Davis Family Tree » John Potts (1696-1766)
Personal data John Potts
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- He was born in the year 1696 in Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (91) when child (James Potts) was born (??-??-1787). - Alternative: He was born on September 8, 1696 in Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Alternative: He was born on August 8, 1696 in Bristol, PA, USA.Sources 1, 3, 4, 6
- He died in the year 1766 in Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 70 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (??-??-1766) prior to the birth (??-??-1787) of child (James Potts) . - Alternative: He died on September 28, 1766 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 70 years old.
- Alternative: He died on September 28, 1766 in Upper Dublin,Pennsylvania,USA, he was 70 years old.Sources 4, 5, 6
- A child of David Potts and Alice Croasdale
Household of John Potts
He is married to Sarah Elizabeth McVaigh.
They got married on May 25, 1726 at Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 30 years old.Sources 1, 2, 4, 6
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Potts 1723-1758
- John Potts 1727-1808
- James Potts 1787-????
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 23914.003; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4 / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Marriages, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1696; Birth city: Bristol; Birth state: PA / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
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Birthday August 8, 1696
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
Day of marriage May 25, 1726
- The temperature on May 25, 1726 was about -12 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1726: Source: Wikipedia
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- February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
- May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
- October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.
Day of death September 28, 1766
- The temperature on September 28, 1766 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1766: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
- July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
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- December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
- December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
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