Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Nicholas Potter (1935) & Eme Carter

6983. Capt. Robert Potter. Born ca 1629 in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire. Robert was baptized in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, on 9 Feb 1629.95 Robert died on 21 Mar 1709/10 in Lynn, MA.219 Occupation: carpenter, tanner.

Child:
17920 i. Samuel Potter (23 May 1657-bef 1681)

On 25 Jan 1659/60 Robert second married Ruth Driver, daughter of Robert Driver (ca 1592-3 Apr 1680) & Phebe [Driver] (-Feb 1682/3), in Lynn, MA.219 Born on 4 Oct 1637 in Lynn, MA. Ruth died in Lynn, MA, on 18 Mar 1704/5; she was 67.

Their children include:
17921 i. Robert Potter (18 Mar 166[0/]1-1702)
17922 ii. Nathaniel Potter (14 Apr 1663/4-)
17923 iii. John Potter (13 Sep 1665-1740)
17924 iv. Elizabeth Potter (Died soon) (9 Feb 1667/8-bef 1670)
17925 v. Elizabeth Potter (16 Aug 1670-16 Jun 1757)
17926 vi. Ruth Potter (27 Feb 1673-)
17927 vii. Joseph Potter (25 Dec 1676-)
17928 viii. Capt. Benjamin Potter (11 Apr 1680-25 Apr 1745)
17929 ix. Samuel Potter (8 May 1681-aft 1734)

6984. Samuel Potter. Born ca 1632 in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire. Samuel was baptized in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, on 26 Dec 1632.95 Samuel died in Feb 1632/3 in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire. Buried on 4 Feb 1632/3 in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire.95

6985. Elizabeth Potter. Born ca 1634 in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth was baptized in Newport-Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, on 8 Apr 1634.95 Elizabeth died in Feb 1686/7. Buried on 22 Feb 1686/7 in Lynn, MA.219

On 29 Dec 1652 Elizabeth married Ens. Thomas Newhall (6468) , son of Thomas Newhall (1788) (1596-25 May 1674) & Mary Wood(ard) (-25 Sep 1665), in Lynn, MA.219 Born ca Apr 1629 in Sherington, Buckinghamshire. Thomas was baptized in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, on 26 Apr 1629. Thomas died on 1 Apr 1687 in Lynn, MA.219 Buried on 1 Apr 1687 in Lynn, MA.219

Several publications have stated that Thomas Newhall, son of Thomas, was baptized by the Ref. Stephen Bachiler as the first which child born in Lynn. Bachiler arrived in New England in 1632. But his father Thomas actually settled in New England between 14 Jul 1637 when his daughter Mary was baptized in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, England, (see TAG 73 (1998):119-121), and 1638 when he received a division of 30 acres in Lynn, MA. This Thomas was baptized in Sherington on 26 Apr 1629. See Dean Crawford Smith’s article “When did Thomas Newhall of Lynn, Massachusetts, really immigrate to America?” TAG 293 (1999), 50-52.

“His residence was near the present [1908] site of George Kesar’s tannery near the center of the town.”42 ”In the March term, 1663, Thomas was tried before the quarterly court on an action of assault and bettery for striking the wife of WIlliam Longley. The testimony showed that Goody Longley accacked Newhall with a broadax, while her two daughters threw stones and struck Newhall several blows with ‘a peace of a pulle,’ while Newhall was trying to help run a line between land of John Newhall and William Longley. ... He was ensign in the military company. His homestead adjoined land of Benjamin Potter bounded on the common northerly and on the country road of highway southerly. He had a malt house.”39

Their children include:
16909 i. Lieut. Thomas Newhall (18 Nov 1653-13 Jul 1728)
16910 ii. John Newhall (14 Feb 1655/6-20 Jun 1738)
16911 iii. Joseph Newhall (22 Sep 1658-29 Jan 1705/6)
16912 iv. Nathaniel Newhall (17 Mar 1660-23 Dec 1695)
16913 v. Eliza Newhall (Died young) (21 Mar 1662-2 Apr 1665)
16914 vi. Elisha Newhall (3 Nov 1665-Feb 1687)
16915 vii. Elizabeth Newhall (22 Oct 1667-)
16916 viii. Mary Newhall (18 Feb 1669-)
16917 ix. Samuel Newhall (19 Nov 1672-bef 2 Jan 1719)
16918 x. Rebecca Newhall (17 Jul 1675-23 Dec 1737)

Previous · Next
Contents · Index · Surnames · Contact

D. Pane-Joyce
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/
Created Mar 2008 with the reluctant help of Reunion,
from Leister Productions, Inc.