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Elizabeth Potter 1634 – 1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Apr 1634

Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 22 Feb 1687

Death Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Father: Nicholas Potter

Mother: Emma Knight

Spouse(s): Thomas Newhall

Children(s): Thomas Newhall

Elizabeth Potter was born in 1634 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, the child of Nicholas Potter and Emma Knight. Elizabeth Potter married Thomas Newhall, and had children including Thomas Newhall. Elizabeth Potter passed away in 1687 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Potter was born in 1634 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, the child of Nicholas Potter and Emma Knight.
  • Elizabeth Potter married Thomas Newhall, and had children including Thomas Newhall.
  • Elizabeth Potter passed away in 1687 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Potter
1604 – 1677
Birth Location: Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
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Emma Knight
1607 – 1659
Birth Location: Newport, Buckinghamshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Newhall
1629 – 1687
Birth Location: Sherington, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Newhall
1653 – 1728
Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Potter's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Potter
1634 – 1687
Birth Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Parents
Nicholas Potter
1604 – 1677
Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
Emma Knight
1607 – 1659
Newport, Buckinghamshire, , England
Grandparents
Robert Potter
1566 – 1631
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Marshall
1570 – 1628
Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
William Knight
1568 – 1656
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Martha Williams
1577 – 1666
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Potter
1533 – 1576
Isabel Sumner
1543 – 1613
Thomas Marshall
1545 – 1618
Mary Cotton
1553 – 1625
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Potter
1500 – 1553
Margaret Atwood
1505 – 1559
Thomas Marshall
1513 – 1598
Ellen Doane
1517 – 1599
Richard Cotton
1539 – 1602
Mary Mainwareing
1541 – 1578

Elizabeth Potter's Descendants

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Elizabeth Potter (8 Apr 1634 – 22 Feb 1687) m. Thomas Newhall (26 Apr 1629 – March 1687)
  1. 1. Thomas Newhall (15 Sep 1653 – 3 Jul 1728) m. Rebecca Greene (20 Apr 1654 – 25 May 1726)
    1. 1. Daniel Newhall (22 Jul 1685 – 03 Feb 1760) m. Sarah Fosdick (11 Jun 1687 – 12 Dec 1763)
      1. 1. Sarah Newhall (27 Nov 1711 – Unknown) m. Thomas BURDITT (14 Dec 1705 – 08 Mar 1763)
        1. 1. Sarah Burditt (21 May 1738 – 6 June 1766) m. Isaac Clewly (15 December 1729 – 4 November 1800)

Elizabeth Potter's Timeline

2 Records

1634
8 Apr 1634
Birth of Elizabeth Potter in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
1687
22 Feb 1687
Age 53
Death of Elizabeth Potter in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1634
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1687
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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