Jane Pott(s) was the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Unknown) Pott(s) of Llangurig, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. Many have erroneously given her mother Elizabeth the maiden name of Basset; there is no documentation to indicate the maiden name of her mother was Basset and appears to be an invention.
Jane Potts was born by 1663 and estimated as she received a "servant" land grant of 50 acres "near the Welsh Tract" in 1684; under colonial law, an individual had to have been at least 21 years of age in order to have a patent/deed for land.
She came to the colonies by 1683 with her mother and several siblings, leaving 2 older brothers, John & George, in Wales with their father Thomas Pott.
Jane married John Austin on 9mo/Nov 11, 1686 at the home of her mother Elizabeth and step-father Edmund Bennett under Middletown Mo Mtg in Bucks County; their marriage record is extant. They had 4 children: Elizabeth, Samuel, Ann & Mary Austin.
Her brother John Potts died by 1698 in Wales (a persecuted Quaker) as his 5 orphans were sent to the colonies under the care of David Powell & John Morris on the ship "William Galley" by Articles of Freightment dated 7 Mar 1697/98. [Tepper, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819, pp. 30-32.] The eldest of these orphans was Thomas Potts (d.1752) who would later become an ironmaster of Colebrookdale, Berks Co. and the youngest of these orphans, John Potts (d.1721), was apprenticed to his uncle John Austin to learn the trade of ship building.
On 3 mo/May 24, 1703, her husband John Austin produced to the Board of Property a warrant dated 7 mo/Sep 12, 1684, signed by Thomas Lloyd and James Claypole "for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott, near the Welchmen being her and her Daughter's head-right"...“they having come in as Servants in the year 1683” and requested a resurvey in order for confirmation which was granted and was surveyed in the Welsh Tract, more specifically Tredyffrin Twp. (Penna Archives, 2d, Series, Vol XIX, page 378). By tri-parte Deed, Jane (Potts) & her husband John Austin, Shipwright with her mother Elizabeth Bennett, sold this tract of land to James David of "the Great Valley" - Tredyffrin - Chester Co. on 13 Dec 1706 for the sum of £36, witnessed by Jeremiah Jarman and Griffith Lewellyn. [Deed Book E3, Vol 6, pg 42]
[The Headright system started 1618 in VA; Immigrant colonists who paid for their passage were given one headright of 50 acres, and would subsequently receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another. These "grants" were a sort of commodity, and could be traded/sold/gifted/bequeathed at any time]
Her husband John Austin, ship builder, died in Dec 1707 and was buried on the 27th at Philadelphia.
Jane (Potts) Austin died in Sep 1734, and was buried at Philadelphia on the 14th.
Her Will was dated 26 Dec 1733 and proved 28 Oct 1734; her nephew Ezekiel Potts, son of her brother David, was one of the witnesses. She named as her Executors George Fitzwater [step-son of her sister Mary (Potts) Tyson-Fitzwater], Anthony Morris and Jacob Shoemaker [nephew, son of her sister Margaret (Potts) Shoemaker]. [PA Will Bk E, pg 309]
Among the legacies to her children - Samuel Austin, Mary Wood, Ann Robins and Elizabeth Chanel, she left bequests of miscellaneous items to grand-daughter Mary Robins; To grandson John Robins, son of Thomas Robins and Ann his wife "the water lot on the east side of Kings St, 20' in breadth extending eastward to the water bounded on one side by Samuel Austin's lot and on the other side by Benjamin Wood's lot" and to grandson John Austin, son of her son Samuel, "the bank lot opposite the above, 20' in breadth, extending from Front St to King St".
Jane Potts was born by 1663 and estimated as she received a "servant" land grant of 50 acres "near the Welsh Tract" in 1684; under colonial law, an individual had to have been at least 21 years of age in order to have a patent/deed for land.
She came to the colonies by 1683 with her mother and several siblings, leaving 2 older brothers, John & George, in Wales with their father Thomas Pott.
Jane married John Austin on 9mo/Nov 11, 1686 at the home of her mother Elizabeth and step-father Edmund Bennett under Middletown Mo Mtg in Bucks County; their marriage record is extant. They had 4 children: Elizabeth, Samuel, Ann & Mary Austin.
Her brother John Potts died by 1698 in Wales (a persecuted Quaker) as his 5 orphans were sent to the colonies under the care of David Powell & John Morris on the ship "William Galley" by Articles of Freightment dated 7 Mar 1697/98. [Tepper, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819, pp. 30-32.] The eldest of these orphans was Thomas Potts (d.1752) who would later become an ironmaster of Colebrookdale, Berks Co. and the youngest of these orphans, John Potts (d.1721), was apprenticed to his uncle John Austin to learn the trade of ship building.
