Career
He was the father of Grigory Potyomkin. They had six children:
Marfa Yelena (1724–1775) – married Wasilij von Engelhardt and had six daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces,
Marya – married Nikołaj Samojłow,
Piełagieja – married Peter Wysocki,
Daria – married Alexander Lichaczow,
Nadzieżda (1738–1757) – unmarried,
Grigory Alexandrovich Potyomkin (1739–1791).