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George (Sir) Cotton 1505–1545 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Combermere (Cheshire) England

Death Date: 27 Mar 1545

Death Location: Essex, England

Father: Sir Rudheath

Mother: Cicely Mainwaring

Spouse(s): Mary Onley

Children(s): Sir Combermere, George Combermere, Baron Cotton, Lady Cotton, Matilda Cotton, William Cotton, Michael Cotton, Dorothy Torbock, Elizabeth Francis, Sir Combermere,, Sir Cotton, Winifred Dering, Lady Cotton

George (Sir) Cotton was born in 1505 in Combermere (Cheshire) England, the child of Sir John De Cotton Esquire Of Rudheath And Cicely Mainwaring. George (Sir) Cotton married Mary Onley, and had children including Baron Sir Robert Cotton, Dorothy Cotton Torbock, Elizabeth Cotton Francis, George Cotton Of Combermere, Lady Emma Cotton, Lady Mary Cotton, Matilda Cotton, Michael Cotton, Sir Knight Richard Cotton, Sir Knight Richard Cotton Of Combermere, Sir Richard Henry Cotton Of Combermere, William Cotton, Winifred Cotton Dering. George (Sir) Cotton passed away in 1545 in Essex, England.

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Biography

  • George (Sir) Cotton was born in 1505 in Combermere (Cheshire) England, the child of Sir John De Cotton Esquire Of Rudheath And Cicely Mainwaring.
  • George (Sir) Cotton married Mary Onley, and had children including Baron Sir Robert Cotton, Dorothy Cotton Torbock, Elizabeth Cotton Francis, George Cotton Of Combermere, Lady Emma Cotton, Lady Mary Cotton, Matilda Cotton, Michael Cotton, Sir Knight Richard Cotton, Sir Knight Richard Cotton Of Combermere, Sir Richard Henry Cotton Of Combermere, William Cotton, Winifred Cotton Dering.
  • George (Sir) Cotton passed away in 1545 in Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

George Cotton's Ancestors

Self
George Cotton
1505–1545
Birth Place: Combermere (Cheshire) England
Parents
Sir John de Cotton, Esquire, of Rudheath
1464–1508
Coton, Cotton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Cicely Mainwaring
1468–1507
Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

George Cotton's Descendants

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George ((Sir)) Cotton (1505–27 Mar 1545) m. Mary Onley (1517–14 March 1560)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Richard Cotton of) Combermere 1539–1602 m. Mary Mainwareing 1541–1578
    1. 1. Mary Cotton 1553–1625 m. Thomas Marshall 1545–1618
      1. 1. Martha Marshall 1585–1645 m. George Potter 1584–1640
        1. 1. Martha Potter 1620–1691 m. Thomas Hazard 1610–1680 m. Ichabod Potter 1639–1676
        2. 2. Susanna Potter 1619–1675
        3. 3. Robert Potter 1608–1653
        4. 4. George Potter 1618–1640
        5. 5. Nicholas Potter 1609–1677
        6. 6. John Potter 1613–1620
        7. 7. John Potter 1620–1647
        8. 8. Alice Potter 1609–1643
        9. 9. William Potter 1616–1653
        10. 10. Thomas Potter 1619–1704
        11. 11. Frances Potter 1617–1640
        12. 12. Ann Potter 1610–1610
        13. 13. Mary Potter 1610–1722
        14. 14. Elizabeth Potter 1609–1683
        15. 15. Rebeckah Potter 1611–1669
        16. 16. Nathaniell Potter 1622–1644
      2. 2. Anne Marshall 1576–1650
      3. 3. Thomas (William) Marshall 1570–1618
      4. 4. John MARSHALL 1572–1618
      5. 5. Thomas (Marshall, III) Capt. 1570–1618
      6. 6. Lucy Marshall 1580–1628
      7. 7. Elizabeth Marshall 1574–1628
      8. 8. Elizabeth Marshall 1570–1628
    2. 2. Frances Cotton 1573–1630
    3. 3. George (Cotton of Combermere , Master of Combermere) Abbey 1560–1647
    4. 4. Geffray (Andrew) Cotton 1575–1622
    5. 5. Dorothy Cotton 1572–1647
  2. 2. George (Cotton, of) Combermere 1540–1602
  3. 3. Baron (Sir Robert) Cotton 1540–1605
  4. 4. Lady (Emma) Cotton 1540–1574
  5. 5. Matilda Cotton 1536–1571
  6. 6. William Cotton 1536–
  7. 7. Michael Cotton 1539–1602
  8. 8. Dorothy (Cotton) Torbock 1543–1602
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Cotton,) Francis 1535–1594
  10. 10. Sir (Richard Henry Cotton of) Combermere, 1539–1602
  11. 11. Sir (Knight Richard) Cotton 1539–1602
  12. 12. Winifred (Cotton \) Dering 1545–1599
  13. 13. Lady (Mary) Cotton 1541–1580

George Cotton's Timeline

4 Records

1505
1505
Birth of George (Sir) Cotton in Combermere (Cheshire) England
Combermere (Cheshire) England
1537
11 Nov 1537
Age 32
George (Sir) Cotton was married
None
1545
1545
Age 40
Death of George (Sir) Cotton in Combermere, Cheshire, Northamptonshire, England
Combermere, Cheshire, Northamptonshire, England
1545
27 Mar 1545
Age 40
Burial of George (Sir) Cotton in Essex, England
Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Combermere (Cheshire) England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1537
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Combermere, Cheshire, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1545
    Event Place: Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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