William Alexander Powell 
William Alexander was born on July 24th, 1798 in Middlesburg, VA, USA.1 William Alexander's father was Levin Jr Powell and his mother was Susannah Elizabeth Orr. His paternal grandparents were Levin Powell and Sally Harrison; his maternal grandparents were John Orr and Susan Monroe Grayson. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Cuthbert, John Levin, Alfred Harrison, Amelia N, Mary Eleanor and Susannah Elizabeth. He died at the age of 72 on October 2nd, 1870 in Richmond, VA, USA.1 General Notes
Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, 1600-1800s
Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Vol II, Powell Evans, P 778
William Alexander Powell, son of Levin Powell Jr. and his wife Susannah Elizabeth Orr, and father of Maria Antoinette(Powell) Evans, was a lawyer in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA. He married in 1820, Lucy, who came to VA in 1740, married Lucy Smith, of Culpepper Co., and for many years a member of the General Assembly of Va, and his wife Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Captain Henry Nicholson, quartermaster of a Virginia brigade in the Revolutionary War, and his wife Sarah Hay, daughter of Hon Anthony Hay of Williamsburg, VA, a lineal descendant of the family of Hay of the earldom of Erroll, in the Scottish peerage. Hon Daniel Lee was a son of Dr John Lee, of Trinity College, Dublin, a native of Ireland, who came to VA m 1740, married Lucy Smith of Culpepper Co and settled at Woodstock, Frederick Co, where Daniel was born. Daniel and Elizabeth (Nicholson) Lee had, besides Lucy Peachy (Lee) Powell, Mrs Hedges of New Orleans, Mrs Patrick Henry Cabell, Rev Henry Lee, Judge George Lee, of the Virginia Court of Appeals, grandfather of Dr Duncan Lee Despard, assictant Professor of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphis, 1911, and Hugh Lee Esq of Winchester, Va.
William Alexander and Lucy Peach(Lee) Powell, had besides Maria Antionette(Powel) Evans, four sons: Colonel Daniel Lee Powell, of Richmond, Rev John Dalrymple Powell, of Norfork, Dr Alfred H Powell, of Baltimore, MD., and Hugh Lee Powell, of Leesburg, VA and three other daughters, Mrs Fredrick Lloyd, of Missouri, Mrs Frank F Jones of New York, and Mrs William F Brooks of Alexandria, VA.
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- d.24 Feb 1787 in Prince William Co., VA
- b.1705 in Greenfields, Somerset, MD, USA d.1787 in Prince William, VA, USA
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.Jul 1737 in Dumfries, Prince William, VA, USA d.23 Aug 1810 in Bedford, PA, USA
- b.1656 in of Aquia Creek Westmoreland Co, VA d.1728
- b.Oct 1686 in Westmoreland Co., VA d.01 Oct 1751 in Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co., VA
- b.1670 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1720 in Stony Point, Stafford, VA, USA d.1788 in Prince William Co., VA
- b.1700 in VA d.< 1752
- b.04 Aug 1772 in Middleburg, Loudoun, VA, USA d.19 Sep 1807 in Washington, KY, USA
- b.28 Dec 1637 in of Acaster, caton and Flaxby d.UNKNOWN
- b. in of Chippawamsic, Prince William Co., VA d.UNKNOWN
- b. in of Holme d.UNKNOWN
- b.17 Dec 1740 in Prince William, VA, USA d.20 Oct 1812 in Middleburg, Loudoun, VA, USA
- b.24 Jul 1798 in Middlesburg, VA, USA d.02 Oct 1870 in Richmond, VA, USA
- b. in of Burrowfield, Renfrewshire, d.UNKNOWN
- b.11 Jun 1888 in Waterside, Dumphries, Scotland d.08 Oct 1918 in Glasgow, Scotland
- b. in of Auchinaines d.UNKNOWN
- b.25 Jul 1726 in Schotts, Lankashire d.1780 in Alexandria, Fairfax, VA, USA
- b. in Laird of Waterside d.UNKNOWN
- b. in Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.1780 in Loudon Co., VA d.24 Jan 1844
- b.~ 1707 in Scotland d.1757 in Westmoreland Co., VA
- b.1743 in Prince William, VA, USA d.1780
- b.1709 in VA d.Nov 1752 in Belle Air, Prince William, VA, USA
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Details of William Alexander's family with Lucy Peachy Lee
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Further source/citation:
Genealogy Library, PA Colonial Records 1600-1800: Colonial & Rev Families Vol II,Powell Evans
Further source/citation:
Genealogy Library, PA Colonial Records 1600-1800: Colonial & Rev Families Vol II,Powell Evans
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