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David Potts 1700 – 1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: MAY 1700

Birth Location: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 5/1/1768

Death Location: Cabletown/ Hillsboro, Loudoun Co, Virginia, United States

Father: Jonas Potts

Mother: Mary Thomaston

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Lane, Elizabeth Lane, Ann Richards, Ruth Savage

Children(s): Jonas Potts, Mary Potts

According to available records, David Potts was born in 1700 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Jonas Potts and Mary Thomaston. Following those early years, David Potts married Elizabeth Lane, Elizabeth Jane Lane, Ann Roberts or Richards and Ruth Savage, and their family grew to include Jonas Potts and Mary Potts. In the later years of life, David Potts died in 1768 in Cabletown/ Hillsboro, Loudoun Co, Virginia, United States.

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Parents

Jonas Potts
1662 – 1754
Birth Location: Llangirrig, Montgomery, Wales
JP
Mary Thomaston
1682 – 1705
Birth Location: Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Lane
1704 – 1735
Birth Location: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Elizabeth Lane
1704 – 1768
Birth Location: Bristol / Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ann Richards
1702 – 1771
Birth Location: Germantown,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,USA
AR
Ruth Savage
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Jonas Potts
1726 – 1768
Birth Location: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JP
Mary Potts
1747 – 1830
Birth Location: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
MP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: MAY 1700
    Event Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5/1/1768
    Event Place: Cabletown/ Hillsboro, Loudoun Co, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records
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