'Cotton06'
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Families covered: Cotton of Hackney, Cotton of Nether Denby, Cotton of The Haigh, Cotton of Wakefield
| Thomas Cotton | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cotton of Nether Denby & The Haigh (d 13.03.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Fownes (bur 30.11.1699, dau of William Fownes of Kendley by Elizabeth (who b c1595, d before 22.01.1658)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Cotton of Nether Denby & The Haigh (b 1648-9, d 06.05.1703, ironmaster) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Barbara Curwen (d 09.10.1678, dau of Thomas Curwen of Sella Park) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Eleanor Cotton (bur 12.06.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (17/27.03.1683) Anna Westby (d 08.07.1721, dau of George Westby of Ravenfield by Benedicta, dau of Joseph Drake of Hull (Hall)) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Westby Cotton of The Haigh (b 14.08.1689, d 08.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1715) Mary Cotton (bur 22.10.1731, dau of Daniel Cotton of Holmes Chapel) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Cotton of The Haigh (b 04.04.1723, dsp 03.10.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Acton (b 1732-3, d 21.05.1816, dau/coheir of John Acton of the Beach by sister of George Heald) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Cotton (b 09.08.1716, bur 03.05.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Denton of Broadroidhead (d 29.09.1749) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Ann Denton (d by 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Richardson of Wakefield (a 1808, m2. Elizabeth Potter) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Henry (a 1808), Elizabeth (b 26.02.1777, d unm 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - George (b c1734, dsp 23.08.1770), Elizabeth (a 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Anna Cotton (b 15.11.1717, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1761) James Faucet of Kirby Steven | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d unm) - William (b 01.03.1729?, d infant), William (b 09.12.1728, bur 24.10.1750), Sarah (b 19.04.1724, bur 19.05.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Cotton of Wakefield (b 12.02.1691, d 05.02.1778, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1716) Elizabeth Milnes (d 10.06.1769, dau of Robert Milnes of Wakefield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Cotton (b 12.1724, d 26.05.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1749) Richard Hill of Hull | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Hill (b 29.11.1750, a 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1783) Richard Milnes of Crownest & Shepley Bridge (a 1826) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - George of Wakefield (b 29.09.1723, d unm 13.12.1793), Robert (bur 27.03.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Joshua Cotton of Newcastle (b 15.02.1694, d 1753, ironmaster, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Pedmore (sister of Bridget, Mrs William Hotham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cooper of Kidderminster | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Samuel Cotton of Beverley (b 06.07.1703, d 1734, youngest child) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Kettlewell or Kettleby | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ann Cotton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Witherby of London | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Laybourne of Burlington, Nafferton & Cattenholm | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Catherine Laybourne or Layburn | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). _ Wise | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue (d unm) - Samuel (d young), Thomas, Benedicta | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Frances Cotton (b 03.05.1684, d 03.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.06.1708) William Vernon of Warmingham, Cheshire (ironmaster) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from FMG (vol 1, MS56, 'Vernon', p127). | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Samuel Vernon who probably married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hall (b c1740, d 17.02.1775, dau of Thomas Hall of the Hermitage) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Rebecca Vernon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Milton (clergyman in Cheshire) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Vernon | ||||||||||||||
| Shown as wife (b 1745) of Francis Maude of Leathley (## see here ##) but with a note that "she could not be as here placed". | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Joanna Vernon (b 02.04.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Ann Vernon (b 02.06.1711) probably the Ann (d 22.08.1749) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.07.1735) Francis Norton of Wakefield Norton | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Ann Cotton (b 19.10.1685, d 22.04.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1712) Edward Kendal of Stourbridge | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Elizabeth Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.03.1708) Thomas Nettleton of Halifax | |||||||||||||||
| ix. | Benedicta Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.11.1714) William Hotham of York | |||||||||||||||
| x. | Ellinor Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1720) George Heald of Macclesfield | |||||||||||||||
| xi.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 06.12.1690, d 10.05.1691), Daniel (b 18.08.1693, d 09.11.1693), John (b 06.12.1698, d unm 03.1723), Thomas (b 25.05.1700, bur 25.02.1701), Joanna (b 10.09.1687, bur 22.09.1687), Barbara (b 06.03.1702, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Daniel Cotton of Holmes Chapel (d 01.01.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Cotton (bur 22.10.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1715) William Westby Cotton of The Haigh @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Cotton (b 1657, d 1730, minister in London) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Hoare (dau of Leonard Hoare of New England (by Bridget, dau of Lord Lisle), m2. _ Usher) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Leonard Cotton (settled in America) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Cotton of Hackney (b 1709-10, d 23.03.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Bayes (b 1716-7, d 07.02.1799, dau of Rev. Joshua Bayes of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Bayes Cotton of Hackney & Kenilworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Chance of Upton-upon-Severn | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Cotton of London | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan De Berckam | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Laetitia Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Stanger Leathes | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Maria Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Scrivenour of London | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Samuel of London, Thomas, George, Edward, Thomas (b c05.1786, d 21.03.1787), Ann (a 1824, d unm?), Sarah, Decima, Laura (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Joshua Cotton (b 1738-9, d 30.03.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Alicia Cotton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Joanna Cotton (d 27.01.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.07.1697) Thomas Hall of Hermitage | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Eleanor Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.10.1681) James Wright (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Joshua, John (b c1662, d 20.09.1671), Susanna (d 22.10.1677), Elizabeth (bur 01.11.1680), Anne (bur 28.07.1682), Mary (d 20.12.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Leeke of Criggan | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): FMG (vol 1, MS54-55, 'Cotton', p122+)
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