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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]
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]
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 of Robert Potter and first wife, Isabel:[1]
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.
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Vol 66, page 91.
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Categories: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island | Puritan Great Migration | Estimated Birth Date
"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."
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.