Brief Life History of James
When James Potter was born in October 1720, in Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Potter, was 32 and his mother, Paschis Batela, was 30.
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1688– Male
1690– Female
Siblings (13)
1711– Male
1712–1712 Male
1713– Male
1715– Female
1717– Female
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1801 · The Act of Union
Age 81
1815
Age 95
1823
Age 103
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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