This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Potter Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jlABAEB/1699 Message Board Post: Included in this Register are most of the Potter Descendants of Georg Bader (Potter)>Jacob Potter>Jonas Potter, located originally in Perry County, PA, (SE Central PA town names of Liverpool, Montgomerys Ferry, Newport, New Bloomfield) from at least 1800-1810. Any hits to this PA location or origins and these POTTER names, please contact me by email. Generation No. 1 1. GEORG1 BADER was born Bet. 1700 - 1740. Child of GEORG BADER is: 2. i. JACOB2 POTTER, SR., b. Bet. 1740 - 1780. Generation No. 2 2. JACOB2 POTTER, SR. (GEORG1 BADER) was born Bet. 1740 - 1780. Children of JACOB POTTER, SR. are: 3. i. REBECCA3 POTTER, b. 1809, PA. ii. GEORGE POTTER, b. Bet. 1775 - 1825. iii. JACOB POTTER, b. Bet. 1775 - 1825. iv. JOHN POTTER, b. Bet. 1775 - 1795. 4. v. JONAS POTTER, b. Abt. 1800; d. October 06, 1849, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA. 5. vi. SAMUEL POTTER, b. 1801, ?Germany?; d. Aft. 1870. Generation No. 3 3. REBECCA3 POTTER (JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born 1809 in PA. She married JOHN MCCONNELL. He was born 1797 in Ireland. Children of REBECCA POTTER and JOHN MCCONNELL are: i. LEVI4 MCCONNELL, b. 1843. ii. LEWIS MCCONNELL, b. 1845. More About LEWIS MCCONNELL: Census: 1870, Stone Mason in 1870 PA Census 4. JONAS3 POTTER (JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born Abt. 1800, and died October 06, 1849 in Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA. He married (1) BARBARA STEPHENS, daughter of HENRY STEPHEN and MARGARET /STEPHEN/. She was born Bet. 1800 - 1815, and died Bef. November 1841 in Perry County, PA. He married (2) CATHERINE STEPHEN, daughter of HENRY STEPHEN and MARGARET /STEPHEN/. She was born Bet. 1814 - 1815 in PA, and died March 29, 1887 in PA. He met (3) MARY BAIRD in Never married. She was born Abt. 1800. More About JONAS POTTER: Burial: Buck's U.B. Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., PA Occupation: Mason More About CATHERINE STEPHEN: Burial: Buck's U.B. Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., PA Residence: 1870, New Bloomfield, PA Children of JONAS POTTER and BARBARA STEPHENS are: i. CAROLINE4 POTTER, b. October 20, 1830, Hunter's Valley, PA; d. January 17, 1911, Wila, PA. More About CAROLINE POTTER: Burial: Milford Cemetery, PA Religion: Evangelical Church Residence: 1870, Buffalo Twp, Perry Co., PA 6. ii. LEVI POTTER, b. September 12, 1831, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA; d. November 1918, PA. iii. LEWIS POTTER, b. April 06, 1832, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA; d. Bet. January 08, 1898 - 1902, PA; m. JANE A. SUTCH; b. September 17, 1845, PA; d. January 13, 1907. More About LEWIS POTTER: Burial: Bloomfield Cemetery, PA Census: 1870, Bloomfield Boro, Perry Co., PA, rl. 46, pg 3 Occupation: 1890, District Attorney, New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA Residence: Bef. 1911, New Bloomfield, PA Children of JONAS POTTER and CATHERINE STEPHEN are: iv. CHARLES4 POTTER, b. Bet. 1832 - 1839, PA; d. Aft. 1911. v. URIAH POTTER, b. November 21, 1834, PA; d. March 21, 1916. More About URIAH POTTER: Census: 1900, Juniata Twp., Perry Co., PA Occupation: 1900, fisherman Residence: 1911, Milford, PA vi. JONAS POTTER, JR., b. Bet. 1835 - 1849, PA; d. Bef. 1911. vii. ADALINE POTTER, b. Abt. 1837, PA. viii. AMANDA POTTER, b. Abt. 1840, PA; d. Aft. January 1911; m. SAMUEL B. HAAS, 1864, Snyder, PA. More About AMANDA POTTER: Residence: 1911, Harrisburg, PA ix. AMELIA POTTER, b. Abt. 1845, PA; d. Aft. January 1911; m. HENRY CARY CHARLES. 7. x. HENRY STEPHEN POTTER, b. Bet. October 1840 - 1845, PA; d. Abt. 1918, PA. xi. FERNANDA CORTEZ POTTER, b. Abt. 1846, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA; d. November 26, 1890, Bellwood, Blair Co., PA; m. MARY E. KOUGH. 