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Dorcas (Holmes) Potter (1696 - 1724)

Dorcas Potter formerly Holmes aka Stone
Born in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1712 in Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Islandmap
Died at about age 28 in Washington, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

In 1712, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Dorcas Holmes-Stone, born in 1696 married Ichabod Potter, born in 1692 [1] Children of Dorcas and Ichabod include:

  • Thomas Potter, born September 14, 1720, died January 27, 1781, married Mary Greene, on September 4, 1768, in Richmond, Washington county, Rhode Island [2]
  • John Potter, born circa 1722, married Elizabeth Hannah, born March 17, 1725, a daughter of Robert Hannah, Jr. and Catharine Niles. [3]
  • Marbury Potter born 1718 [4] or 1724 [5]

Researchers Notes

Ichabod Potter, III, son of Ichabod Potter, II, 1669-1730 and Margaret Helme died in 1766. Married to Dorcas Holmes 1696-1724

  • Ichabod Potter, III is the grandson of Ichabod Potter, Potter-417 1639-1676, and Martha Hazard Hazard-177 (who married 1st Ichabod Potter, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy Potter and 2nd Benjamin Mowry, son of Roger and Mary Mowry) [6]
  • Ichabod Potter, III is the father of Thomas Potter 1720-1781

Sources

  1. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/26555184/person/382039454338/facts
  2. Arnold Collection: Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 Volume 10, page 309
  3. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QX-L4B : 17 December 2019), Elizabeth Hannah, 1725
  4. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/48836044/person/26102035611/facts
  5. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2W2-RLC
  6. https://archive.org/details/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi/page/2/mode/1up




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