Massachusetts Family Group Sheet for the Snelling POWELL, Esq. Family
Husband: Snelling POWELL
Esq.
Birthdate: 1758
Birthplace: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death date: 8 Apr 1821
Place of death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Orig. buried in Trinity Church vaults, Tomb #53. After a fire, that cemetery was defunct. Bodies removed to
Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, where the Trinity Church plot (not individual graves) is Lot #4194 on Cactus Path).
Father: Snelling POWELL
Mother: Mary Ann
Other spouses:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Wife: Elizabeth "Betsy" HARRISON
Birthdate: 1774
Birthplace: Marazion, Cornwall, England
Death date: 10 Dec 1843
Place of death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Orig. buried in Trinity Episcopal Church vaults, Tomb #53. After a fire, that cemetery was defunct. Bodies
removed to Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, where the Trinity Church plot (not individual graves) is Lot #4194 on Cactus Path).
Father: James HARRISON
Mother:
Other spouses:
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Snelling POWELL (8 years old)
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt.1795
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 29 Jan 1803
Place of death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Orig. buried in Trinity Episcopal Church vaults, Tomb #53. After a fire, that cemetery was defunct. Bodies
removed to Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, where the Trinity Church plot (not individual graves) is Lot #4194 on Cactus Path).
Marriage dates:
Marriage places:
Spouses' names:
Child No. 2: Elizabeth "Eliza" POWELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1796
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 10 Aug 1849
Place of death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial:
Marriage dates: 14 Sep 1826
Marriage places: Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses' names: Henry James FINN, Esq.
Child No. 3: Isabella Harrison POWELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1797
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date:
Place of death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial:
Marriage dates: 10 Oct 1818
Marriage places: Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses' names: Samuel HOPKINS
Child No. 4: Charles Snelling POWELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Apr 1803
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 8 Oct 1897
Place of death: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
Marriage dates: 23 Jan 1828
Marriage places: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA; Sycamore Path, Halesia Path, Lot 3485.
Spouses' names: Mary GILPATRICK
Child No. 5: John T. POWELL
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1806
Birthplace: England
Death date: 26 Jul 1855
Place of death: Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: East Bolton Methodist Church, Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage dates: 22 May 1836
Marriage places: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses' names: Elizabeth BAKER
Child No. 6: Helen Dickson POWELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1810
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 21 Dec 1884
Place of death: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage dates: 12 Mar 1827
Marriage places: Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouses' names: Oliver Cromwell WYMAN, Jr.
Documentation:
Snelling POWELL (1758-1821)
"Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912.” For Snelling Powell, 10 Jul 1758, Baptism; (from
"Parish Records Collection 1538-2005.” citing Carmarthenshire, Wales, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.)
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-VM8R) Entry for Snelling Powell and Betsy Harrison, Marriage:
1794.
"United States, Census, 1810." FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2D-HG4) Entry for Snelling Powell, 1810.
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927." FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQT-63X) Entry for Snelling Powell and Betsy Harrison, Marriage: Jul
1794.
Find a Grave:
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138318173/charles_snelling-powell) memorial page for Charles Snelling Powell (2
Apr 1803–22 Dec 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138318173, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, MA.
Elizabeth HARRISON (POWELL) (1774-1843)
M.S. Anthony, "Early American Actresses: Celebrities on the Early American Stage." For Mrs. (Elizabeth
Harrison) Snelling Powell (1774-1843). Link:
https://www.earlyamericanactresses.com/tragedydramas/mrs-elizabeth-harrison-snelling-powell/
Find a Grave:
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248630219/elizabeth-powell) Memorial page for Elizabeth Harrison Powell
(1774–10 Dec 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248630219, citing Trinity Church Tombs, Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
Elizabeth POWELL (FINN) (1796-1849)
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRH-KLN) Entry for Henry James Finn and Elizabeth Powell, Marriage: 14
Sep 1826.
"United States, Census, 1850."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSD-SPP) Entry for Eliza Finn and Henry W Finn, 1850.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHK7-VPR) Entry for James H C. Finn and Henry J. Finn, Death: 7 Sep
1851.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH79-ZHC) Entry for Elizabeth Powell Finn and Snelling Powell, Death:
22 Nov 1866.
Snelling POWELL (1795-1803)
"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988." For Snelling Powell, age 8. Death: 29 Jan 1803.
Isabella POWELL (HOPKINS) (1797-unknown)
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRZ-L6T) Entry for Samuel Hopkins and Isabella H Powell, Marriage: 10
Oct 1818.
Charles Snelling POWELL (1803-1897)
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915."
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-5ZK) Entry for Charles Snelling Powell, Birth: 1803.
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKC-HJN) Entry for Charles S Powell and Mary Gilpatrick, Marriage: 23
Jan 1828.
Find a Grave:
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248519649/snelling-powell) Memorial page for Snelling Powell (1758–8 Apr
1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248519649, citing Trinity Church Tombs, Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
John POWELL (1806-1855)
"Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915." New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston,
Massachusetts; "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915." Entry for John Powell and Elizabeth Baker
"Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston,
Massachusetts; "Massachusetts Vital Records." Entry for John Powell, Death: 29 Jul 1855.
"Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991." Probate Records 1648-1924. Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. Entry for John Powell, Probate date: 21 Aug 1855.
Helen Dickson POWELL (WYMAN) (1810-1884)
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927."
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHK6-VQQ) Entry for Oliver Cromwell Jr Wyman and Helen Dickson Powell,
Marriage: 7 Mar 1827.
"United States Census, 1860." FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCX-96F) Entry for Oliver C Wyman and Helen D Wyman, 1860.
Find a Grave:
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229635696/helen_dickson-wyman) Memorial page for Helen Dickson Powell Wyman
(1809–21 Dec 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 229635696, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
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