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Alexander Potter 1669–1765 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1669

Birth Location: Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland

Death Date: Jun 1765

Death Location: Killinchy, Down, Ireland

Father: THOMAS \

Mother: Adaline Bower

Spouse(s): Mary Currier

Children(s): John Potter

Alexander Potter was born in 1669 in Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland, the child of Thomas Woodson Potter And Adaline Coleman Bower. Alexander Potter married Mary Currier, and had children including John Potter. Alexander Potter passed away in 1765 in Killinchy, Down, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Potter was born in 1669 in Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland, the child of Thomas Woodson Potter And Adaline Coleman Bower.
  • Alexander Potter married Mary Currier, and had children including John Potter.
  • Alexander Potter passed away in 1765 in Killinchy, Down, Ireland.

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Alexander Potter's Ancestors

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Alexander Potter
1669–1765
Birth Place: Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland
Parents
THOMAS Woodson Potter \
1641–1697
Armagh, Ireland
Adaline (Coleman) Bower
1634–1696
Ireland
Grandparents
John Potter
1609–1644
Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
Elizabeth Potter-Parker
1606–1677
Amersham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM Hoose_brandyhf+jaking001)
1582–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Potter
1550–1623
Isobel Walker
1562–1643

Alexander Potter's Descendants

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Alexander Potter (1669–Jun 1765) m. Mary Currier (28 Nov 1676–1766)
  1. 1. John Potter 1705–1758 m. Martha Potter 1708–1782
    1. 1. Annis (- Anna) Brown 1741–1815 m. Alexander Young 1747–1798
      1. 1. Martha Young 1759–1858 m. James McBride 1758–1837
        1. 1. William McBride 1784–1857 m. Deborah McBride 1787–1853
        2. 2. James (Andrew) McBride 1777–1841
        3. 3. Margaret McBride 1782–1872
        4. 4. Henry (McClure) McBride 1800–1875

Alexander Potter's Timeline

2 Records

1669
1669
Birth of Alexander Potter in Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland
Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland
1765
Jun 1765
Age 96
Death of Alexander Potter in Killinchy, Down, Ireland
Killinchy, Down, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1669
    Event Place: Megheracross (near Foyle River, Lower Strabine) Tyrone, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jun 1765
    Event Place: Killinchy, Down, Ireland

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