GENEALOGIES.
THE COTTON FAMILY.
BY JOHN WINGATE THORNTON, ESQ., LL.B.
+-- Dau. An infant,
| = d.: was she
| = --------- "Elisabeth,
| = bap. 10,
| Egginton, (16) 1637"?
| a merchant.
|
|
+-- Roland,
| d. Jan.
| 29, 1649.
|
|
+-- Sarah,
| b. Sept.
| 12, 1635
| d. Jan.
| 20, 1649.
|
|
| 2nd, Prudence,
| widow of Dr.
| Anthony Crosby,
| dau. of Jonathan
| Wade of Ipswich,
| July 9, 1673.
| =
| =
| =
1st, Mrs. Elisabeth, +-- Rev. Seaborn Cotton sister of Mr. James | b. at Sea, Aug. 12,
Horrocks, famous | 1633; minister of
minister of Lancashire; | Wethersfield, Ct. 1655;
d. without issue. | ord. at Hampton, N. H.,
= | 1660: d. April 20, 1686:
= | grad. H. C. 1651.
= | =
Rev. John Cotton, b. at | = [For the
Derby, Dec. 4, 1585. B. D. at | = descendants
Cambridge: Fellow, Head | = -------- of this Son,
Lecturer and Dean of Emmanuel | = see the
College; Minister of Boston, | = following.]
in Lincolnshire, for 20 years. | =
Arrived at Boston, N. E., | 1st, Dorothy, dau.
Roland Cotton, Sept. 3, 1633. Minister of the | of Gov. Bradstreet;
a lawyer of --- 1st Chh., Boston; d. Dec. 23, | m. June 14, 1654;
Derby, Eng. 1652, a. 67. Rav. Anthony | d. Feb. 26, 1671.
= Tuckney, a distinguished |
divine and member of the |
Westminster Assembly, of +-- Rev. John Cotton,
Boston, B. D., was styled | b. at Boston,
"cousin" by Cotton's children. | March 15, 1639-40;
= | gr. H. C. 1657;
= ---------------------------+ preached at
= | Wethersfield,
2nd, Mrs. Sarah Story, | Haddam, Killing-
widow. After his death, | worth, at Edgarton,
she married the Rev. | a year; ord. at
Richard Mather of | Plymouth, June 30,
Dorchester, father of | 1669; d. Sept. 18,
Rev. Increase Mather, | 1699, at Charleston,
D. D.; d. May 27, 1676, | S. C.
aged 75 years. | =
Gravestone in King's | = [For the
Chapel Burying Ground. | = ----- descendants
| = of this Son,
| = see p. 165.]
| =
| Joanna, da. of
| Dr. Brian Rossiter,
| of Guilford, Ct.,
| Nov.7, 1660:
| born July 1642.
| d. at Sandwich,
| Oct. 12, 1702.
|
|
+-- Maria Cotton, b.
Feb. 15, 1641-42,
d. April 4, 1714,
at Boston.
=
= [For the
= ----- descendants of
= this Daughter,
= see p. 166.]
=
Rev. Increase Mather,
D. D., b. June 21,
1639, gr. Har. Col.
1656; ord. at Boston,
May 27, 1669; Pres.
of Har. Col. 1685-1701;
agent of the colony
in England, &c. &c.;
d. Aug. 23, 1723.
Tomb on Copp's Hill,
Boston.
+-- Rev. John Cotton,
| b. May 8, 1658, +-- Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1689,
| gr. Har. Col. 1678: | d. May 29, 1731;
| ord. at Hampton, N. H. | left six children.
| Nov. 19, 1696; d. | =
| March 27, 1710. | Rev. John Whiting
| = | of Concord, Mass.
| = ----------------------+
| = |
| Anne. dau. of Captain +-- John, b. Sept. 5, 1687,
| Thos. Lake, of Boston, | d. Sept. 8, 1689.
