Individual Details
Ezekiel Potts
(8 Jan 1743 - 16 Jan 1809)
He was a private in 5th Virginia Regiment in 1776
mother in law's will:
WILL: DATED 5 DEC 1785 AND PROBATED 10 APRIL 1787 AND RECORDED IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILL BOOK "C" PAGE 268..."I ELLEN MEAD, OF THE COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT...I GIVE UNTO MY FIVE DAUGHTERS HANNAH THOMAS, MARY BROWN, ANN MEAD, MARTHA WRIGHT,AND ELIZABETH POTTS ALL MY LAND IN PENNSYLVANIA WHICH FELL TO ME BY THE DEATH OF MY SISTER, MARY BROWN TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM. MY WILL AND DESIRE IS THAT MY DAUGHTER, ANN MEAD HAVE ONE LARGE HOG, FIVE BUSHELLS OF WHEAT, FIVE BUSHELLS OF RYE FOR HER MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. LASTLY I NOMINATE AND CONSTITUTE MY DAUGHTER ANN MEAD AND MY SON IN LAW EZEKIAL POTTS, EXC. OF MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. EXECUTORS: ANNE MEAD AND EZEKIAL POTTS. 500 LB. BOND. SECURITY, BENJAMIN MASON AND THOMAS SMITH.
(Research):By the will of his father, he inherited an undivided half interest in the homestead farm and mill. He married Elizabeth Mead, in 1769. The marriage was accomplished contrary to Friends discipline, and in consequence they lost membership. Elizabeth was a daugher of William and Ellen Mead, formerly of Wales.
mother in law's will:
WILL: DATED 5 DEC 1785 AND PROBATED 10 APRIL 1787 AND RECORDED IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILL BOOK "C" PAGE 268..."I ELLEN MEAD, OF THE COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT...I GIVE UNTO MY FIVE DAUGHTERS HANNAH THOMAS, MARY BROWN, ANN MEAD, MARTHA WRIGHT,AND ELIZABETH POTTS ALL MY LAND IN PENNSYLVANIA WHICH FELL TO ME BY THE DEATH OF MY SISTER, MARY BROWN TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM. MY WILL AND DESIRE IS THAT MY DAUGHTER, ANN MEAD HAVE ONE LARGE HOG, FIVE BUSHELLS OF WHEAT, FIVE BUSHELLS OF RYE FOR HER MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. LASTLY I NOMINATE AND CONSTITUTE MY DAUGHTER ANN MEAD AND MY SON IN LAW EZEKIAL POTTS, EXC. OF MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. EXECUTORS: ANNE MEAD AND EZEKIAL POTTS. 500 LB. BOND. SECURITY, BENJAMIN MASON AND THOMAS SMITH.
(Research):By the will of his father, he inherited an undivided half interest in the homestead farm and mill. He married Elizabeth Mead, in 1769. The marriage was accomplished contrary to Friends discipline, and in consequence they lost membership. Elizabeth was a daugher of William and Ellen Mead, formerly of Wales.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jan 1743 | Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1769 | Loudoun County, Virginia - Elizabeth Mead | |||
| Death | 16 Jan 1809 | Loudoun, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Potts Cemetery, Loudoun Co., Virginia |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mead (1745 - 1825) |
| Child | Ellen Potts (1771 - 1773) |
| Child | David Potts (1772 - 1849) |
| Child | Anna Potts ( - ) |
| Child | Jane Potts (1777 - 1856) |
| Child | Jonas Potts (1779 - 1828) |
| Child | William Potts ( - ) |
| Child | John Potts (1783 - 1793) |
| Father | David Potts (1700 - 1768) |
| Mother | Ann Roberts (1702 - 1771) |
| Sibling | Christina Potts ( - 1762) |
| Sibling | Samuel Potts (1736 - 1801) |
| Sibling | David Potts (1738 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Potts (1740 - 1815) |
| Sibling | Nathan Potts (1745 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Jane Potts (1746 - 1788) |
| Sibling | Susanna Potts (1751 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Rachel Potts (1753 - 1782) |
Endnotes
1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clark42/wc04/wc04_031.html ---Richard A. Clark II.
2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clark42/wc04/wc04_031.html ---Richard A. Clark II.