Potter, Margaret

Birth Name Potter, Margaret
Gender female

Narrative

Suggested birth 1747 Mendlesham, Suffolk from familysearch ""Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3F1T-NFQ : accessed 3 August 2019), entry for Thomas Moy, cites sources; "MoyMurray Families" file (2:2:2:MM6H-ZNM), submitted 6 February 2018 by AnnetteMoy [identity withheld for privacy]."

If correct then parents in same reference: Thomas Moy 1714 Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford -1799 Mendelsham; parents Thomas Moy W-c-B 1686-1730 and Anne Reeve 1676-1763 W-c-M.
and Sarah Cross 1717 Woolpit - 1791 Mendlesham.

As W-c-M is 5 miles SSW of Eye is possible,

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Baptism 1745-04-21 Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, England   1a
Birth about 1746     2a
Event Note

1841 Census of England:
Leader: Robert 75 and Margaret 70.
Also in house: Moy, Margaret 75  [A bit confusing - Robert & Margaret (nee Moy) Leader fit ages from burials. Who is the second Margaret Moy? Original nearly illegible so relying on transcript for names - SJL]

[Follow-up - Mystery of the two Margaret Moys above solved:

Robert Leader 75, Ag Lab; Margaret Leader 70; Margaret Moy 95. All born in county. In own home. Next door and next door but one are the Bond family who may be respectively the siblings and parents of Susan Bond, the mother of Jane Aldridge. Clearer copy found. - SJL]

[NB in the 1841 Census people over 15 had their ages rounded *down* to the nearest five - so they may be up to 75-80 years old giving a birth range of 1761-1771. - SJL]

Marriage 1769-01-29 Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, England or 29 Jan 1770 3a 4a
Residence 1841-06-07 Yaxley, Suffolk, England Yaxley Street 2a
Event Note

1841 Census of England:
Leader: Robert 75 and Margaret 70.
Also in house: Moy, Margaret 75  [A bit confusing - Robert & Margaret (nee Moy) Leader fit ages from burials. Who is the second Margaret Moy? Original nearly illegible so relying on transcript for names - SJL]

[Follow-up - Mystery of the two Margaret Moys above solved:

Robert Leader 75, Ag Lab; Margaret Leader 70; Margaret Moy 95. All born in county. In own home. Next door and next door but one are the Bond family who may be respectively the siblings and parents of Susan Bond, the mother of Jane Aldridge. Clearer copy found. - SJL]

[NB in the 1841 Census people over 15 had their ages rounded *down* to the nearest five - so they may be up to 75-80 years old giving a birth range of 1761-1771. - SJL]

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Potter, George1721
Mother H, Margaret
         Potter, Margaret about 1746

Families

Family of Moy, Thomas and Potter, Margaret
Married Husband Moy, Thomas ( * 1746 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Moy, Jon
Moy, Henry
Moy, Elizabeth
Moy, George
Moy, Mary1787-03-14
Moy, Sarah1826
Moy, MARGARETabout 17701847-03-21
Moy, Thomas1772-06-211790-12-03

Source References

  1. via Family Search: England Births & Christenings 1538-1975
      • Page: 1745 Margritt Potter.jpg
  2. 1841 Census of England
      • Page: HO107/1024/11/pg 16/Hartismere/Eye/Yaxley/Suffolk; Robert and Margaret 1841 Census Household_ Findmypast.co.uk.htm and Robert Leader 1841Census-1024_0387.jpeg; 1841 UK Census Robert and Margaret Leader - better copy _102409598_0000000000.jpg
  3. via Family Search or MyHeritage: England Marriages 1538-1973
      • Page: 1769 Thos Moy m Marg Potter.jpg
  4. transcriptions by David Weston and Peter Davidson - see Note: Wickham Skeith Marriages 1685-1812
      • Page: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/WickhamSkeith/ws_mar2; 1770 Thos Moy m Margritt Potter shows George Potter.png