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Descendants of  Sir John Howard

 



Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 HOWARD , SIR was born 1365, and died April 24. He married ALICE TENDRING.

 

Child of JOHN HOWARD and ALICE TENDRING is:

2. i. ROBERT2 HOWARD , SIR, b. Abt. 1383; d. 1436.

 

Generation No. 2

2. ROBERT2 HOWARD , SIR (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1383, and died 1436. He married MARGARET MOWBRAY , LADY, daughter of THOMAS MOWBRAY and ELIZABETH FITZALAN.

 

Children of ROBERT HOWARD and MARGARET MOWBRAY are:

i. MARGARET3 HOWARD.

ii. CATHERINE HOWARD, b. Abt. 1414; d. Aft. June 29, 1478; m. EDWARD NEVILLE , LORD ABERGAVENNEY.

3. iii. JOHN HOWARD , 1ST DUKE OF NORFOLK, b. 1420; d. August 22, 1485, Battle Of Bosworth Leicestershire.

 

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN3 HOWARD , 1ST DUKE OF NORFOLK (ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1420, and died August 22, 1485 in Battle Of Bosworth Leicestershire. He married CATHERINE DE MOLEYNS, daughter of WILLIAM DE MOLEYNS and ANNE WHALESBOROUGH.

 

Child of JOHN HOWARD and CATHERINE DE MOLEYNS is:

4. i. THOMAS4 HOWARD , 2ND DUKE OF NORFOLK, b. 1443, Stoke Neyland. England; d. May 21, 1524, Framlingham Castle, Suffolk.

 

Generation No. 4

4. THOMAS4 HOWARD , 2ND DUKE OF NORFOLK (JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1)1 was born 1443 in Stoke Neyland. England2, and died May 21, 1524 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk3. He married (2) ELIZABETH TILNEY , LADY4 April 30, 1472 in Norfolk, England5, daughter of FREDEICK TILNEY and ELIZABETH CHENEY. He married (3) AGNES TILNEY6 August 07, 14977.

Notes for THOMAS HOWARD , 2ND DUKE OF NORFOLK:

[maclaren.ged]

See Complete Peerage under:

"Arundel", Vol 1, (# I, pages 231-267)

"Norfolk", Vol 4, (# IX, pages 568-638).

"Surrey", Vol 5, (XII/I, pages 515-537)

"Suffolk" Vol 5, (# XII/I, pages 429-481)

"Nottingham" Vol 4, (# IX, pages 779-793

"Mowbray" Vol 4, (# IX, pages 366-387)

"Segrave" Vol 5, (# XI, pages 596-612)

"Stourton" Vol 5, (# XII/I, pages 296-316)

"Effingham" Vol 2, (# V, pages 9-16)

Burke's Peerage under "Norfolk", "Howard de Walden", "Effingham" for Howards of (Earls of ) Effinghan, & "Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton"

THE COMPLETE PEERAGE

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & the United Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucester.

"Burke's Peerage" (popular name).

"Burke's Peerage & Baronetage", 106th Edition, editor in chief Charles Mosley. Published by Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 7 rue du Bugnon, 1299 Crans, Switzerland.

"Britain's Royal Families" The Complete Genealogy. Alison Weir, 1996. Pimlico. Random House.

Dukes & Earls of Norfolk at

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedidex/n=royal?+of+Norfolk

Earls of Effingham at

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedidex/n=royal?+of+Effingham

at

Directory of Royal Genealogical Data

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/

Peerages in Order of Precedence

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html

Master Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html

Author: Brian Tompsett.

0 , Ralph of Norfolk, Earl of Norfolk

1140 de Bigod, Hugh, Earl of Norfolk 1st

1189 de Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk 2nd

1221 Bigod, Hugh of Norfolk, Earl of Norfolk 3rd

1225 Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk 4

1270 Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk 5th

1312 Plantagenet, Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk

Son of John Howard (1st) Duke of Norfolk. Supported Richard III at Bosworth and was imprisoned in the Tower, but was eventually reinstated and was afterwards loyal to to the Tudors. Fought and won at Flodden Field against the Scots

 

1397 Mowbray, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk

1397 Plantagenet, Margaret Marshall, Duchess of Norfolk

1399 Mowbray, Thomas of Norfolk, Earl of Norfolk

1425 Mowbray, John of Norfolk, Duke of Norfolk 2nd

1432 Mowbray, John, Duke of Norfolk 3

1461 Mowbray, John, Duke of Norfolk 4

1476 Mowbray, Anne, Countess of Norfolk

1483 Howard, John, Duke of Norfolk 1st

1514 Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 2nd

1553 Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 3rd

1554 Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 4th

1660 Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 5th

1667 Howard, Henry, Duke of Norfolk 6th

1683 Howard, Henry, Duke of Norfolk 7th

1701 Howard, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 8th

1732 Howard, Edward, Duke of Norfolk 9th

1777 Howard, Charles, Duke of Norfolk 10th

1786 Howard, Charles, Duke of Norfolk 11th

1815 Howard, Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk 12th

1842 Howard, Henry Charles, Duke of Norfolk 13th

1856 Fitzalan-Howard, Henry Granville, Duke of Norfolk 14th

1860 Fitzalan-Howard, Henry, Duke of Norfolk 15th

1904 Herries, Gwendolen Mary, Duchess of Norfolk

1917 Fitzalan-Howard, Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk 16th

1975 Fitzalan-Howard, Miles Francis, Duke of Norfolk 17th

 

 

Children of THOMAS HOWARD , 2ND DUKE OF NORFOLK are:

5. i. ELIZABETH5 HOWARD.

6. ii. EDMOND HOWARD.

Children of THOMAS HOWARD and ELIZABETH TILNEY are:

iii. MURIEL (OF NORFOLK)5 HOWARD, d. Unknown8.

iv. ELIZABETH HOWARD , LADY NORFOLK, b. 1474; d. April 03, 15389.

v. EDMUND NORFOLK HOWARD , LORD, b. 1476, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England; d. March 19, 1538/39, Executed.

vi. EDWARD NORFOLK HOWARD , LORD ADMIRAL, b. 1480.

vii. WILLIAM HOWARD , SIR, b. Abt. 1510.

viii. DOROTHY HOWARD, b. 1511; d. 155710.

7. ix. THOMAS HOWARD, b. 1473; d. February 04, 1494/95.

Children of THOMAS HOWARD and AGNES TILNEY are:

x. DOROTHY (OF NORFOLK)5 HOWARD, d. Unknown11.

xi. ELIZABETH (FITZWALTER) HOWARD, d. September 18, 153412.

xii. THOMAS HOWARD , LORD, d. Unknown13.

xiii. KATHERINE HOWARD, d. Unknown14.

xiv. ANNE HOWARD, d. Bef. February 22, 1557/5815.

xv. WILLIAM HOWARD , 1ST BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, b. 151016; d. Unknown17.

Notes for WILLIAM HOWARD , 1ST BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM:

[maclaren.ged]

See Complete Peerage under:

"Arundel", Vol 1, (# I, pages 231-267)

"Norfolk", Vol 4, (# IX, pages 568-638).

"Nottingham" Vol 4, (# IX, pages 779-793

"Mowbray" Vol 4, (# IX, pages 366-387)

"Segrave" Vol 5, (# XI, pages 596-612)

"Stourton" Vol 5, (# XII/I, pages 296-316)

"Effingham" Vol 2, (# V, pages 9-16)

Burke's Peerage under "Norfolk", "Howard de Walden", "Effingham" for Howards of (Earls of ) Effinghan, & "Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton"

THE COMPLETE PEERAGE

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & the United Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucester.

"Burke's Peerage" (popular name).

"Burke's Peerage & Baronetage", 106th Edition, editor in chief Charles Mosley. Published by Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 7 rue du Bugnon, 1299 Crans, Switzerland.

"Britain's Royal Families" The Complete Genealogy. Alison Weir, 1996. Pimlico. Random House.

Dukes & Earls of Norfolk at

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedidex/n=royal?+of+Norfolk

Earls of Effingham at

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedidex/n=royal?+of+Effingham

at

Directory of Royal Genealogical Data

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/

Peerages in Order of Precedence

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html

Master Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html

Author: Brian Tompsett.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 5

5. ELIZABETH5 HOWARD (THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1). She married THOMAS BOLEYN , EARL OF WILTS.

 

Children of ELIZABETH HOWARD and THOMAS BOLEYN are:

8. i. MARY6 BOLEYN, d. 1543.

9. ii. ANNE BOLEYN, d. 1536, beheaded.

6. EDMOND5 HOWARD (THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1).

 

Child of EDMOND HOWARD is:

i. CATHERINE6 HOWARD, d. 1541, beheaded; m. HENRY VIII.

7. THOMAS5 HOWARD (THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1473, and died February 04, 1494/95. He married (1) ANNE PLANTAGENET, daughter of EDWARD IV and ELIZABETH WYDVILLE. He married (2) ELIZABETH STAFFORD, daughter of EDWARD STAFFORD and ELEANOR PERCY.

Thomas Howard

Notes for THOMAS HOWARD:

English nobleman, a master of survival in the treacherous political climate of Henry VIII's Court, described by Ludovico Falieri, Venetian Ambassador in Nov 1531 as 'prudent, liberal, affable and astute; associates with everybody, has very great experience in political government, discusses the affairs of the world admirably, aspires to greater elevation, and bears ill-will to foreigners... small and spare in person, his hair is black...'. His own education and instincts were old fashioned; in religion and politics, Norfolk was a conservative, unimpressed by the new ideas of the reformers and uncomfortable with the low born "new men" of the Tudor Court. He claimed the deference due the leader of the traditional nobility, yet recognized uneasily that loyalty, ability and service counted as much as or more than ancient title to the Tudors.

Thomas was the first son of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (afterwards the second Duke of Norfolk) and his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney, widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier. Thomas and his brothers received a medieval education, studying Latin and French, and the usual course of grammar, rethoric, logic, some arithmetic and a bit of music. Thomas may have shared the latter stages of his education with his half brother, John Bourchier, second lord Berners, the translator of the french chronicler Jean Froissart.

Old enough at his grandfather death's to have spent time at John Howard's house at Tendring Hall, in 1484, Thomas Howard was brought to Court and bethrothed to Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Edward IV and niece to Richard III. With his brother Edward, he was placed in Henry VII's household as a page. Married with Anne 4 Feb 1495 at Westminster Abbey, thus became brother-in-law to Henry VII. Howard would be landless and penniless until the death of the dowager duchess of Norfolk, and Anne had nothing but her name, so relatives had to provide for the couple. Queen Elizabeth provided her sister with twenty shillings a week for food and drink, and paid for personal retinue of two women, a young maid, a gentleman, a yeoman and three grooms.

Although Thomas and Anne had a number of children, none lived to maturity. The longest lived, Thomas, was born about 1497, and died Aug 1508, buried in the Howard Chapel at Lambeth. Anne herself seems to have suffered poor health, and died early, for consumption, in 1512. After seventeen years of marriage, Thomas was left a childless widower.

The Howards overcame the disgrace of their support of Richard III because Surrey and his sons proved useful to Henry VII. Like Richard before him, Henry needed loyal support to establish and maintain his power. The Earl of Surrey was constantly at Court and in council, serving as the only prominent titled noble among the King's ecclesiastical circle. During the reign of Henry VII there are a little information about Howard. In 1503, when his father escorted Margaret Tudor to Scotland, the entire family went along. Thomas also accompanied his father on an embassy to Flanders in 1507.

He fought against the Scots at Flodden and became in 1514 Earl of Surrey when his father was made Duke of Norfolk. After his first wife’s death he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Stafford, 3d Duke of Buckingham. By his father and grandfather marriages, he was related to many noble families, including those of the earls of Derby, Oxford, Sussex, Bridgewater, Devon and Wiltshire; as well as baronial clans such the Lisles and Dacres. If second cousins and in-laws are considered, there was hardly a Tudor peer who was not Thomas Howard`s kin.

He served as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1520–21). Succeeding his father as lord high treasurer in 1522 and as Duke of Norfolk in 1524, Norfolk led the opposition to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

He supported Henry VIII’s divorce from Catalina de Aragón and his marriage to his niece Anne Boleyn. Norfolk brought her to court in the hopes of attracting the King, actively campaigned for her advancement in the hopes of furthering his own political fortunes, and when she fell from grace, jumped to the side of her accusers and took part in her downfall. He was ready to do whatever it took, even sacrifice his religion and his family, to retain the King's favor and further his ambitions.

What were Norfolk's ambitions? First, to make the Howard family the most influential family in England; if possible, to place a Howard on the throne; to be in a position that was invulnerable to royal whims and rages; and in the darkest days, as one plan after another miscarried, to keep his head.

Although Norfolk conducted the campaign against the Pilgrimage of Grace, he remained Catholic. He was an enemy of Thomas Cromwell and instrumental in bringing about his fall.

After the execution in 1542 of another of his nieces, Catherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth queen, Norfolk’s influence waned, and he was forced back into the position of a mere military commander.

Norfolk was considered the leader of the Catholic party during the Reformation of the Church of England and as such was a friend of Sir Thomas More, and was patron of Sir William Roper, brother-in-law of William Dauntesey, both sons-in-law of Sir Thomas More.

The tomb of the third Duke of Norfolk in Framlingham Church, with his effigie and of his wife, Elizabeth Stafford, who separated from him in life was buried at Lambeth

In 1546 he and his son Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, were charged with treason. Norfolk's son was a man of learning often called "the Poet", who also had a reputation for skill at arms. He was charged with quartering the arms of Edward the Confessor with his own, which was like openly claiming the Throne, and was executed. King Henry VIII ordered Norfolk's execution as well, but died the day before the execution could be carried out.

He was released from prison on the accession of Mary I and restored to his dukedom. His first important service to the new Queen was to preside the trial of the Duke of Northumberland. He successfully led the forces against the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger.

After six weeks of failing health, he died at Kenninghall on 25 Aug 1555. A last minute bequest of L100 was made to Jane Goodman, a young girl living in Norfolk's London house when he made the final changes to his will in the previous Jul. She may have been a natural daughter; at any rate she was still a member of the Howard Household in 1571.

Nothing was left to Elizabeth Holland, even though her father, by now the Duke's secretary, wrote out the will.

The important will was witnessed by no less than eight trusted servants, headed by Thomas Gawdy. The executors included Stephen Gardiner, Archbishop of York, Lord Chancellor; Robert Brooke, Chief Justice of Common Pleas; Nicholas Heath, Bishop of Worcester and Robert Rochester, Controller of the Queen Household. Queen Mary was herself appointed supervisor of the will.

Sources:

Chapman, Hester W.: Two Tudor Portraits: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and Lady Katherine Grey

(Little, Brown and Company - 1960 - Boston)

Head, David M.: The Ebbs and Flows of Fortune: The Life of Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk

(The University of Georgia Press – Athens & London – 1995)

Murphy, Beverley A.: Bastard Prince: Henry VIII's Lost Son

(Sutton Publishing Ltd. - 2001 – Phoenix Mill)

Routh, C.R.N.: Who´s Who in Tudor England (Who´s Who in British History Series, Vol.4)

(Shepeard-Walwyn Ltd. – 1990 – London) (1º Ed. as Who´s Who in History Series, Vol. II - 1964)

Smith, Lacey Baldwin: A Tudor tragedy – The life and times of Catherine Howard

(The Reprint Society Ltd. – 1962 - London)

Williams, Neville: Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk

(Barrie and Rockliff – 1964 - London)

Williams, Neville: Henry VIII and his Court

(Cardinal – 1973 – London – 1º Ed. 1971)

 

More About THOMAS HOWARD:

Fact 1: 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Children of THOMAS HOWARD and ELIZABETH STAFFORD are:

i. THOMAS6 HOWARD , VISCOUNT BINDON.

10. ii. HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY, b. 1516; d. 1547.

iii. MARY HOWARD, b. 1519; d. 1557.

Child of THOMAS HOWARD and ANNE PLANTAGENET is:

iv. THOMAS6 HOWARD, b. Abt. 1496.

 

Generation No. 6

8. MARY6 BOLEYN (ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) died 1543. She married WILLIAM CAREY January 31, 1519/20, son of THOMAS CAREY and MARGARET SPENCER.

