Ancestry of Gen. Colin Powell
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Colin Powell should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.  
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Colin L. Powell
1 Colin Luther Powell, b. New York, N. Y., 5 Apr. 1937,  
m. ... 25 Aug. 1962, Alma Vivien Johnson, b. Birmingham, Ala., ... , dau. of ... Johnson and of ... .
PARENTS
2 Luther Theophilus Powell, b. Top Hill, Jamaica, 18 May 1898, emigrated to US in 1920, d. Queens, N. Y., 29 Apr. 1978 [SSDI 065-09-3448]  
m. St. Philip's Church, New York, N. Y., 28 Dec. 1929
3 Maud Arial McKoy, b. ... , Jamaica, 4 Jan. 1901, emigrated to US in 1923, d. ... 3 June 1984 [SSDI 076-16-7686]
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Powell, b. ... , d. ...  
m. ...
5 ... , b. ... , d. ...
6 Edwin McKoy, b. ... , d. ... [by 1930]  
m. ... [ca. 1900]
7 Alice ----, b. ... , Jamaica, ... [ca. 1878], emigrated to US in 1922, d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 

1930 New York, New York, Manhattan, ED 1050, sheet 16A, line 13
         1968 Broadhurst Ave.

                                          Father's  Mother's
               Rel Age  Status   Bplace   Bplace    Bplace     Immig
Powell Luther   H   30   M 29    B W I    B W I     B W I      1920 Pa
       Ariel M  W   29   M 28    B W I    B W I     B W I      1923 Al

B W I = British West Indies
Luther was a Shipping Clerk, Loft Building
Ariel was a Dressmaker, Loft Building

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Same page, same address, different household

McKoy Alice    MiL  52   Wd 22   B W I    B W I     B W I      1922 Pa

Alice was a Dressmaker, Factory

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
In his autobiography, Colin Powell claims that his mother is descended from Sir Eyre Coote, Governor of Jamaica, though he does not provide details of the descent. Sir Eyre Coote's ancestry is as follows:  
 
 
 
 
 
