I doubt either of you will read this 7 years after it was first posted, but I'm also trying to trace my Potter ancestors from the BVI. One of my ancestors was called John Potter, he was a coloured man and moved to Liverpool, England about 1800. He was quite a well educated man who could read and write, as he started a family bible which still survives. He also purchased a rather expensive grandfatby Charlie A - Anegada British Virgian Islands Queries