THE EASLEY FAMILY PAGE
THE GENEALOGY OF ROBERT (ROBIN) EASLEY, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRANT AND ANN PARKER
THROUGH GEORGE WOODSON EASLEY AND DELLA JEANETTE WHITTON AND THEIR FAMILY
POWELL/PARKER/EASLEY FAMILIES
(ANN WARHAM PARKER WAS MARRIED TO OUR IMMIGRANT, ROBERT EASLEY. WILLIAM POWELL IS ANCESTOR TO ANN AND ALSO AN IMMIGRANT FROM WALES ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH WYLLYS)
CHIPPOKES PLANTATION AND STATE PARK
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(When our Easley relatives travel to Virginia, please visit our ancestor's plantation. se) "One of the oldest working plantations in existence, Chippokes has been farmed continuously since 1619. "Located south of the James River, the plantation was built by one of the Jamestown settlers, Captain William Powell. "Crops of corn, peanuts, rye, soybeans, and barley are still harvested. The plantation is the site of the Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival each July and the Steam and Gas Engine Show in June." http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/chi.shtml (Scroll to “History” to read our ancestor’s name. se) (Informative account of Indian Massacre 1622. In 1623 Captain William Powell was killed in an Indian massacre attempting revenge for the killing of so many settlers in 1622. se) http://www.virtualjamestown.org/phatmass.html Jamestown Sites and History: |
*William Powell qualifies recent generations to join the First Families of Virginia Colony, Colonial Dames and many other early American organizations.
