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Lucy Cotton 1768–1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 FEB 1768

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1818

Death Location: Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: John Cotton

Mother: Hannah Sturtevant

Spouse(s): Charles Jackson

Children(s): Lydia Jackson

Lucy Cotton was born in 1768 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the child of John Cotton And Hannah Sturtevant. Lucy Cotton married Charles Jackson, and had children including Lydia Jackson. Lucy Cotton passed away in 1818 in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Lucy Cotton was born in 1768 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the child of John Cotton And Hannah Sturtevant.
  • Lucy Cotton married Charles Jackson, and had children including Lydia Jackson.
  • Lucy Cotton passed away in 1818 in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lucy Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Lucy Cotton
1768–1818
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
John Cotton
1712–1789
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Sturtevant
1727–1800
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Josiah Sturtevant
1690–1774
Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Hannah Church
1699–1788
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lucy Cotton's Descendants

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Lucy Cotton (12 FEB 1768–1818) m. Charles Jackson (1 MAR 1770–8 AUG 1818)
  1. 1. Lydia Jackson 1802–1892 m. Ralph (Waldo) Emerson 1803–1882
    1. 1. Edith Emerson 1841–1929 m. William (Hathaway) Forbes 1840–1897
      1. 1. Alexander Forbes 1882–1883
      2. 2. Don Forbes 1871–1888
      3. 3. Edith Forbes 1867–1926 m. Kenneth (Grant Tremayne) Webster 1871–1942
        1. 1. Edith (Emerson) Webster 1909–1986
        2. 2. Frederick (Augustus) Webster 1912–2007
      4. 4. Edward (Waldo) Forbes 1873–1969 m. Margaret Laighton 1885–1966
        1. 1. Mary (Emerson) Forbes 1912–1949
      5. 5. Ralph (Emerson) Forbes 1866–1937 m. Elsie Cabot 1869–1959
        1. 1. David (Cabot) Forbes 1908–1994
        2. 2. Margaret Forbes 1905–
        3. 3. Pauline Forbes 1911–1999 m. Alwin (Max Pappenheimer) Jr. 1908–1995
        4. 4. Ruth Forbes 1903–1998
        5. 5. William (Hathaway) Forbes 1902–1903
      6. 6. Waldo (Emerson) Forbes 1879–1917 m. Ellen Forbes 1886–1899
      7. 7. William (Cameron) Forbes 1870–1959
    2. 2. Edward (Waldo) Emerson 1844–1845 m. Annie (Shepard) Keyes 1847–
    3. 3. Ellen (Tucker) Emerson 1839–1909 m. William (Hathaway) Forbes 1840–
    4. 4. Waldo Emerson 1837–1842

Lucy Cotton's Timeline

4 Records

1768
12 FEB 1768
Birth of Lucy Cotton in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1768
14 FEB 1768
Lucy Cotton was christened in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1818
1818
Age 50
Death of Lucy Cotton
None
1868
FEB 1868
Age 100
Burial of Lucy Cotton in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 FEB 1768
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 16 August 2019, 03:10), entry for Lucy Cotton(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L7NZ-8FS
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Lucy Cotton Jackson in entry for Lucy Cotton Brown, 09 Feb 1868; citing Concord, Massachusetts, v 212 p 125, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,192.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Lucy Cotton in entry for Lidian Emerson, 13 Nov 1892; citing Concord, Massachusetts, v 428 p 176, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,507.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Lucy C. in entry for Charles Thomas Jackson, 1805; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Lucy Cotton, 12 Feb 1768; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009252.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 14 FEB 1768
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 16 August 2019, 03:10), entry for Lucy Cotton(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L7NZ-8FS
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Lucy C. in entry for Charles Thomas Jackson, 1805; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 19 FEB 1794
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 16 August 2019, 03:10), entry for Lucy Cotton(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L7NZ-8FS
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Lucy C. in entry for Charles Thomas Jackson, 1805; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: FEB 1868
    Event Place: Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 16 August 2019, 03:10), entry for Lucy Cotton(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L7NZ-8FS
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Lucy C. in entry for Charles Thomas Jackson, 1805; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1818
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 16 August 2019, 03:10), entry for Lucy Cotton(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L7NZ-8FS
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 February 2018), Lucy C. in entry for Charles Thomas Jackson, 1805; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.

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