Have 3 Thomas Potter in my file: 1. dob 1781 Ireland dod 1861. Burried Public Cemetery, Douglas, Ontario. Wife: Mary ? dob 1787 2. dob 1818 Ireland. Wife Rachel Evans dob 1831 Upper Canada 3. dob abt 1858 Admaston Ontario. Wife Jane Thomas . 2nd marriage to Annie Edmunds dob abt 1860 dom 10 Nov 1882. All children from 1st marriage. These are all direct descendents. Have several siblings of each except for the first Thomas Potter. Given names of Robert, William, John, Rachel, Jane and Elizabeth. Later Potters names of George and James. Have 1 Margaret dob abt 1854. Any matches? Thanks! Audrey Potter Meyers in California At 04:13 AM 2/2/02 -0700, you wrote: >POTTER-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 25 > >Today's Topics: > #1 obit for Roland G. Potter [smokeyandjo@bingonet.net] > #2 Re: Lavany Potter married to Isaac [cinderellas@prodigy.net] > #3 Potter Family Crest [akricci@owenanalytics.com] > #4 Re: Potter Yorkshire U.K 1700's [intymr@cablelan.net] > #5 Re: Potter Family Crest ["Marilyn \"Mel\" Nickless" > <UNICOR] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from POTTER-D, send a message to > > POTTER-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: 1 Feb 2002 08:59:00 -0700 >From: smokeyandjo@bingonet.net >To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <MFMBM002AEoNG5IoszX0001718e@mfmbm002.myfamilycorp.local> >Subject: obit for Roland G. Potter >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Obituary > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jlABAEB/1746 > >Message Board Post: > >The following obit originated with the Concord Monitor, in Concord, >N.H. The Monitor does not guarantee the accuracy of original content that >now resides off its web site. > >Roland G. Potter > >Friday, February 1, 2002 > >Roland Gilbert Potter, 92, of Heights Road, Concord, died Wednesday at >Concord Hospital. He was born in Concord, the son of John and Addie >(Bell) Potter. He worked as a self-employed maintenance man for Perry >Brothers, Orr & Reno Law Office and a country club in Rye, N.Y. Potter >enjoyed gardening and going dancing with his wife. Survivors include two >daughters, Betty Tucci of Concord, and Flossey Gambol of Yuma, Ariz.; five >grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. His wife, >Dorothy (Baker) Potter, three brothers and three sisters, died >previously. Calling hours will be held tomorrow from 4 to 5 p.m. at >Bennett Funeral Home, 209 N. Main St., Concord. Funeral services will >follow at 5 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Dan Stauffacher, pastor of >Pembroke Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial services will be >held Monday at 10 a.m. in Blossom Hill Cemetery. > >Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are. > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: 1 Feb 2002 13:04:41 -0700 >From: cinderellas@prodigy.net >To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <MFMBM0025ffSqTpjF5F000172f9@mfmbm002.myfamilycorp.local> >Subject: Re: Lavany Potter married to Isaac Turpin >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Turpin/Potter >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jlABAEB/1712.2.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Hi Candace, > >I descended through James Turpin's brother, Isaac Turpin. Isaac Turpin was >married to Lavany Potter. I have been told that Lavany was Cherokee also. >I cannot seem to find any information on her except for a marriage record. >If you run across anything, yes, please let me know. I will do the same >for you. Here is my email address: cinderellas@prodigy.net. > >Cindy Roddy > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: 1 Feb 2002 19:44:15 -0700 >From: akricci@owenanalytics.com >To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <MFMBM001Xez2NoKMHG000003a42@mfmbm001.myfamilycorp.local> >Subject: Potter Family Crest >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jlABAEB/1747 > >Message Board Post: > >I have recently acquired a Potter family crest, with the motto "Semper >Fidelis". It is at least 100 years old, and came from my g-grandmother >Potter's home. > >Can anyone verify if this is an authentic motto? > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: 1 Feb 2002 22:11:23 -0700 >From: intymr@cablelan.net >To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <MFMBM010cKfExvWvqzA0001d58b@mfmbm010.myfamilycorp.local> >Subject: Re: Potter Yorkshire U.K 1700's >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jlABAEB/1620.1 > >Message Board Post: > >My Great Grandfather was Thomas William Potter resided in Armprior >Ontario, his wife name (nee) Mary Ann Edmins daughter Margret Potter b. >1880 married approx. 1912 Ernest Elton Freemantle b. 1890 in Telford >Winchester England. Any information on the on this family of Potters is >greatly appreciated. E-mail address intyme@cablelan.net With thanks Gordon >Seabrook > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:55:14 -0800 >From: "Marilyn \"Mel\" Nickless" <UNICORN1950@prodigy.net> >To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <004d01c1abae$3105afc0$9ba7ce3f@oemcomputer> >Subject: Re: Potter Family Crest >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >This does not answer the question, but I feel that it is appropriate to >post for general information about crests & coats of arms. > >The following two questions and answers are copied from "The College of >Arms". The homepage http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ says: "The >College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and >pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and >their descendants. Its records also include official copies of the records >of Ulster King of Arms the originals of which remain in Dublin." >"The officers of the College, known as heralds, specialize in genealogical >and heraldic work for their respective clients." > > >From their FAQs at this page http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/faq.htm > >Q. Do coats of arms belong to surnames? > >A. No. There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many >people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different >coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of >arms. Coats of arms belong to individuals. For any person to have a right >to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be >descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were >granted or confirmed in the past. > >Q. What is a crest? > >A. It is a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole >coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific >part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on >top of the helm. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: akricci@owenanalytics.com > To: POTTER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:44 PM > Subject: Potter Family Crest > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jlABAEB/1747 > > Message Board Post: > > I have recently acquired a Potter family crest, with the motto "Semper > Fidelis". It is at least 100 years old, and came from my g-grandmother > Potter's home. > > Can anyone verify if this is an authentic motto?