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Jacob Powell

Birth	:	1766 New York, USA
Death	:	10 May 1819 New Brunswick, Canada
Burial	:	Richibucto Protestant Cemetery, Richibucto, Kent County, Canada
Coordinate	:	46.6730300, -64.8677700
Description	:	In 1784 the only English settler from Pictou to Miramichi was William HANINGTON who that year purchased a tract of 5,000 acres at Shediac. It was only 20 years previously that William DAVIDSON arrived from the north of Scotland and settled at Miramichi and the next year obtained the Elm Tree grant of 100,000 acres. But it was not until 1786 that a number of loyalists and disbanded soldiers settled there and Mr. Davidson was enabled to start two saw mills and two years later open trade with England in the sale of masts. In 1786, Solomon POWELL, an American... Read More	In 1784 the only English settler from Pictou to Miramichi was William HANINGTON who that year purchased a tract of 5,000 acres at Shediac. It was only 20 years previously that William DAVIDSON arrived from the north of Scotland and settled at Miramichi and the next year obtained the Elm Tree grant of 100,000 acres. But it was not until 1786 that a number of loyalists and disbanded soldiers settled there and Mr. Davidson was enabled to start two saw mills and two years later open trade with England in the sale of masts. In 1786, Solomon POWELL, an American loyalist from Poughkeepsie settled on the Richibucto where the ferocity of the Indians had previously deterred any English settlers attempting it. He went there to carry on fishing and shipbuilding, portaging his implements and supplies from the head of Grand Lake to the head of the Richibucto river with the help of Indians. Three years afterward he was followed there by Capt. Jacob POWELL, who commenced business associated with William PAGAN of St. John under the name of Pagan & Powell. Their headquarters were at St. John and they had four branch houses. To show the difficulties and delay attending communication in those days, it may be mentioned that the Quebec house had heavy losses, which rendered the firm insolvent, and it was six months afterward before the head house at St. John learned that they had been bankrupt for six months. The late Judge WELDON, the late Sheriff SAYRE and Benjamin GOLDSMITH, a nephew of the poet, were clerks in the Richibucto house. It is also interesting to note that during the revolution, Capt. Powell sailed a vessel from New York without convoy for England. He was met off the coast of Nova Scotia by a French privateer which called upon him to surrender. He was armed with one gun, 'a long Tom' and he preferred trying conclusions. The French vessel shattered his mainmast, when he got a fair shot at his opponent between wind and water, sinking her. He rescued the crew, landing them at Halifax. The cabin boy, MICHAUD, was brought up by Capt. Powell and some of his descendants live in Kent Co. His Death May 19 1819 St John City Gazette, d. Richibucto (Kent Co.), 10th inst., Jacob POWELL, Esq., age 53. Came from New York in 1783. Lately partner in House of Messrs. Pagans.

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Jacob Powell's memorial is located at: Richibucto Protestant Cemetery, Richibucto, Kent County, Canada.
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Jacob Powell death on 10 May 1819 in New Brunswick, Canada
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Latitude: 46.6730300
Longitude: -64.8677700

Family Members:

Parent

Mary Weeks Powell

(1726 - 1810)

Spouse

Siblings

Solomon Powell

(1745 - 1818)

James Powell

(1756 - 1812)

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