Elizabeth Potts

Notes:

"On 8 mo. 15, 1719, a double wedding took place at the house of Jonas Potts, at which two of his daughters were married. In one of the Certificates, Jonas Potts is said to be of Gilberts Manor, and in the other, of Perqueoman Creek. It is said that after the festivities of this double wedding, the newly married young couples left for their respective homes on horseback, each bride mounted behind her husband."
Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian and America, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas Maxwell Potts, p.225.
-Richard A. Clark II

Elizabeth married on 15 Aug 1719 in Pocopson Creek, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonas Potts is credited with founding Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the book "History of the Potts Family" by Clarence V. Roberts.

Jonas married Mary Thomaston in BEF. 1700. Mary was born in in Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom; died in UNKNOWN. [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.