Family talk:William Potter and Frances Unknown (4)

Are there sources for this page? Also, can it be merged with Family:William Potter and Frances Childs (2)? --Klingonpixie 09:41, 12 December 2010 (EST)

Yes and Yes http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/roh/potter.htm hardly honor roll material

Savage WILLIAM, Watertown, came prob. in the Abigail from London, 1635, aged 27, with w. Frances, 26, and ch. Joseph, 20 wks. His mo. Hannah had m. bef. they came over, a Beecher, and had Isaac. He a. 1643 rem. prob. to New Haven, there had other childr. and in his will, 1662, names Nathaniel, 22 Dec. 1644; Joseph; Hope, b. 3 Oct. 1641; and Rebecca, bapt. Jan. 1643. Possib. this is the man wh. was execut. Friday, 6 June of that yr. in the story of whose once being art. 3 of Appx. of Thaumaturgus, Magnalia VI. 38, Mather had gr. satisfact. and that he might defy human credulity makes the wonder, that tho. twenty yrs. a mem. of that ch. he had liv. in most infamous crimes no less than fifty yrs. together. The wretched man was perhaps s. of a wid. P. liv. at New Haven 1646. See Rec. I. 247. Hope m. 3 Feb. 1664 Daniel Robinson; and Rebecca m. 27 Nov. 1667, Thomas Adams.

There are a number of other sources that I have not seen referenced on the following webpage;http://www.maslandtech.com/familytree/images/Sharp/Sharp.pdf--Scot 14:18, 12 December 2010 (EST) See talk page for Hannah Potter (Not his daughter)at [1] for further discussion--Scot 13:20, 13 December 2010 (EST)