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Sir Robert Bruce Cotton 1570–1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 January 1570

Birth Location: Connington, Huntingdonshire, England

Death Date: 6 May 1631

Death Location: Conington (Huntingdonshire), Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Thomas Cotton

Mother: Elizabeth Shirley

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Brocas

Children(s): Thomas Cotton

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton was born in 1570 in Connington, Huntingdonshire, England, the child of Thomas Cotton And Elizabeth Shirley. Sir Robert Bruce Cotton married Elizabeth Brocas, and had children including Thomas Cotton. Sir Robert Bruce Cotton passed away in 1631 in Conington (Huntingdonshire), Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Bruce Cotton was born in 1570 in Connington, Huntingdonshire, England, the child of Thomas Cotton And Elizabeth Shirley.
  • Sir Robert Bruce Cotton married Elizabeth Brocas, and had children including Thomas Cotton.
  • Sir Robert Bruce Cotton passed away in 1631 in Conington (Huntingdonshire), Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Cotton's Ancestors

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Sir Cotton
1570–1631
Birth Place: Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Parents
Thomas Cotton
1550–1614
Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Elizabeth Shirley
1540–1620
Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Cotton Sherriff van) Huntingdonshire
1529–1600
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
Lucy Harvey
1530–1550
Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cotten
1507–1575
Joan Paris
1510–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cotten
1482–1557
Eleanor Knightley
1486–

Sir Cotton's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Bruce) Cotton (22 January 1570–6 May 1631) m. Elizabeth Brocas (18 May 1573–18 May 1658)
  1. 1. Thomas Cotton 1594–1662 m. Margaret Howard 1593–1625
    1. 1. Sir (John Hyde "Immigrant" Cotton Sr., English Politician, Knight of Connington, 3rd Baronet of Connington, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber,) Sr 1625–1702 m. Anne (Hutcheson) Harrison 1630–1658 m. Dorothy Anderson 1623–1663 m. Elizabeth Honywood 1637–1702
      1. 1. Walter (Cotton "Oxford) Alumni" 1643–1705 m. Elizabeth (Abigail) Cotton 1668–1726
        1. 1. Ann (Elizabeth Cotton, 1692,) Malone 1692–1738
        2. 2. Richard (Cotton,) 1699 1690–1718
        3. 3. William Cotten 1694–1740
        4. 4. Thomas (T. C. Cotten "Immigrant 1666 VA-Same GP's as Spouse on both families Cotton &) Hyde" 1692–1778 m. Jane Cotton 1700–1769
      2. 2. John Cotton 1650–1682
      3. 3. John Cotten 1645–1693
      4. 4. Judge (John "Bertie" Cotten) Jr. 1658–1728
      5. 5. William Cotton 1660–1728
      6. 6. Charles Cotton 1664–1728
      7. 7. Robert Cotton 1678–1749
      8. 8. Richard Cotton 1669–1705
      9. 9. Ann Cotton 1674–
      10. 10. Elizabeth Cotton 1676–
      11. 11. Jane Cotton 1680–
      12. 12. Mary Cotton 1658–1729 m. Richard Hyde 1647–1710
        1. 1. Jane Cotton 1700–1769 m. Thomas (T. C. Cotten "Immigrant 1666 VA-Same GP's as Spouse on both families Cotton &) Hyde" 1692–1778
        2. 2. Elizabeth Hyde 1680–
        3. 3. Richard Hyde 1683–1719

Sir Cotton's Timeline

3 Records

1570
22 January 1570
Birth of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton in Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
1570
22 January 1570
Birth of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton in Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
1631
6 May 1631
Age 61
Death of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 January 1570
    Event Place: Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 January 1570
    Event Place: Connington, Huntingdonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 May 1631
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
    [3] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Conington (Huntingdonshire), Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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