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John Cotton 1543–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 March 1620

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

Father: John Cotton

Mother: Isabel Cotton

Spouse(s): Anne Houghton

Children(s): John Cotton, James Cotton, Katherine Cotton

In 1543, John Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John Cotton And Isabel Cotton. John Cotton married Anne Houghton, Hellinae, and had children including James Cotton, John Cotton, Katherine Cotton. John Cotton passed away in 1620 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1543, John Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John Cotton And Isabel Cotton.
  • John Cotton married Anne Houghton, Hellinae, and had children including James Cotton, John Cotton, Katherine Cotton.
  • John Cotton passed away in 1620 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Cotton's Ancestors

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John Cotton
1543–1620
Birth Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Cotton
1511–1593
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Isabel Cotton
1515–1578
Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Cotton
1481–1519
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorothy Clere
1481–
Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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
Great-Grandparents
John II
1460–1522
Isabel Graunt
1475–1530
Richard IV
1455–1534
Jane Knightly
1461–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Graunt
1450–
Elizabeth Rudinge
1452–1538
Henry Skenard
1435–1480
Margery Skenard
1439–1492

John Cotton's Descendants

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John Cotton (1543–5 March 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
        1. 1. John (Thomas) Hastings 1670–1719 m. Mary Worsham 1674–
      2. 2. Henry Cotton –1735
  2. 2. James Cotton 1570–
  3. 3. Katherine Cotton 1572–

John Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of John Cotton in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1620
5 March 1620
Age 77
Death of John Cotton
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 March 1620
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    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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