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The wife of John Anthony and the mother of his children, is currently unknown.
Please read the full analysis concerning the unknown name of John Anthony's wife and why a Susanna or Susanna Potter is not being listed as her name, here: : Unknown Susanna Potter Anthony.
It has generally been thought that
Currently there is not enough direct/primary evidence to make either claim. She therefore is Unknown (Unknown) Anthony.
Please read the full analysis concerning the unkown name of John Anthony's wife and why a Susanna or Susanna Potter is not being listed as her name, here: Unknown Susanna Potter Anthony.
The following three pieces of information seem to be the evidence on which many people make the claim that a Susanna Potter married John Anthony:
1) There existed a Susanah Anthony who lived in early Rhode Island, as found in a deed in which John Anthony of Portsmouth sold land to Richard Tew in 1642. One of the witnesses to the deed was "Susanah Anthony."[1] However, there is no indication as to what, if any, the relation between the said Susanah Anthony and John Anthony might have been: parent/child, siblings, spouses or no relation.
2) In Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, under the entry for Robert Potter,[2] there are unsourced references concerning Robert Potter and his relationship to John Anthony on pp. 156-57 from which people may draw the conclusion that John Anthony's wife was a Potter. (Also see the entry for John Anthony.[3]
3) John Anthony's oldest son was apparently named after himself (as he was named John) and his oldest daughter was named Susannah (possibly after her mother?) and there are many descendants who carried the name Susanna. However, it seemed to be a popular name as others in the family had it, such as John Anthony's son, John, married a Susanna.
In NEHGR 31:416, the entry of John Anthony says that he sailed to America on the barque Hercules. "Tradition says he was accompanied by his wife; but we find her name nowhere mentioned."[5]
Torrey Lists a marriage between John Anthony and a "Susanna [Potter?]; by 1642; Portsmouth, RI."[6] (Please read the full analysis of Torrey's sources here that show none of the sources had evidence of any such claim: Unknown Susanna Potter Anthony.)
The death of John Anthony's wife, whoever she was, most likely occurred before John wrote his will, 23 Jul 1675, as he mentions children, but no wife.[7]
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Categories: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island | Puritan Great Migration
Thank you
I just finished up reviewing all of Torrey's sources, and there is nothing worthy of keeping Susanna as a daughter, spouse, or mother of this family. I'll go ahead and do some additional writing on this profile with a summary of findings. I'll also double check each of the possible Potter family members and add notes to those impacted by a severing of her profile with a link to this profile in preparation for unplugging her.
The statement appears in both the TG article and in Boyer. It originally came from Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. (1887): page 208.
Also, I appreciate the "uncle Robert Potter" quote as I was having a tough time tracking it down.
The statement appears in both the TG article and in Boyer. It originally came from Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. (1887): page 208.