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Ephraim Potter

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  • Name Ephraim Potter 
    Birth 24 Jun 1665  Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 24 Aug 1669  Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Will 21 Dec 1716  Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 21 Jan 1717  Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 7] 
    Burial 15 Apr 1717  Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I29003  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2014 

    Father Thomas Potter,   b. 0___ 1637, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1704, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Ann Wainwright,   b. ~ 1624, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1694, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage 0___ 1662  Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    Family ID F10495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Brown,   b. 20 May 1669, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1715, (Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 1688  Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Ephraim Potter,   b. 30 Sep 1694, (Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1772, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F10494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Mary Chambers,   b. 5 Apr 1676, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 0___ 1716  (Shrewsbury, Monmouth County) New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F17394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jun 1665 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Aug 1669 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1688 - Burlington County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 0___ 1716 - (Shrewsbury, Monmouth County) New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 21 Dec 1716 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Jan 1717 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 15 Apr 1717 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Name: Ephraim POTTER
      Given Name: Ephraim
      Surname: Potter
      Sex: M
      Birth: 24 Jun in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
      Death: 21 Dec 1717 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
      _PPEXCLUDE:
      _UID: 0951777C734A4814A3103FF7EE59444B259E
      Change Date: 11 Apr 2014 at 16:18

      Note:

      Ephraim Potter was born at Shrewsbury, NJ, per Quaker recor d June 24th, but the year has been obliterated. By the simple fact that hi s father was not a resident of Shrewsbury prior to 1670, we know Ephraim was b orn after that time.

      1704, March 1. Ephraim Potter, of Shrewsbury, planter, bou ght of Nicholas Wainwright of Shrewsbury, and wife, Mary for L60, land, i n Shrewsbury, that Nicholas Wainwright had bought from Edward Woolley Feb. 1 , 1700. 1716, Oct. 31. Ephraim Potter, of Shrewsbury, was a part y to a tripartite
      agreement, of this date, by which he, and "Mary Brown, wido w of Nicholas, who is about to marry the said Ephraim Potter," convey to Richa rd Chambers, Esq., brother of Mary Brown, all her property received from the l ate Nicholas Brown, her husband, as per his will written Feb. 21, 1711. The sa id Richard Chambers to hold the same, in trust, for the said Mary Brown, and t o be returned or distributed at her option. This was an antenuptial contrac t made to secure her rights and to put her in position to transmit her estat e to her daughter, Mary.

      This Nicholas Brown, late husband of Mary, was the uncle t o Ephraim Potter's first wife, Sarah Brown.

      POTTER, EPHRAIM of the town of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., "gent. , being uerry fick & weak in body." Dated Dec. 25, 1716. Proved by oath of Joh n Chambers, wit., and by affirm. of Thomas White, "another wit., ... he bein g A Quaker," before John Barclay, Surrogate, 15th April, 1717.

      Gives: "unto my Louing Wife Mary Potter the use of the b eft Roome in my dwelling hous & half the fellor under "fd hous with half th e outward Room in my hous to be frely pofsefsed and Enioyed during her widow hood ..."; "unto my Louing Wife also halfe my orchard or the yuse of it durin g her widowhood as afofd and ... that my "wife fhall haue pastering for two Co ws & a hors on my plantation I now liue on with hay alsoe prouided for to wi nter "the afsd Cows & hors during the time ... afsd & alsoe to haue fire wood p rouided for her during the time ... "afsaid ..."; "unto my Louing Wife Mar y Potter alle the goods Chatels & Estate that fhe brought to me that was "for merly Niccolas browns";

      "unto my fone Ephraim potter A pair of Wofted Come s now in his own passesion ...";

      "unto my dafter Ann potter the fum of fiu e fhillings to be pd in A year after my disceeas ...";

      "unto my dafter "Marcey J ackson the fum of fiue fhillings to be pd in A yeare after my disceafs ..." ;

      "unto my fon John potter "Twenty pounds to be pd at his Coming to the Age o f twenty one years";

      "unto my dafter Martha potter the fume of forty "fhilling s to be paid in fome Conueniant time after my disceafs";

      "unto my dafter Catheri ne potter the fume of fiue "fhillings to be pd in A year after my disceafs";

      " unto my dafter Leah potter the fume of fiue fhillings to be pd in "fome Conueni ant time after my difceas";

      "to my fone Abraham potter A two year old heafer" ;

      "to my fone preserve "potter the fume of fiue fhillings to be pd withi n fome Conueniant time after my disceas";

      "to my fone Joseph potter "the fum e of fiue pounds to be pd when he Coms to the age of twenty-one years";

      "to m y fone Niccolas potter all my "plantation I now liue on with all the medow s houses ..... to him & his heirs ... rouided that he ... "clear and pay al l the debt that is ftill owing for the fd plantation Except that part before a llredy bequeathed to my "Wife ..."; "further that my fone Nickolas potter do e pay all the abouesaid Leagaceys to his brothers & fisters "out of th e land and medow ..."; "and if it foe hapen that my wife proue to be with Ch ild by me & it be Ether "fon or dafter my will is that that Child fhall hau e the one third part of my plantation I now liue on ..."

