Our Powell DNA Matches, by the Numbers

 Because of Sister Betty, 14 descendants of Willis and Hazel Gaddy Powell have our DNA at Ancestry.com. That is 3 sisters, Betty, Fleta, Helen, 1 brother, Gilbert, 2 of Betty's children, 1 of Fleta's sons, 5 of Betty's grandchildren, 1 of Fleta's grandchildren, and 1 of Helen's grandchildren.

Seventeen descendants of Melton and Gerite Maples Powell have confirmed matches at Ancestry. 

Matches to Richard and Betty Cooper Powell vary for each of us.

Betty 37

Fleta 38

Helen 38

Gilbert 36

 Joe B 39

Matches to Charles Powell and Leah Goldman Powell are:

Betty 130

Fleta 105

Helen 116

Gilbert 94

Joe B 201

Wayne P 198

Matches to Charles Powell and Sarah Gholson Powell are:

Betty 98

Fleta 79

Helen 67

Gilbert 43

Joe B 150

Wayne P 224

I found these matches for each of these thru Ancestry's thru lines tool.  Thru only shows 5 generations, so that is the end of thru lines for the sisters.  But, Joe B and Wayne are each a generation behind us so they have another generation.

Matches to Charles and Elizabeth Powell:

Joe B 42

Wayne 60

One thing our DNA matches proove is that we are Powells back to 1740, and not Whalebone. Some nameless individual has speculated that our Charles Powell might be a son of Elizabeth and Duke Whalebone instead of Elizabeth and Charles Powell. Now we know.  I just wish we could share this discovery with our Cousin James Furry that gave us the Powell Bible record. He died in 2016, so maybe he knows more than we do about lots of things.

Powell DNA connection to William Whitlock Lyon (1765-1820) & Martha Powell 1762-1831)

 Our cousin, Wayne Powell, has two DNA matches to descendants of William Whitlock Lyon & Martha Cella Brown. And, the two matches share DNA with each other, further confirming the accuracy of the connection we have in our family tree between Peter Powell of Caswell County, NC and our Powell family

Wayne matches LR 20 cm.

LR's line back to our Powell family goes

Mother Charlotte T 1926

Nellie Virginia Manion 1906-1992

Mother of Charlotte T

Fannie Chance 1866-1953

Mother of Nellie Virginia Manion

Frances Lafayette Lyon 1833-1910

Mother of Fannie Chance

Robert Lyon 1786-1849

Father of Frances Lafayette Lyon

Martha Cella Brown 1762-1831

Charlotte Taylor 1926-

Mother of Linda Reynolds

Nellie Virginia Manion 1906-1992

Mother of Charlotte Taylor

Fannie Chance 1866-1953

Mother of Nellie Virginia Manion

Frances Lafayette Lyon 1833-1910

Mother of Fannie Chance

Robert Lyon 1786-1849

Father of Frances Lafayette Lyon

Martha Cella Brown 1762-1831

Mother of Robert Lyon

Charles Powell 1757-1785

Husband of Martha Cella Brown

John Powell 1731-1786

Father of Charles Powell

Charles Powell 1690-1744

Father of John Powell

Mother of Robert Lyon

Charles Powell 1757-1785

Husband of Martha Cella Brown

John Powell 1731-1786

Father of Charles Powell

Charles Powell 1690-1744

Father of John Powell

Wayne's line is goes back to Charles Powell 1690-1744 thru Elijah Powell, son of Charles Powell Jr. and Leah Goldman.

LR and Wayne share DNA matches with Sarah Jane Powell Bottoms, Lewis Powell, and someone unknown living Jimmie Powell.

Wayne's other DNA connection to  William Whitlock Lyon  is HL Qualls with a 48 cm match.  This connections is below;

HL Qualls

 Father of Qualls

Harvey Roland Qualls 1888-1940

Father of Harvey Lee Wilson Qualls

Parthenia Jane Benson 1846-1924

Mother of Harvey Roland Qualls

Frances Fannie Lyon 1817-

Mother of Parthenia Jane Benson

John Lyon 1790-1850

Father of Frances Fannie Lyon

Martha Cella Brown 1762-1831

Mother of John Lyon

Charles Powell 1757-1785

Husband of Martha Cella Brown

John Powell 1731-1786

Father of Charles Powell

Charles Powell 1690-1744

Father of John Powell

These two DNA matches help substan substantiate the connection of Peter Powell of Caswell County, NC and Macon County, MO to old John Powell of Caswell County, NC as we have this family line in our family tree. 

Gilbert

Only three remain

My brother Gilbert lived most of his adult life in the small town of Omaha, AR.  It has a very small population of 134.  Gilbert worked at a convenience store, gas station, tire shop there. In the small town tradition, Gilbert made many road trips, 10, 15 even 20 miles, out into the countryside to change flat tires for his customers and they did much business on credit. Not credit card credit like the big stores, but personal credit where purchases are tallied on a running bill and the customer comes in on payday with his paycheck. They cashed the pay check, keeping what the customer has run up on his 'tab' and the remainder is given to the customer.

One week, Gilbert was visited by the local policeman. Earlier in the day, he had answered the phone at the store to a very angry woman. It took a while to get the gist of her story. It seems she lived out on Sand Flat Road over by Alpena, 20 miles or so from Omaha, but, somehow, the source of her water is the same as the town of Omaha and she was having water problems. Seems a large construction company was daily drawing down the water, leaving her with limited water pressure. She was going to call the EPA and the Police to get a boil order started. Gilbert told her several times, he could not help her and she needed to call Omaha City Hall, which is next door to the store. She said she had tried that and no one answered the phone there. She called someone else and they gave her Gilbert's number. After going round in circles several minutes, with three customers waiting to cash their pay checks and pay their bills, Gilbert told her he did not care and hung up.

The Police came to visit Gilbert. They said the Sand Flat lady said he was rude and they asked if he was rude. Yes, he said, he was rude and he did not care. They said he could not do that, but he said, 'yes I can and I don't care.' 

Only in Arkansas do you get a visit by the home town police because you were rude to someone who called you because you happened to be next door to city hall. But, Gilbert is true to his raising. He did not care!

Visitor from Buckinghamshire

The three sisters had a cousin travel from Buckinghamshire, England, to meet us face to face.  Wayne Powell lives 20  miles north of London, England.  We found each other through family tree maker Y DNA.  His Y and brother Clayton’s Y are identical.  We are proud to have a new cousin!  Our connecting ancestor was born in 1774!  Sister Helen played hostess and she is not interested in genealogy.  Today she told me genealogy is about like gossiping!  I really didn’t “get” it!  We gifted Wayne a Powell Hardware and Powell Feed cap!  The sisters received shortbread in a Queen Elizabeth tin!