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Bridgett Cotton 1515 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Robert Cotton

Mother: Dorothy Clere

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Bridgett Cotton was born in 1515 in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, the child of Robert Cotton and Dorothy de Clere. Bridgett Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Bridgett Cotton was born in 1515 in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, the child of Robert Cotton and Dorothy de Clere.
  • Bridgett Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Bridgett Cotton's Ancestors

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Bridgett Cotton
1515 – 1578
Birth Place: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Robert Cotton
1483 – 1519
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Dorothy (de) Clere
1480 – 1515
Ormsby, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bridgett Cotton's Timeline

3 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Bridgett Cotton in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
1578
1578
Age 63
Death of Bridgett Cotton in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
1578
1578
Age 63
Burial of Bridgett Cotton in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Age:
    62-63

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

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