Ancestry of Sir Eyre Coote
1 Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, b. ... 1760, d. ... 1823, Governor of Jamaica 1806-1808
PARENTS
2 Very Rev. Charles Coote, DD, Dean of Kilfenora b. ... 1713, d. ... 12 Feb. 1776  
m. ... 31 July 1753
3 Grace Tilson, b. ... , d. ... 1 Jan. 1767
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rev. Chidley Coote, DD, of Ash Hill, co. Limerick, b. ... 1678, d. ... 2 Aug. 1720  
m. ... 31 Jan. 1702
5 Jane Evans, b. ... 1682, d. ... Feb. 1763
6 Thomas Tilson, b. ... , d. ...  
m. ...
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Lt. Col. Chidley Coote, of Kilmallock, co. Limerick, b. ... [ca. 1644], attainted 1689, d. ... [living 1702]  
m. ... 26 Jan. 1675
9 Catherine Sandys
10 George Evans, of Bulgaddon Hall, co. Limerick, b. ... 1655, d. ... May 1720  
m. ... 1679
11 Mary Eyre, b. ... 1659, d. ... [IFR 396]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Col. Chidley Coote, of Kilcester, co. Dublin, d. ... 19 Nov. 1668  
m.
17 Ann Philips, d. ... 23 Sept. 1680
18 Col. Robert Sandys, of Sandifed, co. Roscommon  
m.
19 ...
20 George Evans, of Ballyphilip, d. ... 1707  
m.
21 Anne Bowerman
22 John Eyre, of Eyre Court, co. Galway, b. ... [bapt. 22 Feb. 1623], d. ... 22 Apr. 1685  
m.
23 Mary Bigoe, d. ... 23 June 1716
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Sir Charles Coote, of Castle Cuffe, in Queen's County, created 2 Apr. 1621 1st Baronet, slain [in a sally to protect the town of Trim] 7 May 1642  
[CB I:226]  
m. ... [bef. 1617]
33 Dorothea Cuffe
34 Sir Thomas Philips, of Newtown Limavady, co. Derry  
m.
35 Alice Usher
36 Sir Edwin Sandys, of Northbourne, b. Hawkshead, co. Worcs, 9 Dec. 1561, d. ... Oct. 1629  
m.
37 Catherine Bulkeley [PACF 42; RD600 219]
40 John Evans, d. ... [ca. 1628]  
m.
41 ...
42 Thomas Bowerman  
m.
43 ...
44 Giles Eyre, of Brickworth, near Salisbury, Wilts., b. ... [bapt. 27 Feb. 1572]  
m.
45 Jane Snelgrove
46 Philip Bigoe, of Newtown, Sheriff of Kings Co. 1662  
m.
47 ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Sir Nicholas Coote, of Blownorton, co. Norfolk, of Castle Cuffe, in Queen's Co., d. ... [living 1636]  
m.
65 Anne Cooper
66 Hugh Cuffe, of Cuffe's Wood, co. Cork  
m.
67 ...
72 Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, b. ... 1519, d. ... 10 July 1588  
m. ... 19 Feb. 1558/9
73 Cicely Wilsford, b. ... [ca. 1536], d. ... 5 Feb. 1610 [RD600 471; PA3 59]
74 Sir Richard Bulkeley, d. ... [will proved 27 July 1561] [PACF 42; RD600 219]  
m.
75 Mary Burgh
88 Thomas Eyre, of New Sarum d. ... 1628 [bur. Sarum 10 Sept.]  
m.
89 Elizabeth Rogers
90 Ambrose Snelgrove, of Red Lynch, Wiltshire  
m.
91 ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
144 William Sandys, b. ... 1492, d. ... 1548  
m.
145 Margaret Dixon
146 Thomas Wilsford  
m.
147 Rose Whetenhall [RD600 471; PA3 59]
148 Sir Richard Bulkeley, d. 1572 [PACF 42]  
m.
149 Margaret Savage [RD600 219]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
290 John Dixon, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
291 Anne Roos
292 James Wilsford  
m.
293 Elizabeth Betenham
294 William Whetenhall, b. East Peckham, Kent, 8 Nov. 1467, d. ... [living 1527]  
m. ... [settlement 1489]
295 Anne Cromer, b. ... , d. ... [living 1520] [RD600 471; PA3 246]
296 Sir Richard Bulkeley, d. ... [will proved 14 Feb. 1546/7] [WG2 Bulkeley 2]  
m.
297 Catherine Griffith [WG2 Marchudd 6 (B4)]
298 Sir John Savage  
m.
299 Elizabeth Somerset [RD600 219]
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
586 John Betenham  
m.
587 ...
588 William Whetenhall, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
589 Margaret Hexstall, b. ... , d. ...
590 Sir James Cromer, b. ... [ca. 1448], d. ... [by 1503] [RD600 471; PA3 246]  
m.
591 Catherine Cantilupe, b. ... , d. ...
594 Sir William Griffith, b. ... [ca. 1480], d. ... 1531 [PA3 243]  
m.
595 Jane Stradling, b. ... [ca. 1477-1480], d. ... [before 1520] [RD600 199]
598 Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, b. ... [ca. 1460], d. ... 15 April 1526 [RD600 219; PA3 666]  
m. ... 2 June 1492
599 Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert, b. ... [ca. 1476-7], d. ... [between 29 Jan. 1508/9 and 21 March 1512/3] [PA3 396]
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1178 William Hexstall, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
1179 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1180 William Cromer, b. ... , dragged from the Fleet Prison and beheaded at Mile End in 1450  
m.
1181 Elizabeth Fiennes, b. ... , d. ... [by 1469] [RD600 471; PA3 245]
1182 William Cantelow, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
1183 Margaret Barry, b. ... , d. ...
1188 Sir William Griffith, b. ... [ca. 1447], d. ... 1505  
m.
1189 Joan Troutbeck, b. ... 1459, d. ... [PA3 243]
1190 Thomas Stradling, b. ... [after 1454], d. ... 1480 [before 28 June] [RD600 199; PA3 79]  
m.
1191 Janet Mathew, b. ... , d. Picton Castle ... 1535
