Major Abijah Powers

1781 - 1855  (74 years)

• Name	Abijah Powers
  Prefix	Major
  Born	7 May 1781	Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Group	Hall Direct Descendant
  	A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
  Group	Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
  	Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.
  Group	Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
  	Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.
  Group	Veteran of War of 1812
  	Person who served in the War of 1812
  Occupation	War of 1812
  Died	16 Jul 1855
  Person ID	I1033	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Ezekiel Powers,   b. 16 Mar 1744/45, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Nov 1808, Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Hannah Hall,   b. 30 Sep 1749, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Oct 1835, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  (Age 86 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1767	Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Melendy,   b. Abt 1785, Grantham, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 1 Mar 1835  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1801
  Children	1. Sylvia Powers,   b. 24 Sep 1801,   d. 1828  (Age 26 years)   2. Elias Powers,   b. 1803,   d. 1804  (Age 1 years)   3. Livia Powers,   b. 15 Oct 1804, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. Unknown   4. Cinda Powers,   b. 28 Mar 1806,   d. 1807  (Age 0 years)   5. Elias Powers,   b. 1 May 1808,   d. Unknown   6. Myra Powers,   b. 22 Feb 1810, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. Unknown   7. Albert Powers,   b. 19 May 1812, New Hampshire ,   d. 1850/1860  (Age 47 years)   8. Betsey Powers,   b. 1817,   d. 1817  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 May 1781 - Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges » Slide Show		Halls of Rehoboth DNA Family 006
  		Veteran of the War of 1812
  		Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier Descendant

  
  

• Notes

  Abijah Powers served in the War of 1812 as a Major, was justice of the peace for many years, selectman for six years, Representative in 1820, 1821, and 1823, was school superintendent for eight years and moderator of town meetings for eighteen sessions.  Residence was Croydon, NH.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS Online, NEHGS (Reliability: 3). 1767    HALL    Hannah and Ezekiel Powers, Jan. 28, 1767.        Marriage    Uxbridge 1767    POWERS    Ezekiel and Hannah Hall, Jan. 28, 1767.        Marriage    Uxbridge [S80] Vital Records of Croyden, New Hampshire by Smith & Sanborn, Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 929.3742 C954s., p. 73 (Reliability: 3). Ezekiel Powers, born at Grafton, Mass., aged 21 years, and Hannah Hall, born at Uxbridge, Mass., aged 17 years, were married Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1767