1669 Sarah Potter, spouse of Ephraim Potter, was born in Shrewsbury on 26th of 5 mo, 1669. [1]
1715 Sarah Potter, spouse of Ephraim Potter, died on November 6, 1715, in Shrewsbury. [2]
Ephraim Potter married twice. His second wife was Mary (Chambers) widow of Nicholas Brown. They were married about 1716. [3] The children of Ephraim and Sarah Potter were listed in Quaker records. The list agrees with those named in the will for Ephraim, with wife Mary. [4]
1716 The will of Ephraim Potter, gentleman, date: 21 Dec 1716 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. names Wife Mary. Children--Ephraim, Ann, Marcey Jackson, John (under 21), Martha, Catherine, Leah, Abraham, Preserve, Joseph (under 21), Niccolas, and expected child. Real and personal estate. Executors--Richard Chambers, John Lippincott junior and Wm., son of John Woolley. Witnesses--John Chambers, Thomas White, Abigall White, Amoss White. Proved April 15, 1717. [5]
1717 Ephraim Potter, spouse of Mary Potter, died in Shrewsbury, 11th month 1717 (not written as 1716/17, but perhaps January, 1717). [6] The inventory of the personal estate of Ephraim Potter was valued at £74.9.6, incl. one silver spoon; made by Jeremiah Stillwell and Gabriel Stelle; sworn to by Richard Chambers, executor. Dated August 28, 1717. Letters of administration were issued for John Lippincott junior and William Woolley, with Richard Chamber, while John Barclay declined to act, on March 18, 1717/18 . [7] [8]
A genealogy reported: Ephraim Potter was born in Shrewsbury. Ephraim Potter was married to Mary and Sarah. They had children named Abraham, Cattron, John, Martha, Nicolas, Ephraim, Ann, Thomas, and Mary. Ephraim Potter died on April 15, 1717. [9]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), 46, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, citing Lib. A, p. 71, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), page 116, [AncestryImage].
[7] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 372, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[8] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol.36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] George Castor Martin, The Shark River District, Monmouth County, New Jersey : and Genealogies of Chambers, Corlies, Drummond, Morris, Potter, Shafto, Webley and White, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].