John Potts

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth McVaugh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Potts was born in 1729; died in 1776.

Notes:

"David married Alice Croasdale, youngest daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Hathornthwaite) Croasdale, 1 mo. 22, 1693-94. In 1695 he purchased 150 acres of land in Bristol Township, Philadelphia. He afterwards sold 50 acres of this tract, retaining 100 acres upon which he seems to have spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. He was a man of good standing in the community, and was a Member of the Provincial Assembly from Philadelphia County for the years 1728, 1729 and 1730."
Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian and America, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas Maxwell Potts, p.232.
-Richard A. Clark

David married Alice Croasdale on 23 Jan 1692/93 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. Alice was born on 03 Jul 1673 in New Key, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died in Bef. 1729 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Elizabeth Potts and Jane Potts, her daughter, came to Pennsylvania in 1683, as shown by a deed recorded in the Recorder's Office of Philadelphia, in Deed-Book E3, Volumn 6, page 42. They were the first of the name known to have settled in that state. Elizabeth Potts seems to been a widow when she came to Pennsylvania, and it is believed that others of the family, besides her daughter Jane, came with her. They were Friends and in 1685 were under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. In 1684 they obtained a grant of one hundred acres of land, which was supposed to be laid out in Philadelphia County, but a subsiquent resurvey showed it to be in Chester County."

Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian and America, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas Maxwell Potts, p.195.
-Richard A. Clark II

Thomas married Elizabeth in ABT. 1657 in Wales, United Kingdom. Elizabeth was born in 1636 in Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom; died on 1 Aug 1707 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Elizabeth Potts and Jane Potts, her daughter, came to Pennsylvania in 1683, as shown by a deed recorded in the Recorder's Office of Philadelphia, in Deed-Book E3, Volumn 6, page 42. They were the first of the name known to have settled in that state. Elizabeth Potts seems to been a widow when she came to Pennsylvania, and it is believed that others of the family, besides her daughter Jane, came with her. They were Friends and in 1685 were under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. In 1684 they obtained a grant of one hundred acres of land, which was supposed to be laid out in Philadelphia County, but a subsiquent resurvey showed it to be in Chester County."
Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian and America, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas Maxwell Potts, p.195.
-Richard A. Clark II

Notes:

John and Anne Potts place of residence seems to have been Nantgnernog in the Parish of Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

John married Anne Pott in ABT. 1630 in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom. Anne (daughter of Thomas Pott) was born in ABT. 1612 in Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom; died in UNKNOWN in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anne was the daughter of Thomas Pott.