Notes for MARY BOLEYN:

Sister of Queen Anne and a past mistress of Henry VIII

 

 

Notes for WILLIAM CAREY:

Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body of King Henry VIII

 

Child of MARY BOLEYN and WILLIAM CAREY is:

11. i. KATHERINE7 CARY, d. January 15, 1567/68.

9. ANNE6 BOLEYN (ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) died 1536 in beheaded. She married HENRY VIII.

 

Child of ANNE BOLEYN and HENRY is:

i. ELIZABETH7 I, d. 1603, ruled 1558-1603.

10. HENRY6 HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY (THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1516, and died 1547. He married FRANCES DE VERE , OF OXFORD, daughter of JOHN DE VERE and ELIZABETH TRUSSELL.

 

Notes for FRANCES DE VERE , OF OXFORD:

Born: 1516/7

Died: 30 Jun 1577, Soham Earl, near Framlingham, England

Buried: 1614, Framlingham, Surrey

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.X,p.247,note g.

Father: John De VERE (15° E. Oxford)

Mother: Elizabeth TRUSSELL of Kibblestone

Married 1: Henry HOWARD (E. Surrey) 13 Feb 1532

Children:

Sketch of Frances Vere, countess of Surrey

by Hans Holbein the Younger

1. Thomas HOWARD (4° D. Norfolk)

2. Jane HOWARD (C. Westmoreland)

3. Margaret HOWARD (B. Scrope of Bolton)

4. Henry HOWARD (1° E. Northampton)

5. Catherine HOWARD (B. Berkeley)

Married 2: Thomas STAYNINGS BEF 1553

Children:

6. Son STAYNINGS (b. ABT 1555)

 

 

Children of HENRY HOWARD and FRANCES DE VERE are:

i. HENRY7 HOWARD , EARL OF NORTHAMPTON.

ii. CATHERINE HOWARD, d. 1596.

iii. JANE HOWARD, d. 1593.

12. iv. THOMAS HOWARD , 4TH DUKE OF NORFOLK, b. March 10, 1536/37, Kenninghall Norfolk England; d. June 02, 1572, Executed Tower Of London, England.

v. MARGARET HOWARD, b. 1538; d. March 17, 1590/91.

 

Generation No. 7

11. KATHERINE7 CARY (MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) died January 15, 1567/68. She married FANCIS KNOLLEYS 1539.

Notes for KATHERINE CARY:

Chief lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth;

 

 

Child of KATHERINE CARY and FANCIS KNOLLEYS is:

13. i. ANNE8 KNOLLYS.Howard

12. THOMAS7 HOWARD , 4TH DUKE OF NORFOLK (HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born March 10, 1536/37 in Kenninghall Norfolk England, and died June 02, 1572 in Executed Tower Of London, England. He married (1) MARGARET AUDLEY, daughter of THOMAS AUDLEY and ELIZABETH GREY. He married (2) MARY FITZALAN.

 

Notes for THOMAS HOWARD , 4TH DUKE OF NORFOLK:

Note: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, born March 10, 1535. He succeeded his grandfather, the 3d duke, in 1554. He was favored by Queen Elizabeth I although he was jealous of the larger measure of confidence she placed in Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester. Howard commanded the English forces that intervened in Scotland in 1559–60 and in 1568 was chief of the commission that inquired into Scottish affairs after the flight of Mary, Queen of Scots to England. A widower, he conducted secret negotiations for Mary's hand. Elizabeth heard of the project, however, and forbade it, and Norfolk was imprisoned (1569–70). On his release Howard was drawn into the plot of Ridolfi, agent of Philip II of Spain, who was planning a Spanish invasion and the dethronement of Elizabeth. The plot was discovered, Norfolk was imprisoned (1571) in the Tower of London, tried, and beheaded.

 

Second child but first son of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and his wife, Frances Vere. The blow of Surrey's attainder and execution was hardest for Thomas, who was at once separated from his brother, Henry, and his sisters, Jane, Margaret and Catherine. They were taken from their mother's care and placed under the nominal guardianship of Lord Wentworth, though in fact their immediate custodian was Thomas Gawdy, an old friend of the family. But Thomas Howard was placed with Sir John Williams, Treasurer of the Court of Argumentations. His keeper was kept by business in London most of the time, while the boy lived quietly at Rycote, the same where Princess Elizabeth spend a similar period of confinement during Mary's reign.

After a difficult year the children were reunited, for the Privy Council decided to place them under the guardianship of their aunt, the Duchess of Richmond, at Reigate Castle. They were joined there by Charles Howard, their cousin, two years older than Thomas, son of Lord William Howard of Effingham. Probably on Lord Wentworth's advice, the Duchess engaged John Foxe as tutor of her charges.

Exceeded even his father in ambition, seeking the crown itself. He was executed by Elizabeth I for plotting to marry Mary, Queen of Scots. You may remember, Mary was forced to abdicate her Throne in favor of her son James VI, who later inherited the English Throne from Elizabeth I and became James I combining Scotland and England. Mary had a claim to the Throne of England through her grandmother, King Henry VIII's sister, Margaret. Elizabeth always took Mary as a serious threat, so when Mary fled Scotland for England, Elizabeth had her detained. She kept her detained for over 20 years. Finally, Elizabeth had Mary tried on charges of taking part in the plot that killed Henry, Lord Darnley, father of James VI, and with plotting the assassination of Elizabeth herself. She was executed. Attaching one's wagon to that star was foolish, to say the least.

The tomb of Mary Fitzalan and Margaret Audley has a fine display of heraldic quarterings and the two effigies are shown in their robes of state. They rest their heads and feet on emblems connected with their Houses. It would seem that at some former period there were columns which supported a canopy over the tomb which must have rendered it highly magnificent. There is a large space between the effigies and it has been suggested that this was reserved for Norfolk's third wife or himself, or even Mary Queen of Scots.

Thomas Howard first married Mary FitzAlan, heiress after her father's death to the Arundel Estates (west Sussex). She died after a year of marriage having given birth to Phillip, Earl of Arundel (who was canonised in 1970 for refusing to renounce his Catholicism under Elizabeth I). It is from this marriage that the present Duke of Norfolk takes his name of 'FitzAlan-Howard' and why his seat is in Arundel. Mary FitzAlan was never buried at Framlingham, but first at the church of St. Clements Without, Temple Bar, and then under the direction of her grandson's will, at Arundel.

Norfolk's second marriage was to another heiress, Margaret daughter of Thomas Lord Audley of Walden (north Yorkshire?) She also died young and was buried at St. John the Baptist's church at Norwich. Whether, and if so, when her remains were reinterred at Framlingham is uncertain. In 1842 this vault was opened and found to be empty but for a skull and some ashes. Tradition has it that the inhabitants of the town hid some of their valuables in the tomb during the rebellion of 1745 and swept it clean. It thus remains a mystery as to what the contents were. It would seem more probable that Margaret's body would have been reburied at Arundel in preference to Framlingham by this time. Margaret's children by her marriage to Norfolk were two boys and two girls.

Norfolk's third wife Elizabeth play's no part in the story of St. Michael's. She was a widow when she married him, her late husband being Thomas, 4th Lord Dacre of Gillesland. Norfolk made remarkable marriage plans whereby Elizabeths three daughters by Dacre became the wives of the sons of his own first two marriages. Thus Anne Dacre married Phillip Earl of Arundel; Mary Dacre married Thomas who was created Earl of Suffolk (his descendants bear the title today) and Elizabeth Dacre married William Howard whose descendant was the ancestor of the present Earl of Carlisle.

Children of THOMAS HOWARD and MARGARET AUDLEY are:

i. MARGARET8 HOWARD.

ii. THOMAS HOWARD , EARL OF SUFFOLK, b. August 24, 1561, Saffron Walden, Essex, England18; d. May 28, 1626, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

14. iii. WILLIAM HOWARD, b. December 19, 1563, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

Child of THOMAS HOWARD and MARY FITZALAN is:

iv. PHILIP8 HOWARD ,13TH EARL OF ARUNDEL SAINT, b. June 28, 1557, Arundel House, Norfolk, England19; d. 1595, Tower of London20.

 

Generation No. 8

13. ANNE8 KNOLLYS (KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1). She married THOMAS WEST , 2ND LORD DELAWARE, son of WILLIAM WEST and ELIZABETH STRANGE.

 

Children of ANNE KNOLLYS and THOMAS WEST are:

15. i. FRANCIS9 WEST , GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, b. October 25, 1586; d. February 1632/33.

ii. THOMAS WEST, m. CECILY SHIRLEY.

Notes for THOMAS WEST:

died at sea enroute to Virginia, June 7, 1618 a.m., Queen's CollegeOxford, 1605, M.P., Knight , 3rd Lord Delaware, Governor of Virginia,March. 1610-1611

 

 

iii. ELIZABETH WEST.

iv. PENELOPE WEST.

v. JOHN WEST.

Notes for JOHN WEST:

Member of the Governor's Council, Virginia, 163101659, Governor ofVirginia 1635-1637

 

 

vi. NATHANIEL WEST.

14. WILLIAM8 HOWARD (THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born December 19, 1563 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. He married (1) ELIZABETH DACRE, daughter of THOMAS DACRE and ELIZABETH LEYBURNE. He married (2) ELIZABETH DACRE.

William Howard

Notes for WILLIAM HOWARD:

Born: 19 Dec 1563

Died: 7 Oct 1640, Naworth Castle, Cumberland

Notes: Following the death of his mother, three weeks after his birth, Lord Thomas remarried and betrothed his children to Dacre heiresses, and William found himself contracted to marry Elizabeth Dacre at the age of eight. The marriage did not take place until 1577. He went to St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1581, the young couple lived in a home called "Mount Pleasant", in Enfield Chase, Middlesex where their eldest son was born. Their pleasant life was interrupted, however, when William find himself in prison with his half-brother, Phillip. Although he was released, he found himself in prison several times on a variety of charges, hounded primarily because he was a Catholic when the Catholics were not in favor. In 1603 William and his Lady took up residence at Naworth Castle, Cumberland. Unlike many of the Howards, William had the reputation of a man of the highest character. He displayed sound judgment and brought his cultivated mind to the work of restoring order and furthering civilization in the wild districts of the borders. He greatly improved his estates, encouraged agriculture, and attempted to promote the well being of the people in general. His praise worthy efforts were not always appreciated by his neighbors, and many attempts were made to get him into trouble as a recusant; someone who refused to attend the services or recognize the authority of the Church of England. Because he was a Catholic, he was not permitted to hold any public position until 1618, when he was made one of the commissioners for the borders. He insisted on the due execution of the laws, and by his perseverance, he annoyed greatly the neighboring justices, but his proceedings were always in strict accordance with the law. He has been betrayed in "Lay of the Last Minstrel" as a mythical hero by the name of "Belted Will", but he was known in his day as "Bauld (bold) Willie", and his wife as "Bessie with the braid (broad) apron", meaning she had an ample behind. Lord Howard had begun to collect books very early in life, and he formed at Naworth a large library. When a proposal was made in 1617 to revive the Society of Antiquaries, which King James I had for some reason suppressed, a memorial in favor of the project places Lord Howard's name first in the list of its probably members. The couple also maintained a lovely garden. Living close to the Roman Wall, they collected Roman altars and inscriptions and placed them throughout the garden. Unfortunately, they are no longer found there, subsequently scatter or destroyed.

 

 

Child of WILLIAM HOWARD and ELIZABETH DACRE is:

16. i. MARGARET9 HOWARD, b. December 19, 1593, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England; d. March 03, 1622/23.

Children of WILLIAM HOWARD and ELIZABETH DACRE are:

ii. PHILIP9 HOWARD, b. December 06, 1581.

iii. FRANCIS HOWARD, b. August 29, 1588, Naworth, Cumberland, England; d. April 11, 1659.

 

Generation No. 9

15. FRANCIS9 WEST , GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA (ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1586, and died February 1632/33. He married MARGARET BLAYNEY.

Notes for FRANCIS WEST , GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA:

Came to Virginia, 1608

 

 

Child of FRANCIS WEST and MARGARET BLAYNEY is:

17. i. FRANCIS10 WEST, b. 1606, Salisbury, England; d. January 02, 1691/92, Duxberry, Ma.

16. MARGARET9 HOWARD (WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born December 19, 1593 in Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England, and died March 03, 1622/23. She married THOMAS COTTON, son of ROBERT COTTON and ELIZABETH BROCAS.

 

Children of MARGARET HOWARD and THOMAS COTTON are:

18. i. JOHN10 COTTON, b. 1621, Connington, Huntingdonshire, England; d. September 12, 1702, in Virginia.

ii. MARY COTTON.

iii. ANN COTTON.

iv. ELIZABETH COTTON, b. 1620, England.

 

Generation No. 10

17. FRANCIS10 WEST (FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1606 in Salisbury, England21, and died January 02, 1691/92 in Duxberry, Ma22. He married MARGERY REEVES February 27, 1638/39 in Duxberry, MA23.

Notes for FRANCIS WEST:

The reference for this marriage is found in: Plymouth Vital Records to 1850;PCR&SHY;CO 1:222 Carol E. Taggart,[Descendant thru Abner and Jane Look West]ctagg@sympatico.ca <mailto:ctag g@sympatico.ca>

 

 

Children of FRANCIS WEST and MARGERY REEVES are:

i. MARY11 WEST, b. Abt. 164024; d. WFT Est. 1641-173425.

ii. RUTH WEST, b. Abt. 164126; d. WFT Est. 1642-173527.

19. iii. SAMUEL WEST, b. 1643, Duxbury, MA; d. May 08, 1689, Toland, CT.

20. iv. DR. THOMAS WEST, b. Abt. 1645, Duxbury or Plymouth, Massachusetts; d. WFT Est. 1646-1735.

v. PETER WEST, b. Abt. 164728; d. WFT Est. 1648-173729.

18. JOHN10 COTTON (MARGARET9 HOWARD, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1621 in Connington, Huntingdonshire, England, and died September 12, 1702 in in Virginia. He married HUTCHESON ANN 1657 in Nansemond,Isle of Wight,VA.

Notes for JOHN COTTON:

John Cotton "was a Virginia planter and very likely a merchant -but not one of the great land owners although associated with them. " Jay B Hubbell "John Cotton: The Poet-Historian of Bacon's Rebellion"

ca 1641 - John Cotton was born in Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, VA ?probably the son of the Rev. William Cotton and his wife Ann Graves. The Wheeler plantation was in Hampton parish , and there is a deed dated Feb 18, 1658/59, by which Francis Wheeler sells all his land betw een King's and Queen's Creeks to Thomas Beale, who sold it to John Cotton, December 31, 1666 , who later conveyed it to Col. Nathaniel Bacon. This Cotton as appears from a deed in 1666 had a wife Ann who was undoubtedly the famous "An Cotton of Queen's Creek," who wrote the history of Bacon's Rebellion. John Cotton was a witness to Mrs. Wheeler's will, and received under its provisions, "a gold seal ring." . . . . .William and Mary College Quarterly 5 (1) 123-4 ) 1660, 21 Oct - daughter Mary baptized in Hungar parish.1661, 8 Dec - son John baptized i n Hungar parish.1661 Will Drummond used John Cotton as a head right on 20 Sept 1661 for som e land in Westmoreland. Could this John Cotton/en have been a sailor in his youth or at leas t made several trips out of the colony? 1666 He appeared again as a head right on 26 Oct 166 6 when John Paine was patenting on the Rappahannock.1668 In a 1767 deed John Cotton noted that he had a proprietary grant dated 1 June 1668 of 640 acres north of the Roanoke river, lan d that was later in Northampton Co. Although the deed states the John Cotten of Bertie was th e patentee it is obviously his father.1676 John and Ann Cotton were living at Queen's Creek . An Cotton of Queen Creek wrote a narrative on Bacon's Revolution that has come down to us . 1677 John Cotton was living in York County when he sued John Harris et al (York Deed and W ill Book #6, p. 26) Also see the deposition 1681 of an 1679 incident given below from the Yor k County Records.

In the New England Historic and Geneological Magazine Vol. XLIV, p. 199, there is an examinat ion of Mrs. Cotton's narrative which is addressed to C.H. at Yardley, in Northamptonshire. Me ntion is made of a family of Harrisons at Gobions Manor, Northamptonshire, among whom the nam es Robert and Benjamin occur. Robert Harrison, mentioned in Mrs. Wheeler's will had by his wife Elizabeth Comins: Nicholas, Robert, James, Amadea (Amy) married James Ming of Charles City , Frances who married Thomas Shanes of same county. (Records of York county, 1692.)

