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Potter Family History
Potter Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Potter Families
Well, I could not copy the map but the most Potter families were in New York; the next most populous states for Potters were MA-RI-CT-PA-OH. And the last category were all the states east of the Mississippi River. Potter families in the U.S. in 1840, according to the U.S. Federal Census:
 317 - 632  106 - 316 |  1 - 105  |
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