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Isabel Cotton 1515–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 November 1578

Death Location: Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Northamptonshire

Mother: Susan Spencer

Spouse(s): John Cotton

Children(s): John Cotton, Anne Cotton, Alice Cotton, Anne Cotton, Frances Cotton

In 1515, Isabel Cotton entered the world in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire And Susan Spencer. Isabel Cotton married John Cotton, and had children including Alice Cotton, Anne Cotton, Edmund Fitzallen, Frances Cotton, John Cotton. Isabel Cotton passed away in 1578 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1515, Isabel Cotton entered the world in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire And Susan Spencer.
  • Isabel Cotton married John Cotton, and had children including Alice Cotton, Anne Cotton, Edmund Fitzallen, Frances Cotton, John Cotton.
  • Isabel Cotton passed away in 1578 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Isabel Cotton's Ancestors

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Isabel Cotton
1515–1578
Birth Place: Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Sheriff William Spencer, High Sheriff of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp, Northamptonshire
1501–1532
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Susan Spencer
1498–1532
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
John (Spencer) II
1460–1522
Wormleighton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Isabel Graunt
1475–1530
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Richard (De Knightley) IV
1455–1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Jane Knightly
1461–1539
Alderton, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Walter Graunt
1450–
Elizabeth Rudinge
1452–1538
Henry Skenard
1435–1480
Margery Skenard
1439–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Skenard
1390–1432
William Harwedon
1409–1439

Isabel Cotton's Descendants

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Isabel Cotton (1515–2 November 1578) m. John Cotton (1511–21 April 1593)
  1. 1. John Cotton 1543–1620 m. Anne Houghton 1550–
    1. 1. John Cotton 1579–1641 m. Alice Willis 1580–1609
      1. 1. John (O) Cotton 1600–1646 m. Ann (Parris) Martin 1604–1665 m. Mary Cotton 1639–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Emily) Cotton 1630–1684
        2. 2. Henry Cotton –1735
    2. 2. James Cotton 1570–
    3. 3. Katherine Cotton 1572–
  2. 2. Anne Cotton 1543–
  3. 3. Alice Cotton 1537–1564
  4. 4. Anne Cotton 1547–
  5. 5. Frances Cotton 1541–

Isabel Cotton's Timeline

5 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Isabel Cotton in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1578
2 November 1578
Age 63
Death of Isabel Cotton in Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1669
12 Jun 1669
Age 154
Isabel Cotton was baptized in Derbyshire, England
Derbyshire, England
1784
8 Aug 1784
Age 269
Isabel Cotton was baptized in Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
1790
3 Oct 1790
Age 275
Isabel Cotton was baptized in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1669
    Event Place: Derbyshire, England
    Record Source: Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1784
    Event Place: Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1790
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 November 1578
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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