Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Potter
and Mary (Babcock) Potter
Sister of
Thomas Potter III, Jonathan Potter, Mary (Potter) Clarke, Elizabeth (Potter) Saunders, George Potter, Stephen Potter and Caleb Potter [half]
Wife of
Matthew Maxson Sr.
— married
21 Dec 1749 in Charlestown, Kings, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Maxson, Peleg Maxson, Matthew Maxson Jr., George Leroy Maxson, Nathan Maxson, Luke Maxson Sr, Martha (Maxson) Crandall and Mary (Maxson) Burdick
Died
at age 69
in Alfred, Allegany County, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2021
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Biography
Martha was born in 1729. She died in 1799.
Sources
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HH-DC2 : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Thomas Maxson, 1750.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-5XN : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Peleg Maxson, 1752.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-FJQ : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Matthew Maxson, 1754.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-CHL : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for George Maxson, 1756.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HZ-KTP : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Nathan Maxson, 1758.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-2JL : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Abel Maxson, 1761.
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HH-TWP : 17 December 2019), Martha in entry for Luke Maxson, 1763.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- William Watts
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H42, FTDNA kit #N137055
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~1.56%
Clinton Thompson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T416147 [compare], FTDNA kit #164860
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~0.78%
Kenn Mooney :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jane (Thompson) Kuitems :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T455726 [compare], FTDNA kit #381968
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~0.39%
Robert Greer :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Michelle Whitford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BT8341410 [compare]
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