Nathaniel Hart Powers (1792-1862) and Rebecca LaRue

Thomas Thornton married Susanna Powers.  The Powers family has been well documented as any web search will show.  Walter Powers (1639-1708) apparently left Ireland at age 16, arriving in the USA as an indentured servant where he married and raised a large family.  His great great grandson, Nathaniel Powers (1754-1804), was heavily involved in the American Revolution as a revolutionary and for some reason moved to Leeds County, Upper Canada (where in 1794 he declares that  “… wishing to become a subject to his Majesty and a settler”) ,  where he was to die in 1804.  Nathaniel and his wife Jerusha Hart (1757-) had a number of children, one of them being Nathaniel Hart Powers (1787-1862), born in New Hampshire. He was to marry Rebecca LaRue (1792-1856) who was born in Leeds County, Ontario, a daughter of Hendrick LaRue (1755-1850) and Marritje Schmidt (1753-1806).

Nathaniel Hart Powers and Rebecca LaRue married in Canada in 1809 and by 1811 had moved to the USA.  They returned to Leeds County around 1820 and then in 1830 moved to Durham County, settling around the village of Kirby.  They had the following children:

• Laura Powers (1810-11)
• Nelson Powers (1812-1890) born in NY. Married Maria Billings (1813-1890). (I have photo of grave stone).
  • Thomas Henry Powers (1846-1929).  Married Alvina Parker (1874-1952).
    • Helen Powers (1906-2009).
  • Melvin N. Powers (1854-1916).  Married Marriett Hughson (1857-1922).
    • Wilbert G. Powers (1885-).
    • Lina M. Powers (1887-).
    • Eber R. Powers (1893-)
  • Rebecca M. Powers (1853-1889).
  • Louisa Powers (1857-1898).
  • William N. Powers (1847-1898).
  • Wellington Powers (1841-)
  • Marcena Powers (1838-).
  • Ransom Powers (1839-).
• Hiram Hart Powers (1814-1908) born in NY.  Married 3 times.
  • Ransom Powers (1839-).  ?? or is this the son of Nelson?
  • Hiram H. Powers (1842-).
  • Mary E. Powers (1846-).
• Henry LaRue Powers (1815-1908)  born in NY.  Married Amarila Latimore (1818-1908).  (I have photo of grave stone)
  • Mary E. Powers (1849-1913).
  • Martha Powers (1845-).  Married John Rickards.
  • James Power (1848-1931). Married Lenora Hughson (1853-1943).  (I have photo of grave stone)
  • Rachel D. Powers (1851-)  Married John Miller.
  • Alberta Powers (1855-).  Married T.C. Bell.
  • William G. Powers (1856-1856).
• James Powers (1818-1903) born in NY.   Moved from Canada to Illinois where he farmed.   Married Lucinda Manley Powers (1821-1903). Have photos of grave stone.
  • Wesley J. Powers (1845-1902).  Married Jenny Marsden.  Have photos.
    • Mabelle Powers (1869-1922) married Dewitt Thacker (1862-1918).
      • Dewitt Wesley Powers (1892-1953).
  • Laura Powers (1843-) married Jerome B. Ellis in Illinois.
    • James Ellis (1876-)
    • Charle Ellis (1883-)
  • Emma A. Powers (1850?-) married Thomas Marsden in Illinois.
    • Lotta Marsden (1873-)
    • son (1880-)
• Samuel Powers (1819-1873).  Married Maria M. Molton (1820-).
  • William Powers (1830?).
  • Charles Powers (1832?).
  • Lafontaine Powers (1842?).
  • Ambrose Powers (1846?).  In Wisconsin.
• Eliza Powers (1822-1843).  She married John J. Thornton (1820-1905), son of John and Francis Thornton, of Clarke township.
  • Richard (Best) Thornton.
• Susanna Powers (1824-1881).  She married Thomas Thornton (1823-1916).  (See post for Thomas Thornton).
• Simon Powers (1827-1923).  Married Mary Gilhard (18?-1923).   (I have photo of grave stone which states his wife was Mary McMann (1832-1889) who must have been his first wife).
  • Arthur Austin Powers (1862-). Married Eleanor Hughson.  Ran for provincial legislature.
  • Lora Powers (1870-)
• Amos Powers (1829-1882).  Married Dinah Burton (1839-1877).   (I have photo of grave stone)
  • E. Burton Powers (1858-1868).
  • Alberta Powers (1871-1872).
• John Wesley Powers (1834-1864).  Married Melinda Fisk.
• Maria Jane Powers (1834-1899).  Married Orlando Lent.
  • Maitland Lent (1858-).
  • Ida Lent (1862-).
  • Frank Lent (1869-).
  • Helena Lent (1874-).
  • Ernest W. Lent (1876-).

Note:  I have details on some of the next generation.

Photo taken from the 1929 book by John Squairs, Townships of Darlington and Clarke.   Could this photo be of Rebecca (LaRue) Powers?  They look a little like they might be a match for clothing.

Photo of the new grave marker raised for Nathaniel and Rebecca.  Note:  the original stone spells the name as Powars.