Benjamin A. Potter Jr. was born about 1788, in New York, United States as the son of Benjamin Potter Sr. and Elizabeth. He had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Mary Grover. He died on 5 September 1870, in Warrensburg, Warren, New York, United States, at the age of 83.
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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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