Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Birth1710
Death29 Sep 1769
General3rd s. Of Moreton Hall, Cheshire. And of Wheelock (on MI).
FatherThomas Powys (1679-1744)
MotherBridget Baldwyn (ca1675-1742)
Spouses
Marriage20 Jul 1732, St Nicholas, Bristol, Gloucestershire [21, Their marriage on 20 Jul 1732 at St Nicholas, Bristol]
ChildrenPenelope (ca1739-1814)
 Thomas Jelf (ca1744-1805)
 Edward (1755-1819)
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Notes for Edward Powys
TFPL, Sep 2004, from Ancestry.com (another son?):

Shropshire: Shrewsbury - St. Mary Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
Burials.  
  Burials.  
   1805.  
County: Shropshire
Country: England
08 Feb 1805 James Jelf Powys, Esq., 61; from Bath; Buried in Berwick chapel.
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This private Act of Parliament is probably to do with him:

1743 (17 Geo. 2) c. 21P
Edward and Katherine Powys' settled estate: vesting part in trustees to raise money to pay debts and securing an equivalent for the benefit of his wife and their issue and Thomas Powys
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In George Ormerod’s ‘The History of Cheshire’, vol III, p. 108, he quotes this mural monument in Sandbach church (all lines being in the centre of the plaque):

In memory of
Edward Powys,
of Wheelock, esq. who departed
this life September 29, 1768
aged 59
much lamented by his acquaintenance.
This momument is erected by his relict Catherine Powys,
and his son Thomas Jelf Powys, esq.

This mural provides the sole evidence to date for his birth year.
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Notes for Edward & Catherine (Family)
Their marriage from FindMyPast ex FamilySearch:

First name(s) Edward
Last name Paeys
Name note -
Marriage year 1732
Marriage date 20 Jul 1732
Marriage place Bristol
Spouse's first name(s) Catharine
Spouse's last name Jelf
Residence Bristol, Gloucester, England
County Gloucestershire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
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From Family Search:

Name Edward Paeys
Spouse's Name Catharine Jelf
Event Date 20 Jul 1732
Event Place St. Nicholas, Bristol, Gloucester, England

England Marriages, 1538–1973
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I05747-0
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1595889
Reference ID Item 2
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