| cal 1773 or 1776/1780 | b. Sussex | TNA: HO 107/1097/7 f13 p18; Registers of Horsham General Baptist Meeting House |
| 1799-05-03 | of Warnham, Sussex; m. Mary Rowland (1773–1852, of Ifield, Sussex, b. Horsham, Sussex) at Ifield, by licence | HO 107/1097/7 f13 p18; Ifield parish register; TNA: RG 4/2729; Registers of Horsham General Baptist Meeting House |
| Children: | Rowland (1810–1851), John (1812 – after 1847), both b. Warnham; Benjamin (? – ?), and Mary (? – ?) | censuses; TNA: RG 4/2729; index to Death Duty registers; TNA: PROB 11/2053 |
| 1811-09-27 | at the Bramber Agricultural Association Shew at Horsham, Sussex, one of the judges for the ploughs and ploughmen | Sussex Advertiser, 1811-09-30 |
| 1814-02-05 | one of a number of signatories to a call for the establishing of a spring fair at Horsham, for South Down Tags, to be held on the 5th of April | Sussex Advertiser, 1814-02-14 |
| 1841 | farmer, of Westons, Warnham, living with his family, three female servants, and four ag. labs; as Benjamin Potter | HO 107/1097/7 f13 p18 |
| 1844/1846 | owner of freehold houses in Chapel lane, Horsham | electoral registers |
| 1846-01-31 | "GRATITUDE OF THE TRADING COMMUNITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL BOROUGH OF HORSHAM FOR PAST FAVOURS FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURS, THE FARMERS"; had subscribed 4s. to the Anti-Corn-Law League, and £1 towards the ACLL's Quarter of a Million Fund; as Benjamin Potter | Brighton Gazette, 1846-02-12, citing the League |
| 1846-02-16 | yeoman, of Horsham; made his will: £100 to his wife Mary, and £3000 in trust for her | PROB 11/2053 |
| 1847-02-10 | of Warnham; d. Horsham RD | GRO index; Registers of Horsham General Baptist Meeting House |
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Died, on the 10th instant, Mr Benjamin Potter, of Westons, near Horsham, a most respected tenant of James S. Broadwood, Esq. He was born in the same house in which he, his father, and grandfather died, and tilled the same fields they had trodden and laboured. |
Brighton Gazette, 1847-02-18 | |
| bur. Horsham General Baptist meeting house | Registers of Horsham General Baptist Meeting House | |
| 1847-03-30 | of Horsham; will proved at London by Benjn Potter Jr, Rowland Potter, and Robert Rowland | PROB 11/2053; index to Death Duty registers |
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