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John I Cotton 1225 – 1297 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1225

Birth Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1297

Death Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England

Father: William DeCotten

Mother: Agnes deRidware

Spouse(s): Isabella Fauconer

Children(s): Henry Cotton

John I Cotton was born in 1225 in Cotton, Suffolk, England, the child of William DeCotten and Agnes deRidware. John I Cotton married Isabella Fauconer, and had children including Henry Cotton. John I Cotton passed away in 1297 in Cotton, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • John I Cotton was born in 1225 in Cotton, Suffolk, England, the child of William DeCotten and Agnes deRidware.
  • John I Cotton married Isabella Fauconer, and had children including Henry Cotton.
  • John I Cotton passed away in 1297 in Cotton, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William DeCotten
1200 – 1255
Birth Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England
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Agnes deRidware
1200 – 1225
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Isabella Fauconer
1235 – 1295
Birth Location: Thurcaston, Leicestershire, England
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Children(s)

Henry Cotton
1264 – 1374
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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John Cotton's Ancestors

Self
John Cotton
1225 – 1297
Birth Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England
Parents
William DeCotten
1200 – 1255
Cotton, Suffolk, England
Agnes deRidware
1200 – 1225
Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Edmund (De) Coton
1130 – 1189
Cotton, Suffolk, England
Catherina DeBrett
1166 – 1226
England
Great-Grandparents
William Contentin
1110 – 1180
Isabella deLeon
1112 – 1185
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Simon Cotton
1089 – 1154
Enid DeMaatenloch
1090 –

John Cotton's Descendants

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John (I) Cotton (1225 – 1297) m. Isabella Fauconer (1235 – 1295)
  1. 1. Henry Cotton (1264 – 1374) m. Anne(Baroness) (le) Fleming (1237 – )
    1. 1. THOMAS COTTON (1275 – 1342) m. Margaret Holford (Abt 1279 – )
      1. 1. Humphrey Cotton (1296 – 1363) m. Anne Holbrook (1305 – 1375)
        1. 1. Thomas Cotton (1335 – 1391) m. Alice (De) Hastings (Abt 1335 – 1400)
        2. 2. Robert (de) Cotten (1340 – Decessed)

John Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1225
1225
Birth of John I Cotton in Cotton, Suffolk, England
Cotton, Suffolk, England
1297
1297
Age 72
Death of John I Cotton in Cotton, Suffolk, England
Cotton, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1225
    Event Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1297
    Event Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England
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