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Benjamin Potter

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Benjamin Potter Veteran

Birth
Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Oct 1851 (aged 87)
Burial
Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I Lot 409
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He is the third son of Peleg and Theodate (Tripp) Potter and was born September 22, 1764 in Dartmouth. He was an early settler at Pompey, New York, where he remained until his death. He married Amy Manchester, of Rhode Island, and had children: Elizabeth, Charlotte, Henry H., Bradfors A., Peleg, Dr. Stephen M., Theodate, Hiram, Southward, Noah, Harvey, Merritt M., Julia Ann.

Information about his parents:
Peleg Potter was the eldest child of Jonathan and Rebecca (Southward) Potter and was born about 1742. He resided in Dartmouth, where he died at the age of eighty-three years. the Massachusetts revolutionary rolls show that he was a seaman on the brigantine "Hazard," Captain Simeon Samson; entry, December 25 1777; dismissed, March 8, 1778; served two months and thirteen days. He married March 12 1761, Theodate Tripp, who died at the age of seventy-three years. Children: Noah, Pardon, Benjamin, Southward, Stephen, Betsy, Rebecca, Cynthia, Theodate, Charlotte.
He is the third son of Peleg and Theodate (Tripp) Potter and was born September 22, 1764 in Dartmouth. He was an early settler at Pompey, New York, where he remained until his death. He married Amy Manchester, of Rhode Island, and had children: Elizabeth, Charlotte, Henry H., Bradfors A., Peleg, Dr. Stephen M., Theodate, Hiram, Southward, Noah, Harvey, Merritt M., Julia Ann.

Information about his parents:
Peleg Potter was the eldest child of Jonathan and Rebecca (Southward) Potter and was born about 1742. He resided in Dartmouth, where he died at the age of eighty-three years. the Massachusetts revolutionary rolls show that he was a seaman on the brigantine "Hazard," Captain Simeon Samson; entry, December 25 1777; dismissed, March 8, 1778; served two months and thirteen days. He married March 12 1761, Theodate Tripp, who died at the age of seventy-three years. Children: Noah, Pardon, Benjamin, Southward, Stephen, Betsy, Rebecca, Cynthia, Theodate, Charlotte.


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