Sarah Potter

Biography

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Sarah Brown, spouse of Ephraim Potter, was born in Shrewsbury on 26th of 5 mo, 1669. [1]. She was the daughter of Abraham Brown and Mary. Sarah Potter, spouse of Ephraim Potter, died on November 6, 1715, in Shrewsbury. [2].

Ephraim Potter, son of Thomas Potter and Ann, married twice. His second wife was Mary (Chambers) widow of Nicholas Brown. They were married about 1716. [3] The children of Ephraim and Sarah Potter were listed in Quaker records. The list agrees with those named in the will for Ephraim, with wife Mary. [4]

1716 The will of Ephraim Potter, gentleman, date: 21 Dec 1716 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. names Wife Mary. Children--Ephraim, Ann, Marcey Jackson, John (under 21), Martha, Catherine, Leah, Abraham, Preserve, Joseph (under 21), Niccolas, and expected child. Real and personal estate. Executors--Richard Chambers, John Lippincott junior and Wm., son of John Woolley. Witnesses--John Chambers, Thomas White, Abigall White, Amoss White. Proved April 15, 1717. [5]

References

https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4355x4353.htm Cites

[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[3] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), 46, [GoogleBooks].

[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[5] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, citing Lib. A, p. 71, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].