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John Cotton

Male 1728 - 1782  (54 years)    Has 8 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Cotton  [1] 
    Birth 1728  Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Sep 1782  Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    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)  (Grandfather) 
    Martha ???  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I0550  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2009 

    Father John Cotton,   b. 04 Dec 1694, Isle of Wright County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Feb 1741, Northampton County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Ann Jones 
    Marriage Bef 1738  [1] 
    Family ID F0262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Tart 
    Children 
    +1. Joab Cotton,   b. 1745   d. Between 1800 and 1810, Halifax County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    ▻ Sarah ???  m. Bef 1768
    Family ID F0264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [1535225.FTW]

      John made a will 6 Sept. 1782 in Northampton County, North Carolina
      naming hi s second wife, Mary, and sons Joab and Allen. Joab was to
      inherit the land a nd plantation in Halifax County, North Carolina where
      he was already living a nd Allen would get the land in Chatham County,
      North Carolina, with a life es tate reserved for John Cotton's brother,
      Benjamin; William (called "Willie"); son Henry (gets lands in Northampton
      County, N. C. that John had bought from Arthur Cotton, his father's
      brother and some land in Bertie County, N.C.); s on, John; Three children
      Josiah and Elizabeth Cotton (Josiah was apparently d ead by 1728);
      daughter, Mary (she married _ Abington); daughter Salley (she m arried
      House; son Jonathan; step-son James Cotton Tart (he gets Chatham Co.,
      N.C. land); step-son William Cotton Tart; step-son Henry Cotton Tart. The
      w ill gives John's step-sons full legal rights as legal sons. Executors
      are son Joab and friends, Samuel Williams and William Williams of Martin
      County, N.C ., The will was proved in September Court in 1790.
      ("Under the Chinaberry Tree " by Collier & Moore)
      John Cotton and Daniel Gunnels acknowledged to owe the c ounty 25 pounds
      each in case they fail to appear to prosecute the said (Moses ) Carter.
      ("Edgefield County, S.C. Minutes of the County Court 1785-1795 pg. 1 08)
      Bertie County Deeds
      G 406 John Cotton of Northampton County to Benjamin C otton
      Nov. 6 1751 Gift for 230 Acres "in consideration of Naturall Love, good
      will and affection--toward my well beloved Brother Benjamin Cotton of the
      C ounty & Province aforsaid--" land at head of "Blew water swamp" adjacent
      Pete r West, Col. Jones. Land formerly granted by Patent to Anne Jones by
      date Ap ril 7, 1722" and became due to my father, John Cotton, by a
      marriage to said Anne Jones and is now fell due to me by the Death of the
      said John Cotton my father---" wit. Charles Horne, Arthur Cotton,
      November Court 1751. Samuel Or mes c/c.
      The date of this patent April 7, 1722, is about two years after the d eed
      or gift of Col. Fredrick Jones to Martha, John Cotton and grandson
      Alex ander, dated April 18, 1720.
      Will of John Cotton (IV) N. H. Co , NC 6 Septembe r 1782. September Court
      1790 (Hoffmann)
      to son Joab Cotton land and plantatio n whereon he now lives which I
      purchased of John Parker, Nicholas Baggett, Joh n ____, James Hodges, and
      Moses Horn and Joseph Smith lying in Halifax Co., sh ould sd. Joab die
      without a male heir, sd land to fall to my son Allen Cotton and to son
      Willie Cotton if sd Allen dies under age 21. son Henry Cotton the m anor
      plantation whereon I now live and land thereto belonging also land I
      bo ught of Isarel Campbell the land and plantation bought of John
      Daughtry, the l and my Father (name not given) bought of James Corlee
      land I bought of Arthur Cotton & James Powel and 1 piece of Pocoson
      land lying in Bertie Co. shoul d sd Henry die without male heirs sd
      lands to fall to my son John Cotton and t o my son James Cotton Tart if
      sd John dies under age of 21 years. to daughter Mary Abington several
      negroes and should her heirs die under 21 sd negroes to go to son
      Josiah's children (names not given) and daughter Sally to daughter
      Sally House several negroes and for want of issue sd negroes to go to
      son Jos iah's Children and my son William Cotton Tart. son William
      Cotton Tart lands bought of James Campbell, John & Robert Young, Samuel
      Dunning, James Minton, and land in Worton's (?) Thorofare that I bought
      of James Boyd. if sd William dies under age 21, his legacy to fall to
      the eldest of his brothers that have no land to son James Cotton Tart
      land and plantation bought of James Stewart in Chatham Co. should sd
      James die under 21 sd land to go to my son Henry Co tton Tart to son
      Allen Cotton land and plantation whereon my Brother Benjamin Cotton
      lives, sd Benjamin's life excepted to sd Allen also 1 filly called
      Buc kskin and theland and plantation in Chatham Co I

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  • Sources 
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