Elizabeth (Potter) Harcourt (1631 - bef. 1683)

Born 1631 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York

Descendants

Died before 1683 before age 52 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York

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Biography

Birth

Elizabeth Potter, was the daughter of Robert Potter of Rhode Island and his wife Isabel (____).^[1][2] Her birth is unknown and as such there are many "suggestions" for this birth.

1630 Hempstead, Nassau, New York

Birth: Feb 16 1631 Oyster Bay, Queens, New York

Christening: Feb 16 1631 New Haven, New Haven, Conn. Note there were Potters in early New Haven, but no New Haven until 1637.

Austin's Gen. Dictionary places her as a first child b. ____ but next child b. 1637

Anderson's Great Migration places her birth say 1642, the last child of Robert.

Robert and Isabel were admitted to the Roxbury, Massachusetts, church in 1634. He became a resident in Rhode Island in 1639.

Richard Harcourt married, 1st, in 1651-2, Elizabeth Potter born 1635-6, died about 1674-5. Poole & Davis records claim that Elizabeth Potter is the daughter of Robert and Isabel (Anthony) Potter, but Elizabeth Potter WikiTree records appear to conflict.

Marriage

Austin says Elizabeth married Richard Harcutt. Anderson says "said to have m. Richard Harcutt [Austin 156].

The first child of Richard Harcutt is estimated to have been born in 1651. This establishes a birth for his wife at say 1631, certainly not later than 1636 (age 15), which introduces a certain doubt about the age of Elizabeth Harcutt and whether she was actually the daughter of Robert Potter. 1631 seems too early for Potters first child (we know sister Deliverance was bpt 1636/7). Anderson's placement as youngest child b. say 1642 is too young to be the mother of Harcut's children.

Death

Bef 1683, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York ^{[citation needed]}

1679 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island^{[citation needed]}

Children

Children: Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.^[3] Austin repeats the list (without husbands.)^[2] Savage says their names were obtained through a will of Robert Potter's second wife. Anderson points out that the will of Potter's second wife, does not list these children.^[1]

Daniel Harcutt

Isabel Harcutt m. Thomas Wickes

Elizabeth Harcutt m. Thomas Young

Mary Harcutt m. Edward Ketchum

Meribah Harcuttt m. George Townsend.

Mercy Harcutt

Dorothy Harcutt

Sarah Harcutt

Benjamin Harcutt

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "Robert Potter," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Volume V, M-P, Pages 500-505).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Austin, John Osborne, (1887) The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany: J. Munsell's sons, Archive.org (Pages 156 for Potter, 332, 334 for Knowles).
3. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862).

• Anthony/Maitland Family History. Family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. Available online at http://www.antonymaitland.com/hptext/hp0306.txt .
• Davis, Roderic A. "Elizabeth Potter", Potter Families (5), 1558 - 1988
• http://myplace.frontier.com/~quinlisk/html/gp1355.htm#head1
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-250408301-1-18759/elizebeth-harcut-born-potter-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• Ancestral File Number: L21C-DF