1196 Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, b. ... 26 Jan. 1436, beheaded Hexham 15 May 1464 [RD600 219; PA3 666]  
(non-marital liaison)
1197 Joan Hill, b. ... , d. ... [living 1493]
1198 William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, b. ... [ca. 1455], d. ... 16 July 1491 [PA3 396]  
m. Windsor, Berkshire, ... Sept. 1466
1199 Mary Wydeville, b. ... , d. ... [by 1484] [PA3 784]
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2360 William Cromer, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
2361 Margaret Squery, b. ... , d. ...
2362 James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele, b. ... , beheaded by a mob at the Standard in Cheapside 4 July 1450 [RD600 471; PA3 245]  
m.
2363 ... , b. ... , d. ...
2366 Richard Barry, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
2367 Margaret ... , b. ... , d. ...
2378 Sir William Troutbeck, b. ... 20 July 1432/5, slain Blore Heath 23 Sept. 1459  
m. ... [before 17 Dec. 1444]
2379 Margaret Stanley, b. ... , d. ... [ca. 1481] [RD600 336; PA3 716]
2380 Sir Henry Stradling, b. ... , d. Famagusta, Cyprus, ... 1476 [RD600 199; PA3 79]  
m. ... [before 1449]
2381 Elizabeth Herbert, b. ... , d. ...
2392 Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, b. ... [ca. 1405-6], slain St. Albans 22 May 1455 [RD600 219; PA3 664]  
m. ... [before 21 Oct. 1434]
2393 Eleanor Beauchamp, b. Walthamstow, Essex, ... Sept. 1408, d. Baynard's Castle, London, 4-6 March 1466/7 [PA3 75]
2396 William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, b. ... [ca. 1423], beheaded at Northampton, Northamptonshire, 27 July 1469  
m.
2397 Ann Devereux, b. ... , d. ... [living 25 June 1486] [PA3 395]
2398 Richard Wydeville, 1st Earl of Rivers, b. ... , executed outside Coventry, Warwickshire, 12 Aug. 1469  
m. ... [before 23 March 1436/7]
2399 Jacquette de Luxembourg, b. ... [ca. 1416], d. ... 30May 1472 [PA3 783]
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
4722 Thomas Squery, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
4723 ... , b. ... , d. ...
4724 Sir William Fiennes, b. Herstmonceux, Sussex, 1 Aug. 1357, d. ... 18 Jan. 1401/2 [RD600 471; PA3 642]  
m.
4725 Elizabeth Batisford, b. ... , d. ... [before 1407]
4756 Sir John Troutbeck, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
4757 Margery Hulse, b. ... , d. ...
4758 Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, b. ... [ca. 1405], d. ... 11 Feb. 1458/9 [PA3 679]  
m.
4759 Joan Goushill, b. ... [ca. 1401], d. ... [shortly before 27 Apr. 1466] [RD600 336; PA3 323]
4760 Sir Edward Stradling, b. ... [ca. 1389], d. Jerusalem ... [shortly before 27 June 1452]  
m.
4761 Joan Beaufort, b. ... , d. ... 19 Oct. 1479 [RD600 199; PA3 78]
4784 John Beaufort, Marquess of Somerset and Dorset, b. ... [ca. 1371], d. inn the hospital of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower 16 March 1409/10 [RD600 219; PA3 660]  
m. ... [before 28 Sept. 1397]
4785 Margaret Holand, b. ... [ca. 1385-6], d. Monastery of St. Savior's, Bermondsey, Surrey, 30 Dec. 1439 [PA3 421]
4786 Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, b. Salwarpe, Worcestershire, 25 or 28 Jan. 1381/2, d. Rouen, Normandy, 30 April 1439 [PA3 72]  
m. ... [covenant dated Sept. 1392, before 5 Oct. 1397]
4787 Elizabeth Berkeley, Baroness Lisle, b. ... [ca. 1386], d. ... 28 Dec. 1422 [PA3 99]
4794 Sir Walter Devereux, b. ... [ca. 1412], d. ... 22 or 23 April 1459 [PA3 250]  
m. ... [ca. 1432]
4795 Elizabeth Merbury, b. ... 1412, d. ...
4796 Sir Richard Wydeville, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
4797 Joan Bittlesgate, b. ... , d. ...
4798 Pierre de Luxembourg, Comte de St. Pol, b. ... 1390, d. ... Rambures 31 Aug. 1433 [PA3 782]  
m. ... 8 May 1405
4799 Marguerite del Balzo, b. ... 1394, d. ... 15 Nov. 1469 [PA3 447]
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
9448 Sir William Fiennes, b. ... [ca. 1330], d. ... [overseas] 2 Dec. 1359  
m. ... [before 1356]
9449 Joan de Say, b. ... , d. ... 29 June 1378 [RD600 471; PA3 641]
9450 William Batisford, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
9451 Marjorie de Peplesham, b. ... , d. ...
9516 Sir John Stanley, b. ... [ca. 1386], d. ... 27 Nov. 1437 [PA3 678]  
m. ... [before 1405]
9517 Elizabeth Harington, b. ... , d. ... [living 22 March 1444/5]
9518 Sir Robert Goushill, b. ... , slain Shrewsbury 21 July 1403  
m. ... [before 19 Aug. 1401]
9519 Elizabeth Arundel, b. ... [ca. 1371], d. ... 8 July 1425 [RD600 336; PA3 323]
9522 Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Bishop of Winchester, b. ... [ca. 1375], d. Wolvesey Palace, Winchester, 11 Apr. 1447 [RD600 199; PA3 77]  
(non-marital liaison)
9523 (unknown mistress, said by some to be Alice FitzAlan)
9568 (=19044) John "of Gaunt", 1st Duke of Lancaster, b. St. Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, ... March 1340, d. Leicester Casatle 3 Feb. 1398/9 [RD600 219; PA3 75]  
m. Lincoln Cathedral 13 Jan. 1395/6
9569 (=19045) Katherine Roet, b. ... , d. Lincoln 10 May 1403
9570 Thomas de Holand, 2nd Earl of Kent, b. ... [ca. 1350-1], d. ... 25 April 1397 [RD600 305; PA3 420]  
