'Cotton02'
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Families covered: Cotton of Connington (Conington), Cotton of Cotton (Cotun, in Broxton, Cheshire), Cotton of Gedding, Cotton of Ridware (Richware), Cotton of Tiscot
| BEB1841 reports that in Cheshire "there are two towns of the same denomination; one in the hundred of Northwich, the other of Broxton." The following covers the latter. The former is covered in Cotton05. | |||||||||||||||
| William de Cotun, Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Simon de Cotun (a temp Edward I who r. 1272-1307) the first mentioned by Visitation & Maclean | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William de Cotun (Cotton of Cotton) | ||||||||||||||
| Vivian shows this William as son of William son (by Isabella) of another William son of Simon (of Cotton, Cheshire). BEB1841 shows as above but then shows this William as m1. Isabel m2. Joan without identifying who was mother of Edmund. Vivian shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Johanna | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Cotton of Cotton, Staffordshire (a 1350, 1377) not mentioned by BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (a 1377, 1418) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Cotton of Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Greene (a 1377, sister of Thomas Greene) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Eleanor Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Marbury | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Johanna Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stokes | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ann Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Walker | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Joyce Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Franke | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Margaret Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Barkley | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Elizabeth Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Buxton of Fald, Tutbury & Standon | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue (dsp) - Robert, Thomas, William | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabella | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edmund de Cotun (Cotton of Cotton, Cheshire) (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Brett (of Davenham?) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert de Coton of Coton (a 1357) had issue, not mentioned by Vivian | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Cotton of Cotton (a 1379) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes de Ridware (dau/heir of Walter de Ridware of Hampstall Ridware by Joan Walsheif) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Cotton of Hamstall Ridware (or Ridward Hamstall), Staffordshire (a 1380, 1399) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Falconer (a 1402, dau of William Falconer (Faulconer or Fawconer) of Thurcaston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Richard Cotton of Ridware or Richware (d St. Albans 1455) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 names Richard's wife as Elizabeth whilst Vivian names her Johanna (Elizabeth's sister) as follows: | |||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna (Jane) Venables (dau of Sir Hugh Venables of Kinderton) | |||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 says that Sir Richard had 2 sons (John and William) and provides the descent of William, mentioning that John inherited Ridware and was progenitor of the Cottons of Ridware, Bould & Crackmarsh. Vivian shows all 3 sons. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Cotton of Ridware Hemstall | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Poole (dau of Ralph Poole of Radborne) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Johanna Fitzherbert (dau of Richard Fitzherbert of Norbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Cotton of Connington (d St. Albans 1455) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841, supported by Vivian & Maclean, identifies William's wife as Mary, dau of Hugh de Wesenham by Agnes, sister/heir of Bernard son of Sir John de Brus of Connington & Exton. The Brus/Wessenham source corrects this to ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Folvylle (dau of ?? Folvylle by Jane dau of Robert Wessenham of Connington son of Sir Hugh by Agnes de Brus) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Cotton of Connington or Conington (Huntingdonshire), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (d 1506) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (or Elizabeth) Knightley (dau of Richard Knightley of Fawesley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Cotton of Connington (d by 1517) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Paris (dau of John Paris of Linton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Eleanor Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Mulsho of Thingdon | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Mary Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Grantoft of Stanton | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - William, George, Anthony, Richard, Margaret (nun) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Richard Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| Some sources show this Richard as the Richard of Ridware Henstall whom we show here, father of 4 heiresses. Vivian & Maclean show this Richard as having only ... | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Cotton (a 1496) | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Cotton of Connington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (d by 1517) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Paris (dau of John Paris (Parys) of Linton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Cotton of Connington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (a 1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Harvey (dau/coheir of Thomas Harvey of Elmstoke (Helmstoke)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Cotton of Connington, Sheriff of Huntingdonshire (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Shirley (dau of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bart of Connington or Conington (b 22.01.1570, d 06.05.1631, antiquary) Vivian does not follow this line | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brocas (dau of William Brocas of Thedingworth) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bart of Connington (b c1594, d 13.05.