Brief Life History of James B
When James B Potter was born on 7 February 1796, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, his father, Col. David Potter, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Boyd, was 38. He married Jane Harper Barron on 28 April 1818, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bridgeton Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 October 1865, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.
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- James B Potter, "United States Census, 1860"
- James B. Potter, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
- James Potter in entry for Sarah Nixon, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
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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