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Elisha Gallup Cotton 1785–1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 April 1785

Birth Location: Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America

Death Date: 3 December 1865

Death Location: Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America

Father: Willard Cotton

Mother: Mercy Gallup

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Elisha Gallup Cotton was born in 1785 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America, the child of Willard Cotton And Mercy Gallup. Elisha Gallup Cotton passed away in 1865 in Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elisha Gallup Cotton was born in 1785 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America, the child of Willard Cotton And Mercy Gallup.
  • Elisha Gallup Cotton passed away in 1865 in Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America.

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Elisha Cotton's Ancestors

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Elisha Cotton
1785–1865
Birth Place: Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America
Parents
Willard Cotton
1757–1828
Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America
Mercy Gallup
1753–1838
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Grandparents
Elisha (William) Gallup
1727–1800
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Mercy Dennison
1730–1821
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Gallup
1695–1760
Eunice Williams
1702–1772
George Denison
1691–1777
Lucy Denison
1700–1793
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benadam Gallup
1655–1727
Hester Prentice
1660–1751

Elisha Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1785
1 April 1785
Birth of Elisha Gallup Cotton in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America
Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America
1865
3 December 1865
Age 80
Death of Elisha Gallup Cotton in Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America
Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 April 1785
    Event Place: Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1865
    Event Place: Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Elma, Erie County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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