| an eminent merchant, |
| b. Oct. 12, 1663. |
| Was 2nd wife of Rev. +-- Dorothy, b. July 16,
| Incr. Mather, D. D.; | 1693; m. Dec. 21,
| d. at Brookline, | 1710 d. May 20, 1748,
| March 29, 1737. Mr. | at Kingston, N. H.
| Lake was descended | =
| from Hugh de Caley, | = [For the | who d. 1286, and whose | = descendants of | wife was Agnes, dau. | = ------ this Grand- | of Hamo de Hamsted.-- | = granddaughter, | Betham's Baronetage, | = see the | Vol. 3, p. 153. | = following.]
| | =
| | Rev. Nathl. Gookin, of |
+-- Dorothy, b. Novem. 11, | Hampton, b. April 15,
| 1656, d. Dec. 20, 1706. | 1687; d. Aug. 25, 1734;
| No issue. | gr. H. C. 1708; ord.
| = | Nov. 15, 1710.
| Col. Joseph Smith, of |
| Hampton, N. H. He was |
| counsellor of N. H. +-- Thomas b. Oct. 28, 1695,
| in 1698. | settled at Brookline.
| |
| |
+-- Sarah d. young, +-- Anna, b. Nov. 13, 1697.
| April 1, 1660. |
| |
| +-- Simon, b. Dec. 21, 1701.
[DESCENDANTS +-- Anna, b. Aug. 22, 1661, |
OF REV. | d. Dec. 6-7, 1702, |
SEABORN COTTON, ---+ in Boston. +-- Samuel, } d.
THE SON OF REV. | = Lydia, } young.
JOHN COTTON.] | Carr. 2nd, Johnson.
|
|
+-- Sarah, b. July 2, 1663.
| d. Aug. 2, 1690,
| =
| Richard Pierce, of
| of Boston, Aug. 27,
| 1680.
|
|
+-- Elisabeth, b. Aug. 13,
| 1665; d. 1698.
| =
| Rev. Wm. Williams
| of Hatfield, Mass.
|
|
+-- Mercy, born Nov. 2, 1666,
| d. June 18, 1715.
| = Rev. John Tufts
| = ------------------------- of Newbury;
| = Har. Col. 1708.
| Capt. Tufts
| of Medford.
|
|
+-- Maria, b. April 22, 1670,
d. 1729.
=
Atwater. 2nd.
Partridge.
+-- Seven children,
| d. young and unmarried.
|
|
+-- Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1724.
| =
| Patrick Tracy, a merchant
| of Newbury.
|
|
+-- Dorothy, b. April 2,
| 1722; d. June 18, 1749.
| =
| = -------------------------- Dorothy
| = =
| Rev Peter Coffin, Dr. Jno. Parker,
| of Kingston, gr. H. C. 1762.
| N. H., Jan. 20, 1740;
| gr. H. C. 1788.
|
| +-- Martha, d.
| 3d wife, Love dau. of | unmarried.
| Col. Joshua Wingate, |
| of Hampton, N. H.; |
| b. April 4, 1728; +-- Sarah, d. young
[DESCENDANTS | m. Nov. 17, 1748; |
OF DOROTHY, | d. April 1, 1809. |
GRAND-GRAND- ---+ = +-- Elisabeth.
DAUGHTER OF REV. | = -----------------------+ =
JOHN COTTON.] | = | Dr. Edmund Chadwick.
+-- Rev. Nathl. Gookin, of |
N. Hampton; b. Feb. 6, |
1713; gr. H. C. 1731; ord. +-- Hannah.
Oct. 31, 1739; d. Oct. 22, | =
1763, at North Hampton. | Rev. Timothy Upham,
= | See p. 43, of Register.
= |
= |
Judith Coffin. 2nd, +-- Hon. Daniel Gookin of
Anne, dau. of Rev. North Hampton, N. H.;
Mr. Fitch, of b. March 2, 1756; at
Portsmouth. d. Sept. 4. 1831, atr in
Saco, Me.; an officer in
the Revolutionary Army,
State Counsellor, N. B.
Judge of C. C. Pleas, &c.
Judge of Probate, &c. &c.
=
Abigail, dau. of Dr.
