Elizabeth (Burdick) Potter (1806 - 1877)

Born 22 Sep 1806 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Potter Sr. — married 22 May 1823 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1877 at age 70 in Adams Center, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Biography

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 33, No 25, p 3, June 21, 1877.

At Adams Centre, N. Y., June 3d, 1877, Mrs. Eliza Potter, wife of Charles Potter, Sen., aged 70 years, 8 months, and 11 days. She had done her washing and made an afternoon call that day. After tea, when all the day's work was done, she retired early, not feeling well, and in two hours was gone, her life work done. She was the daughter of Dea. Samuel P. Burdick, and was born in Brookfield. She made a public profession of religion, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist church in her youth. In 1837, Bro. Potter moved his family to Adams, where he and sister Potter united with the Adams Church. Thus, for more than forty years she was a faithful member of this church. But with her, church membership was more than a name. She loved the church and the institutions of God's house. She improved and enjoyed the social meetings of the church. Her religion was also shown by her deeds as well as by her words. She was always ready to assist and sympathize with the needy and the suffering. Many of us, besides her family, who are so deeply afflicted, feel her death as a personal bereavement. In social life she always exhibited a cheerful, happy spirit. Her children have risen up to call her blessed, and while they mourn, they rejoice in hope of the glorious hereafter. But the personal presence of the blessed Savior himself can only support and comfort our aged brother, who is so suddenly bereaved of the companion with whom he has walked for fifty-four years.

A. B. P.

Sources

• Ilou M. Sanford. Membership Records of Seventh Day Baptists of Central New York State 1797-1940's. n.p.: Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1996. p 92

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125251705/eliza-potter: accessed April 16, 2024), memorial page for Eliza Burdick Potter (22 Sep 1806–3 Jun 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125251705, citing Union Cemetery, Adams Center, Jefferson County, New York, USA; Maintained by Gone But Not Forgotten (contributor 46869124).