Alice (Croasdale) Potts (1673 - bef. 1722)

Born 3 Aug 1673 in Newkey, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of David Potts — married 22 Mar 1693 in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 4 Oct 1722 before age 49 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Alice was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Alice, wife of David, was born September 26, 1673^[1]. She has a rather interesting history. The Croasdales came as passengers with William Penn in the ship Welcome. Robert Greenway, master, in 1682. During the passage, the small -pox made its appearance in great virulence and occasioned much distress, disease. It is related that Wiliam Penn cheered the dying and the survivors with his Godly conversation during the memorable voyage. One of the passengers writing of the voyage says. "The good conversation of William Penn was very advantageous to all the company. HIs singular care was manifested in contributing to the necessities of many who were sick of the small-pox then on board, of which about thirty died." The date of her death has not been discovered. but she probably died before the marriage of her daughter Potts-632 to Cleaver-170 on 4 October, 1722. This inference is based on the observation that the Quaker wedding certificate for the Peter Cleaver, Jr.- Elizabeth wedding refers to Elizabeth as the daughter of David and Allice Potts of the Township of Bristol in the County of Philadelphia, but Alice's signature does not appear alongside her husband's among the witnesses^[2]. Immediately below the signature David Potts are the signatures of her brothers Thomas, Jonas, and John. In addition, it appears that she likely predeceased her husband because he does not mention her is his will. David Potts' will was made Nov. 13, 1730, and proven Nov. 26, 1730; it is on file in the Register's Office at Philadelphia, and recorded in Will Book E, at page 142.

Descendants

Thomas Croasdale and Agnes Hathornwaite had daughter Allis (Alice) Croasdale (1673-1730). She married David Potts (1670-1730), son of Thomas & Elizabeth Potts of Wales. David & Alice (Croasdale) Potts had son John Potts (1696-1766) who married Elizabeth McVeagh (1697-1791). They had son Thomas Potts (1729-1776) who married Elizabeth Lukens, daughter of William Lukens (1688-1739) & his wife Elizabeth Tyson (1690-1765). NOTE: Elizabeth Tyson was the sister of Matthias Tyson (1686-1727) who married Mary Potts (1686-aft 1748) and Mary was the cousin of John Potts (1696-1766) above. Thomas & Elizabeth (Lukens) Potts had a daughter Elizabeth Potts (1754-1807) who married Robert Craig Barnhill (1754-1814) and the had a daughter Margaret (1799-1861). Margaret Potts married Cornelius VaanSchaack Roosevelt (1794-1871) and they had a son Theodore Barnhill Roosevelt (1831-1878) who married Martha Stewart Bulloch (1836-1884). Theodore & Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt had a son, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States. Theodore & Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt had another son, Elliott (1860-1919) who married Anna Rebecca Hall (1863-1892) and they had a daughter (or niece of Teddy Roosevelt), Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) who married Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sarah Ann Delano (1854-1941).

Alice Croasdale is an ancestor approved for membership by the Welcome Society.

Sources

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth

• American Marriages Before 1699

3 citations provide evidence for Name, Marriage

• Ancestry Family Trees

This citation provides evidence for Alice Croasdale

• Bi-centenary memorial of Jeremiah Carter : who came to the province of Pennsylvania in 1682 : containing a historic-genealogy o

2 citations provide evidence for Name, Residence

• Early records of Simpson families, in Scotland, North Ireland, and eastern United States : with a history of the family of the

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence

• Family Data Collection - Births

3 citations provide evidence for Name, Birth

• Family Data Collection - Deaths

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death

• OneWorldTree

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Death

• Our family ancestors

3 citations provide evidence for Name, Residence

• Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Marriage

• The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III

1 citation provides evidence for Name

• The Roosevelt genealogy, 1649-1902

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Arrival

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

2 citations provide evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 3 citations provide evidence for Name

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1. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania, Bucks, Middletown MM, Minutes, Births, Image 56.
2. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Abington Monthly Meeting, Marriages 1745-1841

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Allen McGrew for creating WikiTree profile Croasdale-20 through the import of McGrew_2010-01-09_2013-03-22.ged on Mar 22, 2013.

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