Person ID: I5659338270

David Potts

ABT. 1670 – 16 NOV 1730

Male

Married: 23 JAN 1692/93 — Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

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 1 00 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