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Frances Cotton 1573–1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1573

Birth Location: Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 May 1748

Death Location: Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England

Father: Richard Combermere

Mother: Lady Mainwaring

Spouse(s): Sir Leicestershire

Children(s): George Abell, Robert -, Dorthy Abell, Mary Abell, Richard Abell, Minnie Abel

In 1573, Frances Cotton entered the world in Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Cotton Of Combermere And Lady Mary Mainwaring. Frances Cotton married Sir George A Abell Of Hemington Stapenhill And Derby Leicestershire, and had children including Dorthy Mary Abell, George Cotton Abell, Mary Abell, Minnie Louisa Abel, Richard Abell, Robert Abell Of Hemington Cty Leicester Cty Stapenhill Cty Derby. Frances Cotton passed away in 1748 in Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1573, Frances Cotton entered the world in Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Cotton Of Combermere And Lady Mary Mainwaring.
  • Frances Cotton married Sir George A Abell Of Hemington Stapenhill And Derby Leicestershire, and had children including Dorthy Mary Abell, George Cotton Abell, Mary Abell, Minnie Louisa Abel, Richard Abell, Robert Abell Of Hemington Cty Leicester Cty Stapenhill Cty Derby.
  • Frances Cotton passed away in 1748 in Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Combermere
1539–1602
Birth Location: Combermere, Comberton, Cheshire (Warwickshire), England
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Lady Mainwaring
1541–1611
Birth Location: Lightfield, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
LM

Spouses(s)

Sir Leicestershire
1561–1630
Birth Location: Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England
SL

Children(s)

George Abell
1605–1646
Birth Location: Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England
GA
Robert -
1605–1662
Birth Location: Hemington, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
R-
Dorthy Abell
1593–1646
Birth Location: Hemington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
DA
Mary Abell
1613–1646
Birth Location: Briston, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
MA
Richard Abell
1604–1634
Birth Location: Lockington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
RA
Minnie Abel
1613–1646
Birth Location: Briston, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
MA

Frances Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Frances Cotton
1573–1748
Birth Place: Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Cotton of Combermere
1539–1602
Combermere, Comberton, Cheshire (Warwickshire), England
Lady (Mary) Mainwaring
1541–1611
Lightfield, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George Cotton
1505–1545
Combermere (Cheshire) England
Mary Onley
1517–
Catesby (Northampton) England
Sir (Arthur Mannering) Mainwaring
1525–1590
Shropshire, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Mainwaring
1521–1574
Peover Superior, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Mainwaring
1499–1558
Dorothy Corbet
1498–1540
Randolph Mainwaring
1495–1577
Elizabeth Brereton
1488–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Mainwaring
1478–1518
Joan Lacon
1478–1524
Sir Corbet
1477–1513
Elizabeth Vernon
1479–1563
John Mainwaring
1471–1515
Katherine Honford
1471–1529