On 3 mo/May 24, 1703, her husband John Austin produced to the Board of Property a warrant dated 7 mo/Sep 12, 1684, signed by Thomas Lloyd and James Claypole "for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott, near the Welchmen being her and her Daughter's head-right"...“they having come in as Servants in the year 1683” and requested a resurvey in order for confirmation which was granted and was surveyed in the Welsh Tract, more specifically Tredyffrin Twp. (Penna Archives, 2d, Series, Vol XIX, page 378). By tri-parte Deed, Jane (Potts) & her husband John Austin, Shipwright with her mother Elizabeth Bennett, sold this tract of land to James David of "the Great Valley" - Tredyffrin - Chester Co. on 13 Dec 1706 for the sum of £36, witnessed by Jeremiah Jarman and Griffith Lewellyn. [Deed Book E3, Vol 6, pg 42]
[The Headright system started 1618 in VA; Immigrant colonists who paid for their passage were given one headright of 50 acres, and would subsequently receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another. These "grants" were a sort of commodity, and could be traded/sold/gifted/bequeathed at any time]
Her husband John Austin, ship builder, died in Dec 1707 and was buried on the 27th at Philadelphia.
Jane (Potts) Austin died in Sep 1734, and was buried at Philadelphia on the 14th.
Her Will was dated 26 Dec 1733 and proved 28 Oct 1734; her nephew Ezekiel Potts, son of her brother David, was one of the witnesses. She named as her Executors George Fitzwater [step-son of her sister Mary (Potts) Tyson-Fitzwater], Anthony Morris and Jacob Shoemaker [nephew, son of her sister Margaret (Potts) Shoemaker]. [PA Will Bk E, pg 309]
Among the legacies to her children - Samuel Austin, Mary Wood, Ann Robins and Elizabeth Chanel, she left bequests of miscellaneous items to grand-daughter Mary Robins; To grandson John Robins, son of Thomas Robins and Ann his wife "the water lot on the east side of Kings St, 20' in breadth extending eastward to the water bounded on one side by Samuel Austin's lot and on the other side by Benjamin Wood's lot" and to grandson John Austin, son of her son Samuel, "the bank lot opposite the above, 20' in breadth, extending from Front St to King St".
Jane Pott(s) was the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Unknown) Pott(s) of Llangurig, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. Many have erroneously given her mother Elizabeth the maiden name of Basset; there is no documentation to indicate the maiden name of her mother was Basset and appears to be an invention.
Jane Potts was born by 1663 and estimated as she received a "servant" land grant of 50 acres "near the Welsh Tract" in 1684; under colonial law, an individual had to have been at least 21 years of age in order to have a patent/deed for land.
She came to the colonies by 1683 with her mother and several siblings, leaving 2 older brothers, John & George, in Wales with their father Thomas Pott.
Jane married John Austin on 9mo/Nov 11, 1686 at the home of her mother Elizabeth and step-father Edmund Bennett under Middletown Mo Mtg in Bucks County; their marriage record is extant. They had 4 children: Elizabeth, Samuel, Ann & Mary Austin.
Her brother John Potts died by 1698 in Wales (a persecuted Quaker) as his 5 orphans were sent to the colonies under the care of David Powell & John Morris on the ship "William Galley" by Articles of Freightment dated 7 Mar 1697/98. [Tepper, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819, pp. 30-32.] The eldest of these orphans was Thomas Potts (d.1752) who would later become an ironmaster of Colebrookdale, Berks Co. and the youngest of these orphans, John Potts (d.1721), was apprenticed to his uncle John Austin to learn the trade of ship building.
On 3 mo/May 24, 1703, her husband John Austin produced to the Board of Property a warrant dated 7 mo/Sep 12, 1684, signed by Thomas Lloyd and James Claypole "for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott, near the Welchmen being her and her Daughter's head-right"...“they having come in as Servants in the year 1683” and requested a resurvey in order for confirmation which was granted and was surveyed in the Welsh Tract, more specifically Tredyffrin Twp. (Penna Archives, 2d, Series, Vol XIX, page 378). By tri-parte Deed, Jane (Potts) & her husband John Austin, Shipwright with her mother Elizabeth Bennett, sold this tract of land to James David of "the Great Valley" - Tredyffrin - Chester Co. on 13 Dec 1706 for the sum of £36, witnessed by Jeremiah Jarman and Griffith Lewellyn. [Deed Book E3, Vol 6, pg 42]
[The Headright system started 1618 in VA; Immigrant colonists who paid for their passage were given one headright of 50 acres, and would subsequently receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another. These "grants" were a sort of commodity, and could be traded/sold/gifted/bequeathed at any time]
Her husband John Austin, ship builder, died in Dec 1707 and was buried on the 27th at Philadelphia.
