Dorothy Albro

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RI Potters: Dorothy, born about 1617. Married (1) Nathaniel Potter; (2) John Albro. She was about 20 when her Nathaniel arrived in Aquidneck. She could have come from England with Nathaniel or she could have been the daughter of another RI Settler. She and John Albro had two sons and five daughters.

The Great Migration Project has no origin for her.

family

From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorothy_Unknown_(216)_

1 *Nathaniel Potter b: 7 Oct 1622 in Newport Pagnell, Bucks, England Married: ABT 1635 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ma 1 2

Children

1. Nathaniel Potter b: Sep 1637 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri
2. Ichabod Potter b: ABT 1640 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Ma

Marriage 2 John Albro Major b: ABT 1617 in Warwick, England Married: ABT 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Ri

Children

1. Samuel Albro b: ABT 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri
2. Elizabeth Albro b: ABT 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri
3. Mary Albro b: ABT 1649 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri
4. John Albro b: ABT 1651 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri
5. Susanna Albro b: ABT 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Ri

Sources

• Title: American Dictionary of Rhode Island Publication: Page: page 354
• Name: Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
• New England Marriages: Prior to 1700, Torrey, p 7, 597
• The Great Migration Project, John Albro sketch
• Portsmouth, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636 1750: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), Vol. 4, Part I, p. 3. "Albro, Dorothy, d. Feb. 19, 1696-7."
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:20. "John Albro's wife Dorothy d. 19 Feb 1696 in her 79th year. [Age 78 in 1696/97, so born before 19 Feb 1618/19, i.e., about 1618.]"
• Potter Families and Their Descendants in America, 1888 (929.273, P851g);
• Some Rhode Island Descendants of Nathaniel Potter, 1989 (929.273, P854c);
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families; Ancestral Lines Revised.
• Potter Families: Dorothy ________. Born 1617, died 1696. She married (2) J. Albro.
• http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1034016&i...
• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I12365&tre...
• Reference to Dorothy Wilbur: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/25424345/person/12...

disputed origins

From https://www.myheritage.com/person-2000007_66520871_66520871/dorothy...

John Albro's wife Dorothy may have been the widow of Nathaniel Potter, b.1616 in London, who died in 1643 or 44 in Portsmouth, RI. Considering the various claims for ancestry, she may have originally been Dorothy Wilbur or Wilbore, b. abt 1620, whose father was one of several Samuel Wilbur/Wilbores. Her mother may have been either Ann Smith or Ann Bradford, and there were several Ann Bradfords born between 1595 and 1610. This is consistent with John Albro's first son being named Samuel, but not consistent with the fact that neither of Nathaniel Potter's sons were so named.

It seems obvious that Dorothy Wilbur's parents are being guessed at.

She was described by John Potter, who was best man at the wedding of Dorothy and Nathaniel Potter, as the "most beautiful woman in Rhode Island" in the book "The Genealogy of the Family of Dr. John and Wait Potter" by Albert Potter.

That John Albro's wife Dorothy was in fact Dorothy Wilbur remains unproven. "Wilbore" originated in England as "Wildbore or Wildboar". It has been speculated without evidence that "Allen" was the surname of a godparent.

Nathaniel Potter received land in Portsmouth in the initial distribution, and there is no known record of his selling it. It was later recorded as being sold by John Albro [Deed reproduced in "The Early Records", p.331, dated 24 Nov 1656], evidence that John did indeed marry the widow Potter.