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About Dea. Samuel Potter
Samuel Potter
- Birth: Sep 19 1671 - Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
- Death: June 05, 1756 - Rahway, Essex County, New Jersey
- BURIAL: Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Union, Union County, New Jersey, USA
- Parents: Samuel Potter, Anna Russell
- Siblings: John Potter, Hannah Potter
- Spouse: Mary Langstaff
This is the Samuel Potter who is the subject of Helen Potter Alleman's Descendants of Deacon Samuel Potter (1671-1756).
He was born 19 Sep 1671 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony[1] and "removed to Connecticut Farms in the Passaic Valley, New Jersey, and became the ancestor of that branch of the family."[2]
Family
From Family records, or, Genealogies of the first settlers of Passaic Valley and vicinity above Chatham, with their ancestors and descendants as far as can now be ascertained, by Littell, John (Publication date 1851). Page 321. < Archive.Org >
Disputed origins
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/9H9M-TZG
The Samuel Potter who died in 1756 had his will proved in the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co NJ. [NJ Abstract of Wills 1670-1817.Ancesry] This Samuel had a wife "Mary" and the 8 children named in his will correspond perfectly with offspring named by John Littell [First Settlers of Passaic Valley 1851 p.321]. Several of these children according to Littell "came up from Connecticut Farms" and settled in Elizabeth Town. Some of these Potters went to Ohio in the late 1700s-early 1800s. Littell believed this Samuel Potter was the Emigrant...from Wales.
It is credible therefore that this Samuel would be burried in Connecticut Farms . The Presbyterian Church at Connecticut Farms does list a "Deacon Samuel Potter aged 84 yrs 3 mos 7 dys, buried in the Old Burial Ground. [Connecticut Farms Cemetery Inscriptions]. Hence d.o.b. of 1671. So the 1671-1756 dates for this Samuel seem to jibe. But was he descendant from the cluster of Potters in New Haven?
There were several Samuel Potters during this period in Essex, as well as in Middlesex Morris. Sorting them is problematic. In addition to the Wallingford New Haven birth record with date of 19 Sept 1671, is there other evidence that the Samuel Potter 1671-1756 who died in the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co NJ and made his will there 10 years before he died, is the son of Samuel Potter and Hanna Russell from the New Haven area?
References
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-12413 cites
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine, 1922-1932) page 1461
- Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of The Potter Families and Their Descendants in America to The Present Generation (Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1888) Page 134 (Part 5, Pg 13) < Archive.Org >
- Alleman, Hellen Potter, Descendants of Deacon Samuel Potter (1671-1756), Connecticut Farms (now Union) NJ, Harmony NJ, Harmony Press, 1975. < Hathitrust - search only >
- "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-8Y2Y : 15 April 2022), Samuell Potter, ; citing Birth, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833263.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/9H9M-TZG
- DEATH: Ancient Families of New Haven (not listed)
- BIRTH: Ancient Families of New Haven p 1461 < Archive.Org > Fam 3. Samuel & Anna (Russell) Potter: 1. Samuel, b 19 Sept 1761 WV, d 5 Feb 1756; rem to. N.J.
- Family records, or, Genealogies of the first settlers of Passaic Valley and vicinity above Chatham, with their ancestors and descendants as far as can now be ascertained, by Littell, John (Publication date 1851). Page 321. < Archive.Org >
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8865183/samuel-potter: accessed 18 April 2023), memorial page for Deacon Samuel Potter (19 Sep 1671–5 Jun 1756), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8865183, citing Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Union, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by R Schuerer (contributor 46794628). Lists as son of Samuel Potter, Sr.(1641-1696) & Hannah Russell(1656-1676). (No tombstone image)
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/9H9M-TZG
- DEATH: Ancient Families of New Haven
- BIRTH: Ancient Families of New Haven p 1461 < Archive.Org > Fam 3. Samuel & Anna (Russell) Potter: 1. Samuel, b 19 Sept 1761 WV, d 5 Feb 1756; rem to. N.J.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-1113 notes
- Note: A Profile was created 21 July 2021 for Samuel's son, Samuel "Deacon" Potter [POTTER-12413]. His son, Joseph, is extensively documented in: Alleman, Hellen Potter, Descendants of Deacon Samuel Potter (1671-1756), Connecticut Farms (now Union) NJ, Harmony NJ, Harmony Press, 1975. Joseph was an executor of his father's will.
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Dea. Samuel Potter's Timeline
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September 19, 1671
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Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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Connecticut Farms, Union, NJ
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June 5, 1756
Age 84
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Rahway, Essex County (Present Union County), Province of New Jersey
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