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Josiah Cotton 1680–1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1680

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 19 Aug 1756

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Reverand Younger

Mother: Joanna Rosseter

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Josiah Cotton was born in 1680 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Reverand John Cotton The Younger And Joanna Rosseter. Josiah Cotton passed away in 1756 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Josiah Cotton was born in 1680 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Reverand John Cotton The Younger And Joanna Rosseter.
  • Josiah Cotton passed away in 1756 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Josiah Cotton's Ancestors

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Josiah Cotton
1680–1756
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Reverand John Cotton the Younger
1639–1697
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Joanna Rosseter
1642–1702
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
John Cotton
1585–1652
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Sarah Hawkridge
1601–1676
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Dr. (Bryan (Bray)) Rossiter
1610–1672
Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Alsop
1614–1669
Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Rowland Cotton
1550–1604
Mary Hurlbert
1561–1595
Anthony Hawkridge
1561–1628
Isabel Dowse
1560–1615
Edward Rossiter
1575–1630
Joan Combe
1578–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dowse
1523–1559
Casandra Tuckney
1525–1560
Nicholas Rossiter
1539–1608
Lady Combes
1547–1608

Josiah Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1680
8 Jan 1680
Birth of Josiah Cotton in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1756
19 Aug 1756
Age 76
Death of Josiah Cotton in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1680
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Aug 1756
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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