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ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton 1700–1764 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 December 1700

Birth Location: South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America

Death Date: December 1764

Death Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Judge Jr.

Mother: Martha Godwin

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ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton was born in 1700 in South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, the child of Judge John Bertie Cotten Jr And Martha Godwin. ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton passed away in 1764 in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton was born in 1700 in South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, the child of Judge John Bertie Cotten Jr And Martha Godwin.
  • ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton passed away in 1764 in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Judge Jr.
1658–1728
Birth Location: Queens Creek, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
JJ
Martha Godwin
1668–1732
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

ALEXANDER Cotton's Ancestors

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ALEXANDER Cotton
1700–1764
Birth Place: South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Parents
Judge John "Bertie" Cotten Jr.
1658–1728
Queens Creek, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Martha Godwin
1668–1732
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Sir (John Hynde "Immigrant" Cotton Sr., English Politician, Knight of Connington, 3rd Baronet of Connington, Gentleman of the Privy) Chamber,
1621–1702
Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Lady (Anne Harrison) Hutcheson,
1630–1678
Eyeworth, Bedfordshire, England
William (Samuel Godwin) 1
1620–1719
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Colonial Virginia
Elizabeth (Wright) Godwin
1632–1727
Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Lord Hall
1577–1640
Lady Dagenhams
1579–1653
2nd-Great-Grandparents

ALEXANDER Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1700
21 December 1700
Birth of ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton in South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
1764
December 1764
Age 64
Death of ALEXANDER Spotswood Cotton in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America
Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 December 1700
    Event Place: South Quay, Nansemond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1764
    Event Place: Bertie County, North Carolina, United States of America
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