The original founders of this numerous family [Potts] in America were Wilhelm and his two sons, John Wilhelm and Johannas, and his brother Dagenhart, who settled at Germantown, Pa., in I734. One of these sons, John Wilhelm, who died in Oley township, Berks Co., Pa., in I767, married Mench Hoch on Dec. 28, 1755. To them were born two sons: William, who married late in life and removed to Franklin county, where he died without issue; and John.
