John Potts (abt. 1728 - abt. 1808)

Born about 1728 in PA

Ancestors

Died about 1808 at about age 80 in Chelsea Forge, Sussex, NJ

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Biography

John Potts Jr. (1728-1808) married Hannah Davis on the 6th of May, 1760 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Research Notes

From Sons of American Revolution application: Thomas Potts was a member of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey representing Sussex County NJ in 1775 and 1776, and representing his section of New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777 in which year he died.^[2] Other SAR applications have the Continental Congress service crossed out, but retain the Provincial Congress service listed.

Great-great-grandfather of president Theodore Roosevelt.

Sources

• SAR #53231 for Thomas Potts.
• http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/51679378/person/13682705850 says birth 29 May 1735 in Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; marriage 16 Jan 1753 to Elizabeth Lukens; death date 29 Jul 1776 (millennium file).

• "John Potts Jr." Family Search. Accessed Jan. 3rd, 2021. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5GB-FM8.

• "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5L4-JZ6Z : 6 February 2020), John Potts, 1760.

• "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-RPNV : 6 February 2020), John Potts, 1760.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "John Potts Jr." Family Search. Accessed Jan. 3rd, 2021. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5GB-FM8.
2. ↑ Entered by Bob Fields.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Bob Fields for starting this profile.