Elijah Potter
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Elijah Potter (son of Benjamin Potter).
2. Benjamin Potter (son of William Potter and Mary Brownell); died Bef 22 Sep 1774. Notes:
Benjamin and his two sons are mentioned in the will of his father.
Children:
Generation: 3
4. William Potter was born 12 Nov 1689, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA (son of Nathaniel Potter and Joan Wilbur Wilbore); died Abt 1777, Richmond, Washington Co., RI. Notes:
William is named as a son in his father's and his mother's wills.
WILL:
Dated Sept. 22, 1774; proved Richmond Aug. 4, 1777 p. 216-219: Mentions unnamed deceased wife; present wife Rebeccah; sons: Benjamin deceased, David, William & Nathaniel; daughters: Jane Sole, Sarah Sole, Martha Hoxie & Mary Kenyon deceased; grandchildren: Smiton Potter, Elijah Potter sons of son Benjamin deceased; granddaughters: Atson Grossman, Patience Crandol [Crandall], Jane Taber, Zilphia Potter & Mary Lake; children of daughter Mary Kenyon deceased: William Kenyon, Peter Kenyon, Lydia Baker, Mary Kenyon & Deborah Kenyon. [Surname also spelled Kinyon]
Witnesses: Gideon Mosher, James Reynolds & Amy Reynolds.
-Receipts July 4, 1777, paid out of estate to: Thomas Tefft, Jonah Sole, Sarah Sole, Martha Hoxsie, Lydia Baker, Mary Reynolds, David Kenyon, David Potter, Nathaniel Potter, Elijah Potter, Brownel Lake, Jonah Tabor, Wm Clarke, Robert Rogers & Stephen Wilcox.William married Mary Brownell Bef 15 Apr 1712. Mary (daughter of William Brownell and Sarah Smiton) was born 13 Feb 1690/91, Little Compton, RI; died Bef 7 Nov 1770. [Group Sheet]
5. Mary Brownell was born 13 Feb 1690/91, Little Compton, RI (daughter of William Brownell and Sarah Smiton); died Bef 7 Nov 1770. Notes:
BROWNELL, Mary, of William and Sarah, [born] Feb. 13, 1691, Little Compton.
Children:
- 2. Benjamin Potter died Bef 22 Sep 1774.
- David Potter
- William Potter
- Nathaniel Potter
- Jane Potter
- Sarah Potter
- Mary Potter died Bef 22 Sep 1774.
- Martha Potter was born Abt 1730; died 6 Mar 1815, Richmond, Washington Co., RI.
Generation: 4
8. Nathaniel Potter was born Abt 1669 (son of Nathaniel Potter and Elizabeth Stokes); died Abt Nov 1736. Notes:
Nathaniel is named as a son in his father's will of 1704; see notes for his father.
WILL:
Dated Nov. 15, 1732; proved Nov. 16, 1736. Names wife Joan; Son William & daughter Mary Wood, wife of Isaac Wood; Grandsons: Nathaniel Potter & David Potter, sons of son William; my negro Caesar. Wife Joan & son William to be Execs. Witnesses: George Wood, Nathaniel Potter Jr. & Beriah Goodard. [Bristol Co., MA Probate Vol. 2 1745-1762 8:423-5]
-Order to Joan Potter, widow & William Potter, son, Execs. of Estate of Nathaniel Potter of Dartmouth dated Nov. 16, 1736. [Bristol Co Probate 8:421-2]
-Inventory of Estate of Nathaniel Potter of Dartmouth. dated Nov. 1, 1736 presented by Joan Potter & William Potter, Execs. Appraisers: Ichabod Potter, Ichabod Soule & Jonathan Wood. [Bristol Co. Probate 8:425]Nathaniel married Joan Wilbur Wilbore Abt 1689. Joan (daughter of William Wilbore and Martha Holmes) was born Abt 1670; died Abt 1759. [Group Sheet]
9. Joan Wilbur Wilbore was born Abt 1670 (daughter of William Wilbore and Martha Holmes); died Abt 1759. Notes:
WILL:
Dated July 3, 1743; proved May 1, 1759 Dartmouth. Names Son: William Potter; Dau: Mary Brownel; grandson Nathaniel Potter; granddaughters: Mary Wood & Rachel Wood and grandson Gideon Wood, children of daughter Mary Brownel; granddaughter Sarah Potter; grandchildren: Benjamin Potter, William Potter, Jane Soule, Nathaniel Potter, David Potter, Sarah Potter, Mary Potter, Robert Potter & Martha Potter, children of son William Potter. Friend John Gifford of Little Compton. Witnesses: William Taber, William Sanford & Restcome Sanford. [Bristol Co, MA Probate Vol 2 16:257-8]
Receipt of Martha Wilcox & Robert Wilcox for legacy of grandmother Jane Potter paid by father William Potter, Admin. no date. Witnesses: William Test & Jasen Test Jr. [17:39]
Receipts by Stephen Soule & Sarah Soule, by Benjamin Potter, by Nathaniel Potter, by William Potter Jr. for legacies of grandmother Jane Potter paid by father William Potter no date. Witnesses: Nathaniel Potter,Benjamin Potter, Stephen Soule & Nathaniel Soule. [17:40]
Receipt by Charles Brownell & Mary Brownell for legacy of mother Jane Potter paid by brother William Potter no date. Witnesses: Gideon Wood & Nathaniel Potter.Children:
- 4. William Potter was born 12 Nov 1689, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; died Abt 1777, Richmond, Washington Co., RI.
10. William Brownell was born 1648; died 1715, Little Compton, RI. Notes:
WILL:
Dated Nov. 6, 1714; pvd Aug. 1, 1715; Exor wife Sarah. Overseers: friend Nathaniel Soule & son Smiton Brownell. Sons: Smiton, George, Thomas, William, Benjamin & Robert; daughters: Alice, Martha, Ann & Mary. [Austin] Mentions land in Little Compton. Witnesses: Nathaniel Soule and Joseph Mosher. [Bristol Co. Probate 3:230-231; p. 67 in recent book]
Little Compton, town page detail: BROWNELL William, ---, 1648 d. (---, 1715). (americanancestors.org)
William may have been s/o Thomas Brownell:
BROWNELL Thomas, 1619, died before 1665 (Little Compton)
BROWNELL Thomas, ----, 1650.
BROWNELL William, of Thomas, ----. Town Page Detail: Portsmouth Birth (Vol. 1 : Pg. 144) Portsmouth, RI
BROWNELL Sarah (Smiton, of William, dec.), his wife, ----. Town Page Detail: Birth (Vol. 1 : Pg. 144) Portsmouth, RI (same page as William above)
William named a son Thomas:
BROWNELL Thomas, of William and Sarah, May 25, 1674, LC.
A family tree at Rootsweb's Worldconnect shows his parents as Thomas and Ann (Bourne) Brownell. This seems to agree with some of the rather fragmented birth notes I found referring to a couple Thomas & Ann, and some births for children surnamed Brownell.
William married Sarah Smiton 1672, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]
11. Sarah Smiton Notes:
BROWNELL Sarah (Smiton, of William, dec.), his wife, ----. Town Page Detail: Portsmouth
Notes:
BROWNELL William, and Sarah Smitton, ---- --, 1672. Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 13285) Little Compton, RI
Children:
- 5. Mary Brownell was born 13 Feb 1690/91, Little Compton, RI; died Bef 7 Nov 1770.