Joseph Potter Jr
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Joseph Potter Jr (1741 - 1798)

Capt. Joseph Potter Jr
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 23 Mar 1762 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married about 1772 in Clementsvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 56 in At seamap
Profile last modified | Created 19 Sep 2010
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Biography

Summary: Captain Joseph Potter Junior was at the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, and moved to Nova Scotia in 1770. He married twice and had 14 children. He died by drowning in the Atlantic Ocean.

Joseph was born 23 Aug 1741 in Marlboro, Mass. He married (1st) in 1761 in Mass., Zebudah HAYDEN born 26 Jun 1734 the daughter of Ebenezer and Thankful (PARMENTER) HAYDEN. They lived for a few years in Sudbury where his first three children were born; she died 24 Jan. 1767;

Joseph enlisted in a regiment of troops raised by Gov. William SHIRLEY and commanded by Col. Jonathan BAILEY during the Seven Year's War between England and France from 1755 to 1763. Joseph was at the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain on 8 Jul 1758 when General Lord HOWE was killed. He also was in the Battle of Fort Edward in the same year. [1]

Joseph and Zebulah/Zebudah Potter had, in Worcester:[2]

  • Aaron, b. 11 July 1762
  • Israel, b. 28 Nov 1763
  • Mary, b. 23 Mar 1766
  • Zebulah, b. 24 Jan 1767 ??, not yet found in Worcester records.

Joseph m. (2) Mary Farnsworth, and moved April, 1770, to Clements, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia. After the Revolutionary War was over he went to New York to get help to build iron works at Moose river in Clements, and on a trip from Nova Scotia to Boston was lost at sea about the year 1800. His wife Mary d. 30 June, 1790. [3]

Research notes:

  • His mother is Mary Baker. See Joseph Senior for a description of the evidence for this.

Sources

  1. Wayne W. Walker, 7 Apr 2014
  2. Worcester, Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Vol. 12, p. 212,
  3. [Farnsworth Memorial, p.166]

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-4QH : 10 November 2020), Joseph Jr. Potter, 23 Mar 1762; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-246 : 14 January 2020), Joseph Potter in entry for Aaron Potter, 1762.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXL-38F : 15 January 2020), Joseph Potter in entry for Israel Potter, 1763.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-BX3 : 15 January 2020), Joseph Potter in entry for Mary Potter, 1766.

"Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCX-3PND : 27 May 2021), Joseph Potter in entry for Martha Potter, 1788.

"Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCX-3PNX : 27 May 2021), Joseph Potter in entry for Esther Potter, 1788.

Chute, William E., 1894. Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America. Salem, Mass. page xliv The Chute Family [1] From p. 416 in The Chute Family, William Edward Chute

FamilySearch. [2] Joseph Potter, Jr. born 23Aug1741 in Marlborough, Mass. Died "of Nova Scotia".

Massachusetts Vital Records. [3] [4] Joseph Potter Jr. married Zebudah Hayden on 23 Mar 1762 in Sudbury, Mass

[5] Capt. Joseph Potter, Jr., born 23Aug1741 in Marlborough, Mass. Died 1798 by drowning in the Atlantic Ocean. Son of Joseph Potter, Sr and Mary Baker. Husband of Zebudah Hayden and Mary Farnsworth. Father of 14 listed children. Brother of 9 listed siblings.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Corey Dawkins Family Tree.ged on 19 September 2010.




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Potter-3942 and Potter-190 appear to represent the same person because: they both have the same birth year but one does not have the month and day
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