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Thomas Powell (1641–1721/22) was a land owner in the middle section of Long Island in the Province of New York during the colonial period of American history. He secured the land transaction known as the Bethpage Purchase with local native tribes on Long Island. ==Early life== Powell was born in August or October 1641.〔Some sources say the 8th month, which on Old Style calendar was October. Some sources say August, some say October. 〕 Puritans Thomas Powell (1616–1681) and Priscilla Powell (nee Whitson) are sometimes given as the names of his parents.〔 Sources disagree on whether Powell was born in Wales, United Kingdom〔〔 〕 or in Connecticut.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Powell History and Genealogy in America ) ''This source has two men named Thomas Powell with years of 1616–1681. The first has a wife named Priscilla, but no son named Thomas, and no involvement with the rum trade. Further down the page is a Capt. Thomas Powell involved in the wine and rum trade and whose wife's name is unknown. This source lists the second as father of Thomas Powell, born August 1641, the same year Hannah (daughter of the other Thomas Powell) was born. Some sources say the two fathers were the same man and surmise that Thomas & Hannah were twins and that Thomas was disowned by his parents (no reason given).'' 〕〔 〕 Some sources say that Powell's parents were involved with the Reverend John Davenport,〔 who led a group of Puritans to settle in the New Haven Colony in present-day New Haven, Connecticut. Several sources say Powell's father was involved with the sack and rum trade.〔〔Some sources say Powell's father was a Captain.〕 Court records from 1662 for the Town of Huntington, New York, indicate that Powell became either an indentured servant or an apprentice to Captain Thomas Matthews of Flushing, New York about 1653 at about the age of 12. After almost nine years of service to Matthews, Powell gave written testimony for Matthews against the estate of Jonas Halifax Wood of Hempstead regarding an unpaid debt for rum and wine following Wood's death.〔〔One source indicates Powell served as Matthews' clerk.〕 Records from 1666 show Powell acting as attorney for Matthews in the sale of lands in Oyster Bay.〔 Some sources say Powell married Wood's daughter in 1663;〔 while others list Powell's first wife's name as ''unknown''.〔〔 About 1661 or 1662,〔It was commonplace that terms of indentured servitude would be for 7 years, or until a young person became 21.〕 after completing his service, Powell lived for several years in Huntington. Powell filled positions within the administration of Huntington, including recorder, constable, surveyor, overseer, and trustee. In 1682, Powell declined to serve again as constable, because the job required the officer to swear to levy and collect rates for the Church of England, and he had, by then, become a Quaker.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Powell (1641–1722)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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