The biography of Theodore F. Powers states that Joshua came from Ireland in 1674 and was the founder of his family line. Theodore F. Powers' line descends from Joshua Powers to Joseph Powers to Samuel Powers to Joshua Powers to Joshua Powers to Phillip M. Powers to Theodore F. Powers.

Biographical review. Volume XXVI containing life sketches of leading citizens of New London County, Connecticut (1898):
Theodore F. Powers biography page 243 and 244
Theodore F. Powers, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of Connecticut in the seventeenth century, is a well-known and honored resident and native of Waterford. He was born in 1839, on the Powers homestead, son of Phillip M. and Abbie Maria (Havens) Powers. The father, born on the same farm in 1814, was a son of Joshua, who was born in Lyme, Conn., October 24, 1783, son of Joshua and Elizabeth Powers. The founder of the family, Joshua Powers, came from Ireland in 1674. Joshua, the grandfather of Theodore F., settled on this farm nearly a hundred years ago. He married Wealthy Morgan, of Waterford, and had two sons and four daughters, all of whom married, had families, and lived to nearly threescore years of age. Wealthy Morgan Powers died at a comparatively early age, and Joshua Powers at the age of sixty-three years. One of their sons, Joshua, who was a carpenter by trade, went to Minnesota when a young man. He died there at sixty-nine years of age, leaving three children.
Phillip M. Powers was a successful agriculturist, and in later years ran the Jordan grist mill. He and Abbie Maria Havens were married June 8, 1836, when he was twenty years old, and she was eighteen. She was a daughter of Silas Havens, of Lyme, and his wife, Sabra (Griffin) Havens. Mrs. Havens died in 1826, leaving five children; and he afterward married her sister, who had by him twelve children. Mrs. Abbie Maria Powers has but one own sister living, Mrs. Eliza Crocker, of Clinton. John Havens, the father of Silas, and his two brothers came from England. One of the brothers settled on Long Island, and the other went to the West. John was with General Israel Putnam on his famous ride. His wife, Mary Havens, who was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, died aged ninety-nine years and seven months, and the inscription on her tombstone is the oldest in the cemetery. Phillip M. and Abbie Maria Powers had eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom Theodore F., Phillip H., and Fannie C. are living. Theodore was the first son and second child. Phillip H., who was formerly first mate on a steamship, is in the employ of the Russian Fur Company, and now resides in Kobé, Japan, where he went with the Japanese embassy in 1860. He has a wife and four children. Fannie C. is the wife of James G. Marthers, and resides in Middletown, Conn. The father died in June, 1889.
Theodore F. Powers received a common-school education. When fourteen years old he engaged in the fishery business. At sixteen he went on a whaling bark, the "Tenedos," as harpooner or boat steerer, and was gone three years. He was subsequently on the schooner "Emma Rooke," of one hundred and fifty-seven tons' burden, built by Samuel Miller in New London for Thomas Hobron, for service as a packet between Honolulu. and Latrina, and which be steered for half the voyage from New London to Honolulu. Having followed the sea for twelve years all together, he in 1865 went to Will County, Illinois, and there purchased a farm, which he carried on for nine years. Then he returned in 1874 to his native town, where he has been the miller of the Jordan grist-mill. This mill, which was erected by James Rogers, an ancestor of Mr. Powers, was the outcome of a controversy between Mr. Rogers and Governor Winthrop. Built in 1812, it was chartered in New London, December 26, 1709; and it was conducted by James Powers, an uncle of Mr. Powers, for many years. Mr. Powers opened the Great Neck stone quarry now owned by Booth Brothers, who are doing a large business.
On October 9, 1861, Mr. Powers married Sarah S. Briggs, of Waterford. Two daughters have been born to them, namely: Nellie A., the wife of William H. Rogers, a locomotive engineer on the New London & Northern Railroad, residing in New London; and E. Willimene, who became the wife of George E. Ryley, and died April 15, 1896, when but eighteen years old. In politics Mr. Powers is a Republican. He has served for one year in the legislature, has been Town Treasurer for three years and Town Auditor for two years.
He was a charter member of Relief Lodge, No. 37, A. 0. U. W., of Waterford, and served the organization in the capacity of receiver for the first eight years. Both he and Mrs. Powers are members of the First Baptist Church. While a resident of Plainfield he was the Sunday-school superintendent for eight years, and since he came to Waterford he has served in the same capacity for ten years.

• Married: <1678> in North Kingston, Rhode Island
• Change Date: 1 Dec 2005

1. Joseph POWERS b: 1679 in North Kingston, Rhode Island

1. Media: Electronic
   Abbrev: World Connect
   Title: World Connect
   Author: Kenneth Roy Powers
   Date: 27 Nov 2005