FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
WILLIAM POTTER AND
HANNAH SHAW
William Potter was born in about 1640 of Heanor, Derbyshire,
England. He married Hannah Shaw 14 January 1666 in Heanor.
Marriage record for William Potter and Hannah Shaw in Heanor:
"William Potter of Shipley=wood and Hannah Shaw of Kirk
Hallam were married"
1. John, christened 26 August 1667 in Heanor; buried 27
August 1667 in Heanor.
2. Rebecca, born in about 1669 of Heanor; married Josiah
Moore; buried 18 August 1740 in Heanor.
3. William, christened 26 November 1671 in Heanor.
4. Timothy, christened 5 October 1673 in Heanor; buried 25
October 1673 in Heanor.
5. Luke, christened 7 February 1674 in Heanor; buried 29
December 1675 in Heanor.
6. James, christened 25 July 1678 in Heanor; buried 20
August 1678 in Heanor.
7. Daniel, christened 13 November 1679 in Heanor; married
Isabell Sanders 2 June 1708 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire.
8. Timothy, born in about 1680 in Heanor; married Elizabeth;
buried 14 February 1727 in Derby, Derbyshire. Timothy Potter had children christened
in the Friar Gate Presbyterian Chapel in Derby, like Josiah and
Rebecca. Timothy Moore was mentioned in the will of Josiah Moore
as: "my
loveing brother Timothy Potter of Derby". He was shown as a
maltster and innholder in his children's christening records and
an apprenticeship record for his son Charles. Timothy died in 1727
in Derby, and an administration was created mentioning his widow
Elizabeth.
SOURCES: Heanor parish register; will of Josiah Moore of Heanor,
1721; National Burial Index.