Person:John Potter (150)

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John Potter, of Colerain
b.12 Apr 1769 County Down, Ireland
d.24 Oct 1849 Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
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  1. John Potter, of Colerain1769 - 1849
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Aug 1791
  1. James Potter, of Colerain1793 - 1862
  2. Elizabeth Charlotte Potter1795 - 1796
  3. William Henry Potter1798 - 1827
  4. Harriet Maria Potter1801 - 1862
  5. John Hamilton Potter1804 - 1808
  6. Dr. Thomas Fuller Potter, of Tweedside1806 - 1853
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Facts and Events
Name John Potter, of Colerain
Gender Male
Birth[2] 12 Apr 1769 County Down, Irelandat Ballymoran, home of maternal grandfather Sir John Stewart
Marriage 22 Aug 1791 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United Statesto Catherine Fuller
Death[2] 24 Oct 1849 Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Burial[2][3] Trinity Church Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
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  • 1784 - emigrated from Ireland to Charleston, SC
  • 1791 - married Catherine Fuller, daughter of a wealthy landowner
  • 1800 - owned 11 slaves in Charleston home, some of which may have come from his wife's family
  • moved to Savannah, GA where he was considered a shrewd businessman by taking advantage of foreclosure sales, lapsed mortgages and unpaid claims
  • expanded land holdings significantly by buying rice plantations
  • 1816 - bought Colerain plantation ($110,000) in Savannah and 338 slaves ($145,350) from William Mein
  • mentioned as being the director of the US banks of Philadelphia and Charleston
  • 1824 - bought Prospect Farm in Princeton, NJ when daughter Harriet Maria married
  • moved formal residence to New Jersey and transferred much of his southern property to sons James and Thomas to maintain family business interests there
  • 1845 - bought Clifton plantation (692 acres) for $25,700 after foreclosing on it
  • engaged in numerous business pursuits in NJ, including construction of Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Branch Railroad
  • major benefactor to Trinity Church, the local Episcopal church
References
  1.   The Potter Family of Prospect and Palmer Houses [1].
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 COLERAIN PLANTATION. Part III, in The Georgia historical quarterly. (Savannah, Georgia: Georgia Historical Society)
    25(2):120-140, 1941.
  3. ↑ 176273023 , in Find A Grave.
  4.   Manning, Maria Potter Higginson. Descendants of John Potter: 1765-1906. (Dedham, Massachusetts, 1906)
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    JOHN POTTER was son of JAMES POTTER, of Mount Potter, and CATHERINE, daughter of Sir JOHN STEWART, of Ballymoran, County Down, Ireland.

    BORN April 12, 1765, at the residence of his grandfather, Sir John Stewart, Ballymoran.

    IMMIGRATED to Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, December 15, 1784.

    MARRIED (probably in Charleston, S. C), CATHERINE FULLER, of Beaufort, S. C, (born 1770) on August 22, 1791.

    REMOVED to Princeton, New Jersey, in 1824.

    DIED at Princeton, N. J., October 24, 1849, and was buried in Trinity Churchyard, Princeton, by the side of his wife, who died November 26, 1848.

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