Captain Jacob Hendrick Pouelson

Nicholas Powelson was born Abt. 1580. Child of Nicholas Powelson is Jacob H Powelson, born 1610 in Holland or Norway.

From Frank W Powelson's book: "The Powelson family were originally from Norway but removed to Holland before any of the name came to this country. From New Barbadoes they scattered and some located on Long Island, N.Y."

The History of North America, Volume 4, by Guy Carleton Lee and Francis Newton Thorpe states that Jacob Powelson, was the captain. "The ship sailed under the Swedish flag, although her passengers and crew were Hollanders.

"The Powelson family came very early to this country. Capt. Jacob Powelson is recorded as having arrived from Holland in the ship Vredenburg on Jan. 24, 1640. Nicholas Powelson came from De Mirden on the ship "Glided Otter" in 1657, and Gommen (Goruimen, Gorman, Gomen, Gowman) Powelson, or Paulison, from Antwerp in the ship "St. John the Baptist" in 1661. From these the Family in America is supposed to have descended.”

Child of Jacob H Powelson is Cornelius Powelson, born Abt. 1676 in Flatbush, New York. Some believe Cornelius’s father was Gommen

The four branches into which the family is divided are New York Branch, the New Jersey Branch, the Virginia Branch and the Pennsylvania Branch. The progenitor of the New York Branch la Cornelius Paulsen, who was born about 1670, at Albany, New York

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* Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 18 2020, 0:14:22 UTC