Cotton, William 1a

Birth Name Cotton, William
Gender male
Age at Death 25 years

Narrative

There is a tradition in the family that he was a son of widow Joan Cotton of Bunbury, Cheshire Co., England, and was granted 350 acres of land on the main branches of Hungar's Creek, adjoining the lands of his brother-in-law, Capt William Stone . This consisted of 100 acres for personal adventure of himself and wife, and 250 acres for the transportation of five persons to Virginia: Eleanor Hill, Richard Hill, Edward Eason and Domingo and Sambo, negroes. William Cotton was succeeded b y Rev. John Rozier

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1615 England   2
Death 1640 Northampton County, Virginia   2

Age: 25y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Cotton, Andrew1578
Mother , Joanne
         Cotton, William 1615 1640

Families

Family of Cotton, William and Graves, Ann
Married Wife Graves, Ann ( * 1620 + 1683 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1637-07-10 Hungar’s Parish, Accawmack County, Virginia   2
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Cotton, Verlinda1638

Source References

  1. Anne Ryburn: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3218011&id=I43068 Barnette1
      • Source text:

        ID: I43068
        Name: William COTTON 1 2
        Sex: M
        Birth: ABT 1615 in England 1 2
        Death: 1640 in Northampton Co., Virginia 1 2
        Change Date: 26 SEP 2000 1 2
        Note:
        [graves.FTW]

        There is a tradition in the family that he was a son of widow Joan Cotton of Bunbury, Cheshire Co., England, and was granted 350 acres of land on the main branches of Hungar's Creek, adjoining the lands of his brother-in-law, Capt William Stone . This consisted of 100 acres for personal adventure of himself and wife, and 250 acres for the transportation of five persons to Virginia: Eleanor Hill, Richard Hill, Edward Eason and Domingo and Sambo, negroes. William Cotton was succeeded b y Rev. John Rozier[bar.FTW]

        There is a tradition in the family that he was a son of widow Joan Cotton of Bunbury, Cheshire Co., England, and was granted 350 acres of land on the main branches of Hungar's Creek, adjoining the lands of his brother-in-law, Capt William Stone . This consisted of 100 acres for personal adventure of himself and wife, and 250 acres for the transportation of five persons to Virginia: Eleanor Hill, Richard Hill, Edward Eason and Domingo and Sambo, negroes. William Cotton was succeeded b y Rev. John Rozier

         

        Marriage 1 Ann GRAVES b: 1620 in Accomac County, Virginia
        Married: 10 JUL 1637 in Hungar's Parish, Accawmack Co., Virginia 3 1
        Children
        Verlinda COTTON b: 1638 in Bunbury, Northampton Co., VA

        Sources:
        Title: graves.FTW
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Jun 27, 2004
        Title: bar.FTW
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Jun 27, 2004
        Title: The Graves Family Association
        Author: Kenneth V. Graves
        Note: TYPE Web SiteDATE 27 May 2000

      • Citation:

        ARyburn@aol.com

  2. Anne Ryburn: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:3218011&id=I41848&style=TABLE Barnette1