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Isabel (Unknown) Potter (abt. 1615 - 1643)

Isabel "Isobel" Potter formerly [surname unknown] aka Anthony
Born about in Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1634 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 28 in Rhode Islandmap [uncertain]
Profile last modified | Created 25 Dec 2017
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Isabel (Unknown) Potter migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

Unknown Origin

Isabel's parents and maiden name are unknown.[1] Her place of birth is assumed to have been England. Isabel may have been born about 1615. This date is estimated based on the estimated date of her marriage.

She is frequently reported as Isabel (Anthony). This is derived from the fact that John Potter, son of Robert and Isabel, called John Anthony his uncle. In addition, Robert Potter was uncle to John Tripp. There are several different ways that this might occur, but Anderson cautions, "the basis for these stated relations has not yet been determined."[1]

Marriage

Isabel married by 1634, as his first, to Robert Potter.

After Isabel's death, Robert married, as his 2nd, to Sarah (Unknown). After Robert died (inventory 14 May 1656), Sarah married, as her 2nd, to John Sanford.

Robert Potter and Isabell Potter, wife of Robert Potter, were members of the First Church of Roxbury in 1634.[2]

Death

Robert Potter was a follower of Samuel Gorton, preacher and founder of his own sect. After being banished from Massachusetts, he and his followers settled in Aquidneck, where eventually, even the more tolerant Rhode Islanders found his presence unwelcome. He and his group, the deed signed by John Greene, purchased land from the chief Miantonomi in Shawomet (later called Warwick). Making Robert Potter one of twelve founders of Warwick, Rhode Island. This was not to be the end of their troubles. Massachusetts reached out and ordered the men of Warwick to come to court to answer for their sins. Massachusetts eventually sent armed troops to bring them in. The women and children of the plantation fled, some by boat to other plantations, some into the woods. Isabel Potter, Robert's wife, and at least two other women died of exposure.[3][4]

Children

Children of Robert Potter and first wife, Isabel:[1]

  1. Deliverance Potter, bpt 5 Mar 1636/7; m by 1658 to James Greene
  2. John Potter, b abt 1640; m 1) 2 Jun 1664 to Ruth Fisher, 2) 7 Jan 1684/5 to Sally (Wright ?) Collins [NEHGR 37:275].
  3. Elizabeth Potter, b say 1642; "said to have married" Richard Harcutt [Austin 156][4]

According to Anderson, Robert Potter had only two known daughters, Deliverance and Elizabeth. Deliverance Potter married to James Greene, and Elizabeth "is said to have married" to Richard Harcutt [Austin 156].[1] Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island also includes a daughter, Isabel Potter, but Anderson disputes her, based on the will of Robert Potter's second wife, Sarah, who left bequests "to the children of John Potter, Elizabeth Potter, and Deliverance Potter." If this was intended as a complete list of Robert's children, then Isabel could not have been a daughter.[1] Isabel married 1) Unknown Moss, and 2) William Burton. Anderson surmises she might have been more distantly related through Robert's first wife, or possibly a childless daughter (and this is the reason she was not mentioned in Sarah's will).[1]

Savage reported that Henry Knowles "had, I suppose, married a daughter of Robert Potter of Warwick."[5] The basis for this supposition is unknown. No primary record includes the name of Henry's wife, not even her first name. Bolton, Moriarty, and Austin all report Henry's wife's name is unknown.[6][7][4]

RICHARD HARCOURT References: Robert Potter and Isobel Anthony Potter's daughter Elizabeth died after being expelled from the community, with other women and families, after the imprisonment of Robert.

Two other children are sometimes listed: Anthony Potter M 1628 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, and Robert Potter M 28 May 1639 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "Robert Potter," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Volume V, M-P, Pages 500-505).
  2. Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports Vol. 6. Roxbury Land and Church Records. church member p. 80; excommunicated p. 187 (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875)
  3. Fuller, Oliver P. The history of Warwick, Rhode Island: from its settlement in 1642 to the present time : including accounts of the early settlement and development of its several villages, sketches of the origin and progress of the different churches of the town, &c., &c. Providence : Angell, Burlingame & Co., printers, 1875. pp 8-33
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Austin, John Osborne, (1887) The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany: J. Munsell's sons, for Potter: Page 156, for Knowles Pages 332 and 334.
  5. Savage, James, (1860) A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. Archive.org (Vol 3, Page 41).
  6. Bolton, Stanwood Knowles. (1933) "Henry Knowles of Rhode Island and Some of his Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 87, Pages 359-).
  7. Moriarty, G. Andrews. (1943) "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island." The American Genealogist. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 20, Pages 223-, citing p 226).

See also:

Vol 66, page 91.

  • Family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. From Savage's Dictionary, Vol 3, p 353: from




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This just in through a private message to the PGM project. Could someone look into this please?

"Could you please check the referencing on this profile. She has duplicated refnames (Austin-1887) that point to different pages in the same book and then an additional refname/ and I've no idea which of the two pages is meant to be referenced in the third usage, so can't correct it for you."

posted by Jillaine Smith
The error has been corrected...................
posted by M Cole
Anthony-2672 and Unknown-400966 appear to represent the same person because: The wife of Robert Potter was Isabel (no surname known)
posted by Anne B
Anthony-2672 and Unknown-400966 are not ready to be merged because: Father's name Anthony is not well-estabilshed. Perhaps the Anthony connection can be marked "uncertain" on the merged final profile., which I would then approve.
posted by Norm Davis III
Anthony-268 and Unknown-400966 appear to represent the same person because: Anderson cautions against the Anthony assumption. There are too many scenarios that can make Robert the uncle of John.
posted by Anne B
Anthony-2672 and Unknown-400966 appear to represent the same person because: Anderson cautions against the Anthony assumption. There are too many scenarios that can make Robert the uncle of John.
posted by Anne B
Anthony-2672 and Anthony-268 do not represent the same person because: They need to be merged into Unknown
posted by Anne B
Joe asked is it the Tripp article - Yes it is. "Descendants of John Tripp of Portsmouth, R.I."
posted by Anne B
Anthony-2672 and Anthony-268 are not ready to be merged because: LNAB probably needs to be changed to Unknown before merging profiles.
posted by Anne B
Maybe someone has access to The Genealogist 4:60??
posted by Ellen Smith
If Unknown is indeed the prefered LNAB, then both Anthony profiles should be merged into that profile.
posted by Michael Stills
Anthony-2672 and Anthony-268 appear to represent the same person because: Same name (minor spelling variation in first name), connected to same husband (Robert Potter).

Because the best research finds that the origins and birth name of Robert Potter's wife Isabel are unknown, it seems to me that her LNAB should be changed to Unknown and the profile should be project-protected. "Anthony" could be recorded as an "Other Last Name" since the misidentification pervades so many published genealogies.

posted by Ellen Smith

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