Family History

With the help of Benita Coupland, Michael Pottage and other researchers, we have traced ancestry back to William Pottage of Riccall, Yorkshire, son of Samuel Pottage. We have established that over two thirds of all the Pottages in the world have William of 1674 as an ancestor. This includes the families of Matthew Pottage of Wheldrake, Yorkshire, born in 1735 and his son William Pottage of Wheldrake, Yorkshire, born in 1760. Another of Matthew's sons is Matthew Pottage born in 1761; his grandson Ebenezer Matthew Pottage is the ancestor of many of the Pottages in Australia. Another of Matthew's sons is Thomas Pottage of Wheldrake, Yorkshire born in 1770; his son Edward Pottage founded Pottage in Ontario; many of the Pottages in Canada descend from him.

Currently the best place to see the descendants of William Pottage (1760-1818) is on the web site of John Paine, first cousin of the above Michael Pottage. Pottage family history.

Part of the tree prepared in 1999 of the descendants of William Pottage (1674-1732), my great great great great great great great grandfather you can see here. You will probably need to view this at 200% magnification. Shortly I intend to update this document to make it clearer which families the people belong to.

Now that I have a scanner, I intend to publish more of my father’s research that he did in the early 1970s. Watch this space!

William Pottage (1760-1818), who is my great great great great grandfather married first Eleanor Barker. To view information on the Barker family tree, please click here.

If you have any research involving Pottages we would be happy to include a link to it on this page.