Levi Dearhorn, an eminent
physician of North 0,
Hampton, b. March 10,;
1766; m. Dec. 4, 1787;
d. Jan. 9, 1836, at
Scarboro', Me.
+-- Rev. Jno., b. Aug. 3,
| 1661; gr. H. C., 1681;
| settled at Exeter, N. H.
| colleague of Rev, Tho.
| Thornton, of Yarmouth;
| d. Feb. 21, 1706. +-- Joanna,
| = | =
| Sarah, da. of Rich'd | Elias Pike, of Salisbury.
| Hubbard, of Ipswich, |
| Mass.; dau. of Gov. |
| Bradstreet. Died at +-- Mary,
| Yarmouth, June 17, 1706. | =
| | John Appleton of Ipswich.
| |
| Rev. Jas. Alling, of |
| Salisbury, who died +-- Elisabeth,
| March 3, 1696. | =
| = | Samuel Moody, preacher
| = -----------------------+ at Isle of Shoals.
| =
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| = -----------------------+-- Caleb Cushing, State
| = | Counsellor,
| 2d, Rev. Caleb Cushing, | d. 1798, a. 94.
| of Salisbury. |
| |
| +-- Rev. James of Plaistow,
| | b. Nov. 20, 1705; gr.
| | H. C. 1725.
+-- Sarah, b. June 17, 1665; |
| died Sept. 8, 1669. |
| +-- Rev. John of Boxford;
| grad. H. C. 1729.
|
+-- Rev. Roland, born Dec. 27,
| 1667; ord. Sandwich,
| Novem. 2, 1694; died March
| 22, 1721-22; H. C. 1685.
| =
| = -----------------------+-- Rev. John of Newton, b.
| = | July 15, 1693; gr. H. C.,
| Elisabeth, widow of Rev. | 1710; ord. Nov. 3, 1714;
| John Denison, of Ipswich, | d. May 25, 1757, a. 64.
| Sept. 1692. She was the | =
| only dau. of Col. | Mary, da. of Rob. Gibbs,
| N. Saltonstall, sister | b. May 28, 1699; m. Feb.
| of Gov. G. Saltonstall; | 19, 1719; d. Sept 28,
| d. July 8, 1726, | 1769.
| at Boston. |
| |
| +-- Sarah, b. ab. 1694.
| |
| |
| +-- Rev. Nathl. of Bristol,
| | grad. H. C., 1717; ord.
| | Au. 30, 1721; d. July 3,
+-- Sarah, b. April 5, 1670. | 1729, a. 30.
| = |
| Wm. Bradbury, & had issue. |
| +-- Abigail,
[DESCENDANTS | | =
OF REV. | | Rev. S. Bourne, of
JOHN COTTON, ---+ | Scituate; ord. Dec. 1724;
THE SON OF REV. | | dis. 1761.
JOHN COTTON.] | |
| |
+-- Mariah, b. Jan. 14, 1672. +-- Meriel, b. ab. 1698.
| = |
| Wymond Bradbury. |
| +-- Rowland, grad. H. C.,
| | 1719.
| | =
| | Deborah Mason,
| | Oct. 3, 1760.
| |
| |
+-- A son, b. Sept. 28, 1674. +-- Rev. Josiah, gra. H. C.,
| | 1722; ord. at Providence,
| | R. I. Oct. 23, 1728; then
| | at Woburn, July 15, 1747;
| | then at Sandown, N. H.,
| | Nov. 28, 1759; d. May 27,
| | 1780; a. about 77 years.
+-- Josiah, b. Sept. 10, 1675, |
| d. Jun. 9, 1677. |
| +-- Rev. Ward, gr. H. C,
| | 1729; set. at Hampton,
| | N. H.; dism. 1765; d.
| | suddenly at Plymouth.
| | Nov, 27, 1768, a. 57.
| |
| |
+-- Samuel, b. Feb. 16, 1678, +-- Joanna,
| d. Dec. 23, 1683. = [For the
| = descendants
| = ------- of Joanna,
| = see the
| = following.]
| =
| Rev. J. Brown,
| of Haverhill.
+-- Josiah, born Jan. 8, 1680;
| gr. Har. Col. 1698; d. at
| Plymouth, Aug. 19, 1756;
| a. 76.
| =
| = -------------------------- Rev. John Cotton, of
| = Halifax, Plymouth Co.;
| Hannah Sturtevant, ord, Oct. 1755; b.
| b. Jan. 8, 1708; April, 1712; d. Nov. 4,
| d. May 27, 1796, a. 89. 1789; grad. Har. Col.
| 1790; Reg. of Deeds.
| =
| = [For the
| = --- descendants of
| = John and Hannah,
| = see p. 166.]
| =
| Hannah Sturtevant.
| Elisabeth Dumond of
| Ipswich, Feb. 19, 1708.
| She d. without issue,
| Oct.30, 1710.
| =
| =
+-- Rev. Theophilus, b. May 5,
1682, ord. at Hampton
Falls, Jan. 2, 1712;
d. August 18, 1726, a. 45;
grad. Har. Col. 1701.
=
=
2nd, wid. Mary Gedney.
+-- Rev. Jno. Brown of
| Cohasset, gr. H. C. 1741
|
|
+-- Rev. Colton Brown of
| Brookline, ord. Oct. 26,
| 1746; died April 13, 1751.
|
|
+-- Ward Brown, gr. H. C.,
| 1748; d. 1748.
|
|
+-- Rev. Thomas Browne, H. C.,
| 1752; d. 1797;
| min. of Stroudwater.
[DESCENDANTS ------+ +-- Cotton Brown,
OF JOANNA.] | | =
+-- A dau. | Jane Williams.
| = |
| John Chipman. |
| +-- Hon. Peter Chardon
| | of Boston,
+-- A dau. | =
| = + Anne Gorham.
| Dana of Brookline. |
| |
| +-- Mary,
+-- A dau. | =
= | Samuel Gray of Salem.
= -----------------------|
= |
Rev. Edw. Brooks +-- Joanna Cotton,
of North Yarmouth, Me. =
Nath'l Hall of Medford.
+-- Rev. Ward Cotton of
| Boylston, d. there
| Nov. 15, 1843, a. 74;
| gr. H. C. 1793.
| =
| Rebecca, da. of T. Jackson
| of Plymouth.
|
|
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| Lot Haskell of Rochester.
|
|
+-- Lucy +-- Lydia,
| = | =
| Chas. Jackson of Plymouth. | Pope of Sandwich.
| |
| |
| Lydia Parker +-- Josiah,
| of Falmouth. | =
| = | ----, at Nantucket.
| = -----------------------+
| =
+-- Rev. Josiah of Wareham,
| d. April, 1819, a. 71
| =
| = -----------------------+
| = +-- Hon. John, M. D., grad.
| 2nd, Rachel, da. of Rev. | H. C. 1810, d. at
| Dr. Barnes of | Marietta, O.,
| Scituate. | April 2, 1947,
| | =
| | ----.
| |
+-- Hannah, |
| = +-- Son, d. young.
| Nye of Falmouth. |
| |
| +-- Mary Ann,
| =
| Isaac Hedge of Plymouth.
+-- John, lost at sea, in 1800.
| =
| = -----------------------+
| = +-- Experience.
[DESCENDANTS OF ---+ Experience Jackson |
JOHN AND HANNAH.] | of Plym. |
| +-- Son. d. young.
| |
+-- Mary, |
| = +-- Hannah,
| J. Jennings of Plym. =
| Haskel.
|
+-- Dr. Rossiter. Rg. of
| Deeds, d. Aug. 1837. +--Thomas
| = | =
| = -----------------------+ Stevens.
| = |
| Priscilla, dau. of Thos. |
| Jackson of Plymouth. +-- several d. young.
| |
| |
| +-- Dr. Chas. Har. Col. 1808.
| | =
+-- Sophia, | ----, at Newport.
| = |
| S. Parker, of Falmouth. |
| +-- Edwin, Reg. of Deeds.
| | =
| | 1. Watson.