Frances Cotton's Descendants

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Frances Cotton (1573–22 May 1748) m. Sir (George A Abell of Hemington, Stapenhill, and Derby,) Leicestershire (1561–13 Sep 1630)
  1. 1. George (Cotton) Abell 1605–1646
  2. 2. Robert (Abell of Hemington, Cty Leicester, Cty Stapenhill, Cty Derby) - 1605–1662 m. Joanna (Foote Hyde) Abell 1610–1672
    1. 1. Caleb (Abell) Sr 1646–1731 m. Margaret Abell 1653–1700 m. Mary (Miller) Loomer 1662–1731
      1. 1. Noah Abell 1706–1781 m. Anna Marshall 1711–1801
        1. 1. Abiah Abell 1747–
        2. 2. Caleb Abell 1732–1814
        3. 3. Hannah Abell 1761–1848
        4. 4. Jabez Abell 1730– m. Elizabeth Sanford 1762–1846
        5. 5. Lucy Abell 1742–1814
        6. 6. Mary Abell 1736–1825
        7. 7. Thomas Abell 1742–1824
      2. 2. Joanna Abell 1681–1759 m. Zechariah Loomis 1681–1751
        1. 1. Ebenezer Loomis 1720–1759
        2. 2. Margaret Loomis 1710–1789
        3. 3. Zachariah Loomis 1726–1797
        4. 4. Zerviah Loomis 1724–1808
      3. 3. Samuel Abell 1672–1761
      4. 4. Theophilus Abell 1680–1724 m. Annie Calkins 1692– m. Mary Ciddell 1692–1733
        1. 1. Anne Abell 1717–1744 m. Hezekiah (Edgerton) Sr 1706–1776
        2. 2. Zerviah Abell 1721–1785 m. Elisha Edgerton 1719–1785
      5. 5. Caleb (Abell) Jr 1677–1735 m. Abigail Sluman 1680–1748
        1. 1. Daniel Abell 1706–1794 m. Sarah Crane 1707–1787
        2. 2. Caleb (Abel) Sr 1709–1804 m. Mary Clark 1717–1792
        3. 3. Abigail Abell 1711–1784 m. Joseph Sluman 1710–1744
        4. 4. Mary Abell 1714–1785
      6. 6. Abigail Abell 1689–1736 m. Christopher Huntington 1690–
      7. 7. Experience Abell 1674–1765 m. John (Hyde) Hide 1667–1727
        1. 1. Deborah Hyde 1715–1803
        2. 2. Eleazer Hyde 1704–1772
        3. 3. Esther Hyde 1708–1799
        4. 4. Experience Hyde 1700–1753
        5. 5. James Hyde 1707–1793
        6. 6. John Hyde 1698–1762
        7. 7. Lucy Hyde 1713–1790
        8. 8. Margaret Hyde 1702–1789
        9. 9. Matthew Hyde 1711–1792
        10. 10. Richard Hyde 1705–1785
      8. 8. Benjamin Abell 1687–1769 m. Lydia Hazen 1694–1739
        1. 1. Captain (Elijah Abell) Sr 1729–1798 m. Anne Lathrop 1734–1765 m. Mary Cleveland 1730–1829
      9. 9. Captain (John Abel) Sr 1678–1769 m. Rebecca Sluman 1682–1738
        1. 1. Bethia Abell 1718–1746
        2. 2. Rebecca Abell 1711–1784 m. John West 1715–1766
        3. 3. Solomon Abell 1708–1774 m. Mary Northam 1723–1761
        4. 4. John Abell 1704–1704
        5. 5. John (Abell) Jr 1719–1793
        6. 6. David (Abell) Sr 1722–1781 m. Alice Roberts 1722–1784
        7. 7. Sarah Abell 1705–1781 m. Benjamin Metcalf 1705–1777
        8. 8. Hannah Abell 1716–1746 m. Marshall Hackley 1715–
      10. 10. Margaret Abel 1680–1751
      11. 11. Hannah Abell 1692–1752 m. Christopher Huntington 1686–1759
    2. 2. Joshua Abell 1649–1724 m. Mehitable Smith 1655–1684 m. Bethiah Gadger 1657–1723
      1. 1. Martha Abell 1682–1751 m. Captain (Obadiah) Smith 1676–1727
        1. 1. Abner Smith 1722–1729
        2. 2. Daniel Smith 1707–1757
        3. 3. James Smith 1725–1729
        4. 4. John Smith 1715–
        5. 5. Joshua Smith 1705–1741
        6. 6. Martha Smith 1710–1771
        7. 7. Mehitable Smith 1713–1792
        8. 8. Obadiah Smith 1701–
      2. 2. Anne Abell 1681–1728 m. Captain (Nathaniel) Fitch 1679–1759
        1. 1. Elizabeth Fitch 1718–1747
        2. 2. Anna (Fitch) Partridge 1702–1746
        3. 3. Nathan Fitch 1705–1751
        4. 4. Rachel Fitch 1720–1726
