Clara May (Potter) Fay, d/o John Frederick Potter and Ella Frances Phillips
Source: Lineage Book, National Society Of The Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. XX, 1897;
Pg. 299-300
MRS. CLARA MAY POTTER FAY.19809
Born in Quincy, Illinois.
Wife of Frederick H. Fay.
Descendant of Sergt. Ebenezer Potter and of Matthias Felton, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of John Frederick Potter and Ella Frances Phillips, his wife.
Granddaughter of John Potter and Mary Elizabeth Felton, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Potter and Ruth Penniman, his wife; Jacob Felton and Elizabeth Morse, his wife.
Gr.-gr-granddaughter of Ebenezer Potter and Sarah Harris, his wife; Matthias Felton and Relief Kendall, his second wife.
Ebenezer Potter, (1750-1845), was placed on the pension roll of Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, 1832, for service of private, corporal and sergeant of the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Marlboro, Mass.; died in Fitzwilliam, N.H.
Matthias Felton, (1756-1842), served in Capt. Silas Gates' company at Dorchester Heights, 1776. He enlisted, 1778, in the Massachusetts regiment of guards, commanded by Col. Jonathan Reed.