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Descendants of Hero Wade 

Generation No. 1 

1.  HERO¹ WADE was born Bet. 1740 - 1762 in Pennsylvania, and died 1842 in Centre County Pennsylvania.  He married DAUPHINE.  She was born Abt. 1765 in Pennsylvania. 

Notes for DAUPHINE:  Dauphine was a enslaved by General James Potter. In his will he leaves this slave to his daughter Martha Gregg.       

Child of HERO WADE and DAUPHINE is:

2.                i.       DINAH² ADAMS, b. 1787, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1870, Hollidaysburg Blair County Pennsylvania. 

Generation No. 2 

2.  DINAH² ADAMS (HERO¹ WADE) was born 1787 in Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1870 in Hollidaysburg Blair County Pennsylvania.  She married ELIAS ADAMS^1,2.  He was born 1794 in Pennsylvania, and died Abt. 1865 in Hollidaysburg Blair County Pennsylvania. 

Notes for DINAH ADAMS:  In the 1820 census James Potter III has enumerated with his household blacks who would be the correct age of the children of Daphine the negro women left in his Grandfathers will to Martha Gregg. They become emancipated between 1822 and 1834.  

Notes for ELIAS ADAMS:  Elias Adam or Elias Adams is possibly the mulatto Adam named in the Will of General James Potter. 

More About ELIAS ADAMS:  Residence: 1850, Allegheny, Blair, Pennsylvania³       

Children of DINAH ADAMS and ELIAS ADAMS are:

3.                i.       GEORGE³ ADAM, b. 1820, Centre County Pennsylvania; d. Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                  ii.       ANDREW POTTER³, b. 1825, Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About ANDREW POTTER:  Residence: 1850, Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania³ 

                 iii.       MARY POTTER, b. 1827, Centre County Pennsylvania.

4.              iv.       WILLIAM POTTER, b. 1832, Centre County Pennsylvania; d. Jul 1893, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

Generation No. 3 

3.  GEORGE³ ADAM (DINAH² ADAMS, HERO¹ WADE)⁴ was born 1820 in Centre County Pennsylvania⁴, and died in Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.  He married ELIZA ADAM⁴.  She was born 1828 in Pennsylvania⁴, and died in Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

Notes for GEORGE ADAM:  It is unclear if George was born before or after his mother was emancipated. It is possible that he was born just before and that George remains enslaved to the Gregg's or Potter's until he is 28 about 1848. 

More About GEORGE ADAM:  Occupation: 1860, Forgeman;  Residence: 1860, Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania⁴ 

More About ELIZA ADAM:  Residence: 1860, Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania⁴       

Children of GEORGE ADAM and ELIZA ADAM are:

                   i.       MARGARET⁴ ADAM, b. 1851, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                  ii.       GEORGE C. ADAMS, b. 1853, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About GEORGE C. ADAMS:  Residence: 1860, Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania⁴ 

                 iii.       ELIZA A. ADAM, b. 1856, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                 iv.       JOHN ADAM⁴, b. 1854, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About JOHN ADAM:  Residence: 1860, Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania⁴ 

4.  WILLIAM³ POTTER (DINAH² ADAMS, HERO¹ WADE)^5,6 was born 1832 in Centre County Pennsylvania, and died Jul 1893 in Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.  He married REBECCA.  She was born 1836. 

More About WILLIAM POTTER: Residence: 1850, Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania⁷       

Children of WILLIAM POTTER and REBECCA are:

                   i.       CHARLES⁴ POTTER^8,9, b. 1863, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About CHARLES POTTER:  Residence: 1880, Bllefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania¹⁰ 

                  ii.       JOHN C. POTTER, b. 1865, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                 iii.       PERLLREANNA POTTER, b. 1869, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                 iv.       ALONZO POTTER^11,12,13, b. 1872, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About ALONZO POTTER:  Residence: 1920, Manhattan, New York, New York¹⁴ 

                  v.       NANCY POTTER, b. 1875, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania.

                 vi.       GEORGE POTTER¹⁴, b. 1879, Bellefonte Centre County Pennsylvania. 

More About GEORGE POTTER:  Residence: 1920, Manhattan, New York, New York¹⁴ 

Endnotes 

1.  1850 United States Federal Census.

2.  1860 United States Federal Census.

3.  1850 United States Federal Census.

4.  1860 United States Federal Census.

5.  1850 United States Federal Census.

6.  1860 United States Federal Census.

7.  1850 United States Federal Census.

8.  1880 United States Federal Census.

9.  1870 United States Federal Census.

10.  1880 United States Federal Census.

11.  1920 United States Federal Census.

12.  1880 United States Federal Census.

13.  1930 United States Federal Census.

14.  1920 United States Federal Census.