Seeking descendants of Clarence POTTER & Maria BENJAMIN
"Cousin" A. and I just started researching Maria J. or Antionette BENJAMIN [related by marriage], m. Clarence Clifton POTTER [b. 1854 - d. 1940 Grants Pass, Joseph Co., Oregon OR], and she d. Jan. 29, 1918 Spokane, Spokane Co., WA [Washington].Children may have been:
Frank Benjamin POTTER, Mary POTTER, George M. POTTER, Anna M. POTTER, Florence P. POTTER, Ethel A. POTTER, Grace B. POTTER, Alma E. POTTER, etc.
Our research below is a rough draft; additions and corrections are welcomed.
We appreciate your help,
Janice
1st generation
Ben BENJAMIN b. ca 1770 CT [Connecticut] m. Permelia or Pamelia b. ca 1778 in MA [Massachusetts], and she was a widow in 1860 living in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY, next door to Anson BENJAMIN and family.
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2nd generation
Anson L. BENJAMIN b. ca 1818 in New York m. Cynthia Jane LEONARD b. 2 July 1827 possibly in Oswego Co., NY, and they had children:
~Amanda W. [Mandly] BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 3, 1849, d. Oct. 16, 1869,
~Merritt A. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 19, 1851 Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY,
~Maria J. or Antionette BENJAMIN, m. Clarence Clifton POTTER [1854-1940], d. Jan. 29, 1918 Spokane, Spokane Co., WA,
~Rosella U. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 9, 1856 Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY, m. Mr HAIGHT,
~Frederick L. BENJAMIN, b. May 13, 1858 Westmoreland, Oneida, NY [see below] m. Mary M.,
~Mary J. BENJAMIN, b. July 24, 1860, m. Mr. LOCKWOOD near Utica, Oneida Co., NY and
~William A. BENJAMIN, possibly b. Jan. 27, 1863, near Clyde, Wayne Co., NY.
~Burton ELMER b. ca 1870 was adopted.