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Winifred Cotton 1525–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Combermere, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Woore, Shropshire, England

Father: Humphrey Cotton

Mother: Sarah Cotton

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Winifred Cotton was born in 1525 in Combermere, Cheshire, England, the child of Humphrey Sir Cotton And Sarah Anne Lady Kinnersley Cotton. Winifred Cotton passed away in 1559 in Woore, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Winifred Cotton was born in 1525 in Combermere, Cheshire, England, the child of Humphrey Sir Cotton And Sarah Anne Lady Kinnersley Cotton.
  • Winifred Cotton passed away in 1559 in Woore, Shropshire, England.

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Winifred Cotton's Ancestors

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Winifred Cotton
1525–1559
Birth Place: Combermere, Cheshire, England
Parents
Humphrey (Sir) Cotton
1510–1582
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah (Anne (Lady) Kinnersley -) Cotton
1517–1587
Loxley Green, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Clement (Cotton or De Cotton or) DeCotten
1475–1525
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Constance Leventhorpe
1478–1550
Hatfield Heath, Essex, England
Sir (John) Kinnersley
1505–1555
Loxley, Staffordshire, England
Lady (Dorothy) Petit
1505–1539
Badger, Stableford, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Petit
1480–1508
Dorothy Wolrych
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Winifred Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Winifred Cotton in Combermere, Cheshire, England
Combermere, Cheshire, England
1559
1559
Age 34
Death of Winifred Cotton in Woore, Shropshire, England
Woore, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Combermere, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Woore, Shropshire, England

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