I think that it is also implied that Ann was writing a close relative so I and others believe she may well have been a Harrison as also the families continued in close contact. There i s no formal proof just an educated guess. It is also suggested that she was the Ann Dunbar who appears in several of the headright lists beside John Cotton.1693 This John Cotten appears to have moved to Isle of Wight where he died by 1693 after marrying the widow of Thomas Abington. John Penny was "looking after the estate of John Cotten, dec'd.

Bacon's Rebellion

Family questions

For further information on John Cotton's authorship of the Burwell Papers, see the chapter en titled "John Cotton, Poet Historian of Bacon's Rebellion" in Prof. Jay Hubbell's book "Sout h by Southwest."

"Our Late Troubles," Colonial Tracts, Vol. 1, No. 9, Published by George P. Humphrey, Rocheste r, NY.

To Mr. C. H. (Christopher Harris?) , at Yardly in Northamptonshire:

Sir: I having seen yours directed to _______________, and considering that you cannot have yo ur desires satisfied that way, for the forementioned reasons, I have by his permission adventu red to send you this brief account of those affairs, so far as I have been informed.

The Susquehanians and Marylanders of friends being engaged enemies, as hath by former letter b een hinted to you, and that the Indians being resolutely bent not to foresake the fort, it cam e to this point, that the Marylanders were obliged, finding themselves too weak to do the work themselves, to supplicate--too soon granted--aid of the Virginians, put under the conduct of one Colonel Washington, him whom you have sometimes seen at your house, who, being joined wit h the Marylanders, invests the Indians in their fort with a negligent siege, upon which the enemy made several sallies, with as many losses to the besiegers, and at last gave them the opportunity to desert the fort, after that the English had, contrary to the law of the fort, after that the English had, contrary to the law of arms, beat out the brains of six great men sent out to treat a peace; an action of ill-consequence, as it proved afterwards, for the Indian s having in the dark slipped through the Legure, and in their passage knocked ten of the besiegers on the head, whom they found fast asleep, leaving the rest to prosecute the siege (as Scoging's wife brooding the eggs that the fox had sucked), they resolved to employ their liberty i n avenging their commissioners' blood, which they speedily effected in the death of sixty inno cent souls, and then sent in their remonstrance to the governor in justification of the fact , with this expostulation against them, his professed friends, in behalf of the Marylanders, their avowed enemies; declaring their sorrow to see the Virginians of friends to become such violent enemies as to pursue the chase into another's dominions; complains that their messengers , sent out for peace were not only knocked on the head, but the fact countenanced by the govern or for finding no other way to be satisfied, they had revenged themselves by killing ten for one of the English, such being the proportion between their men murdered and those by professing that that if they may have a valuable satisfaction for damage they had sustained by t he English and that the Virginians would withdraw their aid from the Marylanders quarrel" that then they would renew the league with Sir W.B.,* otherwise they would prosecute the war to the last and the hardest fend of.

This was fair play from foul gamesters. But the process was not to be allowed as of being contrary to the honor of the English, the Indians proceed, and, having drawn the neighboring India ns into their aid in a short time, they committed an abundance of unguarded and unrevenged murders, by which means a great many of the outward plantations were deserted the doing whereof did not only terrify the whole colony supplanted what esteem the people formerly had for Sir W . B. whom they judged too remiss in applying means to stop the fury of the heathen, and to settle their affections and expectations upon one Esquire Bacon, newly come to the country of the council, and nearly related to your late wife's father in law, whom they desired might be commissioned general for the Indian war, which Sir William, for some reasons best known to himself, denying, the gentleman, without any scruple acceptance of a commission from the people's affections, signed by the emergencies of affairs and the country's danger, and so to advance wit h a small party, composed of such that on his authority, against the Indians, on whom, it is said he did signal execution. In his absence he, and those with him were declared rebels to the state, May 29th, and forces raised to reduce him to his obedience, at the head of which the governor advanced some thirty or forty miles to find out, but not knowing which way he was g one, the dismissed his army, retiring himself and council to Jamestown, thereto be ready for the assembly, which was now upon the point of meeting, whither Bacon, some few days after his re turn home from his Indian march, repaired to render an account of his services, for which he and most of those with him in the expedition, were imprisoned; from whence they were freed b y a judgement in court upon Bacon's trial, himself readmitted into the council, and promise d a commission the Monday following (this was on Saturday) against the Indians; with which deluded, he smothers his resentments and begs leave to visit his lady, now sick, as he pretended, which being granted, he returns to town at the head of four or five hundred men, well armed an d resumed his demands for a commission, which after some hours' struggle with the governor, being obtained, according to his desire, he takes order for the country's security against threat tempts of sculking Indians, fills up his numbers and provisions according to the gage of his commission, and so once more advanced against the Indians, who, hearing of this approach, called in their runners and scouts, betaking themselves to their subterfuges and lurking holes. The general for so he was now denominated, had not reached the head of the York river, but that a post overtakes him and informs him that Sir W. B. was raising the train bands in Gloucester, with an intent either to fall into his rear, or otherwise to cut him off when he should return, weary and spent from his Indian service. This strange news put him and those with him shrewdly to their trumps, believing that a few such deals or shuffles, call them which you will , might quickly ring both cards and game out of his hands; he saw that there was an absolute necessity of destroying the Indians, and that there was some care to be taken for his own an d the army's safety, otherwise the work might happen to be wretchedly done, where the laborer s were made cripples, and be compelled instead of a sword to make use of a crutch. It vexed h im to the heart, as he said, to think that while he was a hunting wolves, tigers, and bears which daily destroyed our harmless and innocent lambs, that he and those with him should be pur sued in the rear with a full cry, as more savage beasts; he perceived, like the corn, he was light between those stones, which might grind him to powder if he did not look the better abou t him, for the preventing of which after a short consultation with his officers, he counter marched his army, about five hundred in all,down to the middle plantation, of which the governor being informed, ships himself and adherers for Accomack (for the Gloster men refused to own his quarrel against the general), after he had caused Bacon, in these parts to be proclaimed a rebel once more, July 29th.

Bacon, being sate down with his army at the middle plantation, sends out an invitation to al l the prime gentlemen in these parts, to give him a meeting in his quarters, there to consul t how the Indians were to be proceeded against, and himself and army protected against the designs of Sir W. B., against whose papers of the twenty ninth of May, and his proclamation since, he puts forth his replication and those papers upon these dilemmas.

First, whether persons wholly devoted to the king and country, haters of sinister and by-respects, adventuring their lives and fortunes to kill and destroy all in arms against king and c ountry: that never plotted,contrived, or endeavored the destruction, detriment or wrong, of an y of his majesty's subjects, their lives, fortunes, or estates, can deserve the names of rebels and traitors. Secondly, he cites his own and soldiers' peaceable behavior, calling the whole country to witness against him if they can: he upbraids some in authority with the meanness of their parts, others, now rich, with the meanness of their estates when they came into the country, and questions by what just ways they have obtained their wealth, whether they have not been the sponges that have sucked up the public treasury; questions what arts, sciences , schools of learning, or manufactories, have been promoted in authority; justifies his aversion in general against the Indians; upbraids the governor for maintaining their quarrel, though ever so unjust, against the Christians' rights, his refusal to admit an Englishman's oath a gainst an Indian, when that Indian's bare wood should be accepted of against an Englishman; said something against the governor concerning the beaver trade, as not in his power to dispose of to his own profit, it being a monopoly of the crown; questions whether the traders at the heads of the rivers, being his factors do not buy and sell the blood of their brethren an d countrymen, by furnishing the Indians with powder, shot, and firearms, contrary to the law s of the colony; that he arraigns one Colonel Cowell's assertion, for saying that the English are bound to protect the Indians to the hazard of their blood; and so concludes with an appeal to the king and parliament, where he doubts not but that his and the people's cause will b e impartially heard.

To comply with the general's invitation, hinted in my former letter, there was a great convent ion of the people met him in his quarters, the result of which meeting was an engagement for the people (of whatsoever quality, excepting servants) to subscribe to, consisting of thre e heads: First,to be aiding with their lives and estates, the general in the Indian war; secondly, to oppose Sir William's designs, if he had any, to hinder the same; and lastly, to protect the general, army, and all that shouldsubscribe to this engagement, against any power tha t should be sent out of England, till it should be granted that the country's complaint might be heard, against Sir William, before the king and parliament. these three heads being method ized and put into form by the clerk of the assembly, who happened to be at this meeting, an d read to the people, they held a dispute from almost noon till midnight, pro and con, wheth er the same might, in the last article especialy, be without danger taken. The general, and so me others of the chief men, were resolute in the affirmative, asserting its innocency, an protesting without it , he would surrender up his commission to the assembly, and let them find the servants to do the country's work; this, and the news that the Indians were falling down into Gloster county, and had killed some people around Carter's creek, made the people willing to take the engagement. The chiefmen who subscribed it at this meeting were Colonel Swan, Colonel Beale,colonel Ballard, Esquire Bray, all four of the council, Colonel Jordan, Colonel Smith of Purton, Colonel Scarsbrook, Colonel Miller, Colonel Lawrance, and Mr. Drommond, late governor of Carolina, all persons with whom you have been formerly acquainted.

This work being over, and orders given for an assembly to sit on the fourth of September, the writs being issued in his majesty's name, and signed by four of the council, before named , the general once more sets out to find the Indians: of which Sir William having gained intelligence to prevent Bacon's designs by the assembly, returns from Accomack with about one thou sand soldiers, and others, in five ships and ten sloops, to Jamestown, in which were some nine hundred Baconians, for so now they began to be called for a mark of distinction under the command of Colonel Hansford, who was commissioned by Bacon to raise forces, if need were, in hi s absence for the safety of the country. Unto these Sir William sends in a summons for a rendition of the place, with a pardon to all that would decine Bacon's, and entertain his cause . What was returned to this summons I know not, but in the night the Baconians forsake the t own, by the advice of Drommond and Lawrance (who were both excepted in the governor's summons , out of mercy), every one returning to their own abode, excepting Drommond, Hansford, Lawrence, and some few others, who went to find the general, now returned to the head of the York r iver, having spent his provisions in the following the Indians, on whom he did some execution , and sent them packing a great way from the borders.

Before that Drommond, and those with him, had reached the general, he had dismissed his arm y to their respected habitations, to gather strength against the next intended expedition, excepting some few reserved for his guard, and persons living in these parts, unto whom, thos e that came with Hansford being joined, made about one hundred and fifty in all. With these , Bacon, by a swift march before any news was heard of his return from the Indians, in thes e parts, comes to town, to the consternation ofall in it, and there blocks the governor up, w hich he easily effected by this unhead of project: he was no sooner arrived at town, but by s evera lparties of horse, two or three in a party, for more he could not spare,he fetcheth int o his little Leagure all the prime men's wives, whose husbands were with the governor, as Col onel Bacon's lady, Madame Bray,Madame Page, Madame Ballard, and others, who the next morning , he presents to the view of their husbands and friends in town, upon the top of the small wo rk he had cast up in the night, where he caused them to tarry until he had finished his defen se against his enemies' shot, it being the only place, as you do know well enough for those i n town to make a sally at, which when completed, and the governor understanding that the gent lewomen were withdrawn to a place of safety, he sent outsome six or seven hundred of his sold iers, to beat Bacon out of his trench. But it seems that those works, that were protected b y suchcharms while raising, that plugged up the enemy's shot in their guns,could not now be s tormed by a virtue less powerful when finished, than the sight of a few white aprons, otherwi se the service had been more honorable and the damage les, several of those who made the sall y being slain and wounded, without one drop of blood drawn from the enemy.Within two or thre e days after this disaster, the govenernor reships himself, soldiers, and all the inhabitant s of the town, and their goods,and so to Accomack again, leaving Bacon to enter the place a t his pleasure, which he did the next morning before day, and the night following burned i t down to the ground, to prevent a future siege, as he said, which flagrant and flagitious ac t performed, he draws his men out of town, and marched them over York river, at Tindell's poi nt, to find Colonel Brent who was advancing fast upon him from Potomack, at the head of twelv e hundred men, as he was informed, with a design to raise Bacon'ssiege from before the town , or otherwise to fight him as he saw cause;but Brent's soldiers no sooner heard that Bacon h ad got on the north sideof York river, with an intent to fight them, and that he had beat the governor out of town, and fearing if he met with them that he might beat them out of their li ves, they basely forsook their colors, the greater part adhering to Bacon's cause, resolvin g with the Persians to go andworship the rising sun, now approaching hear their horizon; of w hich Bacon being informed, he stops his proceedings that way, and begins to provide for anoth er expedition against the Indians, of whom he had heard no news since his last march agains t them; which while he was acontriving, death summoned him to more urgent affairs, into whos e hands,after a short siege, he surrenders his life, leaving his commission inthe custody o f his lieutenant-general, one Ingram, newly come into thecountry.

Sir William no sooner had news that Bacon was dead but he sent over aparty, in a sloop, to Yo rk, who snapped Colonel Hansford and others withhim, that kept a negligent guard at Colonel R eade's house, under hiscommand. When Hansford came to Accomack, he had the honor to be thefi rst Virginian born that was ever hanged' the soldiers, about twenty in all that were taken wi th him, were committed to prison, Captain Carver,Captain Wilford, Captain Farice, with five o r six others of less note,taken at other places, ending their days as Hansford did; major Che esmanbeing appointed, but it seems not destined to the like end, which he prevented by dyin g in prison, through ill-usage, as it is said.

This execution being over, which the Baconians termed cruelty in the abstract, Sir William ships himself and soldiers for York river, casting anchor at Tindell's point, from where he sent up one hundred and twenty men, to surprise a guard of about thirty men and boys, kept at Colonel Bacon's house under the command of major Whaley, who being forewarned by Hansford's fate , prevented the designed conflict, with the death of the commander-in-chief, and the taking some prisoners; Major Lawrence Smith, with six hundred men, meeting with like fate at Colonel Pate's house in Gloster, against Ingram, the Baconian general, only Smith saved himself by leaving his men in the lurch, being all made prisoners, whom Ingram dismissed to their own homes ; Ingram himself, and all under his command ,within a few days after, being reduced to his du ty by the well contrivance of Captain Grantham, who was now lately arrived at York River, which put a period to the wary, and brought the governor ashore at Colonel Bacon's where he was p resented with Mr. Drommond, taken the day before in Chickahominy swamp, half famished, as h e himself related to my husband;' from Colonel Bacon's, the next day, he was conveyed to iron s to Mr. Bray's, whither the governor had removed to his trial, where he was condemned, within half an hour after his coming to Esquire Bray's, to be hanged at the middle plantation with in four hours after his condemnation, where he was accordingly executed, with a pitiful French man. Which done, the governor removed to his own house, to settle his and the country's repose, after his many troubles, which he effected by the advice of his council and an assembly, convened at the Green spring, where several were condemned to be executed, prime actors in th e rebellion, as Esquire Bland, Colonel Cruse and some others, hanged at Bacon's trency, Captain Yong of Chickahominy, Mr. Hall, clerk of New Kent court, James Wilson, once your servant, an d one Lieutenant-colonel Page (one that my husband bought of Mr. Lee, when he kept store at y our house), all four executed at Colonel Read's, over against Tindell's point, and Anthony Arn ell, the same that did live at your house, hanged in chains at West Point, besides several others executed on the other side of James river--enough, they say, in all, to outnumber thos e slain in the whole war on both sides, it being observable that the sword was more favorable than the halter, as there was a greater liberty taken to run from the sharpness of the on e than would be allowed to shun the dull enbraces of the other, the hangman being more dreadf ul to the Baconians than their general was to the Indians, as it is counted more honorable an d less terrible to die like a soldier than to be hanged like a dog.

Thus sir, have I rendered you an account of our late troubles in Virginia, which I have performed too wordishly, but I did not know how to help it. Ignorance in some cases is a prevalent overture in pleading for pardon; I hope mine may have the fortune to prove so in the behalf of,

Sir, your friend and servant

From Q. Creek. An. Cotton.

