Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Potter was born in 1711, in Coleorton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Potter, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Orton, was 22. He married Frances Toone about 1737, in Coleorton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 19 June 1808, in his hometown, at the age of 97, and was buried in Coleorton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Joseph Potter, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Joseph, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Joseph, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
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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