Well,
according to our gran-father, who was always quite close lipped
about family antecedents
(what were they hiding?)
the Potts family actually originated
in Wales. That's pretty close to the
truth I think. There is
a prominant family
of Pottses
here in Washington, who swear that the geneological
records say that the name Potts originated in Western England,
either in Dorset or
in Southeastern Wales. that makes sense, since the Western English
in the 16th Century were evangelical
Christians of the Puritanical stripe and made up the basis of
Cromwell's army during the civil war against King Charles and
later
in the conquest and occupation of Ireland.
All Hear-Say!
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A
member of Cromwell's Army named Potts returned to Ireland and
married an Irish lass in Wexford on the
Southeastern coast.
Again All Hear-Say!
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Thomas
Potts, James Potts, Patrick Potts sailed to America.
James Potts married Elizabeth McQuellan and give birth
James
Potts
no-children, Robert Potts married Ellen Maguire, give birth
two
daughters, one son William Potts.
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Great-grandfather
Potts who lived
in Ware, Massachusetts owned and
operated one
of the three taverns
in that town. I'd like to think that it was
called Potts Pub but I'm not sure of that.
Great-grandfather was quite a character
and
ran his establishment with an
iron hand. Under
town law a bar had
to dispense food as well as
drinks but
since maintaining a kitchen was
required,
and a nuisance most
tavern owners ignored the to
cover
himself Grandfather kept a single
can of baked
beans behind the bar.
One night a stranger to the town
demanded food with his drink.
After a period of argument the guy
kept insisting so
grandfather pulled out
the can of beans, chopped the top off
with an axe he kept under the bar in case
of riot
and spilled the beans in front of
the
customer and said, "There you go, now stop complaining!
My grandfather was a very skilled accountant.
He was however, a
very
conservative New Englander who was
never sure the horse
and carriage was
gone forever. He never owned-or
drove- an automobile.
The first car
in our family is one Uncle Bob bought
when he came home from the Army
after World War II
had ended. I proudly
gave grandad a ride but he was not
comfortable.
As I drove down the
main drag of our town in Long Island
he
kept
warning me, " Now
Bob, you don't have to pass them all!"
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William
J. Potts married
Sara Watson give birth to
Robert A. Potts who married Eva Morra
who had Mark, Matt, Amy, and Abby.
Mary Potts who live one day.
William J. Potts married Anne King
two kids they credit
Louise, Bill who died 1982.
David Michael Potts married
Martha Ann
Morris
who had me
David Michael Potts jr. how almost
died in 1992, and Katherine Ann Potts.
Sara Louise Potts married
Charles McMorrow
who give birth Alice Anne McMorrow
died in 2001, Jean McMorrow, Matt McMorrow.
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