John
Potter
Born about in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Ichabod Potter I
and Martha (Hazard) Mowry
Brother of
Thomas Potter, Robert Potter I, Ichabod Potter II, John Morey [half], Sarah (Potter) Wells, Benjamin Mowry [half], Roger Mowry [half] and Joseph Mowry [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Wilson) Potter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (Potter) Robinson, John Potter, Susannah (Potter) Babcock and Mary (Potter) Tallman
Died
at about age 50
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2014
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Biography
John Potter b. Portsmouth c 1665, son of Ichabod and Martha (Hazard) Potter.[1]
About 1690, John married Sarah Wilson, d/o Samuel Wilson and Mary Tefft[1] Children: births recorded at North Kingston[1][2]
- Martha Potter b 20 Dec 1692
- John Potter b 20 May 1695
- Samuel Potter b 2 Sep 1699
- Sarah Potter b 15 Apr 1702
- Susanna Potter b 17 Sep 1704
- Mary Potter b 2 Mar 1706/7
- Samuel Potter b posthumously 28 Jul 1715
John died between 25 June 1715 (will) and 12 July 1715 (proved).[1][3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stevens, Ken. "Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 144:291+ (1990) (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11735/291/0 ) page 296 (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11735&pageName=296)
- ↑ Wilson source refers to Vital Records of Rhode Island
- ↑ Death date 1715. Tefft Ancestry book Title: Charles H. W. Stocking D.D., The Tefft Ancestry Comprising Many Hitherto Unpublished Records of Descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Internet Archive. Digital images. (1904) (https://archive.org/details/tefftancestrycom00stoc/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Potter)
- FamilySearch Person: LJG3-5ZZ
- Hanna, Doreen Potter and Louise Potter (Compilers). A Potter-Richardson Memorial : the ancestral lines of William W. Potter of Michigan and his wife, Margaret (Richardson) Potter. [n.p.], 1957. p. 3.
- Robinson, Caroline E. The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 : Being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived. Boston: Printed for the Author, 1895. p. 16.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Steven Grover
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Betty Morse :
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~0.39%
K Morse :
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