Howells and Powells

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gallagher on July 20, 2009 at 6:56pm

Were the Quaker Powells to Philadelphia were Welsh? I connect to them tangentially, being descended from a sibling each of mayors Joseph Wilcox & Samuel Rhoads.

Permalink Reply by Gary D Powell on July 21, 2009 at 7:01am

Possible, but I don't really know? I just know that some Powells, which used to be Howell, and 1st- HyWel. came over here to Va I believe.

Permalink Reply by Paula Elizabeth Heard on July 21, 2009 at 8:07am

My husband's mother was a Howell/s born in Newport and we've managed to trace her Howell/s family back to Chepstow any help?

Permalink Reply by Janice Tanner Salazar on February 6, 2010 at 6:24pm

At www.google.com, type in Mike John Monmouthshire. On the home page click on "Chepstow." All of the parish records for Chepstow have been typed up and indexed. I have Howell ancestors from St. Arvans about 4 k from Chepstow.

Permalink Reply by Gary D Powell on July 21, 2009 at 7:25pm

Im not sure about anything too much past my 3rd GGF Levi Powell. This is my BrickWall. The town that I have heard of in Wales is Breckonshire I beleive. And the "Castle Madoc" was owned by the Powells around the 11century, and the name would have been Hywel then.

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Christine O'Grady on December 19, 2009 at 7:10am

I have Powells, an Ann Powell 1803, my third great grandmother, married to an Edward Richards in Merthyr Tydfyl. I have nothing on her ancestry, anyone able to help?
It was interesting to read that Powell used to be Howell and before that Hywel. A lot of the males in my family descended from Ann and Edward were called Howell.

Permalink Reply by Gary D Powell on December 20, 2009 at 9:13am

The Powell came from a mispronunciation of Ap Howell which is son of Howell.