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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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.

    Benjamin — . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Smiton Potter
    2. Elijah Potter

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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]


  2. 3.  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:
    1. 1. Benjamin Potter died Bef 22 Sep 1774.
    2. David Potter
    3. William Potter
    4. Nathaniel Potter
    5. Jane Potter
    6. Sarah Potter
    7. Mary Potter died Bef 22 Sep 1774.
    8. Martha Potter was born Abt 1730; died 6 Mar 1815, Richmond, Washington Co., RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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]


  2. 5.  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:
    1. 2. William Potter was born 12 Nov 1689, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; died Abt 1777, Richmond, Washington Co., RI.

  3. 6.  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]


  4. 7.  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:
    1. 3. Mary Brownell was born 13 Feb 1690/91, Little Compton, RI; died Bef 7 Nov 1770.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nathaniel Potter was born Abt 1637, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI (son of Nathaniel Potter and Dorothy Unknown); died 20 Oct 1704, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

    Notes:

    WILL:
    Dated Oct. 18, 1704; proved Nov. 20, 1704. Names executors wife Elizabeth & son Stokes; Sons: Stokes, John, Nathaniel, William, Benjamin, Samuel & Iccabode. Daughters: Mary Wilbore, Rebecca Kerby, Elizabeth Potter, & Katherine Potter. Friends James Tripp & Hugh Mosher Overseers. Witnesses: Stephen Wilcock, Thomas Lake & John Lake. [Bristol Co., MA Probate Records Vol. 1 1687-1745 2:114]
    --Inventory of Estate of Nathaniel Potter dated Oct. 25, 1704 presented by Elizabeth Potter & Stokes Potter, Execs.; Appraisers: Jonathan Davil, Thomas Lake & Phillip Taber. [Bristol Co. Probate 2:115]
    --Acct. of Elizabeth Potter, widow & admin. of Estate of husband Nathaniel Potter dated April 5, 1710. Legacies to Mary Wilbore, Benjamin Potter, William Potter, Robert Kerbee, Benjamin Tripp & Samuel Potter. [Bristol Co. Probate 2:280]

    Portsmouth Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636

    Nathaniel married Elizabeth Stokes Abt 1660. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Stokes
    Children:
    1. 4. Nathaniel Potter was born Abt 1669; died Abt Nov 1736.

  3. 10.  William Wilbore was born Abt 1632; died Abt Aug 1710, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

    Notes:

    Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 814.
    William settles in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island in 1653. On June 10,1654, he received a deed of ten acres from Samuel Wildbore, then of Taunton. On December 10, 1657, he was granted eight acres. On June 7, 1671, he served as juryman. In 1678, William Wilber represented the town of Portsmouth in the Rhode Island General Assembly. He owned property in Portsmouth, Little Compton, Swansea and in Kings Town, the greater part of which he disposed of by deed to his sons before his death. His will dated March 1, 1710, was proved the following August 15. He was one of several to take grant of Rhode Island from the Indians and founded the colony March 7, 1638.

    WILL:
    Dated March 1, 1710; pvd Portsmouth, RI Aug. 15, 1710. [English Origins of New England Families, Vol. 3, p. 311] Wm Wilbor of Portsmouth, weaver of cloth. Names sons: John, Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, John, Benjamin & William; daughters: Mary Mowrey, Martha Sherman & Joan __; son John's two children John & Mary Records. Witnesses: William Potter, Nathaniel Potter & Edward Richmond. [Wildbores in America 1:23]

    LAND records referring to William:
    -South Kingstown Land Vol. 1, 1718-23, p. 109-11: Wm Wilbore of Portsmouth, yeoman, for love to my grandson Samuel Wilbore, son of my son Thomas Wilbore land when said grandson comes to age 21; in meantime I give yearly income of said land to 2 granddaughters Mary & Martha Wilbore, daughters of son Thomas Wilbore. Dated & acknowledged May 11, 1705; Recorded June 7, 1720. Witnesses: Henry Meech, Sarah Barber, Edward Carr. [RIGR Jan. 1981, p. 223]
    -South Kingstown Land Vol. 3, p. 147-50: Samuel Wilbor of Jamestown, husbandman, sold to Daniel Mackoone of Kingstown, yeoman, 250 Acres in Kingstown in Pettyquamscut Purchase which was given me by my grandfather William Wilbor decd bounded in part by land belonging to estate of John Wilbour deceased. dated & acknowledged Sept. 9, 1715. Witness: Christopher Champlin Jr, James Kinyon; Delivery made Sept. 10, 1715
    Witnesses: William Robinson, James Kinyon. [RIGR Oct. 1981, p. 129]

    William — Martha Holmes. Martha was born Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Martha Holmes was born Abt 1640.
    Children:
    1. 5. Joan Wilbur Wilbore was born Abt 1670; died Abt 1759.