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Alice Cotton 1537–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Landwade, ENGLAND

Death Date: 1564

Death Location: Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND

Father: John Cotton

Mother: Isabel Spencer

Spouse(s): Thomas Rivett

Children(s): Alice Rivett, Mirabella Rivett, Isabella Rivett

In 1537, Alice Cotton entered the world in Landwade, ENGLAND, born to John Cotton And Isabel Spencer. Alice Cotton married Thomas Rivett, and had children including Alice Rivett, Isabella Rivett, Mirabella Rivett. Alice Cotton passed away in 1564 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND.

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Biography

  • In 1537, Alice Cotton entered the world in Landwade, ENGLAND, born to John Cotton And Isabel Spencer.
  • Alice Cotton married Thomas Rivett, and had children including Alice Rivett, Isabella Rivett, Mirabella Rivett.
  • Alice Cotton passed away in 1564 in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND.

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Alice Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Alice Cotton
1537–1564
Birth Place: Landwade, ENGLAND
Parents
John Cotton
1510–1593
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
Isabel Spencer
1515–1578
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
Grandparents
Robert Cotton
1485–1519
Landwade, ENGLAND
Dorothy Clare
1480–1528
Wingfield & Tebworth, Chalgrave, Beds, ENGLAND
William Spencer
1500–1532
Patenham, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND
Susan Knightley
1498–1532
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cotton
1446–
Joan Sharp
1449–1496
Robert Clare
1439–1529
Anne Hopton
1454–1506
John Spencer
1460–1522
Isabel Grant
1474–1556
Richard Knightley
1455–1534
Jane Skenard
1461–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Sharp
1405–
Agnes Tyrrell
1407–
Robert Clare
1405–
Elizabeth Uvedale
1411–
William Hopton
1422–1484
Margaret Wentworth
1426–1437
William Spencer
1444–1485
Elizabeth Empson
1448–1542
Walter Grant
1448–1475
Elizabeth Rudinge
1452–1538
Richard Knightley
1427–
Eleanor Throckmorton
1430–1502
Henry Skenard
1435–
Margery Harwedon
1439–1492

Alice Cotton's Descendants

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Alice Cotton (1537–1564) m. Thomas Rivett (1519–16 OCT 1582)
  1. 1. Alice Rivett 1559– m. Thomas Gerard 1560–1621
    1. 1. Gilbert Gerard 1592–1623 m. Eleanor Dutton 1595–1666
      1. 1. Dutton Gerard 1613–1640 m. Mary Fane 1606–1634 m. Elizabeth O'Brien 1610–1658
      2. 2. Elizabeth Gerard 1620–1679 m. Peter Leycester 1614–1684
        1. 1. Samuel Lester 1635–1695 m. Elizabeth Burcott 1635–
        2. 2. Elizabeth Leycester 1630–1667
        3. 3. Robert Leycester 1643–1684 m. Meriel Watson 1638–1707
        4. 4. Bryan Leycester 1644–1644
        5. 5. Byron Leycester 1644–1645
        6. 6. Eleanore Leycester 1645– m. Raufe Leycester 1640–
        7. 7. Briana Leycester 1646– m. John Venables 1640–
        8. 8. Elianora Leycester 1647–
        9. 9. Elizabeth Leycester 1647–1667 m. Samuel Birch 1643–
        10. 10. Byron Leycester 1655–1669 m. John Veneables 1653–
        11. 11. Thomas Leycester 1651–1667
        12. 12. Bryan Leycester 1655–
      3. 3. Catharine Gerard 1610–1665
      4. 4. Mary Gerard 1612–
      5. 5. Thomas Gerard 1614–
      6. 6. Alice Gerard 1615– m. Henry Heylyn 1616– m. Henry Heydon 1590– m. Roger Owen 1610–1660
      7. 7. Robert Gerard 1615–1660
      8. 8. Eleanor Gerard –1726
    2. 2. William Gerard 1593–1675 m. Elizabeth Cowper 1600–1682
    3. 3. John Gerard –1673
  2. 2. Mirabella Rivett 1561–1593 m. Christopher Heydon 1561–1623
  3. 3. Isabella Rivett 1563–1563

Alice Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Alice Cotton in Landwade, ENGLAND
Landwade, ENGLAND
1564
1564
Age 27
Death of Alice Cotton in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Landwade, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND

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