Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, 1600-1800s
Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Vol II, Powell Evans, P 776
Thomas Powell, who accompanied Captain William to Virginia, was one of the wrecked crew of the "Sea Adventurer", in 1609, an account of his marriage while stranded on the Bermudas, to Elizabeth Persons is given in the annals of the Virginia company of London. He was living at "Dale's Gift" on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1618, whither he was sent in company with Caprain John Pory to make salt for the colony, and is said to have been living in Northampton Co., Va., as late as 1660. He appeared in the court records of old Northampton Co as early as 1638, when he was charged with Lese Majesty for having declared "that in former times kyngs went forth to warrs, but this Kynge was fittin only to sit in a lady's lap", referring to King James I, but he was acquitted of the crime. Again in 1654 he made an affidavit relative to the escape of one of his indentured servants, who had run away, where he declares that he is three score years and upwards. In this document he mentions his son, John Powell.