When David Potter was born on 12 January 1732, in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Gideon Potter, was 31 and his mother, Mary Moulthrop, was 30. He married Mary Wright on 8 November 1750, in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 11 September 1760, in his hometown, at the age of 28.
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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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