Mrs John POTTS

- 7th Jun 17861,2

Life History

7th Jun 1786

Died in Leyton.1,2

From the Daily Universal Register :-
"Friday morning died, at Layton, in Essex, Mrs. Potts, wife of John Potts, Esq. of the Cust. House"

From General Evening Post :-
"Yesterday morning died at Leyton, in Essex, Mrs. Potts, wife of J. Potts, Esq; of the Custom-house."

Other facts

Married John POTTS

Notes

PORTRAIT

Painter - Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Subject - Mrs. John Potts
Date - 1780s
Description - Pastel heightened with white on board. Framed.
Held at - The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, London
Size - height 225 mm : width 185 mm.
Written on reverse - "Mrs John Potts / Bury - street / St James's" & "My Father's / Eldest brother's / wife"3

Sources

1. Daily Universal Register - Deaths - Mrs. John Potts - 1786
- Daily Universal Register, 12 June 1786
2. General Evening Post - Deaths - Mrs. John Potts - 1786
- General Evening Post (London, England), June 6, 1786 - June 8, 1786; Issue 8206
3. British Postal Museum & Archive Website - Mrs John Potts
- http://www.postalheritaage.org.uk