cotton03

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Families covered: Cotton of Bedhampton, Cotton of Combermere, Cotton of Warblington
[This page was originally launched as Cotton01 but was renamed on 04.03.08.]

John Cotton (d c1558?)

m. Cicely Mainwaring (d c1558?, dau of Thomas Mainwaring of Ightfield)

Visitation (Cheshire, 1613) identifies the above as Richard or John and Joanna or Cicely. The more specific identifcation comes from the US Presidents web site reported below. Perhaps because of uncertainty on the names or on the dates of death of the above, BP1934 starts with ...

Sir George Cotton of Combermere (b 1505, d 1545/55)

m. Mary Onley (dau of John Onley of Catesby)

Richard Cotton of Combermere (b 1540, d 1602)

m. (06.01.1559/60) Mary Mainwaring (b c1541, d 1578, dau of Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield)

George Cotton of Combermere (d 1641)

m. Mary Bromley (dau of Sir George Bromley, chief justice of Chester)

Thomas Cotton of Combermere (d c1648)

m1. Frances Needham (dau of Robert Needham, Viscount Kilmorey)

(1)

George Cotton (dvpsps 1647)

m. Mary Smith (dau of Sir Thomas Smith of Haugh)

(2)

Mary Cotton

m. _ Mainwaring of Nantwich (captain)

(3)

Frances Cotton

m. Richard Fenston of Morly

m2. Elizabeth Calveley (b 01.08.1609, dau of Sir George Calveley of Lea)

(4)

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bart of Combermere (b 1637, d 12.12.1712)

m. Hester Salusbury (d 1710, dau of Sir John Salusbury, 3rd Bart of Llewenny)

(A)

Hugh Calveley Cotton (dvp, 3rd son)

m. Mary Russell (dau of Sir William Russell, Bart)

(i)

Catherine Cotton

m. Thomas Lewis of St. Pierre

(B)

Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bart of Combermere (d 12.06.1715)

m. (18.11.1689) Philadelphia Lynch (d 30.12.1758, dau of Sir Thomas Lynch of Esher)

(i)

Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Bart of Combermere (bpt 02.01.1694-5, dsp 27.08.1748)

m. Elizabeth Tollemache (d 16.08.1745, dau of Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart)

(ii)

Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, 4th Bart of Combermere

m. Elizabeth Cotton (d 04.01.1777, dau of Rowland Cotton of Etwall)

(a)

Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Bart of Combermere (d 24.08.1809)

m. (1767) Frances Stapleton (d 20.04.1825, dau of James Russell Stapleton of Bodrhyddan)

((1))

Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere of Bhurtpore and Combermere, Field Marshal (b 14.11.1773, d 21.02.1865) had issue

m1. (01.01.1801) Anna Maria Pelham-Clinton (b 29.07.1783, dsp 31.05.1807, dau of Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle)

m2. (18.06.1814) Caroline Greville (d 25.01.1837, dau of William Fulke Greville)

m3. (02.10.1838, sps) Mary Whoolley Gibbings (b c1779, d 31.08.1889, dau of Robert Gibbings of Gibbings Grove)

((2))

Lynch Cotton (d 1799, Colonel)

m. Louisa Margaret _ (d 11.9.1859)

((3))

Frances Cotton (b 01.12.1769, d 26.11.1818)

m. (10/6.01.1792) Robert Needham, 11th Viscount Kilmorey (b 14.11.1746, dsp 30.11.1818)

((4))

Sophia Cotton (d 24.05.1838)

m. Sir H.M. Mainwaring, Bart of Over Peover

((5))+

other issue - Robert Salusbury (b 11.09.1768, dvpsp), William (d 16.06.1853), Penelope (b 31.12.1770, d 1786), Hester Maria (d 20.03.1845)

(b)

Rowland Cotton (d 03.11.1794, Admiral)

m. (29.06.1782) Elizabeth Aston (dau of Sir Willoughby Aston, Bart)

((1))

Sir Willoughby Aston Cotton (b 1783, d 04.05.1860, General) had issue

m. (16.05.1806) Augusta Maria Coventry (d 01.11.1865, dau of George William, 7th Earl of Coventry)

((2))

Sydney Arabella Cotton

m. Richard Moore

(c)

George Cotton (b 1742, d 10.12.1805, Dean of Chester)

m. (1771) Katherine Maria Tomkinson (d 12.1818, dau of James Tomkinson)

((1))

James Henry Cotton (b 08.02.1781, d 05.1862, Dean of Bangor, 2nd son) had issue

m1. (14.04.1810) Mary Anne Majendie (dau of W.H. Majendie, Bishop of Bangor)

m2. (1826, sp) Mary Fisher (dau of Samuel Fisher)

((2))

Thomas Davenant Cotton (d 13.11.1813, captain) had issue

m. (25.06.1810) Mary Burnley

((3))

Frances Hester Cotton

m. Edwin Rowland Green, later Cotton of Etwall Hall (dsp, Major General)

((4))

Catherine Maria Cotton

m. (1798) Philip Humberstone

((5))+

other issue (d unm) - Lynch Sydney (d 1813, Major), Frances, Mary

(d)

Thomas Cotton

m. (08.10.1779) Mary Attwick (dau of William Attwick of Portman Square)

((1))

William Cotton (b 1780, dspm 1861)

(e)

William Cotton (d unm, Lt. Colonel)

(g)

Henry Calveley Cotton of Woodcote (b 1750, d 15.05.1831)

m. (14.04.1788) Matilda Lockwood (d 03.02.1848, dau of John Lockwood of Dews Hall)

((1))

Henry Calveley Cotton (b 25.03.1789, d 04.10.1850, vicar of Greatness) had issue

m. (24.05.1815) Eloisa Mostyn-Owen (d 17.08.1872, dau of William Mostyn-Owen of Woodhouse)

((2))

Sir Sydney John Cotton (b 12.1792, d 20.02.1874, General) had issue

m. (1820) Marianne Hackett (d 1854, dau of Capt _ Hackett)

((3))

Richard Lynch Cotton of Oxford (b 14.08.1794, d 08.12.1880) had issue

m. (25.06.1839) Charlotte Bouverie-Pusey (b c1807, d 02.07.1883, dau of Philip de Bouverie, later Bouverie-Pusey)

((4))

Charles Robert Cotton of Knolton Hall (b 22.11.1796, d 18.05.1873, 5th son) had issue

m. (26.05.1841) Mary Anne Elizabeth Egerton (d 05.07.1902, dau of Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 9th Bart)

((5))

Hugh Calveley Cotton (b 13.02.1798, d 13.10.1881, Colonel) had issue

m. (25.04.1825) Louisa Brodie (d 01.07.1862, dau of W. Brodie of Brodie)

((6))

Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (b 15.05.1803, d 24.07.1899, General, 9th son) had issue

m. (1841) Elizabeth Learmonth (d 05.12.1907, dau of Thomas Learmonth)

((7))

Frederic Conyers Cotton (b 30.07.1807, dsp 12.10.1901, Major General, 11th son)

m. (09.04.1849) Mary Cunliffe (d 1896, dau of Brooke Cunliffe)

((8))

Maria Frances Cotton

m. Joseph Hordern (rector of Burton-Agnes)

((9))+

other issue - Rowland Edward (b 31.10.1795, d 15.12.1823), Francis Vere (b 16.06.1799, d 30.01.1884, Admiral), Robert Salusbury (b 19.09.1800, d 20.06.1824), George Herbert (b 27.04.1860, d 06.03.1844, Rev.), Matilda Hester Mary (d 20.05.1868)

(h)

Elizabeth Cotton

m. _ D'Avenant (Colonel)

(i)

Mary Cotton

m. Rev. _ Finch

(j)

Philadelphia Cotton

m. Henry Shelley

(k)

Hester Salusbury Cotton (d 1822)

m. (1772) Sir Corbet Corbet, Bart of Adderley Hall (b 06.02.1752, dsp 31.03.1823)

(C)

Arabella Cotton

m. (28.07.1683) Sir Henry Tichborne of Beaulieu, Lord Ferrard of Beaulieu (b 1663, d 03.11.1731)

