AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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William Potter | see FAMILY TREE (Brooke Family
Tree) see FAMILY TREE (White Family Tree) |
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Born: Abt. 1580 England | ||
Married: 6 Oct 1607 Lewes, Sussex, England |
William Potter marryed to Ann Langford 6 October 1607 LDS film 1067241 |
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. William Potter b. Bef. 28 Aug 1608
2. John Potter b. bef. 10 Jan 1608/9
BIOGRAPHY OF HANNAH
Hannah married John Potter about 1607 and a son William was born the next year.
Another son, John, was born several years later. Hannah's husband John died
about 1620, and she married John Beecher in 1622. They had a son, Isaac. John
Beecher was one of the seven men sent by Eaton to New Haven in advance of the
colony. In 1635, William Potter, his wife Frances and a son Joseph arrived in
Boston. Accompanying them were Hannah Beecher and her son Isaac. They all
arrived in New Haven on June 26, 1638, but John Beecher had died the previous
winter. They settled on Beecher's parcel of land, which Hannah was allowed to
claim. Hannah died in New Haven on April 5, 1659. Her will, dated June 13, 1657,
stipulated that son William should be executor, son Isaac should receive one
third of the estate and William should control the other two thirds, in order to
take care of his younger brother. She named all three children of John Potter,
John, Samuel & Hannah Blackly, calling them her grandchildren.
Information from The New Haven (Conn.) Potters, 1639