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Verlinda Cotton 1640–1683 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 1640

Birth Location: Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 16 Jul 1683

Death Location: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA

Father: Rev dissenters

Mother: Ann Graves

Spouse(s): Thomas Burdett, Richard Boughton

Children(s): Elizabeth Burdette, Sarah Burdette, Jane Melstead, Parthenia Burdett, Frances Burdette, Frances Burdett, Katherine (Stone), Thomas Boughton, Verlinda Boughton, Samuel Boughton

In 1640, Verlinda Cotton entered the world in Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA, born to Rev John William Cotton An Anglican Rector Who Came From The Ranks Of The Puritan Dissenters And Ann Graves. Verlinda Cotton married Richard Boughton, Thomas Burdett, and had children including Elizabeth Burdette, Frances Jane Burdett, Frances Jane Burdette, Jane Melstead, Katherine Boughton Stone, Parthenia Burdett, Samuel Boughton, Sarah Frances Burdette, Thomas Boughton, Verlinda Boughton. Verlinda Cotton passed away in 1683 in Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1640, Verlinda Cotton entered the world in Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA, born to Rev John William Cotton An Anglican Rector Who Came From The Ranks Of The Puritan Dissenters And Ann Graves.
  • Verlinda Cotton married Richard Boughton, Thomas Burdett, and had children including Elizabeth Burdette, Frances Jane Burdett, Frances Jane Burdette, Jane Melstead, Katherine Boughton Stone, Parthenia Burdett, Samuel Boughton, Sarah Frances Burdette, Thomas Boughton, Verlinda Boughton.
  • Verlinda Cotton passed away in 1683 in Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev dissenters
1610–1640
Birth Location: Bunbury Parish, Cheshire, England
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Ann Graves
1620–1683
Birth Location: Hungars Creek, Accomack, Jamestown, VA
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Burdett
1636–1667
Birth Location: Burnbury, Northampton, Virginia, USA
TB
Richard Boughton
1636–1706
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
RB

Children(s)

Elizabeth Burdette
1652–1697
Birth Location: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA
EB
Sarah Burdette
1665–1747
Birth Location: Nanejoy Creek, Charles County, Maryland, USA
SB
Jane Melstead
1705–
Birth Location: Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
JM
Parthenia Burdett
1662–1697
Birth Location: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland Colony
PB
Frances Burdette
1662–1708
Birth Location: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA
FB
Frances Burdett
1661–1696
Birth Location: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA
FB
Katherine (Stone)
1673–1750
Birth Location: VA, USA
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Thomas Boughton
1678–1681
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, United States
TB
Verlinda Boughton
1674–1673
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, United States
VB
Samuel Boughton
1670–1714
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, United States
SB

Verlinda Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Verlinda Cotton
1640–1683
Birth Place: Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA
Parents
Rev John William Cotton, An Anglican rector who came from the ranks of the Puritan dissenters
1610–1640
Bunbury Parish, Cheshire, England
Ann Graves
1620–1683
Hungars Creek, Accomack, Jamestown, VA
Grandparents
Jeffray Cotton
1578–1622
Bunbury, Cheshire, England
Joane (Poss) Reade
1589–1642
England
Capt (Thomas Sims "Jamestown Original Stockholder" Graves II, member House of Burgess, settler,) Esquire
1580–1636
Lambourn, Buckinghamshire, England
Katherine (Croshaw (Crashaw,) Crohaw)
1586–1636
Gravesend, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Capt Graves
1556–1637
Joan Blagrove
1560–1630
Joseph Crowsher
1561–
Unity Daniels
1561–1607
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Major Graves
1525–1616
Agathe Greenhurst
1530–1620
Thomas BLAGROVE
1534–1590
Joan BELLAME
1538–1620

