Samuel POTTS William Orton SALMON Mary Rachel SALMON Frances POTTS William Percivall POTTS Elizabeth POTT Mini tree diagram

Elizabeth Frederica POTTS

14th Mar 17771 - 11th Jun 18494,5

Life History

14th Mar 1777

Born in St Marylebone.1

From the Parish Register :-
"Elizabeth Frederica Potts of Saml & Elizabeth b; 14th March"

11th Apr 1777

Baptised in St Marylebone.1

10th Feb 1803

Married William Orton SALMON in India, Cawnpore.7,8,9

From the Morning Chronicle :-
"At Cawnpore, on the 10th Feb. by the Rev. Mr. MacKinnon, William Horton Salmon, Esq. of the Honourable Company's Civil Service, to Miss Potts."

From the Gentleman's Magazine :-
"Feb. 10. At Chanpore, in the province of Oude, Wm. Orton Salmon, esq. son of the Rev. Mr. S. of Ormsby, to the eldest daughter of Samuel Potts, esq. late comptroller of the General Post-office"

From the Parish Register :-
"William Orton Salmon Esq. bachelor and Elizabeth Frederica Potts spinster"

approx. 1815

Birth of daughter Mary Rachel SALMON

6th Jun 1828

Death of William Orton SALMON in Cromer.6

30th Jun 1828

Diary entry in London.2

From the diaries of Mr Justice Robert Day of Kerry :-
"Mrs Day and I devote the forenoon to visiting Archdeacon Pott at Kensington, the Pattersons and poor Maria Gribble who I fear is in a very critical health; & the Evening to a very agreeable dinner party at Henry Grattons, 22 Bentinck St.- The Pott family are  gone to Exeter, of which Diocese he is Chancellor, and I learn at the house that Mr. Salmon, married to the Archdeacon's and my niece (Sam Pott's daughter) and who returned last winter with a shattered constitution from India, has just died"

Research Note :-
1. "Archdeacon Pott" was Joseph Holden Pott, 1759-1847, the son of Percivall Pott the surgeon, and he was appointed Canon and Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter in 1826. He never married.
2. Any niece of the Archdeacon would have to be the daughter of one of his siblings.
3. "Sam Pott" was in fact Samuel Potts who married Elizabeth Pott. She was the daughter of Percivall Pott, the surgeon, and the sister of Joseph Holden Pott. Therefore Samuel Potts was the brother-in-law of the Archdeacon, Joseph Holden Pott.
4. Any daughter of Samuel Potts would be the niece of Joseph Holden Pott.
5. Therefore, as the first Mrs Day, Mary Day née Potts, was not the daughter of the surgeon or the sister of the Archdeacon, and as Robert Day states that the daughter of Samuel Potts was his niece as well, this diary entry implies that his wife Mrs Day née Potts was the sister of Samuel Potts.

14th Jan 1847

Mentioned in Will.3

of Joseph Holden Pott
Described as :-
"my niece Elizabeth Frederica Salmon of Chesham Place"

11th Jun 1849

Died in St George Hanover Square (Chesham Place).4,5

From the Standard :-
"On the 11th inst., in Chesham-place, Elizabeth Frederica, relict of the late William Orton Salmon, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, in her 74th year."

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