        5. 5. Nehemiah Fitch 1708–1745
        6. 6. Caleb (Fitch) Sr 1725–1750
      3. 3. Lydia Abell 1688–1752 m. Thomas Lathrop 1681–
        1. 1. Daniel Lothropp 1712–1782
        2. 2. Lydia Lothropp 1718–1794
        3. 3. Joshua Lothropp 1723–1807
      4. 4. 1693–1761 m. Hugh (Calkins) II 1690–1751
        1. 1. Sarah Caulkins 1716–1765 m. Benjamin Brewster 1688–1752
        2. 2. Lois Douglass 1723–1803
        3. 3. Andrew Calkins 1735–1801
        4. 4. Bethiah Calkins 1718–1727
        5. 5. Hugh (Calkins) III 1733–1808
        6. 6. Phebe Backus 1721–1755
        7. 7. Simon Calkins 1730–1806
        8. 8. Elisha Calkins 1728–1805
      5. 5. Nehemiah Abell 1679–1679
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Abell) Lathrop 1695–1781 m. Deacon (John) Lathrop 1690–1752
        1. 1. Anne Lathrop 1734–1765 m. Captain (Elijah Abell) Sr 1729–1798
        2. 2. Azel Lathrop 1730–1785
        3. 3. Azubah Lathrop 1718–1719
        4. 4. Bethiah Lathrop 1723–1808 m. Joseph Sanford 1715–1778
        5. 5. Elizabeth Lathrop 1726–1778
        6. 6. John Lathrop 1740–1803
        7. 7. Lydia Lathrop 1731–1764
        8. 8. Rebecca Lathrop 1728–1756
        9. 9. Rhoda Lathrop 1737–1821
        10. 10. Zebulon (Lathrop) Sr 1716–1781 m. Lois Rogers 1721–1777
        11. 11. Azubah ((2nd after brother died)) Lathrop 1720–1798
      7. 7. Mehitable Abell 1686–1694
      8. 8. Robert Abell 1675–1677
    3. 3. Abraham Abell 1639–1639
    4. 4. Boy Abell 1655–1706
    5. 5. Experience Abell 1653–1706 m. Deacon (John) Baldwin 1654–1704
      1. 1. Mehitabel (Baldwin) Lee 1695–1784
      2. 2. John (Baldwin) III 1687–1745
      3. 3. Tabitha (Baldwin) Brewster 1699–1775
    6. 6. James Abell 1655–1724
    7. 7. Mary Abell 1642–1663 m. Samuel Luther 1636–
    8. 8. Lieutenant (Preserved) Abell 1644–1724 m. Sarah Bowen 1656–1704
      1. 1. Joshua Abell 1695–1732
      2. 2. Mary Walker 1697–1747
      3. 3. Dorothy Read 1677–1741
      4. 4. Joanna Abell 1682–1703
  3. 3. Dorthy ((Mary)) Abell 1593–1646
  4. 4. Mary Abell 1613–1646
  5. 5. Richard Abell 1604–1634
  6. 6. Minnie (Louisa) Abel 1613–1646

Frances Cotton's Timeline

6 Records

1573
1573
Birth of Frances Cotton in Hemington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
Hemington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
1573
1573
Birth of Frances Cotton in Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1599
1 May 1599
Age 26
Frances Cotton was married in Lockington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lockington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1646
16 Apr 1646
Age 73
Death of Frances Cotton in Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
1646
16 Apr 1646
Age 73
Death of Frances Cotton in Hemington, Lockington, Leicestershire, England
Hemington, Lockington, Leicestershire, England
1748
22 May 1748
Age 175
Burial of Frances Cotton in Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Hemington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Hemington (Leicester), Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 May 1599
    Event Place: Lockington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wrenbury, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1646
    Event Place: Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1646
    Event Place: Hemington, Lockington, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 22 May 1748
    Event Place: Lockington, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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