8. xii. RUFUS POTTER, b. Bet. November 1845 - 1846, PA; d. April 06, 1926, Brooklyn, NY. xiii. FRANCES POTTER, b. Abt. 1847, PA; d. Abt. 1927, U. B. Home , Quincy, PA. More About FRANCES POTTER: Residence: 1911, Harrisburg, PA Child of JONAS POTTER and MARY BAIRD is: xiv. JESSE4 POTTER, b. Abt. 1826, illegitimate son of Jonas Potter & Mary Baird; d. November 08, 1882, drowned near Rockville, PA, fell in canal. More About JESSE POTTER: Census: 1870, Montgomerys Ferry, Buffalo Twp, Perry Co., PA Occupation: Canal boat captain Personal: May have been epileptic, cause of fall int canal and drowning. 5. SAMUEL3 POTTER (JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born 1801 in ?Germany?, and died Aft. 1870. He married RUTH ANN WILLIS. She was born 1806. Children of SAMUEL POTTER and RUTH WILLIS are: 9. i. JAMES4 POTTER, b. 1828, PA. ii. CATHERINE POTTER, b. 1833. iii. RUTH ANN POTTER, b. Bet. 1835 - 1851. 10. iv. SILAS E. POTTER, b. 1838. 11. v. HIRAM POTTER, b. Bet. 1839 - 1841, PA. vi. WILLIAM POTTER, b. 1842. vii. MARGARET J. POTTER, b. 1847. Generation No. 4 6. LEVI4 POTTER (JONAS3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born September 12, 1831 in Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA, and died November 1918 in PA. He married SARAH C. BAER June 21, 1854 in Graydon, Perry County, PA, daughter of JACOB BAIR and SARAH SHAFFER. She was born March 12, 1837 in Buffalo Township, Perry County, PA, and died Aft. 1870 in PA. More About LEVI POTTER: Occupation: 1850, Mason - 1850 US Census Perry Co Residence: 1911, Was in Harrisburg, PA More About SARAH C. BAER: Personal: 12 children originally Children of LEVI POTTER and SARAH BAER are: i. FRANKLIN5 POTTER, b. Bet. 1854 - 1855; d. February 14, 1882; m. ANNIE SCHAFFER; b. Bet. 1850 - 1860. ii. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON(H.H.) POTTER, b. September 11, 1856; d. January 19, 1934, Liverpool, Perry County, PA; m. EMMA DECKARD; b. October 15, 1863, Liverpool, Perry County, PA; d. September 28, 1955, Liverpool, Perry County, PA. More About WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON(H.H.) POTTER: Burial: 1934, Liverpool Cemetery, Perry Co., PA Occupation: Pig farmer Residence: Liverpool, Perry Co. PA More About EMMA DECKARD: Burial: Liverpool Cemetery, Perry Co., PA iii. SARAH CORDELIA POTTER, b. November 06, 1857, Buffalo Twp., Perry Co., PA; d. August 09, 1943, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA; m. PETER EDWIN WALT, Abt. 1876, Liverpool, Perry Co., PA; b. Bet. December 21, 1853 - 1855, Liverpool , Perry Co., PA; d. January 02, 1950, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA. More About SARAH CORDELIA POTTER: Burial: August 12, 1943, PAXTANG CEMETERY, PAXTANG, PA Cause of Death: HEART FAILURE Ethnicity/Relig.: PROTESTANT, EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHERN Occupation: HOUSEWIFE Religion: April 18, 1908, joined Park Street United Evangelical Church, Harrisburg, PA Residence: 1358 VERNON ST., HARRISBURG, PA More About PETER EDWIN WALT: Burial: January 05, 1950, PAXTANG CEMETERY, PAXTANG, PA Cause of Death: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS Census: 1900, 5th Precinct, Harrisburg, Daauphin Co., PA Occupation: CANALLER AND UTILITYMAN Residence: 1358 VERNON ST., HARRISBURG, PA Special: Abt. 1892, CANALS iv. ALFRED ALLEN POTTER, b. May 15, 1859; d. July 04, 1938. More About ALFRED ALLEN POTTER: Property: 1924, Purchased 1360 Vernon Street, Hbg., PA Residence: 1929, Was of the CIty of Philadelphia, PA v. CHARLES E. POTTER, b. September 27, 1861; d. Aft. March 06, 1944; m. MARGARET BODMER; b. October 1875. More About CHARLES E. POTTER: Cause of Death: ? Census: 1900, Balm Street, Harrisburg, PA Occupation: 1900, contract house painter@ 144 Balm St., Hbg., PA Residence: March 06, 1944, 1620 Brown St.,PHILADELPHIA, PA vi. CATHERINE R. POTTER, b. November 26, 1862; d. August 28, 1863. More About CATHERINE R. POTTER: Burial: Buck's U.B. Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., PA vii. EDWIN S. POTTER, b. April 30, 1864, PA; d. Aft. August 1943; m. ANNIE OMER; b. Bet. 1855 - 1875. More About EDWIN S. POTTER: Residence: PHILADELPHIA, PA viii. IRA CLINTON POTTER, b. January 01, 1866; d. July 06, 1896, Mifflin, PA; m. ELEANORA or LAURA ROBERTS, August 13, 1892, Harrisburg, Pa; b. Abt. 1874. More About IRA CLINTON POTTER: Occupation: 1886, Painter & paper hanger Personal: 1902, Purchased cemetery plot at East Hbg. Cemetery No. 28, Sec 18 Residence: 1902, City of Philadelphia, PA ix. OSCAR ROBERT POTTER, b. April 21, 1868, Bucks Valley, Perry County, PA; d. Unknown; m. CATHARINE SHELDON, June 1896. More About OSCAR ROBERT POTTER: Residence: Bet. 1887 - 1890, 1366 Vernon St, Harrisburg, PA x. CAROLINE P. POTTER, b. October 03, 1869; d. Bet. 1869 - 1875. xi. ALICE J. POTTER, b. 1872; m. HELLORIOUS BODNER. xii. IRVIN LEWIS POTTER, b. April 13, 1873, PA; d. Aft. August 1943. More About IRVIN LEWIS POTTER: Residence: PHILADELPHIA, PA 7. HENRY STEPHEN4 POTTER (JONAS3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born Bet. October 1840 - 1845 in PA, and died Abt. 1918 in PA. He married MARY E. MONROE March 26, 1874, daughter of ROBERT MONROE and MARTINA BLACK. She was born September 05, 1853 in Juniata Twp., Perry Co. PA, and died June 1937 in Newport, Perry Co., PA. More About HENRY STEPHEN POTTER: Occupation: 1900, Mason Personal: 1911, His half-sister Caroline lived w/ him. Residence: 1911, Milford, PA Children of HENRY POTTER and MARY MONROE are: i. MRS. A.K. LUDWIG5 /POTTER/, b. Bet. 1870 - 1895. ii. CHARLES POTTER, b. June 1876, PA. More About CHARLES POTTER: Occupation: 1900, fireman iii. JOHN POTTER, b. March 1880, PA. More About JOHN POTTER: Occupation: 1900, Painter iv. JESSE R. POTTER, b. August 1882, PA. More About JESSE R. POTTER: Residence: 1937, Newport, PA v. EARL H. POTTER, b. April 01, 1885, PA. More About EARL H. POTTER: Residence: 1937, New Cumberland, PA vi. HARRY POTTER, b. July 1888, PA. More About HARRY POTTER: Residence: 1937, Milford, PA vii. RALPH POTTER, b. July 1888, PA. More About RALPH POTTER: Residence: 1937, Milford, PA viii. CLARENCE POTTER, b. May 1900, PA. 8. RUFUS4 POTTER (JONAS3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born Bet. November 1845 - 1846 in PA, and died April 06, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY. He married CHRISTIANA L. (UNK.MAIDEN) POTTER Abt. 1871. She was born September 1851, and died 1922. More About RUFUS POTTER: Burial: 1926, Newport Cemetery, Newport, PA Occupation: 1900, Mason Residence: 1870, Living w/ brother Henry next door to mother in New Bloomfield, Perry CO., PA Children of RUFUS POTTER and CHRISTIANA POTTER are: i. ELIZABETH5 POTTER, b. October 1876. More About ELIZABETH POTTER: Occupation: 1900, Nurse ii. MAUD (UNCONF.) POTTER, b. June 1878. More About MAUD (UNCONF.) POTTER: Occupation: 1900, Housekeeper iii. ADA POTTER, b. May 1880. iv. ANNIE POTTER, b. December 1881. v. GRACE POTTER, b. December 1886. vi. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER POTTER, b. Bef. 1900. 9. JAMES4 POTTER (SAMUEL3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born 1828 in PA. He married ELIZA (UNK. MAIDEN NAME) POTTER. She was born 1828 in PA. More About JAMES POTTER: Census: 1870, Duncannon,Perry Co., Wheatfield Twp.,PA Rl. 342,pg 299 Occupation: 1870, Farmer Residence: 1870, Duncannon,Perry Co., Wheatfield Twp.,PA (US Census) Children of JAMES POTTER and ELIZA POTTER are: i. ELIZABETH5 POTTER, b. 1858, PA. ii. NORMA POTTER, b. 1860, PA. iii. SAMUEL POTTER, b. 1862, PA. iv. WILLIAM POTTER, b. 1865, PA. v. MARIE POTTER, b. 1867, PA. 10. SILAS E.4 POTTER (SAMUEL3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born 1838. He married MARY A. WELDON September 07, 1859 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Child of SILAS POTTER and MARY WELDON is: i. HIRAM MONROE5 POTTER, b. May 26, 1860, Duncannon, Perry, Pennsylvania. 11. HIRAM4 POTTER (SAMUEL3, JACOB2, GEORG1 BADER) was born Bet. 1839 - 1841 in PA. He married EMMA JANE MOYER 1867. More About HIRAM POTTER: Military service: 1862, Co. A, 6th PA Vol. Occupation: Aft. 1865, farmer Residence: Logania, PA Children of HIRAM POTTER and EMMA MOYER are: i. CHARLES5 POTTER, b. Aft. 1867. ii. FILLMORE POTTER, b. 1870. iii. SAMUEL A. POTTER, b. Aft. 1867. iv. BEULAH M. POTTER, b. Aft. 1867. v. CLARENCE POTTER, b. 1868. vi. RUSSEL POTTER, b. Aft. 1867. vii. BERTRAM POTTER, b. Aft. 1867. viii. DEXTER POTTER, b. Aft. 1867.