Is your surname Potts?

Research the Potts family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Ezekiel Potts

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1781 (72-73)
West Chester, Philadelphia, PA
Place of Burial: Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of David Potts and Alice Potts
Husband of Magdelan L Potts and Barbara Vodges Potts
Father of David Potts; William Potts; John Potts; Aquilla Potts; Joseph Miller Potts and 7 others
Brother of Thomas Potts; John (Moses) Potts; Daniel Crossdale Potts; Elizabeth Cleaver; Jonathan Potts and 4 others

Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About Ezekiel Potts

A member of the Provincial Assembly 1728-29-30

  • lots of information the Potts family: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/thomas-maxwell-potts/historic...
  • He married, first, Magdalen Miller, daughter of George and Sibilla Miller, 10 mo. 31, 1734.* As this marriage was accomplished contrary to the usage of Friends, he made an acknowledgment to Abington Monthly Meeting, on 2 mo. 29. 1737- He married, second, Barbara Vodges, widow of Reinier Vodges, f late of Germantown.
  • He died about 1781. His will, made April 22, 1775, and proven April 10, 1781, is recorded at West Chester. At the making of the will, his residence was given as German- town, but at his death he was a resident of Tredyffrin Town- ship, Chester County. It seems probable that when the British Army occupied Philadelphia, he went to Tredyffrin and lived with or near some of his children who had set- tled there. He speaks of himself as ' ' yeoman, being aged
view all 17

Ezekiel Potts's Timeline

1708
January 30, 1708
Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
1735
April 15, 1735
Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
1736
July 19, 1736
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1738
November 1, 1738
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1739
March 7, 1739
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1742
January 3, 1742
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
August 13, 1742
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1744
July 2, 1744
Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1744
Bristol, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania