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Katherine Cotton 1490 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Cotton

Mother: Joan Brereton

Spouse(s): Richard Grosvenor

Children(s): Thomas Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, George Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Anthony Grosvenor, Elinor Grosvenor, Katharine Grosvenor, Eleanor Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Annie Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor, Alice Grosvenor, Margaret Grosvenor, Anne Grosvenor, Jane Grosvenor, Ursula Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor

In 1490, Katherine Cotton entered the world in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Cotton and Joan Brereton. Katherine Cotton married Richard Grosvenor, and had children including Thomas Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, George Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Anthony Grosvenor, Elinor Grosvenor, Katharine Grosvenor, Eleanor Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Annie Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor, Alice Grosvenor, Margaret Grosvenor, Anne Grosvenor, Jane Grosvenor, Ursula Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor. Katherine Cotton passed away in 1580 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Katherine Cotton entered the world in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Cotton and Joan Brereton.
  • Katherine Cotton married Richard Grosvenor, and had children including Thomas Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, George Grosvenor, John Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Anthony Grosvenor, Elinor Grosvenor, Katharine Grosvenor, Eleanor Grosvenor, Elizabeth Grosvenor, Annie Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor, Alice Grosvenor, Margaret Grosvenor, Anne Grosvenor, Jane Grosvenor, Ursula Grosvenor, Dorothy Grosvenor.
  • Katherine Cotton passed away in 1580 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Cotton
1450 – 1497
Birth Location: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
RC
Joan Brereton
1454 – 1517
Birth Location: Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
JB

Spouses(s)

Richard Grosvenor
1480 – 1543
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
RG

Children(s)

Thomas Grosvenor
1505 – 1549
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
TG
John Grosvenor
1511 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
JG
George Grosvenor
1513 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
GG
John Grosvenor
1514 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
JG
Elizabeth Grosvenor
1515 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
EG
Anthony Grosvenor
1516 – 1575
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
AG
Elinor Grosvenor
1517 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
EG
Katharine Grosvenor
1519 – 1612
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
KG
Eleanor Grosvenor
1520 –
Birth Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
EG
Elizabeth Grosvenor
1520 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
EG
Annie Grosvenor
1521 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
AG
Dorothy Grosvenor
1522 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
DG
Alice Grosvenor
1523 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
AG
Margaret Grosvenor
1525 – 1610
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
MG
Anne Grosvenor
1526 –
Birth Location: Eaton Cheshire, England
AG
Jane Grosvenor
1529 –
Birth Location: Eaton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
JG
Ursula Grosvenor
1530 – 1578
Birth Location: Clixby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
UG
Dorothy Grosvenor
1534 – 1599
Birth Location: Eaton, Michigan, United States
DG

Katherine Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Katherine Cotton
1490 – 1580
Birth Place: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Cotton
1450 – 1497
Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan Brereton
1454 – 1517
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Cotton
1436 – 1456
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Poole
1438 –
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
William (De) Brereton
1414 – 1456
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Philippa (De) Hulse
1416 – 1463
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Richard Cotton
1404 – 1455
Joan DeVenables
1412 – 1456
Ralph Pole
1412 – 1460
Joan Grosvenor
1416 – 1500
William Brereton
1388 – 1461
Alice Corbet
1389 – 1458
Sir Hulse
1364 – 1415
Lady Domville
1366 – 1443
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cotton
1374 – 1430
Isabella Fawconer
1378 – 1435
Hugh Kinderton
1390 – 1449
Thomas Grosvenor
1377 – 1429
Joan Venables
1348 – 1420
William Brereton
1359 – 1426
Angella Venables
1360 – 1442
John Corbet
1357 – 1407
Johanna Pigot
1369 – 1389
Hugh Hulse
1342 – 1407
Ellen Bruen
1345 – 1390
Hugh Roger
1322 – 1365
Margery Picmere
1323 – 1369

