Catherine Potter

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Potter was born about 1761, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Captain John Potter, was 28 and her mother, Elcy 'Alice' Ralph, was 22. She married Aaron Colvin in 1779, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1824, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Colvin
1756–1814
Catherine Potter
1761–1824
Marriage: 1779
Moses Colvin
1780–
Andrew Colvin
1784–
Nehemiah Colvin
1786–1869
Eli Colvin
1788–
Elcy COLVIN
1790–1848
Caleb Colvin
1790–1878
Eunice Colvin
1792–
David Colvin
1794–1799
Freelove Colvin
1796–1870
Anna Colvin
1798–
Rhoda Colvin
1800–1840
Nehemiah Colvin
1802–

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  • Catherine in entry for Caleb Colvin, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"

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World Events (8)

1763 · First Synagogue in America

The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1780 · French Occupy Newport

During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.

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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