Samuel POTTS
approx. 1735 - Oct 181522,23,24
Life History
approx. 1735 |
Born Date calculated from age at death |
9th Jul 1735 |
Baptised in St Clement Danes.1,2 From the Parish Record :- |
27th Jul 1747 |
Appointed in General Post Office.3 "That Mr. Samuel Potts Junr. be appointed a Supernummery sorter to be paid by Mr. John Jackson in the room of Mr. George Blanchard who succeeds Humphrey Francis discharged as above" |
1754 |
Appointed in General Post Office.4 ""Potts Samuel, Compt. Inland Office, 135" |
15th Nov 1754 |
Appointed in General Post Office.5 "That Mr. Samuel Potts, Senior Supernummery be advanced to sorter of GBP 40 per annum" |
30th Apr 1759 |
Appointed in General Post Office.6 "Ordered that Mr. Richard Cuthbert be appointed the Senior Supernummery Sorter in the Inland Office upon the vacancy made by Mr Samuel Potts's transfer(?) to the Deputy Comptrollership in the said office" |
19th Mar 1760 |
Appointed in General Post Office.7,8,9,10,11 From the GPO Appointment Books :- |
Nov 1762 |
Appointed in General Post Office.12 From the Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle :- |
19th Jul 1765 |
Appointed in General Post Office.13,14,15,16 "Ordered that at the same time that Henry Potts Esq be appointed Secretary to the Post Master General and Samuel Potts Esq Comptroller of the Inland Office" |
19th Dec 1766 |
Letter in General Post Office.17 To Benjamin Franklin, Craven Street, Strand |
3rd Aug 1767 |
Letter in General Post Office.18 To Benjamin Franklin |
8th Apr 1774 |
Witness at wedding in St Marylebone.19 of Robert Day and Mary Pott |
14th Jun 1776 |
Married Elizabeth POTT in St Marylebone.30,31,32,33,34 Groom - Samuel Potts Esq of the this Parish, Bachelor |
14th Mar 1777 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth Frederica POTTS in St Marylebone.27 |
16th Jan 1779 |
Birth of daughter Frances POTTS in St Marylebone.28 |
23rd Mar 1780 |
Birth of son William Percivall POTTS in St Marylebone.29 |
13th Jun 1782 |
Witness at wedding in St George Hanover Square.20 of James Earle and Mary Pott |
1st Sep 1798 |
Research Note.21 Excerpt from the Obituary of Edward Holden Pott in the Gentleman's Magazine :- |
Oct 1815 |
Died in France, Paris.22,23,24 From :- |
16th Oct 1815 |
Buried in France, Paris.25 Abode - Rue St Craix Paris |
30th Jun 1828 |
Diary entry in London.26 From the diaries of Mr Justice Robert Day of Kerry :- |
Sources
- 1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Samuel Potts, bap.1735
- 2. Westminster Baptisms Transcription - Samuel Potts 1735
- 3. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts Junior - 1747 June
- 4. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts - 1754
- 5. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts - 1754 November
- 6. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts - 1759 June
- 7. London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligence - Samuel & Henry Potts
- London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligence, Vo. 29, 1760
- 8. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts & Henry Potts - 1760 March
- 9. London Chronicle - Samuel Potts - Comptroller - 1760
- London Chronicle (London, England), March 1, 1760 - March 20, 1760; Issue 504
- 10. Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer - Samuel & Henry Potts & GPO - 1760
- Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer (London, England), March 18, 1760 - March 0, 1760; Issue 2185
- 11. London Evening Post - Samuel Potts & Henry Potts & GPO - 160
- London Evening Post (London, England, March 20, 1760 - March 22, 1760; Issue 5052
- 12. London Evening Post and British Chronicle - Samuel Potts & GPO - 1762
- London Evening Post and British Chronicle (London, England), November 29, 162 - December 1, 1762; issue 840
- 13. British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 - Samuel Potts and Henry Potts - 1765 July
- 14. London Chronicle - Henry Potts & Samuel Potts & GPO - 1765
- London Chronicle (London, England), July 11, 1765 - July 13, 1765; Issue 1336
- 15. St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post - Henry Potts & Samuel Potts - 1765
- St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post /London, England), July 11, 1765 - July 13, 1765; Issue 680
- 16. Lloyd's Evening Post - Henry Potts & Samuel Potts & GPO - 1765
- Lloyd's Evening Post (London, England), July 12, 1765 - July 5, 1765; Issue 1250
- 17. Founders Online, National Archives - "To Benjamin Franklin from (Samuel) Potts, 19 December 1766"
- 18. Founders Online, National Archives - "To Benjamin Franklin from (Samuel) Potts, 3 August 1767
- 19. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1751-1921 - Robert Day & Mary Potts
- 20. Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837 - James Earle & Mary Pott
- 21. Gentleman's Magazine - Deaths - Edward Holden Pott
- Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 84
- 22. Gentleman's Magazine - Deaths - Samuel Potts
- Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 119, 1816
- 23. Hampshire Chronicle - Deaths - Samuel Potts - 1815
- Hampshire Chronicle, Monday, 30 October 1815
- 24. Royal Cornwall Gazette - Deaths - Samuel Potts - 1815
- Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal (Truro, England), Saturday, November 04, 1815; Issue 645
- 25. Register of Burials in the City of Paris from 1815-1850 - Samuel Potts
- TNA - RG33 / Piece 60 / Folio 2
- 26. O'CARROLL, Gerald (2004) : "Robert Day (1746-1841) : The Diaries and the Addresses to Grand Juries, 1793-1829"
- Ireland, Polymath Press
- 27. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - Elizabeth Frederica Potts - bap.1777
- 28. England, Births and Baptisms, 1538-1975 - Frances Potts - 1779
- 29. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - William Percivall Potts
- 30. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - Elizabeth Pott and Samuel Potts
- 31. Gentleman's and London Magazine - Marriage - POTTS & POTT - 1776
- The Gentleman's and London Magazine; or Monthly Chronologer, 1776
- 32. Lloyd's Evening Post - Marriages - Samuel Potts & Elizabeth Pott - 1776
- Lloyd's Evening (London, England), June 12, 1776 - June 14, 1776; Issue 2959
- 33. General Evening Post - Marriages - Samuel Potts & Elizabeth Pott
- General Evening post (London, England), June 13, 1776 - June 15, 1776; Issue 6626
- 34. Morning Post and Daily Advertiser - Marriages - Samuel Potts & Elizabeth Pott - 1776
- Morning Post and Daily Advertiser (London, England), Monday, June 17, 1776; Issue 1137