Grace (Brooks) Potter (1661 - 1752)

Born 10 Mar 1661 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Judah Potter — married 6 Dec 1686 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1752 at age 91 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Grace Brooks was born March 10, 1660/1 at Concord, MA, daughter of Deacon Joshua and Hannah (Mason) Brooks. ^{[1] [2]}

She married Judah Potter on Dec. 6, 1686. Judah was born about 1657, son of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter. ^{[3] [2] [1]}

He died on June 20, 1731, ^[2] when there dwelling burned. ^{[3][1] [4]}

Grace died at the age of 93 on Apr. 20, 1752. ^{[3] [1]}

Children

Eunice born Dec. 10, 1688 ^[1]; married first Eleazer Davis on May 7, 1705 ^[3]; married second, Richard Wheeler on Dec. 15, 1743. She died at Bedford on July 17, 1760 ^[5][2]

Hannah born Dec. 20, 1690 ^[1]; died Dec. 1, 1782; married first Thomas Brown on Nov. 22, 1709; married second on June 1, 1719, Simon Davis. ^[3][2]

Luke born March 18, 1692/3; died Sept. 25, 1784; unmarried. ^{[3][2] [1]}

Mary born Oct. 24, 1695; died Sept. 1, 1696. ^{[3] [2] [1]}

Elizabeth born July 23, 1697; married John Brown on Feb. 23, 1714/5. ^[3][2]

Sarah born Feb. 16, 1701/2; died June 24, 1748 ^[3]; married Joseph Wheeler in 1723. ^[2]

Samuel born Jan. 2, 1704; died Feb. 15, 1800 ^[3]; married Elizabeth ___ about 1726. ^{[2] [1]}

• Source notes:

Concord Births

BROOKS, Grace, d. Josuah and Hanna, Mar. 10, 1660-61. (p. 9)

Children: Potter

Eunice, d. Judah and Grace, Dec. 10, 1688. (p. 34)

Hanah, d. Judah and Grace, Dec. 20, 1690. (p. 34)

Luke, s. Judah and Grace, Mar. 18, 1692-3. (P. 38)

Mary, d. Judah and Grace, Oct. 24, 1695. (p. 40)

Elizebeth, d. Judah and Grace, July 23, 1697. (p. 44)

Sarah, d. Judah and Grace, Feb. 16, 1701-2. (p. 52)

Samll, s. Judah and Grace, Jan. 2, 1704-5. (p. 62)

Concord Marriages

POTTER, Judah, and Grace Brookes, Dec. 2, 1686. (p. 26)

Potter, Eunice, and Eliazer Davis, May 9, 1705. (p. 64)

Potter, Hanah, and Thomas Brown, Nov. 22, 1709. (p. 74)

Brown, Hannah, and Simon Davis, June 1, 1719. (p. 97)

Potter, Elisabeth, and John Brown, Feb. 23, 1714-15. (p. 89)

Concord Deaths

POTTER, Judah, h. Grace, burnt to death in his dwelling house, June 20, 1731. (p. 127)

POTTER, Grace, wid. Judah, Apr. 20, 1752, a. 93 y. CH (p. 415)

Potter, Mary, d. Judah and Grace, Sept. 1, 1696. (p. 57)

Potter, Samuel, Feb. 15, 1800 Æt. 95 y. (p. 324)

Potter, Luke, "a bachelor, " Sept. 25, 1784, a. 92 y. CH (p. 418)

Davis, Hannah, Mrs., Dec. 1, 1782, a. 92 y. CH (p. 417)

Wheeler, Sarah, wid. Joseph, June 24, 1748. (p. 171)^[3]

Bedford Marriages

WHEELER, Richard and Eunice Davis, Dec. 15, 1743. CR (p. 106)

Bedford Deaths

WHEELER, Eunice, w. Richard, July 17, 1760. (p. 139) ^[5]

Sources

• Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts and Their Descendants, in Part to the Present Generation, Volume 1, by Charles Edward Potter, Heritage Books, Mar 1, 1995
• Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town, by Henry Bond & Horatio Gates Jones, NEHGS, Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA, 1855
• Concord Massachusetts, Birth Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850, by George Tolman, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town,
• The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, by John Henry Clifford, Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1903
• Vital Records of Bedford Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1903
• Richardson, Letitia DeVillar. Identifying Grace³ Fairbanks as the Wife of Ephraim Bullen, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2021) Vol. 175, Page 168.

Foonotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town, by Henry Bond & Horatio Gates Jones, NEHGS, Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA, 1855
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts and Their Descendants, in Part to the Present Generation, Volume 1, by Charles Edward Potter, Heritage Books, Mar 1, 1995
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Concord Massachusetts, Birth Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850, by George Tolman, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town,
4. ↑ The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, by John Henry Clifford, Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1903
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of Bedford Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1903

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Brooks-1306 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Buck and others.

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;
• Massachusetts Town Birth Records Author: New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
• Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904. *Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts Ancestry Family Trees Publication: This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Thank you to Malcolm Osmer for creating WikiTree profile Brooks-3323 through the import of Elijah Hosmer_2013-02-03.ged on Feb 3, 2013.

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