Dennis POTTER 1825 - 1892 Hillersland & Marsh Lane Ellwood (General)

by 10noyrum , Thursday, October 26, 2006, 09:57 (6604 days ago) @ slowhands

In my desparate meanderings to find the ancestors of Thomas Morgan(born about 1650, died 1710 Lydney) and his wife Prudence U/K I came across the following reference. Anne Gill baptised on the 13th October 1691 Lydney(IGI, Family Search), married an U/K Pottery (GDR 1730/51). They had issue: Mary Pottery, Sarah Pottery and John Pottery all born in Lydney. According to the National Archives of Wales web-site, the daughter of Christopher Portrey, Catherine, married William Gough of Willsbury, St Briavels Gloucestershire. The Portreys were from Ystradgynlais, the connection with the FOD being the extensive tin and other mining interests there. Could the name Portrey, which in one generation changed to Pottery, in further generations have contracted to Potter?

Anne Gill was the daughter of Richard Gill and Mary Morgan (my ancestor) so, alas, I cannot count the esteemed author as an ancestor.