Saturday, August 31, 2013

Surname Saturday - POTTER (England > colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #713, who is Rebecca POTTER (1681-1773) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this POTTER family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

88.  Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89.  Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)


178.  David Kirby (1740-1832)
179.  Martha Soule (1743-1828)

356.  Ichabod Kirby (1710-1794)
357.  Rachel Allen (1708-????)

712.  Robert Kirby, born 10 March 1673 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died before 10 March 1757 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1424. Richard Kirby and 1425. Patience Gifford.  He married before 1701 in probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
713.  Rebecca Potter, born about 1681 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died 10 October 1773 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Robert Kirby and Rebecca Potter are:
*  Patience Kirby (1700-1740), married 1722 John Lawton (1692-1753)
*  Nathaniel Kirby (1708-1748), married 1731 Abigail Russell (1712-????)
*  Ichabod Kirby (1710-1794), married 1733 Rachel Allen (1708-????)
*  Recompence Kirby (1712-1771), married 1736 Rebecca Cornell (1718-????)
*  Silas Kirby (1714-1785), married 1742 Elizabeth Russell.
*  Robert Kirby (1717-1802), married 1744 Abigail Allen.

1426.  Nathaniel Potter, born 1637 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 20 October 1704 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1664 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1427.  Elizabeth Stokes, born about 1639 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died Aft. 20 November 1704 in probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Potter and Elizabeth Stokes are:
*  Stokes Potter (1664-1718), married 1702 Elizabeth Sherman (1670-1718)
*  John Potter (1666-1769), married 1688 Mary Tripp (1670-????)
*  Nathaniel Potter (1667-1736), married 1688 Joanna Wilbore (1668-1759)
*  William Potter (1671-1720), married 1706 Anne Durfee (1676-1731)
*  Benjamin Potter (1673-1709), married 1697 Mary --?-- (1677-????)
*  Mary Potter (1675-1752), married 1689 Samuel Wilbore (1664-1740)
*  Samuel Potter (1675-1748), married 1701 Mary Benton (1691-????)
*  Ichabod Potter (1677-1755), married (1) 1699 Margaret Helme (1679-1727), married (2) 1727 Eleanor Capron (1677-1735).
*  Rebecca Potter (1681-1773), married 1701 Robert Kirby (1673-1757)
*  Elizabeth Potter (1683-1713), married 1707 Benjamin Tripp (1678-1754)
*  Katherine Potter (1683-1763), married 1716 Thomas Cornell (1685-1763).

2852.  Nathaniel Potter, born about 1610 in England; died about 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married 13. Dorothy about 1635 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
2853.  Dorothy, born 1617 in England; died 19 February 1696 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Potter and Dorothy are:
*  Nathaniel Potter (1637-1704), married 1664 Elizabeth Stokes (1639-1704)
*  Ichabod Potter (1639-1676), married 1661 Martha Hazard (1641-1680).

Information about the Potter families was obtained from:

1)  Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, Calif.: the author, 1998).  

2)  Irene B. Wrigley, "Descendants of Ichabod-2 Potter (Nathaniel-1)," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 3, Number 3, January 1981, pages 208ff.  

3)  Alden G. Beaman, Ph.D., "A Line of Descent from Nathaniel Potter of Portsmouth," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Volume 20, Number 1 (1999), pages 35-38.

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