Peleg Potter (1742 - 1828)

Born 1742 in Westport, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Theodate (Tripp) Potter — married 9 Jan 1761 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1828 at about age 86 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Peleg Potter was the eldest child of Jonathan and Rebecca (Southward) Potter and was born about 1742. He resided in Dartmouth, where he died at the age of eighty-three years. He married March 12, 1761, Theodate Tripp, who died at the age of seventy-three years.

Children:

Noah

Pardon

Benjamin

Southward

Stephen

Betsy

Rebecca

Cynthia

Theodate

Charlotte

(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39529146/benjamin-potter)

Marriage

Peleg Potter married Theodate Tripp on March 12, 1761, at Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations^[1]

Revolutionary War Service

The Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls show that he was a seaman on the brigantine "Hazard", Captain Simeon Samson; entry, December 25, 1777; dismissed, March 8, 1778; served two months and thirteen days; reportedly deserted^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8KD-VLW : accessed 22 May 2018), Peleg Potter and Theodate Tripp, 12 Mar 1761; citing Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 27.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-PFFL : 17 March 2018), Peleg Potter, 25 Dec 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,792.

• SAR application #47903 (1928) of Wilfred Carne Potter

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, page 247

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQL-C85 : accessed 20 June 2021), entry for Peleg Porter, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120698592/peleg-potter: accessed 12 November 2023), memorial page for Peleg Potter (1742–27 Jul 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 120698592; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Mark Persons (contributor 47050163).

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-PFFL : 17 March 2018), Peleg Potter, 25 Dec 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,792.