Katherine Cotton's Descendants

1.
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Katherine Cotton (1490 – 1580) m. Richard Grosvenor (ABT 1480 – 27 JUL 1543)
  1. 1. Thomas Grosvenor (ABT 1505 – 24 APR 1549) m. Matilda (Maud) Poole (ABT 1513 – 19 NOV 1582) m. <Living> m. <Living>
    1. 1. Thomas Grosvenor (ABT 1541 – 12 NOV 1579) m. Anne Bradshaw (ABT 1535 – 22 OCT 1599)
      1. 1. Jonas Grosvenor (18 DEC 1561 – ABT 1608) m. Elizabeth Cotton (ABT 1566 – ABT 1616)
      2. 2. Maud Grosvenor (18 DEC 1561 – ) m. George (( Salmsbury)) Salisbury (ABT 1568 – 1593)
      3. 3. Richard Grosvenor (27 JAN 1562 – 18 SEP 1619) m. Christiana Brooke (ABT 1562 – NOV 1610) m. Jane (Vernon) Bostock
      4. 4. Mary Grosvenor (26 APR 1564 – 1591) m. George (( Salmsbury)) Salisbury (ABT 1568 – 1593)
        1. 1. Thomas Salisbury (1589 – 1616) m. Margaret Crowley (21 JUN 1592 – 16 NOV 1654)
      5. 5. Thomas (ABT 1565 – 18 SEP 1619)
      6. 6. Ann Grosvenor (29 AUG 1566 – 1618) m. Roger (Esq.) Hurleston (ABT 1530 – 27 NOV 1609)
      7. 7. Gillion Grosvenor (4 FEB 1567 – ) m. Francis Broughton (1567 – )
      8. 8. Julian Grosvenor (1568 – )
      9. 9. William Grosvenor (4 FEB 1568 – )
      10. 10. Agnes Grosvenor (1571 – )
      11. 11. Grosvenor (ABT 1576 – )
  2. 2. John Grosvenor (ABT 1511 – )
  3. 3. George Grosvenor (ABT 1513 – )
  4. 4. John Grosvenor (1514 – (SP)) m. John Grosvenor (ABT 1519 – ) m. <Living>
  5. 5. Elizabeth Grosvenor (ABT 1515 – )
  6. 6. Anthony Grosvenor (ABT 1516 – ABT 1575) m. Juliana Puleston (ABT 1511 – )
  7. 7. Elinor Grosvenor (ABT 1517 – ) m. J Redish (ABT 1513 – )
  8. 8. Katharine Grosvenor (ABT 1519 – 27 JUL 1612) m. Thomas Ravenscroft (1522 – 1572)
  9. 9. Eleanor Grosvenor (1520 – ) m. Robert Bigelow (1552 – ) m. Randall Bigelow (1518 – 14 NOV 1556)
    1. 1. Jane Bigelow (1582 – 1 MAY 1626) m. John Philips (1586 – 1620)
    2. 2. John Baguley (4 NOV 1582 – 1597) m. Margerye Baguley m. Margery Madistard (1584 – 1613)
    3. 3. Hugh Baguley (1588 – 1629) m. Ann Turnpence (ABT 1583 – )
    4. 4. Phillip Baguley (1544 – 1545)
    5. 5. Phillip Bigelow (1544 – 1626)
    6. 6. Randall Baguley (ABT 1550 – ) m. Jane (1550 – )
      1. 1. Philip (de) Baguley (ABT 1573 – )
      2. 2. John (Randall) Bigelow (1578 – 17 MAY 1626) m. Jane Baguley (ABT 1582 – 1 MAY 1626)
        1. 1. Francis Baguley (17 JUN 1602 – 20 OCT 1656) m. Martha Ranly (1603 – AFT 1656)
        2. 2. Persis (Baguley) Bigelow (1 APR 1604 – AFT 1656) m. Thomas Langham (ABT 1600 – )
        3. 3. William (Baguley) Bigelow (19 FEB 1608 – 23 MAR 1621) m. Margarita Baguley (1608 – )
        4. 4. Margaret Bigelow (16 FEB 1611 – 25 NOV 1679) m. William Wood (<1607> – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Bigelow (1616 – 11 SEP 1691) m. Richard Butler (6 AUG 1610 – 4 AUG 1684)
        6. 6. John Bigelow (16 FEB 1616 – 14 JUL 1703) m. Mary Warren (1624 – 19 OCT 1691) m. Sarah Bemis (15 JAN 1642 – BEF 1712)
      3. 3. John Bagley (ABT 1585 – 1680)
    7. 7. Robert Bigelow (1552 – ) m. Eleanor Grosvenor (1520 – )
    8. 8. Robert Baguley (ABT 1556 – 4 NOV 1582) m. Jane Baguley-Bigelow (1550 – 1598)
  10. 10. Elizabeth Grosvenor (ABT 1520 – ) m. John Molineux (ABT 1515 – ) m. George Wood (ABT 1515 – ) m. John Molineux
  11. 11. Annie Grosvenor (ABT 1521 – )
  12. 12. Dorothy Grosvenor (ABT 1522 – ) m. Richard Wilbraham (1504 – 6 AUG 1558)
  13. 13. Alice Grosvenor (ABT 1523 – )
  14. 14. Margaret Grosvenor (1525 – 1610) m. Ralph Birkenhead (1510 – 1550) m. George Wood m. John Molineux m. Living m. Living m. Living
  15. 15. Anne Grosvenor (1526 – ) m. Roger Puleston (1524 – 29 AUG 1571) m. Robert Puleston
  16. 16. Jane Grosvenor (1529 – ) m. George Sandford (1533 – From 1552 to 1625)
  17. 17. Ursula Grosvenor (1530 – 1578) m. Richard Wharffe (ABT 1525 – ) m. Richard Wharffe (1534 – Unknown)
  18. 18. Dorothy Grosvenor (1534 – 26 MAR 1599) m. Richard Wilbraham (1504 – 6 AUG 1558)

Katherine Cotton's Timeline

3 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Katherine Cotton in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1580
1580
Age 90
Death of Katherine Cotton in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1580
1580
Age 90
Burial of Katherine Cotton in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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