AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
CHILDREN
2. Hannah Potter b. Abt. 1633
3. John Potter b. 17 Oct 1635 New Haven
4. Samuel Potter b. 7 Oct 1641 New Haven
Was a freeman in New Haven in 1639, not admitted when the planters' covenant
was first signed but expressed his consent to it and soon after subscribed to
the agreement made in the general town meeting, 1639, "thatt church members
onely shall be free burgesses and they onely shall chose among themselves
magistrates and officers."
In 1643 he had four persons in the family, estate valued at 25 pounds, and had
28 3/4 acres of land. He died in 1643. His widow remarried Edward Parker and was
excommunicated for her trouble. For some reason the church did not approve of
Mr. Parker. After Mr. Parker died in 1662, she remarried Robert Rose of
Branford. [Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus ]
Samuel Blakesley of New Haven, Conn. and his Descendants by James Shepard of New Britain, 1902
The will of John Potter's mother, Hannah Beecher, made in 1657, is also conclusive, as she mentions the three children of John Potter as her grandchildren, giving "to Hannah Blackly my grandchild, wife to Samuel Blackly, twenty shillings." The other grandchildren, John and Samuel, are known to have been the sons of her deceased son, John Potters, and as Hannah is named between John and Samuel, she was not only the daughter of John, but was probably his second child. William Potter was then living, and received his share by Hannah Beecher's will, and hence no mention is made therein of any of his children. But the will of Elizabeth Rose (who was formerly John Potter's wife), made July 23, 1677, about six months after Widow Hannah Blakesley married Henry Brooks, names her "daughter Brooks," which, taken in connection with the facts before shown -- that Samuel Blakesley's widow, Hannah, married Henry Brooks -- Makes it absolutely certain that Samuel Blakesley's wife was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Potter. Widow Hannah Brooks died Nov 7, 1723. "
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