Power ¹

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Whitcomb (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 8 Apr 1702 1

         Spouse: Martha Bates (      -      ) 2

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6 F Increase Power ¹

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           Born: 16 Jul 1671
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         Spouse: Hepzibah Sawyer (      -      ) 1

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7 M Walter Power ¹

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           Born: 28 Jul 1674 1
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         Spouse: Rebecca Barrett (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 16 Dec 1696 1

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8 M Jacob Power ¹

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           Born: 15 Dec 1679 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Meriam (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Edith Adams (      -      ) 1

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9 F Sarah Power ¹

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           Born: 8 Feb 1683
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         Spouse: Moses Barron (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Walter Power

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The family name of Power, often found in the forms Poore and Poure, is from the old Norman name le Poer, and dates back to the Conquest, one of the Conqueror's officers at the battle of Hastings bearing that name, found in the Roll of Battle Abbey. The name has ever since held an honorable place in the history of England. Richard Poer, high sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1187, is mentioned in the Herald's College thus: "He was killed while defending the Lord's day." In the "Doomsday of St. Paul's," published by the Camden Society of London, the names of Walter and William Poer (Power) appear a number of times among those possessed of landed rights in 1222. Farmer's "Genealogy of New England" refers to a John Power, of Charlestown, who had a son Peter, born in 1643. About that time Nicholas Power appeared in Massachusetts, but made a permanent home in Rhode Island. For several generations there was just one son in that line, and the last dying without issue the name became extinct.

Walter Power first appears in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1654, as a boy fourteen years of age. He was married on "Ye eleventh day of ye first month, 1660, to Trial, born Feb. 10, 1641, daughter of Deacon Ralph and Thankes Sheppard, at Malden, Mass." There is no exact record as to where he came from, but it is believed that he was from Essex, England. After his marriage he settled near Concord (then called Concord Village), Massachusetts, near Littleton. [CAB, 659]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 659.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 660.