When Daniel Ricketson Potter was born on 29 March 1798, in Potter Hollow, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Potter, was 41 and his mother, Deborah Ricketson, was 35. He married Ann Howard about 1820, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lancaster, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States in 1850 and Mukwa, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 July 1887, in New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1821: Erie, New York, United States
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English and Dutch; North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Lončar ‘potter’ (see Loncar ), and probably also of cognates from some other languages, e.g. Czech Hrnčíř (see Hrncir ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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