Verlinda Cotton's Descendants

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Verlinda Cotton (Aug 1640–16 Jul 1683) m. Thomas Burdett (1636–2 Mar 1667) m. Richard Boughton (1636–1706)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Burdette 1652–1697 m. John (Douglas) Hamilton 1650–1684
    1. 1. Alexander (Hamilton of) Maryland 1682–1730 m. Elizabeth (Zacharia Shercliffe) Greene 1687–1753
      1. 1. 1715–1785 m. 1720–1785
        1. 1. Thomas (Hamilton, US War for Independence,) fifer 1745–1807 m. Ann Hodgkins 1757–1819
        2. 2. Bennett (Hamilton, slaveowner) 13x 1740–1799 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Spalding 1754–1848 m. Jane (Green Coombes) Coomes 1740–
        3. 3. James (Patrick Hamilton) Jr 1741–
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hamilton 1742–1798
        5. 5. Mary (Ann Hamilton) (Mitchell) 1744–1823 m. Pvt. (Richard Bennett Mitchell III, US War for Independence, slaveowner) 9x 1749–1824
        6. 6. Winifred Hamilton 1748–1801
        7. 7. Francis (Hamilton, slaveowner) 15x 1749–1819 m. Susanna Blandford 1750–1819
      2. 2. Patrick (Hamilton, US War for Independence: Ensign in Maryland militia; slaveowner) 6x 1720–1790 m. Anne Greene 1724–1814
        1. 1. Leonard (Hamilton, Catholics from Maryland; slaveowner) 6x 1745–1819 m. Ann (Nancy) McAtee 1746–1819
        2. 2. 1752–1838 m. Violetta Hagan 1754–
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Hamilton (there's a 2nd Eliz Hamilton in) Harford) 1753–1831
        4. 4. Pvt (Samuel L Hamilton, US War for Independence: Maryland militia, Battle of Long Island, slaveowner) 33x 1755–1828 m. Christina (Smith) Clements 1759–1832
        5. 5. Lt (Edward Ignatius Hamilton, American Revolution: Maryland's Continental Line, Siege of Yorktown, slaveowner) 2x 1762–1824 m. Eleanor Hawkins 1778–1807
        6. 6. Mary Hamilton 1763–1815
        7. 7. Henrietta Hamilton 1764–
        8. 8. Patrick (Hamilton) Jr 1766–1828 m. Leticia (Harriett) Semmes 1764–
        9. 9. Anna Hamilton 1758–1802
      3. 3. John (Zacharia) Hamilton 1709–1769 m. Sarah Stewart 1714–1770
        1. 1. Joseph (DeVance Hamilton) I 1740–1814 m. Anastasia Coombs 1739–1799
        2. 2. Alexander Hamilton 1752–1801
        3. 3. Clare Hamilton 1755–
        4. 4. Ignatius Hamilton 1739–1774
        5. 5. Duke (Marmaduke Hamilton, slaveowner) 6x 1749–1801 m. Mary Wiseman 1750–
        6. 6. Lawrence Hamilton 1747–
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Hamilton (there's another Eliz Hamilton), slaveowner) 11x 1740–1824 m. George McAtee 1724–1788 m. Meshack (Baker, US War for) Independence 1733–1778
      4. 4. William Hamilton 1711–1771
      5. 5. Samuel Hamilton 1719–1773 m. Elizabeth Green 1713–1777
      6. 6. Mary (Hamilton () Dill) 1702–1756 m. Captain (Matthew Dill, Dills) Tavern 1698–1750
        1. 1. James (Dill, US War for Independence, tavernkeeper, slaveowner) 4x 1720–1796 m. Jean Armstrong 1724–1768
        2. 2. Col (Matthew Dill II, US War for) Independence 1726–1812 m. Martha (Jane (Jean)) Bracken 1726–1797 m. Susanna (Moffett) (Waugh\Dickson) 1741–1816
        3. 3. Thomas Dill 1722–1750
    2. 2. John (Hamilton) Hambleton 1675–1709 m. Elizabeth Harrison 1685–1718
      1. 1. Elizabeth Hamilton 1707–1749 m. Robert Wade 1689–1744
        1. 1. John (Hamilton) Wade 1735–1792
        2. 2. Robert Wade 1730–1765
        3. 3. Josiah Wade 1729–1776
      2. 2. Joseph Hamilton 1706–1734
      3. 3. John (Hamilton) III 1701–1734
  2. 2. Sarah (Frances) Burdette 1665–1747
  3. 3. Jane Melstead 1705–
  4. 4. Parthenia Burdett 1662–1697
  5. 5. Frances (Jane) Burdette 1662–1708 m. Burgess (Charles Ashton) 1st 1655–1708
    1. 1. Jane Ashton 1685–1760
    2. 2. Col (Charles Ashton) 2nd 1675–1724 m. Margaret Field 1669–1724
      1. 1. Charles Ashton 1712–1781
      2. 2. Burdett Ashton 1710–1760
      3. 3. Jane Ashton 1713–1781
    3. 3. Hannah Ashton 1682–1705
    4. 4. Sarah Ashton 1699–1760
  6. 6. Frances (Jane) Burdett 1661–1696 m. Charles Ashton 1655–1708
    1. 1. Charles Ashton 1680–1724
    2. 2. Hannah Ashton 1682–1705
  7. 7. Katherine (Boughton) (Stone) 1673–1750
  8. 8. Thomas Boughton 1678–1681
  9. 9. Verlinda Boughton 1674–1673
  10. 10. Samuel Boughton 1670–1714

Verlinda Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1640
Aug 1640
Birth of Verlinda Cotton in Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA
Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA
1683
16 Jul 1683
Age 43
Death of Verlinda Cotton in Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA
Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 1640
    Event Place: Hungars Parish, Accomack, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1683
    Event Place: Nanjemoy Creek, Charles, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    42
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