(D)

Mary Cotton probably of this generation

m. Sir William Fowler, 1st Bart of Harnage Grange (d c1717)

(E)

Anne Cotton (d 22.08.1710) probably of this generation

m. (20.06.1682) Sir Thomas Taylour, 1st Bart of Kells (b 20.07.1662, d 1736)

(F)

Sydney Cotton probably of this generation

m. Nathaniel Lee of Darnhall (bpt 04.03.1655)

(G)+

other issue - John (d infant), Robert (d infant), George (dvp unm 08.01.1702)

Dorothy Cotton probably of this generation

m. (1622) William Massey (bpt 1600, d 1668)

BP1934 reports that Sir George had 2 sons and 1 daughter by his marriage to Mary Mainwaring and then married twice more and had further issue. The Visitation (1613) record reports just the marriage to Mary Mainwaring and shows George and the following children by that marriage.

ii.

Mary Cotton

m. William Bulkley of Wore

iii.+

other issue - Andrew, Arthur, Dorothy

The following connection comes from the US Presidents web at http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/index.htm. The site shows Frances's mother as Mary Mainwaring.

vi.

Frances Cotton (b 1573)

m. George Abell

Robert Abell (d 1663)

(1)

Caleb Abell

(A)

Experience Abell (b 1674, d 1763)

m. _ Hyde

(i)

James Hyde (b 1707, d 1793)

(a)

Abiah Hyde (b 1749, d 1788)

m. Aaron Cleveland (b 1744, d 1815)

Mary Cotton (d 16.11.1580)

m1. Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (d 24.10.1572)

m2. Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent (b 1541, dsp 31.01.1614-5)

Winifred Cotton sister of Countess Mary

m. Thomas Dering of Liss (b c1528, a 1588)

Thanks to two site visitors (OWC, 07.02.08 & MF, 14.02.08) for independently drawing much of the following to our attention. Visitation (Hampshire, 1575+1622-34, Cotton) supports the following, starting with ...

Sir Richard Cotton of Werblington (Warblington) & Bedhampton, Sheriff of Hampshire (b by 1497, d 02.10.1556, 3rd son)

m. Jane Onley (d 1586, dau of John Onley of Onley Catesby)

Sir George Cotton of Warblington & Bedhampton (d 1609)

m. Mary Shelley (dau of John Shelley of Michellgrove)

Richard Cotton of Bedhampton

m1/2. Elizabeth (or Mary) Blount (sister of Sir Edward Blount and of Sir Christopher of Kidderminster)

m2/1. Elizabeth Lumley (dau of Thomas Lumley of Scarborough by Elizabeth, natural dau of Edward IV)

Visitation ends with this generation having shown Richard as married to Elizabeth Blount. It appears that 'The Baronetage of England' suggests that the mother of Richard's daughter Elizabeth was Elizabeth Lumley although this contradicts what we have seen elsewhere. Richard's successors are as reported in VCH (Hampshire vol 3, Warblington + Bedhampton).

George Cotton (dvp)

(1)

Richard Cotton of Warblington & Bedhampton

(A)

William Cotton of Warblington & Bedhampton (d 1736)

Elizabeth Cotton

m. Sir Henry Longueville of Wolverton (b 1547, bur 23.09.1618)

ii.

John Cotton

iii.

Mary Cotton

m. Sir John Carell

iv.

Jane Cotton

m. William Owen of Godstow

Elizabeth Cotton

m. _ Lone of Kent

Susan Cotton (d 1617)

m. (c1580) Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent (b c1545, d 26/8.09.1623)

C.+

other issue - William (d unm), Henry (Bishop of Salisbury, had issue)

Mary Cotton mentioned by Visitation (Hampshire) as of this generation, possibly identified by 'The Baronetage of England' as 2 generations later

m. Allen Hodgkis (of Bedfordshire?)

Possibly identified by 'The Baronetage of England' as of this generation were ...

4.+

other issue - Ralph of London, Thomas, Robert

Main source(s): BP1934 (Combermere) with some support/input from Visitation (Cheshire, 1613+1663, Cotton of Combermere)
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