m. ... [shortly after 10 April 1364]
9571 Alice Arundel, b. ... , d. ... 17 March 1415/6 [PA3 319]
9572 Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, b. ... [before 16 March 1338/9], d. ... 8 April 1401 [PA3 72]  
m. ... [before April 1381]
9573 Margaret Ferrers, b. ... , d. ... 22 Jan. 1406/7 [PA3 209]
9574 Thomas Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley, b. Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, 5 Jan. 1352/3, d. ... 13 July 1417 [PA3 99]  
m. Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, ... Nov. 1367
9575 Margaret Lisle, Baroness Lisle, b. ... [ca. 1360-3], d. ... 20 March 1391/2
9588 Walter Devereux, b. ... [ca. 1387], d. ... 1420 [PA3 249]  
m. ... [before 1411]
9589 Maud Bromwich, b. ... , d. ...
9590 John Merbury, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
9591 Alice Pembridge, b. ... , d. ...
9596 Jean de Luxembourg, Conde de Conversano, b. ... , d. ... [before 2 July 1397] [PA3 782]  
m. ... [ca. 1380]
9597 Marguerite d'Enghien, b. ... , d. ... [will dated 19 Sept. 1393]
9598 Francesco del Balzo, Duca d'Andria, b. ... [ca. 1329-30], d. ... 1422  
m. ... 1381
9599 Sueva Orsini, b. ... , d. ... [PA3 447]
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
18896 John de Fiennes, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
18897 Maud de Monceux, b. ... , d. ...
18898 Geoffrey de Say, 2nd Baron Say, b. ... 30 Apr. 1305, d. ... 26 June 1356  
m.
18899 Maud de Beauchamp, b. ... , d. ... 28 July 1369 [RD600 471; PA3 641]
18902 Simon de Peplesham, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
18903 ... , b. ... , d. ...
19032 Sir John Stanley, b. ... , d. Ardee, Ireland, 6 Jan. 1413/4  
m. ... [before 1385]
19033 Isabel Lathom, b. ... , d. ... 26 Oct. 1414 [PA3 677]
19034 Nicholas Harington, b. ... , d. ... [RD600 544]  
m.
19035 Isabel English, b. ... , d. ...
19036 Nicholas de Goushill, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19037 ... , b. ... , d. ...
19038 Richard Arundel, 10th Earl of Arundel, b. ... 1346, beheaded at Cheapside 21 Sept. 1397 [PA3 323]  
m. ... [license 17 Oct. 1359]
19039 Elizabeth de Bohun, b. ... , d. ... 3 Apr. 1385 [RD600 336; PA3 123]
19044 - 19045 Same as 9568 - 9569, above.
19136 (=38088) Edward III, King of England, b. Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 13 Nov. 1312, d. Sheen Palace, Surrey, 21 June 1377  
m. York 24 Jan. 1327/8
19137 (=38089) Philippa of Hainault, b. ... [ca. 1313-5], d. Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 15 Aug. 1369
19138 (=38090) Sir Pain de Roet, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19139 (=38091) ... , b. ... , d. ...
19140 Thomas de Holand, 1st Earl of Kent, b. ... , d. ... , Normandy 26 or 28 Dec. 1360 [PA3 398]  
m. ... [shortly before May 1340]
19141 Joan of Kent, b. ... 29 Sept. 1328, d. Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, 7 or 8 Aug. 1385 [RD600 305; PA3 418]
19142 Richard de Arundel, 10th Earl of Arundel, b. ... [ca. 1314], d. Arundel 24 Jan. 1375/6 [PA3 317]  
m. Ditton, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, 5 Feb. 1344/5
19143 Eleanor of Lancaster, b. ... , d. Arundel 11 Jan. 1371/2 [RD600 377; PA3 426]
19144 Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, b. Warwick Castle 14 Feb. 1313/4, d. Calais 13 Nov. 1369 [PA3 70]  
m. ... [after 22 Feb. 1324]
19145 Katherine de Mortimer, b. ... , d. ... 4 Aug. 1369 [PA3 524]
19146 William de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby, b. Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, 28 Feb. 1332/3, d. Stebbing, Essex, 8 Jan. 1370/1 [PA3 208]  
m.
19147 Margaret de Ufford, b. ... , d. ... [by 1368]
19148 Maurice Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley, b. ... [ca. 1330], d. Berkeley Castle 3 June 1368 [PA3 99]  
m. ... [ca. 1340]
19149 Elizabeth Le Despencer, b. ... [in or before 1327], d. ... 13 July 1389 [PA3 268]
19150 Warin de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19151 Margaret Pipard, b. ... , d. ...
19176 Sir Walter Devereux, b. ... , d. ... 20 June 1401  
m. ... [before Nov. 1382]
19177 Agnes Crophill, b. ... [ca. 1371-2], d. ... 3 Feb. 1436 [PA3 249]
19178 Thomas Bromwich, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19179 ... , b. ... , d. ...
19192 Guy de Luxembourg, Comte de Ligny, b. ... , slain Basweiler 28 Aug. 1371  
m. ... 1350
19193 Mahaut de Châtillon, b. ... , d. ... [by 1378] [PA3 780]
19194 Louis d'Enghien, Conde de Conversano, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19195 Giovanna di Sanseverino, b. ... , d. ...
19196 Bertrand III del Balzo, Conde d'Andria, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
19197 Marguerite d'Aulnay, b. ... , d. ...
19198 Niccolò Orsini, Conde de Nola, b. ... 27 Aug. 1331, d. ... [will dated 14 Feb. 1399] [PA3 447]  
m. ... [before 5 Jan. 1363]
19199 Giovanna di Sabrano, b. ... , d. ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2 & 3 -- Charles Coote and Grace Tilson have other descendants:  
 
