John Keurlis Potts

1710 - 1768  (58 years)

• Name	John Keurlis Potts  [1, 2]
  Birth	1710	Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1768	Pottsgrove Manor, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I4595	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Potts, Jr.,   b. 1680, Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. 4 Jan 1752, Colebrookdale, Philadelphia, Penn (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Keurlis,   b. 1675, Waldniel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 1716, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Oct 1699	Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F1369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Savage,   b. 1715, Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States d. 7 Jan 1786, Pottsgrove Montgomery Pa (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1734	Coventry, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Children	1. Samuel Potts,   b. 13 Nov 1736, Colebrookdale, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 3 Jul 1793, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Ruth Potts,   b. 1759   d. 29 May 1811 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Jesse Potts,   b. 1757  [Father: natural]   4. Rebeccah Grace Potts,   b. 1755, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Feb 1797, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]   5. James Potts,   b. 1752, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Nov 1788, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Isaac Potts,   b. 20 May 1750, Philadelphia, Delaware Co., PA d. 15 Jun 1803, Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Jonathan Dr. Potts,   b. 1 Apr 1745, Popodickon d. Oct 1781, Reading, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Joseph Potts,   b. 12 Mar 1742, Popodickon d. 4 Feb 1804, Frankfort, Pennsylvania (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Martha Potts,   b. 31 Mar 1739, Popodickon d. 11 Oct 1804 (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]   10. John Potts,   b. 15 Oct 1738  [Father: natural]   11. Thomas Potts,   b. 29 May 1735, Colebrookdale Montgomery Pa. d. 22 Mar 1785, Philadelphia Pa. (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]   12. Anna Potts,   b. 7 Jul 1747, Popodickon d. 1782 (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Children	1. David Potts,   b. 14 Apr 1741, Popodickon,Berks, PA d. 1798, Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  William Penn deeded the land, which is now Pottstown and the surrounding area to his son John in 1701. As early as 1714 the first iron forge was built. Among the early settlers were Germans, Swedes, and English. By the 1720’s, the first blast furnace was in operation for the production of cast iron and wrought iron. In 1732, the first steel furnace was in production in the Pottstown area. The Potts family, who were iron masters, moved to this area and established a forge here. The Potts home was a showplace on a small hill just west of town. John Potts, the oldest son of Thomas Potts, purchased nine hundred ninety-five acres in the area and in 1752 Pottstown was founded. When the town was first laid out, it stretched from York Street to Charlotte Street and from the Schuylkill River to Beech Street. Before 1800, the village was called Pottsgrove, however, as the population increased, this slowly evolved into Pottstown. On February 6, 1815, this area was incorporated as a Borough, the second Borough formed in the county, Norristown being the first. The first election of town officers was held in April of 1815. Soon after 1842, the Reading Railroad completed a series of lines from Philadelphia to Mt. Carbon, near Pottsville. Raw materials and coal were moved easily, and markets were more readily accessible. At this time, the population of the Borough was six hundred. Since the first forge, Pottstown has received much recognition in the metal industries. The most significant projects include the locks for the Panama Canal and the Golden Gate Bridge. In 1847 the town was divided into two wards. By 1850 the population of the Borough reached a total of one thousand eight hundred fifty. As the town grew, new wards were added and old ones were divided. By 1893 the Borough had ten wards represented by twenty councilmen, two from each ward. Borough Council continued to function as one of the largest municipal representative bodies in Pennsylvania. In 1964 the number of wards was reduced to seven, with one councilman representing each ward. In 1944, the Council-Manager form of government was adopted; administrative responsibility for the operation of the Borough was given to a professional Manager. The Borough has had ten Managers since the position was created.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Isaac Potts [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Thomas Potts [S35] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for John Potts