Phineas
Potter
Born about [location unknown]
Son of Reuben Potter
and Mary (Mercereau) Potter
Husband of
Elizabeth (Hampton) Potter
— married
about 1772 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine (Potter) Harned and Robert Potter
Died after
after about age 59
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Dec 2017
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Biography
Born in Little Washington, Monmouth County, NJ. Farmer and served during the Rev. War.
Sources
- The History of the New Jersey Coast, 1902, pages 482 and 483, Vol III.
Ancestry..com NJ Abstract of Wills, "New Jersey Post-Revolutionary Documents," page 288, indicates Will of Reuben Potter, Woodbridge Twp, Middlesex County, NJ and lists as his "testator's" son Phineas Potter and wife Elizabeth. SEPT 1, 1798.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phineas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phineas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phineas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phineas:
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~1.56%
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