Title: History & Genealogies of Potter Families in Am

Author: Potter, Charles Edward

Year: 1888

Description: Historical & biographical sketches of Am descendants of Potter families. Family Lines recorded incl those of Anthony Potter of Ipswich, MA; Geo Potter of Portsmouth, RI; Geo Potter of Lancaster, Eng; Ichabod Potter of Portsmouth, RI; John & Wm Potter of New Haven, CT; Martin Potter of South Shields, Eng; Martin Potter of Philadelphia, PA; Nathaniel Potter of Portsmouth, RI; Nicholas Potter of Lynn, MA; & Robt Potter of Warwick, RI.

Nicholas Potter (ROBERT4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, NICHOLAS1) b 1 Apr 1604 in Newport Pagnell, Buck, Eng, d 18 Aug 1677 in Salem, Essex, MA, m1 Alice Plasse. She b 1619 in St Botolphs, Aldersgate, London, d 26 Jan 1658 in Salem, Essex, MA. He m2 Mary Gedney. She b 14 Jun 1640 in Salem, Essex, MA, d 1674 in Salem, Essex, MA. He m3 Eme Carter 22 Apr 1628 in Salem, Essex, MA. She b 1607 in Newport Pagnell, Buck, Eng, d 1636.

Children of Nicholas Potter & Mary Gedney:

i. Mary, b 4 Nov 1660, Salem, Essex, MA, d 29 Aug 1662, Salem, Essex, MA

ii. Hannah, b 25 Mar 1661, Salem, Essex, MA, d 28 Aug 1662, Salem, Essex, MA

iii. Sarah, b 4 Oct 1662, Salem, Essex, MA, d 29 Sep 1688, Salem, Essex, MA

iv. Mary, b 10 Nov 1663, Salem, Essex, MA

v. Samuel, b 9 Nov 1665, Salem, Essex, MA, d 10 Nov 1666, Salem, Essex, MA

vi. Hannah, b 27 Mar 1666, Salem, Essex, MA

vii. Lydia, b 26 Feb 1667, Salem, Essex, MA, d 17 Jul 1668

viii. Bethiah, b 23 May 1668, Salem, Essex, MA

ix. Samual, b 22 Apr 1669, Salem, Essex, MA, d 1692; m. Rebeccah Trask

x. Lydia, b 16 Jul 1670, Salem, Essex, MA, d Apr 1671

xi. Benjamin, b 6 Nov 1671, Salem, Essex, MA, d 14 Aug 1697

xii. Joseph, b 9 Jun 1673, Salem, Essex, MA, d 1677

Children of Nicholas Potter & Eme Carter:

xiii. Capt Robert, b 28 May 1639, Lynn, MA, d 21 Mar 1709

xiv. Samuel, b 26 Dec 1632, Pagnell, Newport, Buck, Eng, d 4 Feb 1633

xv. Elizabeth, b 8 Apr 1634, Lynn, MA, d 22 Feb 1686

Sources

1. 2601. Compiled by Frank Elwood Potter. Descendants of Nicholas Potter of Lynn, Massachusetts, Supplement to Part 9, entitled "Nicholas Potter of Lynn, Massachusetts and Descendants, " from Charles Edward Potter's POTTER GENEALOGIES (1888). Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1991. P. 2: Baptisms