Samuel was the son of John Potts and Ruth Savage and at least one site claims Berks Co as his place of birth (others claims Montgomery Co). He married Joannah Holland on March 7, 1758 in Philadelphia. He served in the Revolution and operated an iron furnace at some point.
Info sent to me by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan on 21 Apr 2014:
Samuel Potts, Find A Grave Memorial# 66912116
The Will of Samuel Potts was dated 5 March 1793 and proved 29 July 1793, Pennsylvania Will Book I, page 343. I don't believe he died in 1795 as that would have been after his will was proved. He carried on the Mount Joy furnace and the Warwick forges [on French Creek on the westbanks of the Schuylkill River originally built by his grandmother, Anna (Rutter) Savage-Nutt who left it to her son-in-law/Samuel's father, John Potts, who left it to his son Samuel Potts, then it followed to Samuel's widow, Joanna (Holland) Potts]. Samuel Potts died at his home in Pottstown (originally called Pottsgrove), then Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County (formed 1784 from Philadelphia County) in the Delaware Valley area. His obituary appeared in Dunlap's " American Daily Advertiser," Friday, July 5, 1793: "On Wednesday morning died at his seat at Pottsgrove, Samuel Potts, Esq. It is enough to say of him that a numerous and respectable family lose their friend and guide; that the large circle of his acquaintance has lost a citizen whose heart was warm for their interest, and whose manners were without guile; that his servants have lost a master, his wife a husband, and his children a companion, a friend, and a father. Not a tear will be shed on his grave but what will be from the bottom of the heart."
Info sent to me by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan on 21 Apr 2014:
Samuel Potts, Find A Grave Memorial# 66912116
The Will of Samuel Potts was dated 5 March 1793 and proved 29 July 1793, Pennsylvania Will Book I, page 343. I don't believe he died in 1795 as that would have been after his will was proved. He carried on the Mount Joy furnace and the Warwick forges [on French Creek on the westbanks of the Schuylkill River originally built by his grandmother, Anna (Rutter) Savage-Nutt who left it to her son-in-law/Samuel's father, John Potts, who left it to his son Samuel Potts, then it followed to Samuel's widow, Joanna (Holland) Potts]. Samuel Potts died at his home in Pottstown (originally called Pottsgrove), then Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County (formed 1784 from Philadelphia County) in the Delaware Valley area. His obituary appeared in Dunlap's " American Daily Advertiser," Friday, July 5, 1793: "On Wednesday morning died at his seat at Pottsgrove, Samuel Potts, Esq. It is enough to say of him that a numerous and respectable family lose their friend and guide; that the large circle of his acquaintance has lost a citizen whose heart was warm for their interest, and whose manners were without guile; that his servants have lost a master, his wife a husband, and his children a companion, a friend, and a father. Not a tear will be shed on his grave but what will be from the bottom of the heart."
Samuel was the son of John Potts and Ruth Savage and at least one site claims Berks Co as his place of birth (others claims Montgomery Co). He married Joannah Holland on March 7, 1758 in Philadelphia. He served in the Revolution and operated an iron furnace at some point.
Info sent to me by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan on 21 Apr 2014:
Samuel Potts, Find A Grave Memorial# 66912116
The Will of Samuel Potts was dated 5 March 1793 and proved 29 July 1793, Pennsylvania Will Book I, page 343. I don't believe he died in 1795 as that would have been after his will was proved. He carried on the Mount Joy furnace and the Warwick forges [on French Creek on the westbanks of the Schuylkill River originally built by his grandmother, Anna (Rutter) Savage-Nutt who left it to her son-in-law/Samuel's father, John Potts, who left it to his son Samuel Potts, then it followed to Samuel's widow, Joanna (Holland) Potts]. Samuel Potts died at his home in Pottstown (originally called Pottsgrove), then Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County (formed 1784 from Philadelphia County) in the Delaware Valley area. His obituary appeared in Dunlap's " American Daily Advertiser," Friday, July 5, 1793: "On Wednesday morning died at his seat at Pottsgrove, Samuel Potts, Esq. It is enough to say of him that a numerous and respectable family lose their friend and guide; that the large circle of his acquaintance has lost a citizen whose heart was warm for their interest, and whose manners were without guile; that his servants have lost a master, his wife a husband, and his children a companion, a friend, and a father. Not a tear will be shed on his grave but what will be from the bottom of the heart."
Info sent to me by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan on 21 Apr 2014:
Samuel Potts, Find A Grave Memorial# 66912116
The Will of Samuel Potts was dated 5 March 1793 and proved 29 July 1793, Pennsylvania Will Book I, page 343. I don't believe he died in 1795 as that would have been after his will was proved. He carried on the Mount Joy furnace and the Warwick forges [on French Creek on the westbanks of the Schuylkill River originally built by his grandmother, Anna (Rutter) Savage-Nutt who left it to her son-in-law/Samuel's father, John Potts, who left it to his son Samuel Potts, then it followed to Samuel's widow, Joanna (Holland) Potts]. Samuel Potts died at his home in Pottstown (originally called Pottsgrove), then Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County (formed 1784 from Philadelphia County) in the Delaware Valley area. His obituary appeared in Dunlap's " American Daily Advertiser," Friday, July 5, 1793: "On Wednesday morning died at his seat at Pottsgrove, Samuel Potts, Esq. It is enough to say of him that a numerous and respectable family lose their friend and guide; that the large circle of his acquaintance has lost a citizen whose heart was warm for their interest, and whose manners were without guile; that his servants have lost a master, his wife a husband, and his children a companion, a friend, and a father. Not a tear will be shed on his grave but what will be from the bottom of the heart."
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Beneath this stone are deposited
the remains
of SAMUEL POTTS
and JOANNA HOLLAND his wife
He died on the 3d day of July A. D.
1793 in the 58th year of his age
She died on the 16th day of March
A. D. 1818 in the 84th year of her age.
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