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  • Aaron Potter (1786 - 1860)
    Birth: 11 JUN 1762 in Worcester, MA# Death: BEF 1799# Note: Source: Descendents of Nicholas Potter of Lynn, Massachusetts by Frank Elwood Potter In the pension application by the descendents of Israel ...
  • Aaron Potter (1759 - d.)
  • Aaron Potter (1701 - c.1789)
  • Abel Potter (c.1617 - d.)
  • Abel Potter (1675 - 1726)
    Abel Potter married Rebecca Paine on 1 January 1712/3 in Providence, Rhode Island. Richard Waterman, Justice, was the officiant.[1]Abel Potter married Martha Paine, widow of John Paine, on 30 April 171...

About the Potter surname

Potter Name Meaning

English, Dutch, and North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.

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Henry Potter  from Hutton Cranswick  nr Driffield  East Yorkshire . is anyone  researching in this area  please .