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David Potter (1685 - aft. 1738)

David Potter
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1711 in Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 52 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Mainemap
Profile last modified | Created 24 Jul 2013
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Biography

David Potter, the son of Samuel Potter and Joanna Woods, and grandson of Anthony Potter and Elizabeth Whipple [should be Elizabeth Stone], was born March 27, 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. David married Mary Merriam of Lynn and came to Topsham with his three sons, William, James and Alexander, in 1738.[1]

Mary Merriam, the daughter of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Jenkins, married David Potter of Ipswich in 1711.[2]

David Potter died about 1738 in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine.

Sources

  1. “History of Litchfield, and an account of its Centennial Celebration 1895,” Kennebec Journal Print, 1897, page 262.
  2. Charles Henry Pope, “Merriam Genealogy in England and America”, Boston, 1960, page 49.
  • Birth Record, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-MJ4X : 18 October 2022), David Potter, 27 Mar 1685; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714.
  • American Genealogical Biographical Index
  • Massachusetts Marriages
  • History of Litchfield, and an account of its Centennial Celebration 1895,” Kennebec Journal Print, 1897, page 262
  • Charles Henry Pope, “Merriam Genealogy in England and America”, Boston, 1960, page 49




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Marriage on 6 Jan 1710 in Ipswich from Descent from John Balch and other Early Massachusetts and Maine Families.
posted by David Klingler

Rejected matches › Thomas Potter (abt.1697-)

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