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Joseph Wanton Potter 1760 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Nov 1760

Birth Location: Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America

Death Date: 1 August 1840

Death Location: Huntington Twp., Luzerne, PA, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Capt Potter

Mother: Mary Stoddard

Spouse(s): Diadamia Brookins

Children(s): Brookins Potter

It was in 1760 that Joseph Wanton Potter was born in Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America, a child of Capt James Potter and Mary Stoddard. Joseph Wanton Potter went on to marry Diadamia Brookins and had children such as Brookins Potter. Joseph Wanton Potter was deceased by 1840 in Huntington Twp., Luzerne, PA, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

Capt Potter
1728 – 1802
Birth Location: Westerly, Kings, RI, Rhode Island, USA
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Mary Stoddard
1728 – 1829
Birth Location: Childwall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Diadamia Brookins
1765 – 1838
Birth Location: Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
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Children(s)

Brookins Potter
1793 – 1873
Birth Location: Huntington, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Nov 1760
    Event Place: Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 August 1840
    Event Place: Huntington Twp., Luzerne, PA, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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