Ransom
Robert
Potter
Born in New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Lemuel Potter
and Lois (Roberts) Potter
Brother of
Rachel (Potter) Judd
Husband of
Rhoda Emaline Farrell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Isaac Smith Potter
Died
at age 77
in Albion, Cassia, Idaho, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jul 2019
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Biography
File File: Media Format: jpg. Ransom Robert Potter. Traveled with Mormon pioneers Captain of 2nd Division; given name is "Ranion R." on roster
James McGaw Company (1852)
- Age at Departure: 45
- Head of Household
- Traveled with
- Rhoda Emaline Potter (Age: 45)
- Isaac Smith Potter (Age: 19)
- Benjamin Franklin Potter (Age: 15)
- Thomas Potter (Age: 9)
Ransom Robert Potter married Rhoda Farrell on 2 September 1825 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ransom Robert Potter married Agnes Millross on June 3, 1855 in Provo, Utah as his plural wife.
Ransom was 77 when he passed away and is buried at Pioneer Cemetery located in Albion, Cassia County, Idaho Find A Grave: Memorial #10816333
Sources
- Overland Pioneer [1]
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 February 2021), memorial page for Ransom Robert Potter (4 Mar 1807–15 Nov 1884), Find a Grave Memorial no. 10816333, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Albion, Cassia County, Idaho, USA ; Maintained by Lee Potter (contributor 46786421) .
Additional sources <https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWVQ-9CX>
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ransom 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 Ransom:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ransom 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 Ransom:
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~1.56%
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