TWELFTH GENERATION
Married Jan 20 ⁽¹⁷⁾ or Jan 30th⁽⁷⁸⁾ 1687 in S. Kingston, RI. ⁽⁷⁹⁾

2048. Thomas Potter Sr. was born in 1655⁽⁴⁶⁾ or 1663⁽⁷³⁾ in S. Kingston, RI.⁽⁴⁶⁾ He died on Jun 23 1723 in N. Kingston, RI.^{(46) (62)(77)} ellibee gives month and day, Vincent Manuscript gives only a year.

Potter Families:

Thomas Potter, of South Kingstown, born Portsmouth about
1663; died 23 June 1778; married 20 Jan. 1668, Susanna Tripp. His will was dated 3 June 1727 and proved in 1728. Inventory 4,092 pounds, 8 shillings, 7 pence. Included in the inventory were books, sliver money, livestock, as well
as "negroes, Harry, 20 pounds, Scipio, 45 pounds, Simon, 85 pounds, Pero, 55 pounds, apprentice and an Indian boy, 16 pounds. [Will on page 27.] His second wife, Lydia (Wilcox) Sherman, was the daughter of D. and Elizabeth (Cook) Wilcox.

RI Potters:

Thomas Potter, born Portsmouth, RI, about 1663; died before 11 June 1728 when his will was entered for probate. Married Susannah Tripp, and it
is possible Thomas and Susannah were second cousins. Thomas married (2) Mrs.Lydia (Wilcox) Sherman 20 Dec. 1720. About 1692 Thomas moved to Kingston where
he remained. He was on a list of SK freemen dated 16 Sept. 1723, incorporating an earlier list dated 1696. Kingston land records reveal Thomas signed deeds with a mark, reproduced as a very heavily inked "T". He may have followed a fairly common practice of imitating the English custom of adopting a seal for signing documents. The inventory of his estate shows an item "books," so perhaps
he was not Illiterate.