Joseph Potter Potter

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A091712

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Joseph Potter, a Revolutionary soldier, from Pittsfield, Massachusetts,settled in Gibson January 21, 1792. He commenced on the farm now occupied byhis grandson, Joshua M. Potter. Captain Potter, as he afterwards became,by commission from Governor Mifflin, dated July 18, 1798, wherein he is commissionedcaptain of the Second Company, Fourth Regiment of the Luzerne County Brigadeof Militia, came from Baliston Spa to Pennsylvania, by way of the Bend, anderected a cabin without a door, into which he moved his family. His wife didnot see a woman's face for the first six months. He afterwards moved two milesfarther east, to the farm now occupied by his grandson, Oliver Potter,then he moved to the place now owned by his grandson, Stephen Potter,where he had a tavern on the Newburg road and where he died, February 9, 1835,his wife Lois having died, November 5, 1824. They had a family of nine children,Noah, who died in Illinois; Parley, who resided in the township, was accidentallykilled up the Susquehanna (his son Oliver resides on that farm now); John, whomarried Polly Washburn, lived and died where his son J. M. Potter now lives.John's children were Electa, Joseph, Parley, Stephen, William, Elsie, Polly,Francis, Elmina and Joshua M. The six daughters of the original family wereof Edie, wife of Daniel Tingley; Elsie, wife of Newton Hawley;Lucretia, wife of Dalton Tiffany; Lois, wife of Otis Stearns;Amanda, wife of Wheeler Lyon; and Cynthia, wife of Franklin b. JoshuaM. Potter owns four hundred acres of land and has good farm buildings. He hasone of the best cellars in the county.

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Joseph Potter, son of ? and Alice (Waite) Potter Green was born May 7, 1759 at Rhode Island, died February 9, 1835 in Gibson, PA with burial in the family plot on the farm they owned there.

Married Lois Guernsey, fourth child of John and Azuba (Buel) Guernsey, was born June 1, 1762 in Dutchess Co. NY. Nine children were born of this union.

Married second Margaret Evans (dates unknown).

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A091712