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��GRANITE MONTHLY,

A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE

Devoted to Literature, Biography,- History, and State Progress.

��Vol. VI.

��AUGUST, 1883.

��No. 11.

��CHAXDLER EASTMAN POTTER.

��The Hon. Chandler E. Potter was born in that part of Concord known as East Concord, in the locality designated as Turtle pond, or Potter's school district, March 7, 1807. He died suddenly in the city of Flint, State of Michigan, August 3, 186S.

The ancestors of the Potter family were among the early settlers of New England.

Daniel, the father of Richard and Ephraim, born January, 1698, married Elizabeth Kimball, of Wenham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1728. He was son of Anthony, who was son of Anthony, who settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1648, who was son of Robert of Lynn, in 1630, and who came to this country from the city of Coventry, in England.

Richard, the grandfather of Col. Potter, b. March 17, 1744; m. Aug. 10, 1766, Lydia Averill, of Topsfield, Mass., b. July 22, 1733. With a brother (Ephraim) and a sister (Elizabeth) he went to Concord, from Ipswich, Mass., in 1771, and bought land in common on the north- westerly side of Turtle pond, and afterward divided it " equally as to quality and quantity." His wife died August 8, 1824. He died July 5, 1828. aged 84 years.* They left two children.

Potter used to relate entertaining anec- dotes illustrative of his activity, energy, and power of endurance. For example :
 * Of his grandfather. Richard, Col.

��1. Lydia, b. in Topsfield, Mass., March 2, 1768; m. (1) Thomas Stevens, of Loudon ; m. (2) David Rollins.

2. Joseph, b. in Concord Sept. 20, 1772.

Joseph, the father of Col. Potter, m. April 25. 1793. Anna Drake, dau. of Thomas Drake, formerly of Hampton. She was b. Oct. 25, 17 "4, and died very suddenly, Aug. 23, 1844. Her

"When he took possession of his farm, in the fall of 1771. it had upon it only a log house and a hovel, built by a former occupant, but thither he removed his family in the ensuing spring. His property at this time consisted of one hundred and thirty dollars in cash, which he paid toward his farm; a horse; a three- years old heifer; abed, and some few cooking utensils. With his wife and child upon horseback; his goods upon a barrow, attached to the hors<^ ; himself driving the heifer, he started for Concord. They performed the journey in two days, stopping over mirht in ' Chester woods.' near Massahe- sic pond, at old Mother Underbill's, who kept a tavern "upon the Penacook path." Arrived upon their farm they went to work with a will. Of robust make, strong (-(institution, and industrious hab- its, their new home soon exhibited evi- dences of thrift. In the Revolution: ry war Mr. Potter served six weeks on Winter Hill, under Gen. Sullivan. His name and his brother Ephraim's are on the Association Test in Concord, 1776.

k, In 1782, while engaged in logging, three or four miles from home, one of his legs was smashed by a large log which his team was drawing on a side

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