Walter Powers

1640 - 1708  (68 years)

• Name	Walter Powers
  	to New England He lived near Nagog Pond, and his descendants were among the first incorporators of Littleton. His surname was written both as Power and Powers. [7]
  Birth	1639/40	Essex, England   [1, 5, 9]
  Immigration	say 1653 (13 years)
  Legal	1654 (14 years)	Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  The first that is known of Walter Power is found in the Worcester County, Massachusetts records of a trial in 1654 in which he was a witness. He gives his age as 14, and of Concord.
  Age: 14
  History	17 Oct 1691 (51 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Land/House	5 Mar 1695 (55 years)	Littleton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 4]
  On 5 March 1695 Thomas Harris of Stow, Massachusetts, farmer, with his wife Mary's consent, sold to Walter Power of Concord a third of a tract at Nashobey (Littleton) Massachusetts.
  Will	8 Dec 1704 (64 years)  [1]
  On 8 December 1704 he made his will: To All Christian People to whome this Deed of Sale shall come, Walter Power senr of Concord in the County of Middlesex within the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England husbandman Sendith Greeting. Know ye that I,tho aforesaid Walter Power for several good and weighty Causes and considerations me thereunto moving, partly in Consideration of my son Walter Power formerly of Concord, now of Groton in sd County, his obliging himself by writing unto his brother William Power and Jacob Power -partly to show my love and affections unto him my sd son Walter in order to his Comfortable Settlement here at Nashoby where I now live. But Chiefly and mainly to encourage and enable him to the performance of Such duty and Service unto mySelf and Tryall my wife his natural parents now in our old and declining age The which as will more fully appear in this Instrument,- Have given granted Bargained & Sold alien enforced and confirmed, and by these presents Do fully freely Clearly and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enforce Convey pass over & confirm unto him the aforesaid Walter Power,my Son himself his heirs Executors assignees forever the Several Lands hereafter mentioned in this Instrument All Situate lying and being in the northerly part of Concord aforesaid next to Chelmsford Line, and is part of a farm formerly purchased by my father Ralph Shepard of Lt. Joseph Wheeler; The premises now Sold and disposed are as followeth: Impers. my now Dwelling house together with the Land on which sd house standeth and ye Land adjoining proscribed and bounded in manner following, Containing by Estimation Thirty Five acres & the same more or less being chiefly orcharding plowland and meadow land most of which is or hath been within home, Chelmsford Line bounding the Northerly Side there of Northwest is Bound upon the West Land on the edge of the great hill just above the old fence westerly by the path that is usually used from this Saide farme to Groton Mill, Southerly it bounds partly by the Land that I have disposed of unto my son Jacob Power and South Easterly by sd Jacob Power his plowland the line allready being Settled next sd Jacob quite untill it comes to Chelmsford Line. Also the full one halfe of a Tract of Undivided Wast Land belonging to sd farme lying on the South Westerly side of said great hill adjoining unto the afore mentioned granted premises. The Whole Containing by Estimation Sixty acres the same to be Equally divided between him sd Walter Power my son Sc him sd Jacob Power as may appear by Deed to him sd Jacob bearing date with those presents. To Have Sc To Hold Sc-Provided it Be always understood yt he ye aforesaid Walter Power my Son himSelf his heirs executors and adms. is ' and shall be obliged to Do and perform or cause to be done and performed the duty and Service hereafter mentioned. That is to Say to Keep and maintain mySelf and Tryall my Wife aforesaid all the time of Each of our natural life with good whole Some food and both meat and Drink and good warm apparrel suitable for both winter and Summer & as also Convenient Bedding Sc Lodging and in time of sickness or. other bodily infirmities, to afford us and either of us with ye help of suitable Doctors according as the case may require as also shall yearly (if orchards bears fruit) to lay in for me into the Cellar Two Barrels of good Cyder to be at my own free disposal unto my friends or to Such as I shall See occasion to bestow it upon, further shall allow me an horse to ride to meeting Sc to See my friends when I shall see occasion at convenient according to true and honest meaning: Further shall not remove me to any other place to Keep Except any Extraordinary occasion by Reason of the Enemy and dangers, or that I Do give my consent in such removal, and further shall afford unto myself and wife, at Death each of us a decent buriall in Such place as Providence doth permit; and all to be done without fraud, deceit or careless delays. And for the better securing and fulfilling the particular duties above comprehended are firmly bound over unto me ye said Walter Power Senr mySelf heirs, executors Administrators and Assignors firmly by these presents notwithstanding what is above written. In Witness unto this my act and Deed I sd Walter Power Senr do affix my hand and seal and Walter Power Junr in token that he doth oblige himself his heirs executors and administrators to fulfill the Said Articles and Duties to be performed to his said parents does likewise affix his hand and Seal. Sealed unto by the aforesaid Walter Power Senr & Junr interchangeably this eighth day of December Anno Domini Seventeen hundred four in the third year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Anne by the Grace of England, Scotland and Ireland. Walter Power Senr, his (X),mark Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Thomas Brown ) John Barker )
  Death	22 Feb 1707/08	Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 5, 8, 9]
  Burial	Aft 22 Feb 1707/08	Power Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Power Burying Ground,  Littleton, Massachusetts
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Powers   (Father)
  Person ID, Branch	I2348	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Powers
  Family ID	F1832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Trial Shepard,   b. 19 Dec 1641, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Feb 1708/09, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1660	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years and 3 months - She : 18 years and 3 months.
  Notes	Marriage Date: Their marriage date was recorded as 11 (1) 1660. [1, 2]
  Children	7 sons and 2 daughters
  +   1. William Powers,   b. 16 Mar 1661/62, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Mar 1710, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Mary Banks  m. Yes, date unknow +   2. Mary Powers,   b. 1663, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Apr 1740, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 77 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Joseph Wheeler  m. 1 Mar 1681/82     3. Isaac Powers,   b. 1665  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Thomas Powers,   b. 1667  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Daniel Powers,   b. 1669  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Increase Powers,   b. 1671  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Walter Powers,   b. 1674  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Jacob Powers,   b. 1679  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   9. Sarah Powers,   b. 8 Feb 1683, Concord (now Littleton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1711, Groton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 27 years) ▻ Moses Barron  m. 8 Apr 1702
  Family ID	F1830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Walter Powers(1639/40 – 22 Feb 1707/08) 2John Powers 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1639/40 - Essex, England Legal - 1654 - Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 11 Mar 1660 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Land/House - 5 Mar 1695 - Littleton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 22 Feb 1707/08 - Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 22 Feb 1707/08 - Power Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1949] Amidon, Lee Earll. Powers Family, a Record of Walter Power of Concord, Massachusetts, and Related Families, (Unknown: manuscript, 1937). [S172] Corey, Deloraine P. Births Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden Massachusetts 1649-1850 , (Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1903). [S169] Flagg, Francis G. "Early Malden Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852). [S1948] Harris, Gale Ion. "Arthur Harris of Duxbury, Bridgewater, and Boston, Massachusetts: With an Account of His Apparent Grandson, Thomas Harris of Plainfield, Connecticut", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 159, 2005). [S678] McTeer, Frances Davis and Frederick C. Warner. "Descendants of Reuben Powers of Shutesbury, Mass", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 1969). [S676] Pratt, Melvyn. Report to Eddy Family Reunion 1997, (Polo Alto, California: manuscript, 1997). [S1899] Shattuck, Lemuel. A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts : From its Earliest Settlement to 1832, (Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Company, 1835). [S1100] Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, (Concord, Massachusetts: Town of Concord, 1895). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).