John Potter, Jr.

The children of John and Elizabeth Potter, were:

i. John. b. about 1636.His will, dated 1706, calls him about seventy, m.1st, Hannah Cooper, who d. June 15, 1675; m.2d, Mary Russell, Dec. 29, 1679.He d. Dec. 24, 1706.

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Found in "Genealogies of the Potter Families" by C.E.Potter 1888, Part 5, p.1 "John and William Potter, of New Haven, Conn., and their Descendants":

[NOTE: does not list Hannah]

1. John Potter, born England 1607, died 1643, married Elizabeth ___. She m.2d, 1646, Edward Parker & 3rd to Robert Rose.

Children of John and Elizabeth (___) Potter:

1. John Potter, Jr., bap. New Haven, CT, 17 Oct 1641, died 24 Dec 1706, married 1. 1661 Hannah Cooper, 1638-1675, dau John Cooper of East Haven, Conn. married 2. 29 Dec 1679 Mary (Hitchcock) Russell, dau Edward Hitchcock.

[2. Hannah, m.1st, Samuel Blakesley, Dec. 3, 1650; she m.2d, Henry Brooks, Dec. 21, 1676.Widow Hannah Brooks d. Nov. 7, 1723.Brunson in his history of Waterbury says, that Samuel Blakesley's wife Hannah was dau. of William Potter, but the will of Elizabeth Rose (who was formerly John Potter's wife), made July 23, 1677, about six months after widow Hannah Blakesley m. Henry Brooks, names her "daughter Brooks," which conclusively proves that she was the dau. of John and Elizabeth Potter.]

3. Samuel, bap. New Haven, CT, 17 Oct 1641, married 21 Nov 1670 Hannah (or Anna) Russell, 1650-1676.

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Biography

John Potter : Wife: Mary Hitchcock : Marriage: 1679 in Connecticut Colony. Source: #S14 Birth date: 1638. Birth place: CT. Marriage date: 1679. Marriage place: CT

Sources ==* Source S14 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

• Source S5 Ancestry Family Trees.
• FamilySearch . TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database,
• Ancestry. John Potter #3, born 17OCt1635 in New Haven. Died 24Dec1706 in New Haven. Husband of Hannah Cooper, Father of 7.
• Dodd, Stephen. The East-Haven Register, In Three Parts (A.H. Maltby & Co., 1824) Page 114 & Page 163