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Colonel Andrew Potter

Male Abt 1763 - 1829  (~ 66 years)


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  1. 1.  Colonel Andrew Potter was born Abt. 1763 (son of Robert Potter and Tabitha Knight); died 21 Mar 1829, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI.

    Notes:

    Andrew was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

    From the RI Cemetery Database: POTTER ANDREW, COL 1764c - 21 MAR 1829 CR020

    Andrew married Anne "Nancy" Remington Abt 1786, RI. Anne (daughter of Thomas Remington and Freelove Nichols) was born 3 Nov 1761, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI; died 26 Feb 1827; was buried , Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Amanda Potter was born Abt 1787.
    2. Edmund Potter was born 1791.
    3. Nicholas G. Potter was born 1 Sep 1792; died Bef 10 Aug 1860.
    4. Ray Wesley Potter was born 22 Jun 1795, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; died 1858.
    5. Caroline Potter was born Jan 1798; died 10 Jun 1852.
    6. Nancy R. Potter was born 12 Feb 1801.
    7. Samuel Potter was born 13 Nov 1804; died 16 Oct 1858.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Potter

    Notes:

    Oliver was "of Scituate."

    Some family trees have Oliver as a son of William Potter who married Martha Tillinghast, but that is incorrect. That William died in 1729 and Oliver is not listed among his children.

    Notes from Andy Dorr:

    Oliver Potter was a Captain in Col. Seth Warner's regiment, the Green Mountain Boys of the Vermont militia. He died of smallpox in Quebec.
    He died without will. His estate was distributed on 21 May 1781 and recorded on page 131 of same source. The settlement of the estate is recorded on page 137 as recorded on 14 Feb 1788. He commanded a company in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment in an expedition sent by the Colonies against Canada.

    Probate: 1 Mar 1785, Tinmouth, Rutland Co., VT. 2 He died without will. His estate was distributed
    on 21 May 1781 and recorded on page 131 of same source. the settlement of the estate is recorded on
    page 137 as recorded on 14 Feb 1788.

    Robert married Tabitha Knight 5 Oct 1755, Cranston, Providence Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Tabitha Knight (daughter of Jeremiah Knight and Unknown Wife).

    Notes:

    According to the marriage record, Mary was d/o Benjamin Colvin.

    Notes:

    Potter Oliver, of Scituate, and Mary Colvin, of Benjamin, of Coventry; m. by Stephen Potter, Justice, Oct. 17, 1757. (Marriage Vol. 1 : Pg. 127 Coventry, RI)

    Children:
    1. 1. Andrew Potter was born Abt. 1763; died 21 Mar 1829, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Jeremiah Knight

    Jeremiah — Unknown Wife. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Unknown Wife
    Children:
    1. 3. Tabitha Knight