Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, 1600-1800s
Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Vol II, Powell Evans, P 775-778-9
Maria Antionette (Powell) Evans was a descendant of the Powells of Castle Madoc, County Brecknock, Wales, who were descended through a long line of Welsh nobility, from the ancient Cymric Kings and princes. Three grandsons of Dr David Powell, of the Powells of Madoc Castle, the collaborator of Hakluyt in the compilations of "Hakluyt's Voyages of Discovery", were among the first Virginia adventurers, and active participants in the founding and perpetuation of the first permanent English Colony in America.