'Cotton05'
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Families covered: Cotton of Cotton Wood (in Northwich, Cheshire), Cotton of Horsenden, Cotton of Whittington
| John de Cotton (a 1362) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Gloucestershire) identifies John's wife as Christian, dau/heir of Richard de Sidenton by Agnes, dau of Sir John Arden & sister of Sir Thomas. Our present connection does not comply fully with that. We intend to ivnestigate the Arden/Arderne family in due course and hope to 'place' Agnes more reliably. Ormerod describes her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Christiana de Sydington (dau/heir of Richard de Sydington by Agnes, dau of Sir John Arderne of Aldford) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard de Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Cotton of Cotton Wood (a 1380) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Cotton of Cotton Wood | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Davenport | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Cotton of Cotton Wood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Holt (dau/heir of William Holt son of Richard son of John son of John son of Sir Richard) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Cotton of Cotton the first mentioned by Visitation (Cheshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Beatrix Daniell (dau of _ Daniell of Chesihurst) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William (probably not Thomas) Cotton of Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma Smethwicke (dau of Thomas Smethwick of Smethwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Winnington (dau of John Winnington or Wynington of the Hermitage) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Cotton of Cotton (d 05.08.1579) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (or Ellenor) Minshull (dau of Edward Minshull of Minshull) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Cotton of Cotton (d 1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1574) Katherine Aldersey (dau of John Aldersey of Spurstowe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edward Cotton of Cotton (bur 21.11.1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brereton (dau of Richard Brereton of Eccleston or Wettenhall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edward Cotton of Cotton (bpt 10.03.1604-5, dsp bur 10.06.1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.1622-3) Elizabeth Bispham (dau of William Bispham of Billinge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Cotton (bpt 12.03.1607-8, dsp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Thomas Cotton, last of Cotton (b c1649???, d 03.11.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (bur 09.02.1680-1) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thomas Cotton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Elizabeth Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wilkinson of Farndon | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Katharine Cotton (bpt 04.06.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leonard Ash of Trensull or Tensull | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi)) | Rebecca Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Judson or Jutson of Chester | |||||||||||||||
| ((vii)) | Jane Cotton (bpt 28.04.1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Nathley of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Katherine Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Sefton of Skelmersdale | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Ellen Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Hollynshed | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Alice Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Beck of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| ((E))+ | other issue - Thomas, William, Henry, Richard, George, John, Margaret, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Hurleston (dau of Richard Hurleston of Picton, m2. ?? Gregg of Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), James, Elizabeth, Alice, Elinor, Anne, Jane, Jone, Katharine, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Arthur Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Ralph Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Hamsteley (dau of Ralph de Hansteley or Hamstley or Hanseley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Cotton of Whittington, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Done (dau of Sir John Done of Cheshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Cotton of Whittington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Snelston (dau/heir of Thomas Snelston son of John son of Thomas by Isabell, dau of David Bostock son of David by dau/heir of Sir William Baguley) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Cotton of Whittington | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by VCH (Buckinghamshire, vol 2, Parishes: Horsenden) & VCH (vol 3, Buckinghamshire, vol 3, Parishes: Saunderton) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Johnes (dau of Thomas Johnes of Aubermerle ('of Saunderton')) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Cotton of Horsenden (b c1570) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Woderoff (dau of Sir Nicholas Woderoff) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | William Cotton of Horsenden (b c1575) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Ralph Cotton of Whittington & Horsenden (b c1577) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Apolyn Child (dau of William Child of Northwich) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Don (or Daniel) Cotton (b c1599, dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tipping (dau of Sir George Tippinge of Oxfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Anna Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1634) Sir John Denham | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Apulina or Apolina Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Cotton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | William Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | George Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Isack Cotton of Stratford Bow, Middlesex (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hancock | |||||||||||||||
| ((i))+ | issue - George, David, Isack, Clement | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Alexander Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Anne Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Pecock ('Thomas Peacock of Cotfall') | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ann Peacock probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Godwyn of Clistwell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Smyth (justice) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. _ Butler | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Stephen (in Cheshire?), Allan (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Ormerod (Cheshire, vol 3, Cotton of Cotton), Visitation (Gloucestershire, 1623, Cotton), Visitation (Cheshire, 1580 & 1613 & 1663, Cotton of Cotton)
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