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Reverend John Scott Cotton 1643–1683 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Dec 1643

Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1683

Death Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: William Cotton

Mother: Anne Cotton-Eaton-Doghty

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Samuel Sr

The story of Reverend John Scott Cotton began in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Reverend John Scott Cotton had children including Samuel Cotton Sr. Reverend John Scott Cotton passed away in 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Reverend John Scott Cotton began in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Reverend John Scott Cotton had children including Samuel Cotton Sr.
  • Reverend John Scott Cotton passed away in 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Cotton
1610–1670
Birth Location: Bunbury, Cheshire, England
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Anne Cotton-Eaton-Doghty
1612–1683
Birth Location: Hungars Creek, Accomack, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Samuel Sr
1676–1760
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Reverend Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Cotton
1643–1683
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
William Reade Cotton
1610–1670
Bunbury, Cheshire, England
Anne (Catherine Graves) Cotton-Eaton-Doghty
1612–1683
Hungars Creek, Accomack, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Jeffray (Andrew) Cotton
1575–1622
Bunbury, Cheshire, England
Joane (Reade) (Cotton)*
1589–1642
Bunbury, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Mary Lady
1541–1578
John Reade
1569–1632
Mary England
1560–1626
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Arthur Ancestry
1520–1590
Jane Wright\Mainwaring
1525–1600
John Sr.
1540–1597
Edith Willys
1540–1582
John Reed
1539–1624
Alice Sydyat
1540–1574

Reverend Cotton's Descendants

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Reverend (John Scott) Cotton (1 Dec 1643–1683)
  1. 1. Samuel (Cotton) Sr 1676–1760 m. Lediah (Lydia (Bates)) Cotton 1673–1713
    1. 1. Lydia Cotton 1699–1763
      1. 1. Sybil Proctor 1740–1824
        1. 1. Samuel Reed 1776–1816 m. Susannah (Brice Reed, wife of Samuel, from) ErnestLMoreland46, 1778–

Reverend Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1643
1 Dec 1643
Birth of Reverend John Scott Cotton in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1683
1683
Age 40
Death of Reverend John Scott Cotton in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1643
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1683
    Event Place: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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