Individual Details
John Cotton
( - Bef May 1728)
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
Marriage | Abt 1700 | Isle of Wight, Virginia, British America - Martha Godwin | |||
Death | Bef May 1728 | Bertie, North Carolina, British America | |||
Will | Bef May 1728 | Bertie, North Carolina, British America |
Families
Spouse | Martha Godwin ( - 1728) |
Child | John Cotton (1701 - ) |
Child | William Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Samuel Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Thomas Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Arthur Cotton (1716 - 1789) |
Child | James Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Joseph Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Alexander Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Anne Cotton (1706 - ) |
Child | Patience Cotton (1703 - ) |
Child | Susannah Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Priscilla Cotton (1728 - ) |
Child | Martha 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.