Content Potter (1680 - 1703)

Born 2 Oct 1680 in Warwick, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Died Oct 1703 at about age 22 in Warwick, Rhode Island

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Biography

Content Potter was born on October 02, 1680, in Warwick, Rhode Island.^[1] His parents were John Potter and Ruth Fisher.

He married Sarah Wright on 1 June 1703 in Warwick, Rhode Island.^[2]

They had one child:

1. Content Potter Jr. b. 1703

His will is dated 2 October 1703 and proved on 21 October 1703 in Warwick, Rhode Island.^[3] He mentions his wife and child, Content. He also mentioned his brother, Edward and John Potter, and a cousin James Green

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-HP8 : 4 November 2020), Content Potter, 1680.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KC-VVJ : 4 November 2020), Content Potter, 1703.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007650581_00171). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Wills, Vol 1, 1703-1745, image 171; Record of Wills, No 1, Warwick, 1703-1745, page 207-208. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free ancestry.com image

Potter, Albert. Genealogy of the Family of John and Wait Potter (Rhode Island Prinnting Co., Providence, Rhode Island 1885) Page 4 "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SY3Z-Q6X : accessed 4 March 2018), entry for Content /Potter/; file (2:2:2:MM7W-LJJ), submitted 13 May 2011. Cortland County Potter Article