+-- Joanna. | 2. ....
| | 3. Hammond.
| |
| |
| +-- Rossiter.
+-- Sally, |
= |
Capt. J. Harlow +-- Sophia,
of Plymouth =
Gordon.
Capt. R. Green.
=
=
+-- Mariah. adm. to the
| church, 1682.
| =
| =
| 2nd, Capt. Fifield.
|
|
| Capt. Greenough.
| =
| =
+-- Elisabeth,
| =
| = -------------------------- Rev. Mather Byles,
| = gra. H. C. 1725.
| 2nd. Josiah Byles
| of Boston.
| +-- Nehemiah, d. young.
| |
+-- Sarah, |
| = +-- Increase Walter.,
| = -----------------------+ H. C. 1711.
| = |
| Rev. Nehemiah Walter |
| of Roxbury. +-- Thos. Walter Roxbury, H.
| |
| |
| Newcomb Blake. +-- Nathl Walter,
| = H. C., 1729.
| =
+-- Abigail,
| bap. April 2, 1677.
| =
[DESCENDANTS OF ---+ =
MARIA COTTON, | 2nd. Rev. J. White
THE DAUGHTER OF | of Gloucester.
JOHN COTTON.] |
|
+-- Hannah,
| bap. July 16, 1680.
|
|
+-- Jerusha, baptized
| April 20, 1684.
|
|
+-- Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D.,
born Feb. 12, 1663; H. C.
1678; ord. eol. with his
father, May 13, 1685;
d. Feb. 13, 1728, a. 65;
had 15 children. C., 1713.
=
Abigail, da. of Colonel
John Phillips of
Charlestown; nine children;
five d. young. She d. 1702.
=
Widow Elisabeth Hubbard,
da. of Dr. John Clark,
Aug. 18, 1703; six children.
She d. Nov. 18, 1713.
=
Widow George, da. of
Mr. Sam. Lee. July 5, 1715;
she survived the Doctor.
[In a future number of the Register, the pedigree of Roland Cotton, in England, may be given, with the Emblazonry of the Armorial Bearings.]
[THE BUTLER FAMILY.]
PREPARED BY PROFESSOR JAMES DAVIE BUTLER OF NORWICH, VT.
[V][(1)]Stephen Butler, = Jane ----.
d. in Boston. |
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+---------------+---+--------------+
| | |
[(2)]Benjamin, Isaac, [(3)]James, = Grace ----.
Aug. 2, 1653; Oct. 9, 1661; Aug. 2, d.|
Feb. 10, 1658. May 29, 1664; 1665; |
Aug. 10, 1667. Boston. |
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+------------+----------+----------------+------------------+
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Mary, [(6)]Grace, Elisabeth, [(5)]James, Aug. 21, = [(4)]Abigail Eustice,
Feb. 21, May 2, Dec. 23, 1688; d. Boston. | d. Dec. 15, 1713.
1683. 1685. 1686. |
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+----------------+--------------+---------------------+
| | |
Abigail, [(7)]Eliza, [(8)]James, = [(9)]Elisabeth Davie.
Jan. 26, March 3, Dec. 4, | = ---- Wakefield.
1710-11. 1711-12. 1713; | |
d. Boston.| |
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+--------------------------+ +---------+
| |
[(10)]James, = [(11)]Mary Sigourney. Sarah.
Feb. 15, |
1739; |
d. at |
Oxford, Ms. |
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+-----+------+-----+----+----------+-------+------+-------+-------+
| | | | | | | | |
Mary. | Anthony. Elisabeth. Hannah. John. Peter. Sarah. Celia.
|
[(12)] James Davie. = Rachel Harris.
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+----------------+--+------------+--------------+
| | | |
Mary Sigourney. Sophia Gedney. Chloe Harris. James Davie,
Jan. 6, 1814;
March 15, 1815. = Anna Bates.
|
[(13)]James Davie, June 25, 1846.