Brief Life History of Benoni
When Benoni Potter was born in 1714, in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Ichabod Potter, was 22 and his mother, Mary E Holmes, was 23. He married Ann Williams in July 0019, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1774, at the age of 60.
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- James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Marriages.
- Benoni Potter, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Benoni Potter, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
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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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