Maria Minter

1782 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Maria Minter
  Birth	29 Sep 1782  [1]
  Christening	20 Oct 1782	St John's, Thanet, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	2223
  _UID	1A1A08149C3740588E6FCFB37025D482250A
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Witness at St Peter Sandwich on the 4 November 1804. Mentioned in brother's Will dated 16 August 1823. Information on marriage and descendants of Maria from Christine Fereday - Internet message located by Helen Windon, friend of Merrilyn Minter 27 November 1998. Letter from Christine to Merrilyn dated 14 December 1998. Cliff Minter, letter 6 November 2006. Cliff Minter has found the following marriage in the St John Thanet PR: 24 November 1802. Valentine SOPER and Maria Minter both of this parish by banns. Both signed. Witnesses George Minter (signed), [Phi... or Cha...] Mummery (signed ) and Catharine Kember (signed). Cliff writes "I am coming to believe that Maria first married Valentine Soper and that then either Valentine Soper died or else Maria found out he was already married, so she married Thomas Potts. The vicar was confused as to whether Maria was a spinster or a widow [in 1805 the PR entry has 'Maria Minter (spinster entered and deleted) widow']. George Minter [a witness in 1802] was probably Maria's brother." Cliff Minter, letter 27 November 2006. Further research into Parish Registers leads Cliff to write: "I believe that she [Maria] reverted to her maiden name for some reason, having been first married to Valentine Soper....The facts are that we have one baptism of Maria in 1782, one marriage to Valentine Soper in 1802, [Maria a] witness at brother George's marriage in 1804 but not as Maria Soper but as Maria Minter, and a final marriage to Thomas Potts in 1805, not as Maria Soper or even as Maria Minter but as Maria Minter widow. I searched St John Thanet 1800 to 1805 and St Lawrence Thanet 1802 to 1805 but failed to find a burial for Valentine Soper. "I compared the two signatures of George, in 1802 [as a witness at the marriage of Valentine Soper and Maria Minter] and 1804 [at his own marriage to Mary Debock] and the three signatures of Maria in 1802 [at her wedding to Valentine Soper], 1804 [as a witness at George and Mary Debock's marriage] and 1805 [at her (Maria's) marriage to Thomas Potts] - and with either George or Maria I could not confirm they belonged to more than one person. The two 'Georges' were very similar and the three 'Marias' were very similar. "The only fact that is certain is that Maria was witness at the marriage of George in 1804. She cannot have married Valentine Soper in 1802 unless she renounced that marriage by 1804. There was certainly some confusion in 1805 as to whether she was a spinster or a widow. "Conclusion, I have decide to chart all this information beneath Maria born 1782 in the hope that one day further information will come to light, ie an early burial for Valentine Soper or census details."
  Person ID	I2223	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. Bef 29 May 1748, Ash, Kent d. 11 Feb 1797 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Hannah STROUD,   b. Abt 1747   d. 16 Jun 1811 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1767	St John's Thanet, Kent   [1]
  	George Minter and Hannah Stroud both of this parish, by banns, sign/her mark. W Trapp (sign) parish clerk, Matthew Mummery (sign), witnesses. The latter is also witness at other marriages.
  Family ID	F209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas POTTS,   b. 1771   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Jul 1805	St Lawrence Thanet, Kent   [2]
  	Thomas Potts batchelor and Maria Minter (spinster entered and deleted) widow both of this parish by banns, sign/sign. Edward Slater (sign), Caroline Claris (sign) witnesses. Banns No. 990. (Signs ‘Marai Minter’. This signature, spelling apart, is very similar to and could be the same person as at St John Thanet on 24 November 1802 and also at St Peter Sandwich on 4 November 1804. The duplicate register that contains brief details only of marriages has – ‘1805 July 16 Thomas Potts batchelor and Maria Minter widow by banns.’)
  Children	1. George Minter POTTS,   b. 1808, Margate, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   2. Maria POTTS,   b. 1814   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Samuel POTTS,   b. 1817   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Henry POTTS,   b. 1819   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John William POTTS,   b. 1822   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Cliff Minter. [S77] Cliff Minter November 2006, from St Lawrence Thanet PR.