William Potter

William Potter

Male 1608 - 1662  (53 years)


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  • Name William Potter 
    Birth 28 Aug 1608  Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 28 Aug 1608  Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID M38R-J17 
    Burial 1662  New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Jun 1662  New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2018  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father William Potter,   b. 1582, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1619, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Hannah Langford,   b. 1585, Norfolkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1659, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 Oct 1607  Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Childe,   b. 6 Feb 1609, Buckhamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1661, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1635  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Potter,   b. 22 Aug 1641, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1701, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Sarah Potter,   b. 22 Aug 1641, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1706, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • William's Father died before his wife and two sons immigrated to the U. S . H a n n ah and her two sons William and John appears on the manifest of t h e s h i p A bigail. The ship left Plymouth, England destined for Boston in N e w E n g l and on June 4, 1635, among the passengers were William Potter ag e 2 7 , w i f e Frances age 26 & 4 month old son Joseph Potter.

      Both the brothers John and William Potter, signed the Plantation Covena n t i n N e w H aven, Connecticut on June 4, 1639, just nineteen years after t h e P i l g rims settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. William purchased land a t N e w H a v en & was occupied there as a "planter" until his death. Willia m' s m o t h er Hannah & his younger brother John Potter also settled at New H a v e n . ( Source: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/P otter-136 )

      William Potter who was tried and executed by hanging on 6 June 1662 . T h i s w a s a P uritan colony, Potter was accused by his wife and son of bes t i a l it y.