Minerva Potter

Female28 January 1814–29 September 1893

Brief Life History of Minerva

Minerva Potter was born on 28 January 1814, in New York, United States. She married William Jackson Kent in 1838, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 29 September 1893, in Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jackson Kent
1796–1887
Minerva Potter
1814–1893
Marriage: 1838
Eliza Kent
1837–1928
Stephen Martindale Kent
about 1841–1923
Francis P. Kent
about 1841–
Henrietta P. Kent
1844–1928
Eliza W. Kent
1846–1947
Milton B Kent
1850–1935

Sources (7)

  • Monerva Kent in household of William J Kent, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Minerva Kent, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Minerva Potter in entry for Setphen M Kent, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1838Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States

    • Children (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 5

    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. 

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    Age 13

    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 22

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    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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