To his wife, A.C., at Q. Creek:

My Dear: Although those who have depicted that fickle goddess, Fortune, have represented he r under various shapes, thereby to denote her inconstancies, yet do I think there is not anything sublunary subjected to the vicissitudes of her temper so much as is the condition and estate of mankind. All things else partake something of a steadfast and permanent degree except m an in the state of his affairs. The sun is constant in his annual progress through the zodaic, the moon in her changes, the other planets in their aspects. The productions of the earth have a fixed constant season for their growth and increase, when that man, in his creation little inferior to the angels, cannot promise unto himself a fixed condition this side of heaven.

How many hath thou and read of, that the sun hath shined upon in the east, with honors and dignities, which his western beams hath seen louded with poverty, reproaches, and contumelies . The same moment that saw Caesar chief man in the senate, beheld him in a worse condition than the meanest slave in Rome; and in less than six hours Phoebus eyed the Marquis of Ancrey, i n the midst of his rustling train of servitors, not only streaming out his blood, but spurned and dragged up and down the dirty streets of Paris, by the worst of mechanics. It is but the other day that I did see N.B. in the condition of a traitor, to be tried for his life, who but a few days before was judged the most accomplished gentleman in Virginia to serve his kin g and country at the council table, or to put a stop to the insolencies of the heathen, and the next day raised to his dignities again. Thus doth fortune sport herself with poor mortals , sometimes mount them up into the air, violence down, and then again strike them against the earth, that they may with ye greater speed mount up into the air, etc.

From Town, June 9 '76.

W. B. is Sir William Berkeley

N. B. is Nathaniel Bacon

Q. Creek is Queens Creek in York County, Virginia

An. Cotton is the wife of John Cotton

C. H. we believe is Christopher Harris

For more information: The story of Bacon's Rebellion:http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/bacon.h

Colonial Tracts, No. 10, Vol. 1 "A Narrative of the Indian and Civil Warsin Virginia in the Y ears 1675 and 1676," Boston: John Eliot, No. 5 CourtStreet, 1814.

Dear Sir--The manuscript copy of Bacon and Ingram's Rebellion was found among the papers of t he late Captain Nathaniel Burwell of King William County. I have not been able to obtain man y particulars from his family relative to it. At the close of the war he heard of its existence in an old and respectable family of the northern neck of Virginia, and procured it for hi s amusement; he entertained no doubt of its antiquity, and valued it on that account.

From the appearance of the work, the minute and circumstantial detail of facts, the orthography, and the style, I am perfectly satisfied his opinion was correct. I hope it will be foun d worthy of a place in the valuable collections of the society to which you belong.

Permit me to offer my best wishes for the success of your labors.

Yours respectfully,

William A. Burwell, of Virginia

The Indian Proceedings.* (We regret that the beginning of this manuscript is missing, and that several parts were so much torn that it became necessary to leave vacant spaces. Where the expression is uncertain, but the page is not wholly disfigured, we have used italic letters .--Ed.

For their own security. They found that their store was too short to endure a long siege, without making empty bellies, and that empty bellies make weak hearts, which always makes an unfit serving man to wait upon the god of war. Therefore they wee resolved, before their spirit s were down, to do what they were resolved, before their spirits were down, to do what they could to keep their stores up, as opportunity should befriend them; and although they were by the law of arms (as the case now stood) prohibited the hunting of wild deer, they resolved to se e what good might be done by hunting tame horses, which trade became their sport so long that those who came on horseback to the siege began to rear they should be compelled to trot hom  on foot, and glad if they escaped to doso, too, for these beleagured blades made so many sallies, and the besiegers kept such negligent guard, that there were very few days passed with out some remarkable mischief. But what can hold out always? Even stone wallshield to the not to be gainsaid summons of time. And although it is said that the Indians do the least min d their bellies (as being content with a little) of any people in the world, yet now their bel lies begin to mind them and their stomachs, too, which began to be more inclinable to peace th an war, which was the cause( no more horseflesh being to be had) that they sent out six of their Woerances (chiefmen) to commence a treaty. What the articles were that they brought along with them to treat of I do not know, but certainly they were found acceptable to the English that they caused their commissioners' brains to be knocked out for dictating so badly to their tongues, which yet is possible, expressed more reason than the English had to prove the l awfulness of this action, being diametrical to the law of arms.

This strange action put those in the fort to their trumps, having thus lost some of their prime court cards without a fair dealing. They could not tell what interpretation to put upon i t (nay, indeed, nobody else), and very fain they would understand why those whom they sent out with a view to supplicate a peace should be worse dealt with than those who were sent out with a sword to denounce a war; but no one could be got to make inquiry into the reason of this ..which put them upon a resolution to forsake their station, and not to expostulate the caus e any further. Having made this resolution and destroyed all things in the fort that might be serviceable to the English, they boldly, undiscovered, slip through the league (leaving the English to prosecute the siege as Schogin's wife brooded the eggs that the fox had sucked), i n the passing of which they knocked ten men on the head who lay carelessly asleep in their way .

 

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Source: Book "Old Albemarle & It's Absentee Landlords" by Worth S. Ray Page 617 THE COTTEN FAMILY The COTTEN Family is another tribe that settled originally on Queen's Creek in York County, Virginia, then shifted to Isle of Wight and Nansemond and finally poured its descendant s of the third and fourth generations into the maw of Old Albemarle in North Carolina. Rev. William Cotten, minister of Hungar's Parish in Accomac County, if not the ancestor was a close collateral relative to the Cottens who settled in York County. But for the fact that Rev. Cotten's chronicler's wholly fail to refer to any children he had, save

 

Notes for ANN COTTON:

YORK COUNTY RECORDS--Gen of Va Families Vol 1 Tyler's Q--John Heyward, aged thirty-five year s or thereabouts, sayeth That yr Depont, in November last was two years, at the house of James Pardoe, and there did meet with Mr John Cotton who did come to demand tobacco and yr said Depont & Mr Cotton did fall to drinking very hard by ye request of the sd James Pardoe & d id continue drinking all day till at night wee went to cards, and at cards yr Depont & Mr Co tton had some words & soe broke off from play and did go each of them to there rest, but yr depont was ordered for to sleep along with the said Pardoe & his wife in the same roome whe re all the Drink was, soe yt yr Depont & ye said Pardoe did fall to drinking again, and after some discourse the said Pardee did tell yr Depont yt Mr Cotton was come for to demand Tobo of him upon the accts of Thos. Bevins but the said Pardoe did desire yr depont for to look over Tho. Bevins' papers & to see if his bill was not there among ye papers & the said Pa rdoe did depart for some time out of the roome & did bring some papers in his hand for you r Deponent to looke over. Yr Depont in looking over ye papers did find ye said Bevins' his b ill uncanselled and did give it to the said Pardoe and yr depont will swear & further saith not. John Heyward.

Sworn before me the 21 June, 1681--Wm Booth 28th of July 1681 And is recorded--Pr. E. Jennings, Cl. Cur. Ebor. (Clerk of York County).

 

From Shaman Ramsey   An. Cotton is an interesting figure in history. If anyone has any insight on this matter and these players I would appreciate you r input. The following account brings to mind several clues that may lead us to her identity and ancestry as well as that of her husband John:

Ann Cotton was apparently well acquainted with all of the players in Bacons Rebellion.

She was literate and well-connected enough for her account to be well received enough to be p reserved and published.

The abbreviation of An. Indicates Ann may not have been her name, but merely the shortened version of her name.

She was well-acquainted (perhaps related?) to Mr. C.H. at Yardley in Northamptonshire with whom Col. John Washington frequently visited (apparently in Virginia).

Nathaniel Bacon (leader of Bacons Rebellion) was nearly related to C.H.s "late wifes father-in-law" ΠC.H. was well acquainted with the members of the House of Burgesses with whom Nathaniel Bacon met ( "all persons with whom you have been formerly acquainted." Apparently An. Cotton was also well-acquainted with them all to be aware of this relationship.

The following quotation is truly curious. Was Drumond (also written Drommond) the relation, o r was the Governour the relative of John Cottons?P. 9. "Brought the Governour a shore at Co ll. Bacons, where he was presented with Mr. Drumond, taken the day before in Cheekahominy swomp, half famished, as himself related to my Husband."

The executions took place at West point, the property cited below as belonging to John West w ho was apparently ill-used by the rebels.

Those rebels were well acquainted to C.H. and also to An. Cotton. One, James Wilson, was onc e the servant (meaning unclear) of C.H.. This would indicate a superior position for C.H. o f some kind.

Lieft-Collonell Page (one that my husband bought of Mr. Lee , when he kept store at your hows e). What is the meaning of this statement? .... Lieft-Collonell Page could have been an indentured servant, I suppose.

What kind of "store" did one keep at anothers house?

John Cotton may have been allowed to visit Nathaniel Bacon as he wrote to his wife "to his wi fe A. C. at Q. Creek." From Jamestown: Dated "from Towne, June 9, 76." He says "but the toth er day that I did see N.B. [Nathaniel Bacon] in the condition of a Traitor, to be tried for h is life."

The fact that John and An. Cotton were not tried as traitors in spite of their apparently well known leanings toward Bacons concerns indicates favor and rank.

The following is a direct quote from :Genealogical Gleanings in England, Henry Waters, Vol. 1 , p. 444-446.In The Nation for January 23, 1890, a letter was printed, signed "C.," from which we make the following extracts: "In connection with this matter, the Washington pedigree , Mr. Frederick D. Stone, the Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, has called my attention to the following footnote on p. 31, vol 1, of Lodge's recently published Lif e of Washington; it is as follows: "The well-known account of the Baconian troubles, written by Mrs. Ann Cotton in 1676 (Force's Historical Tracts, i.), is addressed 'to Mr. C. H., a t Yardly, in Northamptonshire,,' probably Yardly-Hastings, about eight miles from Northhampton, and consequently very near Sulgrave Manor. At the beginning (p. 1) the writer refers to th e commander of the Virginians in the first campaign against the Indians as 'one Col. Washington, him whom you have sometimes seen at your house.' This suggests very strongly that John Washington, the first Virginian of the name, was of Northamptonshire, and that he came from o r lived in the neighborhood of Sulgrave Manor, and that he belonged to that family. "Here w e have contemporaneous evidence connecting George Washington's great-grandfather with Sulgrav e, or at least its immediate vicinity, which of course, strengthens Mr. Water's pedigree. I n this pedigree he states the mother of the said John Washington to have been a Roades. It ma y be worth while mentioning that the records in London of the families of this name throughout England were examined and collected by Col. Chester in the year 1867, as he then informed m e by letter. This collection must be still among his papers' if searched, it might throw som e light upon the Washington ancestry, at least in its connection with the family of Roades. T his suggestion proves to be probably unfounded. A farther examination of the entire letter o f Mrs. An. Cotton, shows that Mr. C.H. had probably lived in Virginia, and we presume that h e met Col. Washington there.This tract, as printed in Force's Collection, vol. 1, was published, "from the original manuscript , in the Richmond (VA.) Enquirer, of 12 Sept. 1804. The wr iter is Mrs. An. Coton of Q. Creek. The abbreviation is presumably not for Ann or Anne. It i s addressed to Mr. C.H. at Yardley in Northamptonshire. Besides the reference to Col. Washing ton, "him whom you have sometimes seen at your house, I find the following points.p. 4, lin e 222, the people "settled their affections and expectations on Esqr. Bacon, newly come int o the Countrey, one of the Counsell and nearly related to your late wife's father-in-law."P . 7, line 12, "The chiefe men that subscribed it at this meeting were Coll. Swan, Coll. Beale , Coll. Ballard, Esq. Bray (all foure of the Councell), Coll. Jordan, coll. Smith of Purton , Coll. Scarsbrooke, Coll. Miller, Coll. Lawrance, and Mr. Drommond, late Governor of Carolin a, all persons with whom you have been formerly acquainted."P. 9. "Brought the Governour as hore at Coll. Bacons, where he was presented with Mr. Drumond, taken the day before in Cheekahominy swomp, half famished, as himself related to my Husband."P. 10. There was "an Assembl y conveind at the Greene Spring; where severall were condemned to be executed, prime actor s in ye Rebellion; as Esqr. Bland, col. Cruse and some other hanged at Bacons Trench; Captai n Yong at Cheekahominy Mr. Hall, Clarke of New-Kent Court; James Wilson (once your servant) , and one Lieft-Collonell Page (one that my husband bought of Mr. Lee , when he kep store a t your howse), all four executed at Coll. Reads over against Tindells point; and Anthony Arnell (the same that did live at your house), hanged in chains at West point, beside several l others executed on the other side James River."There is also (p. 11) a letter, unsigned, " to his wife A. C. at Q. Creek." Dated "from Towne, June 9, 76." He says "but the to ther day that I did see N.B. [Nathaniel Bacon] in the condition of a Traitor, to be tried for his li fe."

In the next succeeding Tract in Forces volume, --a Narrative of these wars in 1675 and 1676, --p. 38, it is said that Bacons followers were scattered around, a third parcel (of about 3 0 or 40) was put into the house of Collonell Nath. Bacons (a gentleman related to him deceased, but not of his principles) under the command of one Major Whaly, a stout, ignorant fellow ,"In the tract preceding Mrs. Cottons in Forces volume, entitled "Bacons Rebellion,"we f ind a few items. On p. 15 it says," this young Nathaniel Bacon (not yet arrived to 30 years h ad a nigh relation, namely Col. Nathaniel Bacon, of long standing in the Councill, a very ric h, politick man, and childless, designing this Kinsman for his heir."Also on page 25, it see ms to say, that young Bacon lived at Jamestown, having married a wealthy widow who kept a lar ge house of publick entertainment, unto which resorted those of the best quality." I regret t o say that Mrs. Cotton is not so easily placed. Mr. R. A. Brock writes from Richmond, Feb. 17 th:"I regret that I have no notes identifying Mrs. Ann Cotton. There are partial abstracts i n our State Library of the records of Henrico and York Counties.I find that in the fomer, a t a Court held at Varian, Nov. 1, 1707, it was determined that the court meet for settlin g a private dispute at the house of Charles Cotton in Charles City County.In the latter, Oct . 27, 1660, will of "Elliam" [Ellen?] Wheeler, widow, bequests to her cousins Francis Hall an d Mary Hall; to Elizabeth Hooper; to her grandchild Amy Harrison, daughter of Robert Harrison ; to her son Nicholas Comins (including a gold seal ring); to John Cotton a gold seal ring. I find the following grant of land:--John Cotton, 350 acres in Northampton County (formerly granted Oct. 8, 1656, to Nicholas Maddilow and assigned to John Cotton Jan. 23, 1662.Virg inia Land Registry, Book No. 4, p. 570.)So in regard to Yardley, we are not entirely sure. T here are in Northamptonshire [in England]Yardley-Hastings and Yardley-Gobions, and either ma y be the one intended. The latter is a hamlet in the parish of Pottersbury about 6 miles east from Sulgrave. In 1831 it had 123 houses and 594 inhabitants; but two centuries ago it wa s of less importance, and was probably undistinguished from the main parish.Yardley-Hasting s is a parish 12 miles north-east from Yardley Gobions, and 7 miles southeast of Northampton . In 1831 it had 193 houses and 1051 inhabitants. It is close to the border at the point where Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire meet, but is separated from Luton, co. Beds., by the whol e width of that county. Our hope now must be that the Northamptonshire antiquaries will endea vor to find out this Mr. C. H. of Yardley, and see if any Washington was resident in that neighborhood.I do not find in the Visitations of Northamptonshire, for 1564 or 1619 (London, 18 87), any family at either Yardley. On p. 185 mention is made of Edward Dorne of Yardley-Hasti ngs. On p. 98 is the pedigree of the Harrisons of Gobions Manor in the town of Northampton. T he late generations in 1618 wereROBERT HARRISON=ELIZABETH FITZ-GEOFFREYJOHN THOMAS=ELIZABETH, Of Francis Bernard of Abington Co North1. Francis dsp2. Thomas of Goblon's Manor in th e County of Northampton 16183. Jonathan4. Joseph5. William6. Benjamin

From Bridges History of Northamptonshire I find that Gobions manor was about 300 acres "without the east-gate of the city." It was long held by the Turpins, but 5 or 6 Queen Mary, Robe rt Harrison had it and his son Robert (?) succeeded. In 1621 Thomas Harrison sold it to the corporation of Northampton. Another branch of this manor was annexed to the honor of Grafton, and has descended with that dukedom. It is possible that one of these Harrisons may have settled at either Yardley, after the sale of Gobions Manor. I believe that the origin of the Virginia Harrisons is unknown. Meade, i. 310, traces the family to Benjamin Harrison, born in 164 5 in Southwark Parish, Va. Who died in 1712, and says that Mr. Grigsby thinks he may have bee n the son of Herman H. or of John Harrison, governor in 1623. May it not be that the father w as one of this Northampton family?At all events Mr. C. H. of 1676 had been evidently a prominent man in Virginia and some of the clues given by Mrs. Cotton may aid us in identifying him .