Jane (Potts) Austin died in Sep 1734, and was buried at Philadelphia on the 14th.
Her Will was dated 26 Dec 1733 and proved 28 Oct 1734; her nephew Ezekiel Potts, son of her brother David, was one of the witnesses. She named as her Executors George Fitzwater [step-son of her sister Mary (Potts) Tyson-Fitzwater], Anthony Morris and Jacob Shoemaker [nephew, son of her sister Margaret (Potts) Shoemaker]. [PA Will Bk E, pg 309]
Among the legacies to her children - Samuel Austin, Mary Wood, Ann Robins and Elizabeth Chanel, she left bequests of miscellaneous items to grand-daughter Mary Robins; To grandson John Robins, son of Thomas Robins and Ann his wife "the water lot on the east side of Kings St, 20' in breadth extending eastward to the water bounded on one side by Samuel Austin's lot and on the other side by Benjamin Wood's lot" and to grandson John Austin, son of her son Samuel, "the bank lot opposite the above, 20' in breadth, extending from Front St to King St".
Jane Potts was born by 1663 and estimated as she received a "servant" land grant of 50 acres "near the Welsh Tract" in 1684; under colonial law, an individual had to have been at least 21 years of age in order to have a patent/deed for land.
She came to the colonies by 1683 with her mother and several siblings, leaving 2 older brothers, John & George, in Wales with their father Thomas Pott.
Jane married John Austin on 9mo/Nov 11, 1686 at the home of her mother Elizabeth and step-father Edmund Bennett under Middletown Mo Mtg in Bucks County; their marriage record is extant. They had 4 children: Elizabeth, Samuel, Ann & Mary Austin.
Her brother John Potts died by 1698 in Wales (a persecuted Quaker) as his 5 orphans were sent to the colonies under the care of David Powell & John Morris on the ship "William Galley" by Articles of Freightment dated 7 Mar 1697/98. [Tepper, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819, pp. 30-32.] The eldest of these orphans was Thomas Potts (d.1752) who would later become an ironmaster of Colebrookdale, Berks Co. and the youngest of these orphans, John Potts (d.1721), was apprenticed to his uncle John Austin to learn the trade of ship building.
On 3 mo/May 24, 1703, her husband John Austin produced to the Board of Property a warrant dated 7 mo/Sep 12, 1684, signed by Thomas Lloyd and James Claypole "for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott, near the Welchmen being her and her Daughter's head-right"...“they having come in as Servants in the year 1683” and requested a resurvey in order for confirmation which was granted and was surveyed in the Welsh Tract, more specifically Tredyffrin Twp. (Penna Archives, 2d, Series, Vol XIX, page 378). By tri-parte Deed, Jane (Potts) & her husband John Austin, Shipwright with her mother Elizabeth Bennett, sold this tract of land to James David of "the Great Valley" - Tredyffrin - Chester Co. on 13 Dec 1706 for the sum of £36, witnessed by Jeremiah Jarman and Griffith Lewellyn. [Deed Book E3, Vol 6, pg 42]
[The Headright system started 1618 in VA; Immigrant colonists who paid for their passage were given one headright of 50 acres, and would subsequently receive one headright each time they paid for the passage of another. These "grants" were a sort of commodity, and could be traded/sold/gifted/bequeathed at any time]
Her husband John Austin, ship builder, died in Dec 1707 and was buried on the 27th at Philadelphia.
Jane (Potts) Austin died in Sep 1734, and was buried at Philadelphia on the 14th.
Her Will was dated 26 Dec 1733 and proved 28 Oct 1734; her nephew Ezekiel Potts, son of her brother David, was one of the witnesses. She named as her Executors George Fitzwater [step-son of her sister Mary (Potts) Tyson-Fitzwater], Anthony Morris and Jacob Shoemaker [nephew, son of her sister Margaret (Potts) Shoemaker]. [PA Will Bk E, pg 309]
Among the legacies to her children - Samuel Austin, Mary Wood, Ann Robins and Elizabeth Chanel, she left bequests of miscellaneous items to grand-daughter Mary Robins; To grandson John Robins, son of Thomas Robins and Ann his wife "the water lot on the east side of Kings St, 20' in breadth extending eastward to the water bounded on one side by Samuel Austin's lot and on the other side by Benjamin Wood's lot" and to grandson John Austin, son of her son Samuel, "the bank lot opposite the above, 20' in breadth, extending from Front St to King St".
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