Jonas Potts and Mary [Unk]

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Husband Jonas Potts ¹

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         Father: [Ancestor] Potts (      -      )
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   Other Spouse: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Wife Mary [Unk] ¹

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Children

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1 M David Potts ¹

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Ann R. [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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2 F Rachel Potts ¹

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         Spouse: Joseph Burson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1719 1

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3 F Elizabeth Potts ¹

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         Spouse: William Heald (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1719 1

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4 F Hannah Potts ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Jonas Potts

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According to one family tradition, he came to Pennsylvania from England in the seventeenth century. Another tradition, equally as well substantiated, claims that the first American member of the family came to Pennsylvania with William Penn, while a third alleges that the first Potts settlers in Pennsylvania came from Wales, emigrating thence because of religious persecution. All agree that the first settlers were members of the Society of Friends, and Jonas Potts is first noticed in Pennsylvania as a witness to a marriage certificate, that of John Austin and Jane Potts, 9th month 11, 1686. He was a resident of Germantown, Philadelphia county, and vicinity for a number of years, where he sometimes held local offices under the government. He was ranger for the county of Philadelphia, his term of office expiring in 1702, and he also held the office of court sheriff for Germantown at one time. He seems to have been a man of determination, and perhaps of an impetuous temperament, as upon one occasion, in making arrest, it is said that he handled the man so roughly as almost to have killed him. His name appears as a party to several transactions in the purchase and sale of lands in Philadelphia county. It is believed that Jonas Potts was twice married, and that he had children by both marriages, a belief given rise to by David Potts, one of his children, calling Jonas, another child, in a deed, his half brother. Both wives were named Mary, and Jonas Potts may have gone with some of his children to Virginia, and there died. [GPHWP, 102]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 102.