Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Potter was born on 1 July 1771, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Potter, was 35 and his mother, Dinah Gifford, was 38. He married Dorcas Gulick about 1777. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Washington, New York, United States in 1800 and Prattsburgh, Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States in 1830. He died on 17 October 1843, in Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States.
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- Jeremiah Potter, "United States Census, 1830"
- Jeremiah Potter, "Find A Grave Index"
- New York Probate Records, 1629-1971; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYZM-RQK?cc=1920234&wc=Q7PR-2NL%3A213301501%2C213732701
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1772
Historical Boundaries 1772: Charlotte, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Charlotte, New York, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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Jeremiah Potter Last Will and Testament - Steuben County, NY
Steuben County, New York Wills, 1830 - 1849, Vol. 3 - 4, Image 197 of 583 familysearch.org This last will and testament of Jeremiah Potter - I Jeremiah Potter considering the uncertainty of thi …
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