My Cotton ancestors |
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01. Sir Hugh de Coton,
[1]
married Elizabeth Titley, daughter of Hamon. They
had 3 children: Alan who Married Matilda le Scot, Hugh (below) and Sir
William, Dean or Worcester. |
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02. Hugh De Coton,
[1]
son of Hugh was born in
the late 1200's. He was heir to his brother Alan. He married Isabel De Hayton,
daughter of Thomas de Hayton. They had 3 children: Nicholas
(3a. below), Hugh and Richard (3b. below.) |
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03a. Sir Nicholas De Coton,
[1]
eldest
son of Hugh and Isabel was born abt
1310. He married Katherine Hackluyt,
sister of Sir Richard Hackluyt of Herefordshire. They had 2 children:
Ellen and Hugh. Ellen married
Robert Lacon as his
second wife and I descend from their son Alan Lacon who
married Agnes Pembrugge. |
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03b. Richard De Coton,
[1]
youngest
son of Hugh and Isabel was born
abt 1336 in Coton, Shropshire, England. His wife's name is not
known. He lived during the reign of Edward III. He had one known son,
Roger. |
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04. Roger De Coton,
[1]
son of Richard was born
abt 1360 in Coton, Shropshire, England. He married
Ellen
Grymelond, daughter of John Grymelond of Alkington. They
had one known son, William. |
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| 05. William De Coton,
[1]
son of Roger and Ellen
was born abt 1400 in Coton, Shropshire, England. He married unk.
Hulse, daughter of William Hulse of
Norbury, Cheshire. They had 2 children: William
(below) and John (probable son) who married Katherine. |
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06. William De Coton,
[1]
son of William was born
abt 1432 in Coton, Shropshire, England. He married
Agnes Yonge,
daughter of Philip abt 1460. They had one known child, John. |
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07. John Cotton,
[1]
son of William and Agnes was
born abt 1465 in Cotton, Salop, England. He married
Cicely
Mainwaring, daughter of Thomas Mainwaring and
Jane Sutton. See the Mainwaring
line for her ancestry. They had: (1) William who married Joan Bromley,
(2) Sir Richard who married Jane Onley, (3) George (see
below), (4) Raulff, (5) Thomas, and (6) Robert. |
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08. Sir George Cotton,
[1]
son of John and Cicely was
born abt 1505 in Combermere, Cheshire, England. He was granted
Combermere by King Henry VIII. He married before 11 Nov. 1537,
Mary
Onley, daughter of John Onley. The Cottons of Combermere
rose to great heights in the reign of Henry VIII, and this was due in a
measure to the alliances with these other families by marriage. George
Cotton was knighted by Henry VIII and was the grantee of Combermere.
Sir George Cotton, Knight, and Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and
knighted by him, grantee of Combermere in 32 year of Henry VIII, including
the monastery, with its church, bell tower, Lake of Combermere and the
cemetery, all by the King's letters patent. In this grant were lands
called Dodcote in County Salop, Cliffe and Hales in Drayton, Erdlet Grange
in Staffordshire, Wincell Grange in County Cheshire and Cotes Grange in
Derbyshire. They had 3 children: (1) Richard (see
below), (2) Mary who married Edward Stanley and Henry Gray, and (3) Dorothy
who married Edward Torbock. |
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 09. Richard Cotton, [1]
son of George Cotton and Mary was born abt 1539
in Stoke, Warwick, England. He first married Jane Seyliard which is
often mistaken as the mother of Frances Cotton. He married second
Mary
Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Arthur Mainwaring and Margaret on January
6, 1559 in Combermere. Richard died on June 14, 1602 in Stoke,
Warwick, England.  Visit this
restoration website for a detailed history on the restoration of a
painting of Richard Cotton. The 8 children of Richard and Mary are: [1] p. 72
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10. Frances Cotton,
[1]
daughter of Richard
Cotton and Mary was born abt. 1573.
She married George Abell on May 01, 1599 in
Wrenbury, Cheshire,
England. George is the son of Robert Abell. Frances is
mentioned in the will of George Abell as daughter of Richard Cotton (See
Boston Transcript, Dec. 11 1936 signed H.A.A.R) Frances was living
in 1630 and probably died before April 13, 1646. I descend from Frances and
George's son Robert Abell. |