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Howard (dau of William Howard, lord of Naworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Cotton, 3rd Bart of Connington (b 1621, d 1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Anderson (dau of Edmund Anderson of Stratton and Eyworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Cotton (dvp 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Downing (dau of Sir George Downing, Bart of East Hatley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Cotton, 4th Bart of Connington (d 05.02.1730-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Herbert (dau of James Herbert of Kingsey) | |||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 reports that Sir John dsp but a contributor (MW, 04.06.06) has kindly advised us that he had the following daughters: | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Catherine Cotton (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Kenyon | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Langton (dau of William Langton of Peterborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Frances Cotton (b 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hanbury of Little Marcle | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Hanbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.12.1732) Martin Annesley (bpt 12.10.1701, d 06.1749, minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Hanbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Neale | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Frances Hanbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. F(rancis) Barrell (not Bareel) 'of Rochester' | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Catherine Barrell (coheir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.08.1772) Frederick Dodsworth (Canon of Windsor) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Catherine Hanbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Velters Cornewall of Moccas Court | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorothy Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dennis of Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Honywood (d 03.04.1702, dau of Sir Thomas Honywood of Marks Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Bart of Connington (b c1649, d 12.07.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Wigston presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Cotton, 6th Bart of Connington (d 27.03.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Burdett (dau of Sir Robert Burdett, Bart of Bramcote) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Jane Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1741) Thomas Hart of Warfield | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Cotton (d 14.10.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.04.1757) Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh (b 03.01.1719, d 14.07.1809) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - John (dvp 15.11.1739), Elizabeth, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frances Cotton probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hanbury of Little Marcle | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? (Mrs. Morton) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Lyonel Walden of Huntingdon ('son/heir of Sir Lionel') | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Lionel Walden (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Walden | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Charles Pitfield 'of Hoxton' | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Talbot Touchet ('brother of ... Touchet, Earl of Castlehaven') | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Hester Walden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Orme of Peterborough | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Walden Orme | ||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Smith of Westminster | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Honywood Cotton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Kenyon (doctor) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Lucy Cotton (d 26.06.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Philip Wodehouse, Bart of Kimberley (bpt 24.07.1608, d 06.05.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1673) Sir Thomas Proby, Bart of Elton and Rans (b c1634, d 1689) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Constable (dau of Sir John Constable of Dromondby or Dromenby) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Thomas Cotton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Sir Robert Cotton of Hatley St. George | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gertrude Morrice (dau of Sir William Morrice, Bart of Werington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alice Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert (sb Samuel?) Trefusis of Trefusis (d 08.1742) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Philip Cotton of Connington (b c1647, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Frances Tyrell (dau of Sir Toby Tyrell of Thornton) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | William Cotton of Cotton Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Pulleyn (dau of Rev. Robert Pulleyn of Thurleston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Cotton of Connington or Conington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Andrews (dau by Anne Shute of Thomas Andrews, grandson of Sir Thomas, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frances Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dingley Ascham or Askham of Conington, Sheriff of Huntingdonshire | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection comes from BLG1952 (Gardner formerly of Conington). | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Harriet Ascham or Askham of Conington (d 20.03.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1725) Sir Thomas Hatton, 8th Bart of Long Stanton (d 07.11.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jonathan Symonds of Great Ormesby | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Alice Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Shiers of Great Ormesby (bur 30.10.1749) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Catherine Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Frances Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lewis of London (physician) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Alice Cotton (bur 18.01.1719/20) probably of this generation, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1666) Sir Humphrey Monoux, 2nd Bart of Wotton (d 07.1685) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Cotton of Gedding Abbots | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Apreece (dau of Robert Apreece of Washingly) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Cotton of Gedding | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Gifford (dau of John Gifford of White Ladys) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jane Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bazil Fitzherbert of Norbury and Swinnerton (b c1630, a 1680) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Lucy Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (John) Talcarne of Ashton | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Dorothy Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maurice Baude of Somerby | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Johanna Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Baude of Somerby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Tamworth (dau of John Tamworth of Hawsted) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Frances Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Lord of Boughton (b c1562, d 1644) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Rebecca Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mulsho of Thingdon | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue - Henry (d unm 01/1.06.1614), Ferdinand, John, Catherine (d unm 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Cotton (d c1629, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johan Cary (Johanna Carey) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Robert, Philip, Lawrence, Kivilioc | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Eleanor Cotton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Edward Pitcher of Trumpington | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? Pepys of Cottenham | |||||||||||||||
| m3. _ Walker of Cambridge (doctor) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 ('Cotton of Connington'), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Cotton', p240+)), 'Deanery of Trigg Minor' (vol 1, 1873, Sir John Maclean, 'Pedigree of Cotton and Amy', p650+ & p656+)
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