Francis Powley^{[1, 2]}
Abt 1725 - Abt 1802

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• Birth	Abt 1725	Holland, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Cataraqui United Church Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Died	Abt 1802	Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I213	Our Family | Powley, Bearss, Bearce, Bearse, Powley, Kucan, Kutchen, Fraser, Thom, George, Kutchen, Kucan,Bearss, Bearce, Powley
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2010

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1744	, , , Netherland   [4]
  Children	1. Johann Jacob Powley,   b. 14 Oct 1744,   d. 21 Jun 1814, Kingston Twp, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   2. Francis Powley,   b. 1746   3. William Powley,   b. 1748   4. Elizabeth Powley,   b. Abt 1750, , , , Netherland
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Event Cemetery - - Cataraqui United Church Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Died - Abt 1802 - Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

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• Notes

  He died in 1802 in the midland dist. of Ontario. He was a yoeman, (a farmer who cultivates his own land).He was buried in Cataraqui, Ontario. He emigrated to American and according to family tradition was a resident of Schenectady New York during the War of independence. He fled as a Loyalist to Kingston area of Ontario. According to the UEL list he was the first settler called Loyalist, in the Kingston area. He also was one of the first permanent settlers to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This information can be obtain from the Powley File in the UEL Assoc. of Canada Library, Ontario, Canada. According to the Rev. Malcolm Powley unpublished book on the Powley's , the Powley's are descended from the Palaeologus or Pauleovitch, the Last Emperor of the Byzatine Empire. [5]




• Sources

  [S1223] Brant Gibbard, Brant Gibbard, (\i Brant Gibbard's Genealogy Pages\i0 . http://www.bgibbard.ca/genealogy/ : 18 Sep 2005.), (http://www.bgibbard.ca/genealogy/ : accessed 26 Apr 2005); Name, Birth & death dates,& marriage. (Reliability: 2), 26 Apr 2005. [S1225] Compact Disc #66, (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, n.d.), Francis Powley (Pin #668837) family group record (Reliability: 1), 12 Oct 2006. [S1223] Brant Gibbard, Brant Gibbard, (\i Brant Gibbard's Genealogy Pages\i0 . http://www.bgibbard.ca/genealogy/ : 18 Sep 2005.), (http://www.bgibbard.ca/genealogy/ : accessed 26 Apr 2005); Name, Birth & death dates,& marriage. (Reliability: 1), 26 Apr 2005. [S1225] Compact Disc #66, (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, n.d.), Elizabeth Powley (Pin #668840) family group record (Reliability: 1), 12 Oct 2006. [S1472] Loyalists List, United Empire Loyalist Centennial Committee, editor, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1993.), G971.024 Un., Page 238. (Reliability: 3), 27 Feb 2007.