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Samuel POTTS

- 30th Sep 17523,4,5,6

Life History

19th Dec 1734

Married Elizabeth GOODWIN in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.15,16

From the Parish Register :-
"Samuel Potts } both of this Parish"
Elizabeth Goodwin }"

approx. 1735

Birth of son Samuel POTTS

13th Jun 1738

Birth of son John POTTS in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.7

21st Oct 1739

Birth of daughter Frances POTTS in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.8

2nd May 1740

Appointed in General Post Office.1,2

"That Mr. Samuel Potts Clerk of the Bye Nights be made Clerk of the Kent Road in the Room of Mr. Christopher Harris"

From the General Evening Post:-
"Yesterday the Right Hon. the Post-Master-General was pleas'd to appoint ... ... ; Mr. Samuel Potts, to be Clerk of the Kent, in the room of Mr Harris ; and Mr. John Stobs, to be Clerk of the Bye-Nights, in the room of Mr. Samuel Potts."

9th Jun 1741

Birth of son Henry POTTS in Westminster.10

1st Dec 1741

Death of son Henry POTTS in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.9

30th Jan 1742

Birth of son Henry POTTS in Westminster.11

25th Dec 1744

Birth of daughter Elizabeth POTTS in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.12,13

14th Jun 1746

Birth of daughter Mary POTTS in Westminster.14

30th Sep 1752

Died in Bath.3,4,5,6

From the London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer :-
"At Bath, Mr. Samuel Potts, one of the six clerks in the General Post-Office"

and

"Robert Saxby, Esq; appointed by the post-master-general, one of the six clerks in the General Post Office, in the room of Samuel Potts, Esq; deceased"

From the General Index to Twenty-seven Volumes of the London Magazine :-
"Sept. 30 Samuel Potts, Esq; clerk of the Kent and Essex roads, and brother to Henry Potts, Esq; comptroller of the General Post-Office."

From Old England or the National Gazette :-
"Last week died at Bath, of the gout in his stomach, Samuel Potts, Esq; one of the six clerks of the General Post Office."

From London Evening Post .-
"On Saturday last died at Bath, where he went for the recovery of his Health, Mr. Samuel Potts, Clerk of the Kent and Essex Roads, and brother to Henry Potts, Esq; Comptroller of  the General Post-Office."

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