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John Cotton

Male 1694 - 1741  (46 years)    Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Cotton  [1
    Birth 04 Dec 1694  Isle of Wright County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 02 Feb 1741  Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Cotton,   b. 22 Apr 1658, Queens Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1728, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  (Father) 
    Elizabeth Wright  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I0546  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2010 

    Father John Cotton,   b. 22 Apr 1658, Queens Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1728, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Martha Godwin 
    Marriage Abt 1683  [1
    Family ID F0233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Jones 
    Marriage Bef 1738  [1
    Children 
    +1. John Cotton,   b. 1728, Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1782, Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F0262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [1535225.FTW]

      John Cotton III was born 1684 and died in Northampton Co., NC 2 Feb 1741
      wher e he gave his Verbal Will. He bequeathed to son John "Plantation
      whereon I l ive" and to son Benjamin "plantation where Philip Eden Lives",
      daughter Mary Brucle (or Breecle) "Land at Blue Water"; Anne Cotton,
      Sarah Cotton, wife Ann e. Exr. William Cotton, brother; Wits. Richel
      Barfield, Thomas Cowan, John Da wson. (Grimes) He had married Anne
      daughter of John Jones who died in Bertie 1736.

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "John Cotton". Our Stories and Family Tree. https://www.feldmanfamily.ws/genroot/getperson.php?personID=I0546&tree=FDF001 (accessed April 27, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S02152] .