Joseph
Potter
Born before in Harpswell, Cumberland Co., District of Maine, Masschusettes Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Potter
and Margaret (Dunlap) Potter
Brother of
John Potter, William Potter, Samuel Potter, Christianna (Potter) Dunlap, Elizabeth (Potter) Dunlap, Hugh Potter, Jane (Potter) Marston, James Potter and Andrew Potter
Husband of
Eunice (Wentworth) Potter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Potter, Joseph Potter, Elizabeth Potter, David Potter, John Potter and Samuel Potter
Died about
after about age 56
in Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2013
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Biography
Private Joseph Potter served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Joseph Potter is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A214577.
Joseph Potter, the son of James Potter and Margaret Dunlap, lived in Litchfield, beyond the corner adjoining Jabez Robinson, and moved to Williamsburg, Ohio, in 1816. Joseph and his wife Eunice had 5 children: Joseph, Bettie, Davis, John, and Samuel.[1]
Joseph Potter served in the Massachusetts Militia. The DAR lists his service as Captain Actor Patten and Colonel Samuel McCobb on the Penobscot Expedition.
Sources
- ↑ “History of Litchfield, and an account of its Centennial Celebration 1895,” Kennebec Journal Print, 1897, page 269.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph:
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~0.78%
Doris (Conkright) Miller
:
23andMe, GEDmatch PS1414540 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T340697 [compare], FTDNA kit #488292
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~0.78%
Timothy Potter :
23andMe, GEDmatch CG7335007 [compare]
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~0.78%
Trevor Bruso :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A376375 [compare], Ancestry member tbruso1
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Arnold) Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A721488 [compare], Ancestry member pmwright
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~0.78%
Millie Kreis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BD8835103 [compare], Ancestry member milliekreis1
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Beryl Meehan
Beryl Meehan
I mistook your Joseph Potter for another. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-3960
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by Beryl Meehan
Trevor Bruso
Potter-2340 and Potter-3023 appear to represent the same person because: Hi these appear to be the same person.
posted
by Trevor Bruso
Joseph is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 21 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 23 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.