Individual Details

John Cotton

( - Bef May 1728)

 John Cotten and Martha Godwin were married in Isle of Wight County, VA,
   probably just prior to 1701 (D.B. 2 p.69 & G. B. 2 p52.)
  In 1704 he was a resident of Isle of Wight Co, VA, then is listed in Nansemond Co, VA, 
   [John Cotten lived at South Quay, VA on the Blackwater.]

Events

MarriageAbt 1700Isle of Wight, Virginia, British America - Martha Godwin
DeathBef May 1728Bertie, North Carolina, British America
WillBef May 1728Bertie, North Carolina, British America

Families

SpouseMartha Godwin ( - 1728)
ChildJohn Cotton (1701 - )
ChildWilliam Cotton (1728 - )
ChildSamuel Cotton (1728 - )
ChildThomas Cotton (1728 - )
ChildArthur Cotton (1716 - 1789)
ChildJames Cotton (1728 - )
ChildJoseph Cotton (1728 - )
ChildAlexander Cotton (1728 - )
ChildAnne Cotton (1706 - )
ChildPatience Cotton (1703 - )
ChildSusannah Cotton (1728 - )
ChildPriscilla Cotton (1728 - )
ChildMartha Cotton (1704 - )

Notes

Will

COTTON, JOHN.
Bertie County.
May Court, 1728. Sons: JOHN, WILLIAM, SAMUEL, THOMAS, ARTHUR, JAMES, JOSEPH, ALEXANDER. Wife: MARTHA COTTON. Sons-in-law: JOHN THOMAS, CAPT. JOHN SPEARS. Daughters: SUSANNAH and PRISCILLA COTTON, MARTHA BENTON, widow of FRANCIS BENTON. Executors: THOMAS BRYAN and WILLIAM BENNET. Witnesses: THOMAS BRYANT, THOS. STRANGE, MARY PARKER. Clerk of the Court: RT. FORSTER. The following lands devised: 320 acres on Ahoskey Marsh; 150 acres in the Oserow Meadow; land bought of Charles Stevenson; land called the Green Pond Neck; lower survey on Fishing Creek; 400 acres of land in upper survey on Fishing Creek. Several negro slaves bequeathed, together with a great quantity of personal property in the shape of wearing apparel, household furniture, etc.
(Grimes 84)

Endnotes

1. Sally's Family Place - Mulberry Grove , Sally Moore Koestler online [http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/rutland1.htm], accessed March 2007.

2. Grimes, J. Bryan, Secretary of State, Abstract of North Carolina Wills: compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the Secretary of State (Raleigh, N. C.: E. M. Uzzell & Co., 1910), ; digital images, J.Y. Joyner Library, Eastern North Carolina Digital Library (http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/item.aspx?id=gra : accessed August 2009.

3. Grimes, J. Bryan, Secretary of State, Abstract of North Carolina Wills: compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the Secretary of State (Raleigh, N. C.: E. M. Uzzell & Co., 1910), ; digital images, J.Y. Joyner Library, Eastern North Carolina Digital Library (http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/item.aspx?id=gra : accessed August 2009.