Ahnentafel #531 - Mary Powell

Mary Powell

Born: May 7, 1660, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Died: ca. 1739 Lebanon, Connecticut

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1) Stephen Tilden ca. 1689 2) she may have married David Lee, June 24, 1736 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Records:

1660 - Gloucester, MA town & vital records - Mary daughter of Rowland Powell borne by Issabelle his wife the 7th of maye 1660

1698 - March 2 - Plymouth County, Massachusetts - a Stephen Tilden a grand juror, may be Stephen's father. 

1698 - Aug. 3 - Stephen listed as heir of his father in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 3:62


1698 - Nov. 10 - John Jones purchased land from Samuel & Elizabeth Curtis, William & Lidia Tickner, James & Rebecka Briggs, John Tilden and Stephen Tilden.  This could be another branch of the family settling an estate. 

1700 - May 27 - Scituate, MA - Joseph & Susanna White sold land to Stephen Tilden and Stephen Tilden Jr. 

1701 - March 26 - Stephen Tilden, Jr. worsted comber of Scituate & wife Mary in Plymouth County 5:7

1702 - Feb. 15 - Scituate, MA, Stephen Tilden bought land from Philip & Elizabeth Turner.  This may be his father. 

1702 - July - Plymouth County, Court of Common Pleas - Steven Tilden listed as  petit juror.

1702 - Dec. 22 - Scituate, MA, Stephen & Mary Tilden sold land to Phillip Turner.

1704 - Stephen Tilden, husbandman of Scituate in Plymouth County, 5:134

1704 - March 25 - Stephen Tilden, Jr. & wife Mary of Scituate, 5:136

1704 - March 28 - Scituate, MA - Stephen Tilden sold land to Edward Prouty, could be his father

1705/6 - March 2 - Stephen Tilden Jr. of Scituate to Samuel Stodder house and land at Brushy Hill in Scituate 14:140

1710 - Dec. 14 - Stephen Tilden of Scituate to son Joseph Tilden

1711 - Sept. 4 - Scituate, MA Stephen Tilden sold land to David Tilden, probably his brother and possibly selling his share of their father's estate

1711 - Sept. 4 - See Book, MA Stephen Tilden sold land to Ruth F. Tilden, probably his sister and possibly selling his share of their father's estate

1717 - Aug. 11 - Lebanon, Connecticut - a Mary Tilden was admitted to Lebanon 1st Congregational Church

1718 - Mar. 3 - Scituate, MA, Stephen Tilden & Stephen Tilden Jr. sold land to Samuel Stodder 

1725 - May 8 - Stephen Tilden wrote his will and mentioned his wife Mary: 

Imp. I Give and bequeath unto Mary my Dearly beloved Wife an Honourable Maintainance out of my whole estate during her widowhood to be paid by all my children in equal proportion.

Stephen Tilden {Seal}

1728 - June 27 - Stephen Tilden's will was probated at Windham, Connecticut:

Then ye within named Caleb Pierce and Joseph Fowler personaly apeared and made solemn oath that they saw ye within named Stephen Tilden sign, seall and heard him publish pronounce and declare ye within will to be his last will and testament and that they at ye same time set their names their to as witnesses in presents of ye Testator and that ye said Josh Sutton at ye same time set his hand to ------ to as an witness with ye deponents and that they do judg[e] ye sd Stephen Tilden at ye same time of being of executing ye sd will was of sound mind and memory, before me

Ebenezer West, Justice of ye Peace

A Court of Probate held in Windham June ye 27, 1728 Present Timothy Peirce Esqr. Judge The last will and Testament of Mr. Stephen Tilden late of Lebanon dec'd. was now exhibited into sd court by ye executor named in sd will - wch will is by this court proved approved and ----- of and ordered to be recorded and kept on file.

Test. John ----, Clerk of Probate.


Extracted out of ye originall and Recorded July 2, 1728 pr -- John C---- Clerk of probate

1736 - June 24 - a Mary Tilden alias Powel md. David Lee recorded in the records of the 1st Congregational Church of Lebanon, Connecticut.  Does the "alias Powel" refer to her maiden name? There is no corresponding marriage in the Barbour Collection.

Children:
Stephen 
Hannah 
Mary