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John Potter DeWitt 1833 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 January 1833

Birth Location: Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America

Death Date: 8 April 1917

Death Location: Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America

Father: Larkin DeWitt

Mother: Hanna Potter

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Larkin Dewitt, Lucinda DeWitt

John Potter DeWitt was born in 1833 in Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of Larkin William DeWitt and Hanna Ewing Potter. John Potter DeWitt had children including Larkin John Dewitt, Lucinda Ann ELIZABETH DeWitt. John Potter DeWitt passed away in 1917 in Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Potter DeWitt was born in 1833 in Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America, the child of Larkin William DeWitt and Hanna Ewing Potter.
  • John Potter DeWitt had children including Larkin John Dewitt, Lucinda Ann ELIZABETH DeWitt.
  • John Potter DeWitt passed away in 1917 in Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Larkin DeWitt
1794 – 1873
Birth Location: New York
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Hanna Potter
1801 – 1837
Birth Location: Logan, Kentucky, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Larkin Dewitt
1859 – 1928
Birth Location: Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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Lucinda DeWitt
1861 – 1953
Birth Location: Cooper County, Missouri, USA
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John DeWitt's Ancestors

Self
John DeWitt
1833 – 1917
Birth Place: Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America
Parents
Larkin William DeWitt
1794 – 1873
New York
Hanna (Ewing) Potter
1801 – 1837
Logan, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin (Franklin (Witt) -) DeWitt
1754 – 1802
Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Molly Larkin
1756 – 1798
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
George (Bher) POTTER
1755 – 1826
Derbyshire, England
Hannah FITZHUGH
1758 – 1831
Bedford, Rockingham, VA
Great-Grandparents
Isaiah DeWitt
1726 – 1771
Deborah Stewart
1727 – 1810
Peter Larkin
1727 – 1815
Azubah Wheeler-Larkin
1731 – 1790
Robert Fitzhugh
1740 – 1800
Margaret Bell
1740 – 1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Witt
1695 – 1739
Martha *
1696 – 1730
Daniel Stewart
1691 – 1786
Persis Witte\Witt**
1698 – 1786
Philip Larkin
1700 – 1770
Mary Harris
1698 – 1759
John Wheeler
1695 – 1747
Mary Hapgood
1694 – 1759
Col Fitzhugh
1725 – 1791
Ursula Beverley**
1725 – 1767
James BELL
1710 – 1751
Rachel McCUNE
1712 – 1751

John DeWitt's Descendants

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John (Potter) DeWitt (12 January 1833 – 8 April 1917)
  1. 1. Larkin (John) Dewitt (16 Oct 1859 – 12 Sep 1928)
    1. 1. Thomas (J) Dewitt (23 Jul 1893 – 26 Jul 1967)
      1. 1. Thomas (Junior) DeWitt (May 7 1932 – 21 Jan 2020)
    2. 2. Jesse (Franklin) Dewitt (9 Sep 1902 – 12 Jan 1956)
      1. 1. Roy (Hubert) Dewitt (9 Nov 1928 – 10 Jan 1995)
        1. 1. Jay DeWitt (1963 – 2022)
  2. 2. Lucinda (Ann ELIZABETH) DeWitt (8 Jan 1861 – 11 Dec 1953)

John DeWitt's Timeline

2 Records

1833
12 January 1833
Birth of John Potter DeWitt in Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America
Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America
1917
8 April 1917
Age 84
Death of John Potter DeWitt in Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America
Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 January 1833
    Event Place: Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 April 1917
    Event Place: Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States of America
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