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Elizabeth Potts

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Elizabeth Potts

Birth
Powys, Wales
Death
4 Dec 1690 (aged 22–23)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Neshaminy Friends Burial Ground, Bucks Co, PA Add to Map
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Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Unknown) Potts, born about 1667 in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. [There is no evidence to support the maiden name of Basset for her mother Elizabeth]

It would appear that she came to the colonies with her mother Elizabeth (Unknown) Potts in 1683 and several siblings. Unlike her sister Jane Potts, Elizabeth was not of age to receive a land grant (-21), however was old enough (14+) to sign as a witness to her sister Jane's marriage to John Austin on 10mo/Dec 4, 1686 at the home of her mother and step-father Elizabeth & Edmund Bennett under Falls Mo Mtg in Bucks Co.

She died in Dec 1690, unmarried, and was buried on 10mo/Dec 4, 1690 at Neshaminy Burial Ground in Bucks Co. [later called Middletown Mo Mtg]
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (Unknown) Potts, born about 1667 in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. [There is no evidence to support the maiden name of Basset for her mother Elizabeth]

It would appear that she came to the colonies with her mother Elizabeth (Unknown) Potts in 1683 and several siblings. Unlike her sister Jane Potts, Elizabeth was not of age to receive a land grant (-21), however was old enough (14+) to sign as a witness to her sister Jane's marriage to John Austin on 10mo/Dec 4, 1686 at the home of her mother and step-father Elizabeth & Edmund Bennett under Falls Mo Mtg in Bucks Co.

She died in Dec 1690, unmarried, and was buried on 10mo/Dec 4, 1690 at Neshaminy Burial Ground in Bucks Co. [later called Middletown Mo Mtg]


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