Capt. John Potter

John Potter, the first American ancestor of the Potter family, was a native of Tyrone, Ireland, of Scotch parentage, born about the year 1705. He immigrated with his family to America in 1741, aboard the good ship Dunnegal, landing at New Castle, Delaware, in September of that year. He removed west of the river as early as 1746, and settled in Antrim township (now Franklin county), near Greencastle. In the early French war of 1747-48, he was in the service as a first lieutenant, and took an active part in the Indian war following Braddock's defeat. On the erection of Cumberland county, in 1750, he, on October 6th of that year, was commissioned its first sheriff, and again commissioned sherifi in 1753. On February 17, 1756, he was commissioned a captain in the Second Pennsylvania Battalion, and accompanied Col. Armstrong's expedition against Kittanning September 7, 1756. He died about 1758. His children were: James, who was a general in the Army of the Revolution, Thomas, who was killed by the Indians, Samuel, Margaret Annie, Catherine, Mary, Hannah and Isabella. Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania Google Books

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