Whitfield Bryan Smith, by Emma Smith, large chart Col. John West of West Point. Born in 1632 , being the first child of English parents to be born on the York River. A large tract of lan d was granted his father in honor of his birth. He was taken prisoner during Bacons Rebellion. As to what Bacons men did to him is not stated but as he later sat on the court martial t hat tried the "Rebels" he more than evened with him. He was Colonel of Militia and Burgess for New Kent County, 1685-6. In 1659-60 session of the House of Burgesses an act was passed exempting him from taxes for life in consideration of "the many important favors and services t o the countrey of Virginia by the noble family of the Wests predecessors to Mr. John West, their now only survivor." Will dated Nov 15, 1689. Married Unity Crowshaw (daughter of Maj. Cr oshaw, Burgess, 1659)

According to my genealogy John and Ann Cottons grandson, (son of John (Bertie) and Martha Go dwin Cotton), Alexander Spottswood Cotton (named for Governor Spottswood, a family friend) married Elizabeth West, daughter of Peter West (great grandson of Sir Francis West, Governor o f Virginia). Priscilla Williams, Peters wife, roots were also in Queens Creek, Eastern Shore , Accomac County where Ann Cotton lived when she wrote her account of Bacons rebellion.

Francis West, Governor of Virginia, m. Margaret Blayney Son Francis West (b. Salisbury England, d. Duxbury, Mass.) m Margery ReevesSon Dr. Thomas West m. Elizabeth Son Peter m. Priscilla Williams Daughter Elizabeth m. Alexander Spottswood Cotton both died in Bertie County, Nort h Carolina

From Shaman Ramsey

Dec 11, 2001 --I did some research recently in the Alabama Archives and found this information of Harrisons of Skimino. Please notice Richard's daughter named Anne. Also notice his "near kinsman" Dr. Jeremy Harrison whose "wife was a Whitgreave of Moseley and came out of the very household which sheltered Charles II after the battle of Worcester in 1651. "This would bring together the political connections that would have saved Ann and John Cotton after their support of Bacon in Bacon's Rebellion. The Harrisons of Skimino (I have misplaced the sheet I ran off with the title and author of this book, but I think this is the correct title.) The Harrisons of Skimino came of a family widely spread through the eastern counties of England and got their name and an infusion of Viking blood from the Danisn invaders of the ninth century. The Essex branch of this family, which contributed Richard Harrison and his kinsman, D r. Jeremy Harrison, to Virginia early in the seventeenth century bore arms which are describe d in Burke's "General Armoury" as "Azure, two bars ermine, between six estoiles or, three two and one." The records left by these immigrants are meager enough, but they are more than sufficed for Cuvier to reconstruct his antediluvian mammals, and the material found in Mr. Bruce's "Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, " collected from the remains o f this and other contemporary planter families, enables one, with the aid of the philosophic fantasy to picture the planter Harrisons and their manner of life. We know that Richard Harison (1600-1664), the immigrant was born in St. Nicholas Parish in the town of Colchester, Es sex, but when and under what circumstances he came to Virginia we do not know. The earliest r ecord of him in Virginia is of his paying tithes in 1634 in respect of a patent of land on Queens Creek, in Middletown (afterward Bruton) Parish, York County. His plantation lay within t he limits of Skimino Hundred, and for nearly two hundred years the name Skimino spelled Home to his family. That he was a man of substance is indicated not only from the estate which he left to be divided after his death, but by the fact that, in addition to himself and his wi fe, Elizabeth Besouth, he brought into the colony eight persons. On December 29, 1662, the York County records show that a certificate is granted to Richard Harrison for five hundred acres of land for the transportation of Tenne persons into this colony, vizt: Richard Harrison , Elizabeth Harrison, John Mecorpent, Peter Plumer, Thomas Shaw, James Boen, William Dickes , James Besouth, Nicholas Hull and Nanne Morgan, a negro woman." James Besouth was Richard Ha rrison's brother-in-law, and the other names, in addition to the negro slave, are doubtless t hose of indentured "servants" from England who were the laborers on his plantation. Richard H arrison's close kinsman Dr. Jeremy Harrison, settled near him on Queen's Creek. He was a picturesque character who had been in the East India service, and it is some evidence of the political opinions of the family that his wife was a Whitgreave of Moseley and came out of the very household which sheltered Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.There has survived among the family records, a statement of the division of Richard Harrison's personal property among his widow and children, which is an interesting document as showing the equipment of a Virginia Plantation in the middle of the seventeenth century: This is the devision of the estate of Richard Harrison decd., of Middle Towne of the County of York, by Mr. Napie r and Mr. Lyman, according to the order of the court held the 20th of December, 1664. Names " Widdow, John Harrison, William Harrison, Charles Harrison, Anne Harrison and Ellena Harrison. "The son William married Mary Hubbard, daughter of Matthew Hubbard, one of the most successful planters of his generation, according to the author.

Comments by Michael Cotton:In response to a couple of your points -10. Henry Page was not b lack, he was a white indentured servant transported to Virginia by Richard Lee (ancestor of Robert E. Lee). Ann Cotton's letter to Christopher Harris is condensed version of a manuscrip t known as "The Burwell Papers." The author of the Burwell Papers took care to hide his identity, presumably for fear of reprisals from Gov. Berkeley because of the manuscripts sympathetic treatment of Nathaniel Bacon. However the writer made one slip-up. When naming some of the participants of the revolt, he referred to Henry Page as "once my servant on his first arriving in this country." This led some people to believe that the author of the paper must be Richard Lee. The problem is that Lee was one of Berkeley's closest followers and even went t o the Eastern Shore with the Governor where he fled after the burning of Jamestown. It is un likely that Lee was sympathetic to Bacon. Ann Cotton's paper clarifies the situation, for a t the exact point where the author of the Burwell Papers refers to Page as "my servant" she states that he was her husband's servant. That is why the manuscript is now commonly accepted as the work of John Cotton.7. Ann Cotton's letter does not say that anyone was related t o her husband. She is saying that William Drummond related (told) the story of his capture t o her husband. Drummond was captured in the swamp by Col. Joseph Bridger and transported by b oat to York County where he was turned over to a detachment of local militia who were to escort him to the home of Col. Bacon (Gen. Bacon's cousin) for trial. Throughout the Burwell papers, as the various participants of the drama are named, the author gives a little bit of information about each person. However he is suspiciously silent as to the identity of the commander of the company who took Drummond to Col. Bacon's. The author says that the captain offered to let Drummond ride his horse and allowed the former North Carolina governor to rest on th e side of the road to smoke his pipe. During this time, the writer says that Drummond and the captain "talked at length" about Drummond's capture. At this same point in her letter, An n Cotton says that the governor related his story to her husband. For this reason, it is believed that John Cotton and the commander of the militia company are one in the same. Cotton wa s a resident of York County and he was also familiar with Drummond. In Sept. 1661, Drummond h ad patented head rights for transportation of 95 people to the colony, among them John Cotton and Ann Dunbar. The above ideas were not my own. For further information on John Cotton's authorship of the Burwell Papers, see the chapter entitled "John Cotton, Poet Historian of Bacon's Rebellion" in Prof. Jay Hubbell's book "South by Southwest."

e- mail from Sharman I don't have information that would prove that Ann Dunbar and Ann Cotton were one in the same, but I do see it as a posiblity. The names John Cotton and Ann Dunba r first appear together in Drummond's 1661 headright application. Then in Nov. 1666, John Pai ne applied for a headright for 18 people and listed John Cotton and Ann Dunbar side by side . In 1667, John Weire and Robert Paine applied for headrights for 24 people. Many of the name s are the same as in the two previously mentioned applications, but John Cotton's and Ann Dun bar's names are transposed as John Dunbar and Ann Cotton. None of the other names were switch ed around like this. That mistake might suggest that these two people were thought of as a pair. I don't know if Ann Cotton's letter to Christopher Harris means anything or not. They we re neighbors when Harris lived in Virginia and John Cotton is listed a member of a jury in De c. 1657 alongside Christopher and Richard Harris. It is possible that they simply met in Virginia and maintained contact after Harris returned to England. On the other hand, people ofte n moved together in large family groups so they may have been a connection. In 1677, John Cotton filed a lawsuit against two York Co. merchants named Philip Cooke and John Harris, bu t I don't know if John Harris is related to Christopher and Richard. I have come across one Cotton connection in Northamptonshire where Christopher Harris lived. There is a record that John and Henry Cotton, London merchants and half-brothers of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, purchase d Broughton Hall in the county of Northampton. Their sister, Frances, was married to Baron Ed ward Montagu of Boughton,  Northamptonshire. Henry Cotton died young, but it would be interest ing to see if John left any family. He would be about the right age to be the father of  John Cotton of York Co., VA. There are a couple of other people that I would like to find out m ore about. One is William Evans. He is listed just after John Cotton and Ann Dunbar is the above mentioned headright applications, so it is likely that he came over on the same ship. John and Ann Cotton were both witnesses to his will dated Nov. 1657. Another is Eleanor (Elison ) (Comins) Wheeler, whose will John Cotton witnessed in 1660 and who left Cotton a gold sea l ring in that will. I have no idea what the significance of this ring might be. Her second husband Francis Wheeler was either a London merchant or the son of a London merchant. None o f this may lead anywhere, but you never know. To which I responded: According to the date s I have for John Cotton, he was born in 1626 in England and died in 1691 in America, presumably still on Queens Creek where he places himself in the letter to his wife Ann at Queens Creek. Ann was born in 1640. I do not have a date for her death. Their son John (Bertie) Cotto n was born in 1658, three years before John Cotton and Ann Dunbar are listed as a patent fo r transportation for Drummond's headright. Of course we all know dates are sometimes abt. an d not definite. I wonder if anyone has documents which verify these dates for birth and death .As to the question of whether John might have been previously married to an Elizabeth Smit h and fathered Ralph, the fact that he was 14 years older than Ann would make it a possibility that he was previously married. I always find the interconnections between players in even ts interesting. John (Bertie) Cotton married Martha Godwin, whose grandmother was Martha Brid er, daughter of Joseph Bridger. Alexander Spottswood Cotton married Priscilla West, daughter of Peter West, grandson of Francis West, ( Tyler's Quartery Magazine, vol. 6, p. 119, and T he West Family Register Important Lines Traced 1326-1928 by Letta Brock Stone, W.F.. Robert s Company, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1928) uncle of Col. John West, I believe. Many genealogist s believe John Cotton remained unpunished for his part in Bacon's Rebellion because of some relationship to Charles II. It would surely help to know the ancestry of John and Ann. At on e time it was thought that John was a descendant of Robert Bruce Cotton. It could be very clo se error if he is descended from a half brother of Robert Bruce Cotton.

John and Ann Cotton and Bacon's Rebellion Robert Bruce Cotton was once thought to be the ancestor of John Cotton of Queens Creek, York County, Virginia. However, some now speculate that his father might be John or Henry Cotton, London merchants and half-brothers of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton who purchased Broughton Hall in the county of Northampton, England. It is interesting that the letter Anne Cotton wrote to C.H., now believed to be Christopher Harris at Yardly, was also in Northhamptonshire. Another of our family mysteries is the maiden name o f Anne Cotton. Was it Harrison as many think? Or was she the Anne Dunbar listed by Drummond a s one of his headrights: Michael Cotton posted this message: I don't have information that w ould prove that Ann Dunbar and Ann Cotton were one in the same, but I do see it as a possiblity. The names John Cotton and Ann Dunbar first appear together in Drummond's 1661 headright application. Then in Nov. 1666, John Paine applied for a headright for 18 people and listed Jo hn Cotton and Ann Dunbar side by side. In 1667, John Weire and Robert Paine applied for headrights for 24 people. Many of the names are the same as in the two previously mentioned applications, but John Cotton's and Ann Dunbar's names are transposed as John Dunbar and Ann Cotton . None of the other names were switched around like this. That mistake might suggest that the se two people were thought of as a pair.I don't know if Ann Cotton's letter to Christopher Harris means anything or not. They were neighbors when Harris lived in Virginia and John Cotton is listed a member of a jury in Dec. 1657 alongside Christopher and Richard Harris. It i s possible that they simply met in Virginia and maintained contact after Harris returned to E ngland. On the other hand, people often moved together in large family groups so they may have been a connection. In 1677, John Cotton filed a lawsuit against two York Co. merchants name d Philip Cooke and John Harris, but I don't know if John Harris is related to Christopher an d Richard. I have come across one Cotton connection in Northamptonshire where Christopher Harris lived. There is a record that John and Henry Cotton, London merchants and half-brothers o f Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, purchased Broughton Hall in the county of Northampton. Their sister, Frances, was married to Baron Edward Montagu of Boughton, Northamptonshire. Henry Cotton d ied young, but it would be interesting to see if John left any family. He would be about the right age to be the father of John Cotton of York Co., VA.There are a couple of other people that I would like to find out more about. One is William Evans. He is listed just after John Cotton and Ann Dunbar is the above mentioned headright applications, so it is likely tha t he came over on the same ship. John and Ann Cotton were both witnesses to his will dated No v. 1657. Another is Eleanor (Elison) (Comins) Wheeler, whose will John Cotton witnessed in 16 60 and who left Cotton a gold seal ring in that will. I have no idea what the significance o f this ring might be. Her second husband Francis Wheeler was either a London merchant or th e son of a London merchant. None of this may lead anywhere, but you never know.

e-mail from Sharman 18 Jan 2002To add to the confusion of whether Ann Cotton was originally a Dunbar or a Harrison we find in The Harrisons of Skimino by Jesse Burton Harrison and Bur ton Norvell Harrison:p. 6 Richard Harrison's close kinsman, Dr. Jeremy Harrison, settled near him on Queens Creek. He was a picturesque character who had been in the East India service , and it is some evidence of the political opinions of the family that his wife was a Whitgreave of Moseley and came out of the very household which sheltered Charles II after the battl e of Worcester in 1651.p. 8 A contemporary copy (as evidenced by the chirography) of the above document (Richard Harrison's Will) was taken across the Ohio by William Harrison (fourt h of the name in 1817. In 1910 it is still extant, in possession of William Jordan Harrison o f Mount Pleasant, Ohio, the son of Jordan Harrison, who emigrated with his father, William Harrison, and it corresponds exactly with the above transcription from the York County records . To this copy are appended the receipts for their several portions given by the children o f Richard Harrison to their mother Elizabeth, his executrix, who before 1670 had married agai n one David Dunbar, e.g.:"I, William Harrison, son to Richard Harrison, deceased, doe by the se presents acknowledge to have received of my mother, Elizabeth Dunbar, formerly Harrison, a ll my parte in the Devision made of my father's estate according to his will, and do hereby a quit my mother Executrix to my father, decea

Children of JOHN COTTON and HUTCHESON ANN are:

21. i. JOHN (BERTIE)11 COTTON, b. April 22, 1658, Queens Creek, Isle of Wight County, V; d. 1728, in Bertie County, North Carolina..

ii. WILLIAM COTTON.

iii. CHARLES COTTON.

iv. RICHARD COTTON.

v. ANN COTTON.

vi. ELIZABETH COTTON.

vii. ROBERT COTTON.

viii. JANE COTTON.

ix. WALTER COTTON.

 

Generation No. 11

19. SAMUEL11 WEST (FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1643 in Duxbury, MA30, and died May 08, 1689 in Toland, CT31. He married TRYPHASIA PARTRIDGE September 26, 1668 in Duxbury, MA32.

 

Children of SAMUEL WEST and TRYPHASIA PARTRIDGE are:

i. FRANCIS12 WEST, b. November 13, 166933; d. WFT Est. 1670-175934.

ii. JUEN WEST, b. September 08, 167135; d. WFT Est. 1672-176136.

iii. SAMUEL WEST, b. December 23, 167237; d. WFT Est. 1673-176238.

iv. PELATIAH WEST, b. March 04, 1673/7439; d. WFT Est. 1675-176840.

v. EBENEZER WEST, b. July 22, 167641; d. WFT Est. 1677-176642.