Charles Coote m. Grace Tilson
.Charles Henry Coote 2 B Castle Coote (1754-1823)
 
 
 
 
10 & 11 -- George Evans and Mary Eyre have other descendants:  
 
George Evans m. Mary Eyre
.George Evans 1 B CARBERY
 
 
 
 
32 & 33 -- Charles Coote and Dorothea Cuffe have other descendants:  
 
Charles Coote m. Dorothea Cuffe
.CHARLES COOTE 1 E MOUNTRATH
.Richard Coote 1 B Coote of Coloony m. Mary St George
 .Laetitia Coote m. Robert Molesworth 1 V Molesworth of Swords
  .Richard Molesworth 3 V Molesworth of Swords m. Mary Ussher
   .Louisa Molesworth m. William Brabazon Ponsonby 1 B Ponsonby of Imokilly
    .Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby m. Charles Grey 2 E Grey
     .Elizabeth Grey m. John Croker Bulteel
      .Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel m. Edward Charles Baring 1 B Revelstoke
       .Margaret Baring m. Charles Robert Spencer 6 E Spencer
        .Albert Edward John Spencer 7 E Spencer m. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton
         .Edward John Spencer 8 E Spencer m. Frances Ruth Burke Roche
          .DIANA FRANCES SPENCER (1961-1997) m. Charles Prince of Wales
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
See above. Also:  
 
CB -- Complete Baronetage  
 
PA3 -- Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet ancestry [Baltimore: Genealogical, 2004]  
 
RD600 -- Gary Boyd Roberts, The royal descents of 600 immigrants [Baltimore: Genealogical, 2004]  
 
 
 
 
 
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