Born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peleg Sherman
and Elizabeth (Lawton) Sherman
Sister of
Thomas Shearman, William Sherman, Daniel Shearman, Mary (Shearman) Strange, Peleg (Shearman) Sherman Jr., Ann Shearman, Samuel Sherman, Eber Shearman, John Shearman, Benjamin Shearman, Sarah Shearman and George Shearman
Wife of
Stokes Potter
— married
1702 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Isabel (Potter) Mosher, Mabel Potter, Margaret (Potter) Devol, Hannah (Potter) Brownell, Nathaniel Potter, Benjamin Potter Sr, Dorothy (Potter) Smith and Sarah Potter
Died after
after age 47
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2011
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Biography
Elizabeth /Shearman/ was 25 Nov 1670 Portsmouth, RI. [1]
Her husband's will 25 Jan 1718 names wife Elizabeth as exe. Names son Nathaniel Potter all lands in Dartmouth, names son Benjamin and daughters Isabel, Margaret, Dorothy, Sarah Potter. Proved 3 Feb 1718. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843731#page/n295/mode/2up Genealogies of the Potter families and their descendants in America to the present generation historical and biographical sketches edited by Charles Edward Potter. Published 1888 by A. Mudge & Son in Boston. Part 8, page one.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
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- Monica (Calabria) MacKeachan
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Gary Ovitt :
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Ted Smythe :
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~0.39%
John Mosher :
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~0.39%
Margaret (Munger) Furbeck :
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~0.39%
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