22. vi. JOHN (JOSHUA) WEST, b. March 06, 1678/79, Toland, CT; d. 1741, Lebanon, CT.

vii. ABIGAIL WEST, b. September 26, 168243; d. WFT Est. 1683-177644.

viii. BATHSHEBA WEST, b. Abt. 168445; d. WFT Est. 1685-177846.

20. DR. THOMAS11 WEST (FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1645 in Duxbury or Plymouth, Massachusetts47, and died WFT Est. 1646-173548. He married ELIZABETH.

Notes for DR. THOMAS WEST:

Dr. Thomas West, son of Francis West and Margery Reeves, was born in Duxbury or Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1646. He married Elizabeth _____,and moved to Tisbury in 1673. Dr. West was a m an of skill and superior ability, and the first known physician on Martha's vineyard. He also seems to have been a lawyer of rank, because he was King's attorney and solicitor at various times. He later joined the Chase family near Homes Hole, where he bought thirty acres from Ponit , the Indian Sachem, and later acquired several hundred acres on the west side of the lagoon . In1700, the households of Thomas West, Isaac Chase and Edward Cottle, comprised the town an d numbered 27 persons; by 1750 the Wests alone numbered 30 persons. Dr. West and his wife ha d become members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island, prior to 1692, but in 1702 he was excommunicated for not keeping the tenets of the church. His family, however , continued in good standing. At least six of the descendants of Dr. West and his wife were graduates of Harvard before1800, and were distinguished clergymen of New England. Dr. West die d in1706, and his wife, who was born in 1653/4 died in 1728. both were buried in West Tisbury . They were the parents of ten children who, for the most part resided in Connecticut:

"19. Peter West, son of Dr. Thomas West and Elizabeth, was born in 1689.He was a planter an d removed to North Carolina where he died in 1751, in Bertie County, leaving:

69. Sarah West

70. Elizabeth West m. Alexander Spottswood Cotton

71. Peter West

72. William West"

Dr. THOMAS WEST, (Francisl), b. 1646 in Plymouth or Duxbury, Mass. is the ancestor of all o f the name on the Vineyard, and the account of him in Vol. II, Annals of T., pp. 25-7 <banks2 b.htm>, contains all the facts about him or his antecedents known to the author. Nothing has since been learned to embellish that account nor has the identity of his wife, ELIZABETH __ ___ been discovered. [Note: See also Francis West of Duxbury <franwest.htm> by Carlton Prince West for more information about Thomas West and his ancestry.] His will dated 15 Jan. 169 8 was pro. 11 Oct. 1706. [They are buried in the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] <cemetery/wt /wt02.htm> They had the following named children:

 

 

Child of DR. WEST and ELIZABETH is:

23. i. PETER12 WEST, b. 1689.

21. JOHN (BERTIE)11 COTTON (JOHN10, MARGARET9 HOWARD, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born April 22, 1658 in Queens Creek, Isle of Wight County, V, and died 1728 in in Bertie County, North Carolina.. He married (1) MARTHA JONES, daughter of CHIEF JUSTICE FREDERICK JONES. He married (2) MARTHA GODWIN 1701, daughter of WILLIAM GODWIN and ELIZABETH WRIGHT.

Notes for JOHN (BERTIE) COTTON:

John Cotton II, born 1658 in Queens Creek, Virginia (Source: (1) Deed Book 2, 69,

died 1728 in Bertie County, North Carolina (Source: Records of Estates Bertie County, NC, Vo l 11, 1728 - 1744

He was the son of John Cotton , Sr. and Anne Hutcheson.

The date of John Cotton's birth is not known conclusively. However, he did live in the follow ing places: 1. Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1704 2. Nasemond County, Virginia 1711 3. Be rtie County. North Carolina 1728

JOHN COTTON John Cotton is the earliest ancestor of that North Carolina family. He was late r living in Nasemond County, Va. (1711) and owned 200 acres in Isle of Wight County, Va. in 1 704. He died in Bertie Precinct, N.C. in 1728. William Bennett was executor of John Cotton' s will. On 7/5/1732 Mrs. William Bennett and Capt. Thomas Bryant were trustees for the four s mall children of John Cotton (Arthur, Priscilla, James and Thomas). John Thomas moved from Is le of Wight Co. Va. to North Carolina. In 1728 he was mentioned in the will of John Cotton o f Bertie as "Captain John Thomas, my son-in-law". The Cotton land was on the North side of Ro anoke River in Bertie, afterwards Northampton Co. John Thomas was the owner of 200 acres in B ertie in 1732. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co., Va.") John Cotton - 91 acres upper par t of Nansemond County, Va. on westward side of Blackwater (S.W.) on the Cedar S.W. Pocoson 11 /13/1713. Paid 10 shillings John Cotton - 158 acres upper part of Nansemond County, Va. on South side of Blackwater S.W. and W. side of Cedar S.W. 11/13/1713. Adj. Stephen Durden and Robert Carr's land. 20 shillings John Cotton - 75 acres- Surry County in Southwark Parrish on No rth side of the main Blackwater S.W. adj. James Jones and Robert Smith 3/23/1715 10 shilling s ("Cavaliers and Pioneers of Virginia Vol. III 1695-1732) Captain John Thomas and one of John Cotton's daughters who was John Thomas' wife, had a son named Micajah born 2/13/1725. He married Colonel Benjamin Hawkins' (U.S. Senator) sister, Ann. Michjah Thomas Jr. represented N ash County in the General Assembly 1784-87. He died 9/1788. He gave, in his will, legacies t o Bennett, George Boddie and Solomon Cotton. Solomon was the son of James Cotton and a grandson of John Cotton. (Boddie Vol 3) John Cotton in 1711 was living in Nansemond near the juncti on of the boundries of that county with Isle of Wight and North Carolina. Phillip Ludwell, on e of the commissioners for "setting the bounds" between N.C. and Va. states July 28, 1711 tha t it was agreed next to meet at John Cotton's house at South Key. Also, from "Nansemond India n Town" August 1, 1711 John Lawson, one of the commissioners for N.C. wrote to Benjamin Harrison, a commissioner for Virginia, "I desire your appointment at John Cotton's and hope it wil l be the last of the month". (Boddie vol 3) John Cotton's will was probated in May Court 1728 . His legatees were: sons John, William, Samuel, Thomas, Arthur, Joseph, Alexander, wife Mar y Cotton (this is different, could be a mistake or could be they often called Martha by Mary) ; son-in-law John Thomas, Capt. John Spears (is he a son-in-law?), daughters Susannah and Priscilla Cotton, Martha Benton, widow of Francis Benton. Executors Thomas Bryan and William Ben nett. Witnesses Thomas Bryant, Thomas Strange and Mary Parker. Martha Cotton, widow of John , married secondly William Green. (Boddie vol. 3) Misc. Wills, etc. North Carolina John Cotton L13.2.9, p 9 Claim of Gibson, Donaldson & Co. Wed during the war. His son, Henry Cotton o f Northampton County, is his executor. That the estate is perfectly solvent may be known by John Lockhard and Richard Truer of same county. (North Carolina Genealogical Quarterly May 199 1) Lots of Cottons listed, none I recognized. William Godwin Sr.'s inventory taken by Samue l Godwin administrator. no date Nov. Court 1783. ("Estate Records of Edgecombe Co., NC 1730-1 820n) Joab Cotten of Halifax Co. N.C. sold the land whereon Benjamin Cotten lived and died Au g. 6, 1789. (Halifax Co. Deed Bk. K pg. 216) Henry Cotten was brother of John Cotten. Deed bk . 14 pg. 378 5/27/1813 Elizabeth (Eliza) Cotten was wife of John Cotten Deed Bk. O pg. 39 an d 40. They were heirs of the widow of Cullen Andrews dec'd. 11/26/1816 Elizabeth Cotten was wife of John Cotten 11/27/1816 deed Bk O pg. 42 Henry Cotten was brother of John Cotten 4/15/1 821 deed bk. 17 pg. 275 There are many other references on Cottens in the ("Estate Records o f Edgecombe co. N.C. 1730-1820")

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Grandchildren of John Cotten & Anne:

Children of John Cotten (from will 1728 Bertie Co) and Martha Godwin:

1. John Cotten ca 1701-2 Feb 1741 (N. Hampton, NC)

married bef 13 May 1723 1st Judith ---- died aft 12 Nov 1726

married 2nd Anne Jones dau of John

2. Patience Cotten 1703-30 Nov 1725

married Capt John Spears 1693-1764

3. Martha Cotten ca 1704-

married ca 1721 1st Francis Benton he had died prior May 1728

she married 2nd aft May 1728 Capt John Spears (Spier) 1693-1764

widower of sister Patience

4. William Cotten ca 1705 -before 1753

married Sarah Dew (widow of Wm. Bridgers 1729)

5. Anne Cotten ca1706-aft1746

married John Thomas

6. Mary Cotten ca 1707- ?

married ______ Holland

7. Samuel Cotten ca 1708-1774 appt guardian to Arthur Feb 1734

married 1st Elizabeth ?

(who sold land with Sam 5 Sept 1750)

married 2nd Lydia Ewell (widow of Solomon)

8. Joseph Cotten ca 1710-1772

married Elizabeth Ervin

9. Alexander Cotten ca 1711-ca Dec 1764 appt guardian to James Feb 1734

Depos. of Alexander Cotten, age 48 of Bertie Co Apr Ct 1759 DB I-273

Will proved Jan 1765 Hertford Co Ct by Thomas Cotten, James Powell &William Cotten, SS Stat e papers Raleigh, (NCGSJ May 88 page 104)

married 1st Ann Foster died 1746 dau of Richard died 1746

married 2nd Elizabeth West dau of Peter died 1751

10. Susanna Cotten ca 1713- ?

married Esau Blount

11. Arthur Cotten 9 Sept 1716-20 May 1789

married Mary Elizabeth Rutland dau of James

12. James Cotten ca 1718-1758

married ca 1745 Sarah Bridgers dau of Wm & wife Sarah Dew

13. Thomas Cotten ca 1720-1787

married ca 1747 Patience Bridgers 1729- sister of Sarah

14. Priscilla Cotten ca 1721

married ca 1739 Francis Leeonard [alias Lee]

JOHN COTTON'S WILL. In the name of God Amen. I, John Cotten, of BartiePrecinct, in North Caro lina, Gent., being sick in body but of perfectSence & Sound memory, blessed by God, doe mak a nd ordaine this to be mylast will and Testament, in manner and forme folowing, Viz: first,

Item. I gaive to my son John Cotten, three hundred and twenty acors ofland, be it more or les s, whar he now lives, on the west sid of AhorskeyMarsh, to him and his heairs for ever.

Item. I give to my son William Cotten one hundred and fifty acors land beit more or less, lyi ng in the oserow (?) Meadows whar he now lives,beginning at a marked hickory at my uppermos t line, so runing down a lineof marked trees to the lower most line, to him and his heairs fo r ever.

Item. I give to my son Samell Cotten, a Neack of land whar he now lives,be the saime mor or l ess, and parte of a survay that I bought of CharlesStevenson, being a hund. acors mor or les s to him and his heairs for ever.

Item. I give to my son Thos. Cotten, all the remainder of my land boughtof Charles Stevenson , it is northerdly of William Cotten and containesthree hund and forty acors beinga neck call ed the Green pond neck to himand his heairs for ever.

Item. I give to my sons Arthur Cotten and James Cotten my lowermostsurvay land on fishing cre ek to eaqualey devided betwixt ym, to them andtheir heairs for ever.

Item. I give to my son Joseph Cotten, to hundred acors land and to betaken oute of my uper su rvay on fishing creek, to him and his heairs forever.

Item. I give to my son Alexandr Cotten, one hundred acors land out of myuper survay of fishin g creek to him and his heairs for ever and the otherthree hundred acors to be equaley devide d be twen my sons John Cotten,William Cotten, and Samll. Cotten, to them and their heirs fo r ever.

Item. I give to my son Arthur Cotten, one Neagerow man naimed Meingo,butt except the labour a nd sarvice of the sd. Neagerow to be preformedand don for my loveing wife Martha Cotten deuri ng her widowhood, and mysd son Arthur Cotten to be and goe for himself when he shall arrive a tthe age of 18 years.

Item. I give to my son James Cotten, one Neagerow boye naimed Peter tohim and his heairs fo r ever and that my son James Cotten may goe and forhimself when he shall arrive att the age o f eighteen years.

Item. I give to my son Thos. Cotten one Neagroe gerlle naimed Rose to himand his heairs for e ver but except the labour and sarverce of the sdNeagrow geirll to be for and with my loving w ife Martha Cotten deuringher widowhood, and that my son Thos. Cotten be free and goe for hi m selfwhen the sd Thos. arrive at the age of eighteen years.

Item. I give to my son Joseph Cotten one Neagerow boy naimed Toney to himand his heairs for e ver.

Item. I give unto my daughter Presseler Cotten on Neagerow woman namedMooll to her and her he airs for ever, butt except the youse and labour ofthe sd Neagrerow to be for my loving wife M artha Cotten dewering herwidowhood.

Item. I give to my son Alexander Cotten one Neagerow man named Guge, buttexcept the sd Neager ows labour and survice to be for my loveing wifeMartha Cotten during hur widowhood.

Item. I give to my son William Cotten one new feather bead and a woostedsett ruge and one lar ge fine blanket and a sheate, to pewter bassons, andto pewter dishes, three cows and calves , to yearlings, and one three yearould heifer, and eight soues with their in creese, and on e baye Geldinghorse, and one large barow or spayed sow, and a pateran of fine drugedfor a sut e of close, coate, bretches and jacket and triming answreableand fifty bushalls of oyster she lls. And all that parsell of plank thatwase sawed for the meill work to euqualie devided betw ene my sd sonWilliam Cotten and my son Samll. Cotten.

Item. I give to my son Samll. Cotten, a p'terne of fine druged to makehim a sute of close an d trimings answrable which cloth and triming is tobe answare and euqualey devided betwix my s ons William and Samll. Cotten.

Item. To my son Samll. Cotten, I give one feather bead known by the naimeof the Trundle bea d and a blew wostde sett rugg and one blanket andsheate and one square fraimed warnut table , and three cows and calves,and an in broke hors of to years ould, to puter bassons, and to p uterdishes, and fifty bushells of oyster shells and to each of my sons Samll.and Wm Cotten , a large steare, to purches ym nails to buld them a howse,each &.

Item. I give to my son Alexander Cotten, eight sowes with their increaseand three cows, one h eifer yearling, and one to year ould steare and onethree year ould steare.

Item. I give to my son John Cotten all the stock of both hoggs and cattethat is now in his pe rsession of my marke and fifty bushalls of oystershells.

Item. I give to my daughter Susannah Cotten, the feather bead whar on shelyes with all its fu rniture.

Item. I give to my son Thos. Cotten, one sute of new courteins of a blewcouller, one large fi ne bead tick, one wosted sett rugg, and one largefine blankett.

I give and bequeath to my loveing wife Martha Cotten, my bead whar on Ilye with all its furni ture, courtens, rugg, blankets, sheates, pelowes,and one large new fine blanket and quelt, be sides and bead stead cordeand matt. and,

Item I give to my son Alexander Cotten as much dewroys which is now by meas will make him a s uite of clothes.

Item. I give to my sons Alexander and Samll. Cotten as much stripedholan, as will make each o f ym a jeacket and bretches and trimeing to it.

And I give and bequeath to my loveing wife my riding horse, calling hisname Blaise, and a si d sadle.

Item. I give to my son in law, John Tomas, one puter dish.

Item. I give to my son in law, Capt. John Spears, one puter dish.

Item. I give to my daughter Mary Holand, one puter dish,

and the use of the above neagreroes is left to my sd wife for hur own andmy sd fower younges t childrens maintaneance during her widowhood.

Item. I give to my son Joseph Cotten, three wethers and a ramm, to yewesand a lam.

Item. I give to my daughter, Martha Benton, late widow of Frances Benton,decesed, three ewe s with their increase.

Item. I give to my sons Wm and Samll. Cotten, 20 pounds of feathers to beequaly devided inlar gen their beads.

