Brief Life History of Jurya
Jurya Potter was born in 1743, in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Thomas Parker Potter and Hannah Gardiner. She married John Alsup on 23 May 1762, in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 25 June 1809, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66.
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- The Douglas Register: Being a Detailed Record of Births, Marriages, and ... - William Douglas - Google Books
- Jurya Potter, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Jurya Potter, "Find A Grave Index"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1771
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1771 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Name Meaning
English and Dutch; North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Lončar ‘potter’ (see Loncar ), and probably also of cognates from some other languages, e.g. Czech Hrnčíř (see Hrncir ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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