      "If my fone niccolas potter doe not fo Care to take th e plantation one the Conditions abouesaid & pay the money "dew upon it and alls o thee leagaceys ... that then ... I doe order ... my plantation to be fold "b y my Executors ... together with all my goods & Chattels & then all my Just de bts to be paid out of the fame"; "... those goods & Chatells & Eftate alredy b efore bequeathed to my wife ... fhall not be fold or medled with "by my Executo rs, but only Those goods & Chatells that appertained to my Eftate before I wa s Married to her ...";

      "to my louing wife the one third part of the money th at my plantation & moueable Eftate fhall be fold for after debts "& leagacey s paid";

      "to my fon niccolas potter one third part of the money that my plantat ion fhall be fold for & also "a third part of the produce of my moueable Esta te fo disposed of .. .";

      "to my fon Niccolas potter all the Rest and "Resedew o f the money after the farm being fold & debts & Leagaceys being paid ..."

      Constitutes "Richard Chambers Esqr John Lippinco tt Jr & Wm Woolley the fon of John Woolley my only and fole "Execeutors."

      EPHRAIM POTTER [his mark]

      Wits.: John Chambers
      Thomas White
      Abigall White
      Amoss White

      Oath of Richard Chambers, "one of ye Executors to ye Ab ove Ephraim Potter," who, "promise well & truly to Exe"cute ye office o f an Executor," before John Barclay, Surrogate, Apr. 15, 1717. [At bottom o f page: ["N. Y. Seal'd May "ye 7th, 1717."]

      Taken from Stillwell's Historical Miscellany of NJ, page 17 2 and 173.


      Father: Thomas POTTER b: Abt 1630
      Mother: Ann

      Marriage 1 Sarah BROWN b: 20 May 1669 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey
      Married: Abt 1688 in Burlington Co., New Jersey
      Change Date: 11 Apr 2014
      Children
      Has No Children Thomas POTTER b: 8 Dec 1689 in New Jersey
      Has Children Mary POTTER b: 12 Dec 1690 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey
      Has Children Ann POTTER b: 1 Feb 1692-1693 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Ephraim POTTER b: 30 Sep 1694 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Nicholas POTTER b: 19 Jul 1697 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Martha POTTER b: 22 Jun 1699 in New Jersey
      Has No Children John POTTER b: 24 Jan 1700-1701 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Catherine POTTER b: 23 Jul 1702 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Abraham POTTER b: 1 Feb 1703-1704 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Amos POTTER b: 23 Aug 1705 in New Jersey
      Has Children Preserve POTTER b: 22 Dec 1706 in New Jersey
      Has No Children Leah POTTER b: 6 Jan 1706-1707 in New Jersey
      Has Children Joseph POTTER b: 8 Jun 1710 in New Jersey

      Marriage 2 Mary CHAMBERS b: 5 Apr 1676 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
      Married: 1716 in NJ
      Change Date: 11 Apr 2014 [3]
    • This person's information was combined while in Ancestral File. The following submitters of the information may or may not agree with the combining of the information: EVELYN W/BAIRD/ (2189748) PAMELA JO PICKERING/SLINKER/ (2202658) MARY ALICE/BARTA/ (2213746) MICHAEL ANTHONY/NEAL/ (2250330) KAREN/ROSASCO/ (2347115) NELDA LEORA JONES/ERICKSON/ (2353228) CLAUDIA/OWENS/ (2353425) PAMELA JO/SLINKER/ (2484433) FRANCIS J./BREARTON/ (2510395) KATHLEEN HOUSE/PETERSEN/ (2527797

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    • Notes for Ephraim Potter and Sarah Brown

      1716 The will of Ephraim Potter, gentleman, date: 21 Dec 1716 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. names Wife Mary. Children--Ephraim, Ann, Marcey Jackson, John (under 21), Martha, Catherine, Leah, Abraham, Preserve, Joseph (under 21), Niccolas, and expected child. Real and personal estate. Executors--Richard Chambers, John Lippincott junior and Wm., son of John Woolley. Witnesses--John Chambers, Thomas White, Abigall White, Amoss White. Proved April 15, 1717. [1]

      171? Inventory of the personal estate ¹74.9.6, incl. one silver spoon; made by Jeremiah Stillwell and Gabriel Stelle; sworn to by Richard Chambers, executor, August 28, 1717. [2]

      1717-8 March 18. Letter from John Lippincott junior and William Woolley, with Richard Chambers appointed executors by, to John Barclay, declining to act. [3]

      Footnotes:

      [1] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, citing Lib. A, p. 71, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

      [2] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

      [3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

      Citation: Robert and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy, "Notes for Ephraim Potter and Sarah Brown"
      Webpage: www.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4355x4353.htm
      Email address: JanetRobertWolfeGenealogy@gmail.com
      Go to Genealogy Page for Ephraim Potter
      Go to Genealogy Page for Sarah Brown
      Go to Potter surname index.
      Go to Brown surname index.
      Go to Home Page for Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S53631] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/p4355.htm.

    2. [S53632] "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZVS-VYQ : accessed 2014-03-01), entry fo.

    3. [S10315] "Ephraim POTTER", abstracted, downloaded and published Monday, January 30th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, info@classroomf.

    4. [S37063] FamilySearch.org. Submitter is Hollie Clare Atkinson BEVAN.

    5. [S46427] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/94NC-FM4.

    6. [S53630] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4355x4353.htm.

    7. [S11265] "Ephraim Potter (1665-1717)", "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZVS-VYQ :.

    8. [S11277] "Ann Wainwright", Profile, http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I03176&tree=Woolley, retrieved, recorded.

    9. [S11280] "Notes for Ephraim Potter and Sarah Brown", http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4355x4353.htm, retrieved, re.


  

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