My will is furder that my mill stones, spindle, jaks, and peecks to besold for silver money a nd that to be equaley devided betweixt my fowersmall children, Arthur, Pesseller, James, an d Thos. Cotten and all theremd of my estate both within and with oute dores I leave to my an d fowersmall children above named to be equaley devided.

Item. I give to my daughter, Susanah, as much fine silk stufe as will makhur a sute of clothe s

and my will is that my mair that runes in Tormenteing nack, the firstcoult she brings may b e for my son, Arthur Cotten, and if the sd mairlives to bring aney more coultes may be for m y son, James and Thos.Cotten and,

Lastly, I doe apoint my loveing wife to be exetrs. of this my last willand testment,

butt nomonate and appoint my loveing friend, Thos. Bryant, and Wm Benetto be over Sears, an d have power, in case my wife should again marey andhur covetor prove unhappy to hur and my f ower small children, to removeand secure them and their estate att their desc.

In witness war of asigne this to be my Last will and testement.

John Cotten. (Seal)

Test. Thos. Bryant, Jurat; Thomas Strange; hur marke, Marey M Parkers.Jurat.

Bertie Sc May Court 1728, The above will was exhibited by Martha Cotten,Widow and sole execut rix of John Cotten, deced. and was proved by theOaths of Capt. Thomas Bryant, and Mary Parker , in open court in due form of law, who were evidences thereto. And then the sd. Martha too k the Exrs: oath in Open Court. Test. Rt. Forster, Cler, Cur. Office of thesec. of state.--Gr imes. also S.S. archives

Notes for John Cotton III: JOHN COTTON John made a will 6 Sept. 1782 in Northampton County, N orth Carolina naming his second wife, Mary, and sons Joab and Allen. Joab was to inherit th e land and plantation in Halifax County, North Carolina where he was already living and Alle n would get the land in ChathamCounty, North Carolina, with a life estate reserved for John C otton's brother, Benjamin; William (called "Willie"); son Henry (gets lands in Northampton Co unty, N.C. that John had bought from Arthur Cotton, his father's brother and some land in Ber tie County, N.C.); son, John; Three children of Josiah and Elizabeth Cotton (Josiah was appar ently dead by 1728); daughter, mary (she married _Abington; daughter Sally (she married House ; son Jonathan; step-son James Cotton Tart (he gets Chatham Co. N.C. land); step-son Willia m Cotton Tart; step-son Henry Cotton Tart. The will gives John's step-sons full legal right s as legal sons. Executors are son Joab and friends, Samuel Williams and William Williams o f Martin County, N.C.. The will was proved in September Court in 1790. ("Under the Chinaberr y Tree" by Collier & Moore) John Cotton and Daniel Gunnels acknowledged to owe the county 2 5 pounds each in case they fail to appear to prosecute the said (Moses) Carter. ("Edgefield C ounty, S.C. Minutes of the County Court 1785-1795 pg. 108) ii. William Cotton. iii. Thomas Co tton, married Sarah Bridger. Notes for Sarah Bridger: Widow iv. Arthur Cotton. v. Joseph Cott on. vi. Alexander Cotton. vii. Susannah Cotton. viii. Pricilla Cotton. ix. Martha Cotton, mar ried Frances Benton. x. James Cotton, married Kinchen. xi. Samuel Cotton, married (1) Lydia E well; married (2) Elizabeth West.

 

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John Cotten and Martha Godwin were married in Isle of Wight County, VA, probably just prior t o 1701 (D.B. 2 p.69 & G. B. 2 p52.) In 1704 he was a resident of Isle of Wight Co, VA, then i s listed in Nansemond Co, VA, [John Cotten lived at South Quay, VA on the Blackwater.]

Possible father of the John Cotten who died in Bertie in 1728

from Dr Barry Hayes: John Cotton appears to have moved to Isle of Wight where he died by 169 3 after marrying undoubtedly his second wife, the widow of Thomas Abington. [That John Penn y was "looking after the estate of John Colter (Cotten), dec'd" suggests to me, Sally, that his son John Cotten may have still been underage. but was of age by Jan 1698/99 when he was ap pointed an appraisor in the estate of James Gardner. In otherwords John Cotten was born betwe en 1671 and 1677. let us say ca 1674.]

John Cotten/on who died in Bertie Precinct, NC in 1728 appears to be the son of this John Cot ton who had died in Isle of Wight by 1693.

From Bruce Cotten's The Cotten Family of North Carolina -- We have record of John Cotten as e arly as 1701 residing in South Quay on the Blackwater river in Virginia. This place is abou t four miles South of the present town of Franklin and about four mile north of the North Carolina line. Its on the Nansemond side of the river and appears on a map made in 1695. John Cotten is thought to have conducted a trading post here for many years in conjunction with hi s plantations. The Blackwater, Nottoway and Chowan Rivers were the highways of travel and commerce between Virginia and the fringe of settlers who had planted themselves along the shore s of Albemarle Sound. Canoes and flat boats traversed these streams <swamps2.htm> almost to t he James, and in this way we find that Mrs. Hyde widow of the late Governor of North Carolin a elected to return to Virginia in 1713, stopping at John Cotten's at South Quay, and that Go v. Spotswood took advantage of these canoes to forward four barrels of gun power to Gov. Poll ock of North Carolina.

In 1719 John Cotten moved his family to North Carolina.--about 15 miles or so down the rive r to what is now known as the Potecase Creek. and became a neighbor of Frederick Jones.

Our ancestor John Cotten died in 1728 in Bertie Co, NC.Contrary to claims of other "genealog ists" I think this John Cotten married only Martha Godwin of Isle of Wight and all his childr en were by her. [His wife certainly was NOT Martha the daughter of Frederick Jones, the chie f justice of NC. She was still unmarried and underage at the time of her father's death in 17 22.]

Martha Godwin, daughter of William Godwin and his wife Elizabeth Wright, was born ca 1683 i n Isle of Wight, VA.Martha married second time before Nov 1731 William Green whose first wif e was named Elizabeth. May Ct. Records 1732 Bertie County.

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26 Jan, 1698-9--John Cotten appointed as appraiser of the estate of James Gardner. Isle of Wi ght Co, Va: Bk A-415

Isle of Wight rent rolls 1704--John Cotten--200 A.

John Cotton in 1711 was living in Nansemond near the junction of the boundaries of that count y with Isle of Wight and North Carolina. Philip Ludwell, one of the commissioners for the "setting the bounds" between N.C. and VA stated, July 28, 1711, that it was agreed next that we meet at John Cotton's house at South Key. Also, from "Nansemond Indian Town" August 1, 1711 , John Lawson, one of Comrs. for N.C. wrote to Benj. Harrison a commissioner for Va. "I desire your appointment at John Cotton's and hope it will be by the last of this month"(5 V. 21).B odie Vol III p82

1711--John Cotton sued out a patent on southside of Cedar Swamp and assigned it to David Lewi s deceased and his son David Lewis now possesses it. Reel 87 C.O. 412/25 16 Dec 1738--

ENGLISH DUPLICATES OF LOST VIRGINIA RECORDSNansemond county--13 Nov, 1713--91 A granted to J no. Cotton;13 Nov, 1713--158 A granted to Jno. Cotton.Surry county--23 March, 1715--75 A gr anted to John Cotton.

Hofmann's Abstracts Chowan Precinct NC 1696-1723: p277 832 John Cotten 9 June 1719 640 A S W side of Ahotsky meadow.

Hofmann's Abstracts Chowan Precinct NC 1696-1723: #442 pg 21Charles Eden, Esquire, Governo r to John Hardy, William Charlton, John Holbrook, John Cotton, Thomas Betterley, Samuel Paget t, Thomas Rountree, John Bryan son of Lewis Bryan, John Parker, Luke Meazell esquires By virt ue of a commission from the Lord Proprietors appointing me Governor, Captain General and Admi ral of the Province of N.C. with full powere and authority to Commissionate and appoint all o fficers and Magistrates-military and civil - I therefore, being appraised of the Loyalty, Pru dence, and Integrity of you and each of you do hereby assign and appoint you Justices of th e Peace for the Prect. of Chowan in the Co. of Albemarle to keep his Majesties Peace within t he Prect. and John Hardy, William Charlton, John Holbrook, and John Cotton shall keep a Cour t four times every year, Vizt. on the 3rd Tuesday, in the months of Jan, Apr, July, and Oct . This Commission to continue during my Pleasure given under the seal of this Colony 29 Aug A D 1719 /s/ Charles Eden.

#443 pg 22 CHARLES EDEN, esquire, to JOHN HARDY, WILLIAM CHARLTON, JOHN HOLBROOK and JOHN COT TON By a Commission bearing the date 29 Aug 1719 power to administer the Oaths to be taken, a s well as the Oaths of a Justice of the Peace to your associates Given under my hand and sea l at Ann(sic) the Day and Year afrsd.

#526 pg 116 THE HONORABLE FREDERICK JONES, Esquire of Chowan Prect. to JOHN COTTON, Gentlema n and MARTHA his wife and ALEXANDER COTTON son ot the sd JOHN all of the sd Prect. 18 Apr 172 0 5 shillings lawful money of this Province a lease for one year of 800 acres whereon the s d JOHN COTTON now dwells on Meherring Creek, joining the sd JONES, Cat Tail Branch and Hoske y Path all houses, gardens, orchards etc. and is part of a larger tract belonging to the sd J ONES Wit.: THOMAS HARVEY, J. LOVICK Reg Chowan Ct Apr 1721 Test: THOMAS HENMAN, Clerk.

#527 pg 117 FREDERICK JONES, Esquire of Chowan Prect to JOHN COTTON, Gentleman, and MARTHA hi s wife and ALEXANDER COTTON son of the sd JOHN 19 Apr 1720 for 40 L and the love and affectio n I bear toward my grandson (the "experts" say this was a copying error on the part of the cl erk, that the word was God son) the sd ALEXANDER the 800 acres whereon the sd JOHN now live s Wit: THOMAS HARVEY, JOHN LOVICK Reg Chowan Ct Apr 1721 Test: THOMAS HENMAN, Clerk.

JW Moore V1 p49-- Superior Ct held at Edenton 1723--John Cotten, Esq., had sued John Grey, o f Bertie precinct, gentleman. On appeal from a precinct ct. held at the house of James Howar d at "Ahotsky," on 14 May, 1723.

JOHN COTTON'S WILL. In the name of God Amen. I, John Cotten, of Bartie Precinct, in North Car olina, Gent., being sick in body but of perfect Sence & Sound memory, blessed by God, doe ma k and ordaine this to be my last will and Testament, in manner and forme folowing, Viz: first ,Item. I gaive to my son John Cotten, three hundred and twenty acors of land, be it more o r less, whar he now lives, on the west sid of Ahorskey Marsh, to him and his heairs for ever. Item. I give to my son William Cotten one hundred and fifty acors land be it more or less, l ying in the oserow (?) Meadows whar he now lives, beginning at a marked hickory at my uppermo st line, so runing down a line of marked trees to the lower most line, to him and his heair s for ever.Item. I give to my son Samell Cotten, a Neack of land whar he now lives, be the s aime mor or less, and parte of a survay that I bought of Charles Stevenson, being a hund. aco rs mor or less to him and his heairs for ever.Item. I give to my son Thos. Cotten, all the r emainder of my land bought of Charles Stevenson, it is northerdly of William Cotten and conta ines three hund and forty acors beinga neck called the Green pond neck to him and his heair s for ever.Item. I give to my sons Arthur Cotten and James Cotten my lowermost survay land o n fishing creek to eaqualey devided betwixt ym, to them and their heairs for ever.Item. I gi ve to my son Joseph Cotten, to hundred acors land and to be taken oute of my uper survay on f ishing creek, to him and his heairs for ever.Item. I give to my son Alexandr Cotten, one hun dred acors land out of my uper survay of fishing creek to him and his heairs for ever and th e other three hundred acors to be equaley devided be twen my sons John Cotten, William Cotten , and Samll. Cotten, to them and their heirs for ever.Item. I give to my son Arthur Cotten , one Neagerow man naimed Meingo, butt except the labour and sarvice of the sd. Neagerow to b e preformed and don for my loveing wife Martha Cotten deuring her widowhood, and my sd son Ar thur Cotten to be and goe for himself when he shall arrive at the age of 18 years.Item. I gi ve to my son James Cotten, one Neagerow boye naimed Peter to him and his heairs for ever an d that my son James Cotten may goe and for himself when he shall arrive att the age of eighte en years.Item. I give to my son Thos. Cotten one Neagroe gerlle naimed Rose to him and his h eairs for ever but except the labour and sarverce of the sd Neagrow geirll to be for and wit h my loving wife Martha Cotten deuring her widowhood, and that my son Thos. Cotten be free an d goe for him self when the sd Thos. arrive at the age of eighteen years.Item. I give to m y son Joseph Cotten one Neagerow boy naimed Toney to him and his heairs for ever.Item. I giv e unto my daughter Presseler Cotten on Neagerow woman named Mooll to her and her heairs for e ver, butt except the youse and labour of the sd Neagrerow to be for my loving wife Martha Cot ten dewering her widowhood. Item. I give to my son Alexander Cotten one Neagerow man named G uge, butt except the sd Neagerows labour and survice to be for my loveing wife Martha Cotte n during hur widowhood.Item. I give to my son William Cotten one new feather bead and a woos ted sett ruge and one large fine blanket and a sheate, to pewter bassons, and to pewter dishe s, three cows and calves, to yearlings, and one three year ould heifer, and eight soues wit h their in creese, and one baye Gelding horse, and one large barow or spayed sow, and a pater an of fine druged for a sute of close, coate, bretches and jacket and triming answreable an d fifty bushalls of oyster shells. And all that parsell of plank that wase sawed for the meil l work to euqualie devided betwene my sd son William Cotten and my son Samll. Cotten.Item . I give to my son Samll. Cotten, a p'terne of fine druged to make him a sute of close and tr imings answrable which cloth and triming is to be answare and euqualey devided betwix my son s William and Samll. Cotten.Item. To my son Samll. Cotten, I give one feather bead known b y the naime of the Trundle bead and a blew wostde sett rugg and one blanket and sheate and on e square fraimed warnut table, and three cows and calves, and an in broke hors of to years ou ld, to puter bassons, and to puter dishes, and fifty bushells of oyster shells and to each o f my sons Samll. and Wm Cotten, a large steare, to purches ym nails to buld them a howse, eac h &.Item. I give to my son Alexander Cotten, eight sowes with their increase and three cows , one heifer yearling, and one to year ould steare and one three year ould steare.Item. I gi ve to my son John Cotten all the stock of both hoggs and catte that is now in his persessio n of my marke and fifty bushalls of oyster shells.Item. I give to my daughter Susannah Cotte n, the feather bead whar on she lyes with all its furniture.Item. I give to my son Thos. Cot ten, one sute of new courteins of a blew couller, one large fine bead tick, one wosted sett r ugg, and one large fine blankett.I give and bequeath to my loveing wife Martha Cotten, my be ad whar on I lye with all its furniture, courtens, rugg, blankets, sheates, pelowes, and on e large new fine blanket and quelt, besides and bead stead corde and matt. and,Item I give t o my son Alexander Cotten as much dewroys which is now by me as will make him a suite of clot hes.Item. I give to my sons Alexander and Samll. Cotten as much striped holan, as will mak e each of ym a jeacket and bretches and trimeing to it.And I give and bequeath to my lovein g wife my riding horse, calling his name Blaise, and a sid sadle.Item. I give to my son in l aw, John Tomas, one puter dish.Item. I give to my son in law, Capt. John Spears, one puter d ish.Item. I give to my daughter Mary Holand, one puter dish,and the use of the above neagre roes is left to my sd wife for hur own and my sd fower youngest childrens maintaneance durin g her widowhood.Item. I give to my son Joseph Cotten, three wethers and a ramm, to yewes an d a lam.Item. I give to my daughter, Martha Benton, late widow of Frances Benton, decesed, t hree ewes with their increase.Item. I give to my sons Wm and Samll. Cotten, 20 pounds of fea thers to be equaly devided inlargen their beads.My will is furder that my mill stones, spind le, jaks, and peecks to be sold for silver money and that to be equaley devided betweixt my f ower small children, Arthur, Pesseller, James, and Thos. Cotten and all the remd of my estat e both within and with oute dores I leave to my and fower small children above named to be eq ualey devided.Item. I give to my daughter, Susanah, as much fine silk stufe as will mak hu r a sute of clothesand my will is that my mair that runes in Tormenteing nack, the first cou lt she brings may be for my son, Arthur Cotten, and if the sd mair lives to bring aney more c oultes may be for my son, James and Thos. Cotten and,Lastly, I doe apoint my loveing wife t o be exetrs. of this my last will and testment,butt nomonate and appoint my loveing friend , Thos. Bryant, and Wm Benet to be over Sears, and have power, in case my wife should again m arey and hur covetor prove unhappy to hur and my fower small children, to remov

 

 

 

Notes for MARTHA JONES:

The Cottons were mainly centered around Sumner and Davidson County, and have spilled over into neighboring counties, as well as Christian County, Kentucky.

Governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood and John Cotton II were good friends and in a letter to him of December 12, 1712 (extracted from John Cotton Notebook

1900 - original source unknown) Refers to his namesake Alexander Spotswood Cotten (1700-1761) eldest child of John and his second wife, Martha Jones . Alexander was originally named for his maternal grandfather , Chief Justice Frederick Jones, but was changed by his father, so great was the later's admiration and friendship for the Virginia Governor. This is also recorded in the Journal "Bruce Cotten's Manuscript.

It further states that Martha Godwin Cotten died ca 1694-5 and was probably buried at South Quay Virginia.

' Martha Jones it is suspected was about half the age of John Cotton, in fact she was twice more married after the death of John, the lst time to to William Green prior to November 1731, and 2nd to Capt. Job Howe by 1743. By the latter she had two children, Job Jr., and Mary (Virkus' Compendium Abrided. Vol. I, pp 918-19).

There has been much discussion and supposition regarding the surname of Martha the second wife of John.

John further stipulated in his will that he appointed his loving friends Thomas Bryant and William Bennett to be overseers and have power in case his wife should marry again, and her Covenantere prove unhappy to her and my four small children to remove and secure them and their estate at their discretion.

This was done according to the County Court Note Book, Bertie County, N.C. "Pursuant to order of Court...met at the dwelling house of Martha Green 1 Nov. 1731 and being qualified by John Edwards, one of his Majesty's Justice, proceeded to divide the estate. " Another entry "....to Martha Green, one fifth, and the residue for the use of the four small children".

The Website "Sally's Place" who goes down the line of Arthur Cotten states that in 1734 both Thomas and Alexander came to court and designated the guardian of their choice (this they were allowed to do by the court upon reaching the age of 14 years).

 

 

Notes for MARTHA GODWIN:

John Cotten and Martha Godwin were married in Isle of Wight County, VA, probably just prior t o 1701 (D.B. 2 p.69 & G. B. 2 p52.) In 1704 he was a resident of Isle of Wight Co, VA, then i s listed in Nansemond Co, VA, [John Cotten lived at South Quay, VA on the Blackwater.]

 

Children of JOHN COTTON and MARTHA GODWIN are:

24. i. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD12 COTTON, b. December 21, 1700, in South Quay, Nansemond County; d. 1769, in "Barfield"Bertie County, North Carolina; Stepchild.

ii. PATIENCE COTTON.

iii. JOSEPH COTTON.

iv. SAMUEL COTTON.

v. ANN COTTON.

vi. ARTHUR COTTON, Stepchild.

vii. PRISCILLA COTTON, Stepchild.

viii. JAMES COTTON, Stepchild.

ix. THOMAS COTTON, Stepchild.

 

Generation No. 12

22. JOHN (JOSHUA)12 WEST (SAMUEL11, FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1678/79 in Toland, CT49, and died 1741 in Lebanon, CT50. He married DEBORAH Abt. 170051.

 

Children of JOHN WEST and DEBORAH are:

i. JERUSHA13 WEST, b. December 17, 170852; d. WFT Est. 1709-179853.

ii. HANNAH WEST, b. July 13, 171054; d. WFT Est. 1711-180455.

iii. NATHAN WEST, b. November 10, 171256; d. WFT Est. 1713-180257.

iv. JOHN WEST, b. March 12, 1714/1558; d. WFT Est. 1716-180559.

v. PRISCILLA WEST, b. July 17, 171760; d. WFT Est. 1718-181161.

vi. DOROTHY WEST, b. September 10, 172262; d. WFT Est. 1723-181663.

vii. SOLOMON WEST, b. March 15, 1724/2564; d. WFT Est. 1726-181565.

25. viii. CALEB WEST, b. July 13, 1726, Toland, Ct; d. WFT Est. 1772-1818, Lebanon, New London Co., CT.

23. PETER12 WEST (DR. THOMAS11, FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1689. He married PRISCILLA WILLIAMS, daughter of LEWIS WILLIAMS.

Notes for PETER WEST:

Col. John West of West Point. Born in 1632, being the first child of English parents to be bo rn on the York River. A large tract of land wasgranted his father in honor of his birth. He w as taken prisoner duringBacon's Rebellion. As to what Bacon's men did to him is not stated bu t as he later sat on the court martial that tried the "Rebels" he more than evened with him . He was Colonel of Militia and Burgess for New KentCounty, 1685-6. In 1659-60 session of th e House of Burgesses an act was passed exempting him from taxes for life in consideration o f "the many important favors and services to the countrey of Virginia by the noblefamily of t he Wests predecessors to Mr. John West, their now onlysurvivor." Will dated Nov 15, 1689. Mar ried Unity Crowshaw (daughter ofMaj. Croshaw, Burgess, 1659)

According to my genealogy John and Ann Cotton's grandson, (son of John(Bertie) and Martha God win Cotton), Alexander Spottswood Cotton (named for Governor Spottswood, a family friend) mar ried Elizabeth West,daughter of Peter West (great grandson of Sir Francis West, Governor ofVi rginia). Priscilla Williams', Peter's wife, roots were also in Queens Creek, Eastern Shore, A ccomac County where Ann Cotton lived when she wrote her account of Bacon's rebellion.

North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register: Peter West, July 31, 1749; May Court, 17 51; daughter Elizabeth Cotton, son Peter, grandson William West.

The West Family Register, "Chapter XIII Massachusetts Wests in Many Other States," by Letta B rock Stone, W.F. Roberts Company, Inc. Washington D.C., 1928:

".. the subject of our sketch was the ancestor of some very famous American professional men , and their attainments could well lead one to believe that there was exceptional blood in th e family.

There came to light a few years ago a tombstone in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the inscriptio n on which was printed in Tyler's Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, p. 119

Front

Samuel West, D.D., son of Dr. Sackville West by his wife, Ruth Jenkins.

Was born at Yarmouth, c.c., March 3, 1729/30 O.s., ordained in this place June 3, 1761.

Relinquished his pastoral charge in June, 1803. Died in Tiverton, R.I., Sept. 24, 1807.

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Sackville West was son of Thomas West, physician, the son of _____West, the son of Cap. Franc is West, brother of the third Lord De La Warr, Governor of Virginia. Capt. West came from Eng land to Virginia in 1608.

The publication of this did not settle the question but instead brought up two or three othe r points that were open to argument. The marriage between Sackville and De Le Warr families w as too late to have been responsible for the naming of Dr. Sackville West, in 1729, and moreo ver, this physician had always been known as "Sackfield" West. This writer has only one wor d to add: there were Sackvilles in Wiltshire in 1600. (Wiltshire collections by Aubrey and Ja ckson, p. 351.) The native home of Francis West of Duxbury seems to have been in Salisbury, W iltshire, England. He was born about 1626 and came to America as a carpenter. He married Marg ery Reeves, Feb. 27, 1639, also of Duxbury, but they spent part of their lives in Plymouth, M assachusetts.

 

 

Child of PETER WEST and PRISCILLA WILLIAMS is:

26. i. ELIZABETH13 WEST, b. September 1695, in Bertie County, North Carolina, and died; d. Abt. 1774, in "Barfield" Bertie County, North Carolina.

24. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD12 COTTON (JOHN (BERTIE)11, JOHN10, MARGARET9 HOWARD, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born December 21, 1700 in in South Quay, Nansemond County, and died 1769 in in "Barfield"Bertie County, North Carolina. He married (1) ANN FOSTER 1718. He married (2) ELIZABETH WEST 1723, daughter of PETER WEST and PRISCILLA WILLIAMS.

Notes for ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD COTTON:

Anyway, one thing we have discovered when we look at the primary records

available is that John Cotten's children are much younger than some

folks would have them. For instance Alexander Cotten was born in 1711

(from a court depositon) this date also agrees with the story that he

was named for the new deputy governor Alexander Spottswood who just

happened to be staying the night at John Cotten's when he was born. and

He could not possibly have been having children in 1720. His son William

was born around 1750. The 3 girls by his first wife were born say 1735;

1737 and 1740 (she was still unborn when her grandfather wrote his will.

in 1740. Then Alexander immediately remarries Elizabeth West and has the

four boys Cyrus, Abner, Alexander Jr, and William. Her father in writing

his will in 1748 comments that it was an unhappy marriage.

 

 

Children of ALEXANDER COTTON and ANN FOSTER are:

i. JEMIMA13 COTTON.

ii. SUSANNAH COTTON.

iii. ANN COTTON.

Children of ALEXANDER COTTON and ELIZABETH WEST are:

27. iv. ABNER13 COTTON, b. 1742, Northhampton County, North Carolina;; d. Franklin County, Georgia.

v. WILLIAM COTTON.

vi. ALEXANDER SPOTTSWOOD COTTON.

vii. CYRUS COTTON.

 

Generation No. 13

25. CALEB13 WEST (JOHN (JOSHUA)12, SAMUEL11, FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born July 13, 1726 in Toland, Ct66, and died WFT Est. 1772-1818 in Lebanon, New London Co., CT67. He married HANNAH TUTTLE August 12, 1747 in 1st Congregational Church of Lebanon, CT68.

 

Children of CALEB WEST and HANNAH TUTTLE are:

i. LOIS14 WEST, b. April 10, 174869; d. WFT Est. 1749-184270.

ii. HANNAH WEST, b. August 08, 174971; d. WFT Est. 1750-184372.

iii. CALEB WEST, b. January 12, 1750/5173; d. WFT Est. 1752-184174.

28. iv. IRA WEST, b. June 26, 1752, Toland, Ct; d. 1841.

v. JONATHAN WEST, b. June 20, 175475; d. WFT Est. 1755-184476.

vi. ROGER WEST, b. July 01, 175577; d. WFT Est. 1756-184578.

vii. IRENE WEST, b. Abt. 175779; d. WFT Est. 1758-185180.

viii. SUSANNAH WEST, b. Abt. 175881; d. WFT Est. 1759-185282.

ix. KITTY WEST, b. March 20, 176883; d. WFT Est. 1769-186284.

x. PRUDENCE WEST, b. Abt. 177085; d. WFT Est. 1771-186486.

xi. PRISCILLA WEST, b. November 25, 186387; d. WFT Est. 1864-195788.

26. ELIZABETH13 WEST (PETER12, DR. THOMAS11, FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born September 1695 in in Bertie County, North Carolina, and died, and died Abt. 1774 in in "Barfield" Bertie County, North Carolina. She married ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD COTTON 1723, son of JOHN COTTON and MARTHA GODWIN.

 

Notes for ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD COTTON:

Anyway, one thing we have discovered when we look at the primary records

available is that John Cotten's children are much younger than some

folks would have them. For instance Alexander Cotten was born in 1711

(from a court depositon) this date also agrees with the story that he

was named for the new deputy governor Alexander Spottswood who just

happened to be staying the night at John Cotten's when he was born. and

He could not possibly have been having children in 1720. His son William

was born around 1750. The 3 girls by his first wife were born say 1735;

1737 and 1740 (she was still unborn when her grandfather wrote his will.

in 1740. Then Alexander immediately remarries Elizabeth West and has the

four boys Cyrus, Abner, Alexander Jr, and William. Her father in writing

his will in 1748 comments that it was an unhappy marriage.

 

Children of ELIZABETH WEST and ALEXANDER COTTON are:

i. ABNER14 COTTON, b. 1742, Northhampton County, North Carolina;; d. Franklin County, Georgia; m. WINIFRED LOFTON, Bef. 1767, Hertford Co, NC.

Notes for ABNER COTTON:

lived Rowan Co, NC; ca 1793 Abbeville Co, SC; ca 1802 Franklin Co, GA where he probably die d between 1810 and 1815.)

 

 

ii. WILLIAM COTTON.

iii. ALEXANDER SPOTTSWOOD COTTON.

iv. CYRUS COTTON.

27. ABNER13 COTTON (ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD12, JOHN (BERTIE)11, JOHN10, MARGARET9 HOWARD, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born 1742 in Northhampton County, North Carolina;, and died in Franklin County, Georgia. He married WINIFRED LOFTON Bef. 1767 in Hertford Co, NC.

Notes for ABNER COTTON:

lived Rowan Co, NC; ca 1793 Abbeville Co, SC; ca 1802 Franklin Co, GA where he probably die d between 1810 and 1815.)

 

 

Children of ABNER COTTON and WINIFRED LOFTON are:

29. i. LOFTON14 COTTON, b. Aft. 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1840, Escambia County, Alabama.

ii. ALEXANDER COTTON.

iii. WILLIAM EATON COTTON.

iv. RADFORD COTTON, b. February 16, 1780.

Notes for RADFORD COTTON:

postmaster at Escambia, Fla Sept 1828 apparently. a Justice in 1829 when he performs a weddi ng np

 

 

v. ABNER(JR.) COTTON.

 

Generation No. 14

28. IRA14 WEST (CALEB13, JOHN (JOSHUA)12, SAMUEL11, FRANCIS10, FRANCIS9, ANNE8 KNOLLYS, KATHERINE7 CARY, MARY6 BOLEYN, ELIZABETH5 HOWARD, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born June 26, 1752 in Toland, Ct89, and died 184190. He married (1) SARAH CHAPMAN March 29, 179291, daughter of COL. CHAPMAN and <LIVING>. He married (2) MEHITABLE TUTTLE December 12, 1793 in Lebanon or Toland, CT92, daughter of JONATHAN TUTTLE and MEHITABLE.

 

Child of IRA WEST and MEHITABLE TUTTLE is:

i. CALEB15 WEST, b. December 27, 1796, Connecticutt93; d. October 10, 1845, Piqua, Oh94; m. ELIZABETH ELAM, November 25, 1819, Green Co., Oh95.

29. LOFTON14 COTTON (ABNER13, ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD12, JOHN (BERTIE)11, JOHN10, MARGARET9 HOWARD, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born Aft. 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died Bef. 1840 in Escambia County, Alabama. He married CLARISSA.

Notes for LOFTON COTTON:

Lofton Cotton who fought in the War of 1812

Have you ever found proof that Abner Cotton who died in Noxubee Co., Ms.,Lofton Cotton who fought in the War of 1812 with him and Radford Cotton were brothers. Also, is there proof that they were the sons of Abner Cotton, Sr. who was in the 1800 census of Abbeville Co., S. C. an d thenin a few record in Franklin Co., Ga. and later in Jackson Co., Ga.records, place of death unknown. I have been researching this family foryears and have never seen this proof. If i t exists, I would like to knowabout it. William E. Cotton was a close relative of Abner Cotton of Noxubee Cotton and I descend from both of them. I have seen that William E. Cotton's middle name was Eaton but have never been able to find wherethis information originated. Do you possibly know anything about this.Thanks.

Linda Jensen

There was a Lofton Cotton who was a Sgt. in the same regiment with my ancestor, Abner Cotton, in The War of 1812 from Madison Co., Ala., Ms. Terrotory (Linda Jensen)

 

Children of LOFTON COTTON and CLARISSA are:

i. LOFTON15 COTTON, b. Abt. 1793; d. 1855, Santa Rosa County, Florida; m. EDITH JERNIGAN, 1817, Conecuh County, Alabama.

Notes for LOFTON COTTON:

Abt. 1798 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, and died Bef. 1840 inSanta Rosa County, Florida. He married EDITH JERNIGAN 1817 in ConecuhCounty, alabama, daughter of BENJAMIN JERNIGAN an d VASHTI VANN. She was born 1796, and died 1853.

 

 

ii. WESLEY D. COTTON.