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Dorthy Cotton 1620–1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1620

Birth Location: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 18 Dec 1687

Death Location: Dartmouth

Father: Roland Cotton

Mother: Elizabeth Saltonstall

Spouse(s): John Russell

Children(s): Mary Russell, Joseph Russell

Dorthy Cotton was born in 1620 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Roland Cotton And Elizabeth Saltonstall. Dorthy Cotton married John Russell, and had children including Joseph Russell, Mary Russell. Dorthy Cotton passed away in 1687 in Dartmouth.

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Biography

  • Dorthy Cotton was born in 1620 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Roland Cotton And Elizabeth Saltonstall.
  • Dorthy Cotton married John Russell, and had children including Joseph Russell, Mary Russell.
  • Dorthy Cotton passed away in 1687 in Dartmouth.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roland Cotton
1587–1646
Birth Location: Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
RC
Elizabeth Saltonstall
1588–1671
Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

John Russell
1618–1695
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
JR

Children(s)

Mary Russell
–1710
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
MR
Joseph Russell
1650–1739
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
JR

Dorthy Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Dorthy Cotton
1620–1687
Birth Place: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Roland Cotton
1587–1646
Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Saltonstall
1588–1671
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorthy Cotton's Descendants

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Dorthy Cotton (1620–18 Dec 1687) m. John Russell (1618–13 February 1695)
  1. 1. Mary Russell –1710 m. John (Cornell) Cornwell 1634–1704
    1. 1. Mary (Sarah Cornell) 8GGM 1679–1730 m. Capt (James (Walker) Sands Jr 8th) gf 1662–1732
      1. 1. Bathsheba Sands 1695–1730 m. Thomas Everett 1675–1742
        1. 1. Thomas (Everett) + 1720–1786 m. Catherine Everett 1723–1786
      2. 2. John (Jacob Othniel) Sands 1708–1760
      3. 3. Susanna Sands 1714–1766
      4. 4. Zerviah (Sands) 1714 1714–1766
      5. 5. Abijah (Sands) (Warring) 1704–1769
      6. 6. Sarah (Sands) (Aspinwall) 1708–1765
      7. 7. MARY (SANDS (Sutton)) 7GGM 1698–1766
      8. 8. Othaniel Sands 1699–1757
      9. 9. John (Sands) PA 1710–1774
      10. 10. Jerusha (Sands) (Cannon) 1718–
      11. 11. James (Sands) II 1702–1770
  2. 2. Joseph Russell 1650–1739

Dorthy Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1620
1620
Birth of Dorthy Cotton in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1687
18 Dec 1687
Age 67
Death of Dorthy Cotton in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1687
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dartmouth
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