Josiah Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jan 1679 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 19 Aug 1756 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Burial Hill, Plymouth
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1640-1699)
Mother: Joanna Rossiter (1642-1702)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Sturtevant (10 Apr 1687 - 27 May 1756)
Marriage: 8 Jan 1707 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Cotton (1710-1767) 1
2. John Cotton (1712-1789)
3. Colonel Theophilus Cotton (1716-1782)
Lydia Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Mar 1799 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
Mother: Elizabeth Chase (Est 1766- )
Maria Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Feb 1641 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death: 4 Apr 1714 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1584-1652)
Mother: Sarah Hawkredd (1598-1676)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rev Increase Mather (21 Jun 1639 - 23 Aug 1723)
Marriage: 6 Mar 1662 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Rev Increase Mather)
Children
Cotton Mather Rev b: 12 Feb 1663 in Boston,Suffolk,MA
Maria Mather b: 16 Mar 1664/1665 in , , MA
Elizabeth Mather b: 6 Jan 1665/1666 in , , MA
Nathaniel Mather Rev b: 6 Jul 1669 in , , MA
Sarah Mather b: 9 Nov 1671 in , , MA
Samuel Mather Rev b: 28 Aug 1674 in , , MA
Abigail Mather b: 16 Apr 1677 in , , MA
Hannah Mather b: 30 May 1680 in , , MA
Katharine Mather b: 14 Sep 1682 in , , MA
Jerusha Mather b: 16 Apr 1684 in , , MA
Mary Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Jul 1734
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Phineas Eames (21 May 1740 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Hannah Eames (1771-1846)
2. Phineas Eames (Est 1770- )
Mary Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Aug 1710 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 Mar 1767 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Cotton (1679-1756)
Mother: Hannah Sturtevant (1687-1756)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hon. John Cushing (27 Jul 1695 - 19 Mar 1778) 1
Marriage: 20 Nov 1729 - Plymouth, Massachusetts 2
Status:
Children:
1. Brigadier General Charles Cushing (1734-1810) 1
2. Mary Cushing (1730-1796) 1
3. Hon. Chief Justice William Cushing (1732-1810) 1
4. Edward Cushing (1736-1737) 1
5. Hannah Cushing (1738-1790) 1
6. Bethiah Cushing (1740-1768) 1
7. Roland Cushing (1744-1748) 1
8. Lucy Susannah Cushing (1745-1791) 1
9. Abigail Cushing (1748-1824) 1
10. Major Roland Cushing (1750-1788) 1
11. Daughter Cushing (1742-1742) 1
Notes
General:
Mary was the daughter of Josiah Cotton Esq., of Plymouth.
Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 48.
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to theYear 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes.
Nathaniel Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 May 1794 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
Mother: Elizabeth Chase (Est 1766- )
Polly Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Apr 1796 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
Mother: Elizabeth Chase (Est 1766- )
Rowland Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Dec 1643 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death: 28 Feb 1650 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1584-1652)
Mother: Sarah Hawkredd (1598-1676)
Rev Rowland Cotton
Sex: M
AKA: Rev Roland Cotton
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Dec 1667 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 18 Mar 1722 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1640-1699)
Mother: Joanna Rossiter (1642-1702)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Saltonstall (17 Sep 1668 - 8 Jul 1726) 3
Marriage: 22 Sep 1692
Status:
Children:
1. Rev John Cotton (1693-1757)
2. Ruth Cotton (Cir 1710-1710)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Saltonstall)
Children
John Cotton Rev b: 15 Jul 1693
Joanna Cotton
Elizabeth Cotton
Sarah Cotton
Nathaniel Cotton Rev
Abigail Cotton b: 9 Jul 1699 in Sandwich
Meriel Cotton b: ABT 19 Jul 1701 in Sandwich
Rowland Cotton
Josiah Cotton
Ward Cotton
Ruth Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 22 Jul 1710 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 Aug 1710 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev Rowland Cotton (1667-1722)
Mother: Elizabeth Saltonstall (1668-1726) 3
Notes
General:
stone:
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
RUTH COTTON THE 6th
DAU'R & 10th CHILD OF
THE REV'D Mr ROWLAND
COTTON & ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE OF THIS TOWN
DEC'D AUG'T 29 1710
AGED 5 WEEKS 4
Sarah Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Dec 1761 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Cotton (1739- )
Mother: Elizabeth Cobb (Cir 1740- )
Sarah Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Sep 1635 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Baptism:
Death: 20 Jan 1650 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1584-1652)
Mother: Sarah Hawkredd (1598-1676)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Jonathon Mitchell
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Rev Seaborn Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Aug 1633 - At Sea
Baptism:
Death: 14 Apr 1686 - Hampton, New Hampshire
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev John Cotton (1584-1652)
Mother: Sarah Hawkredd (1598-1676)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Dorothy Bradstreet b: in , , MA
Married: 14 Jun 1654 in Andover, Essex, MA
Children
Dorothy Cotton b: 11 Nov 1656 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
John Cotton Rev b: 8 May 1658 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Sarah Cotton b: 22 Feb 1660 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Anna Cotton b: 22 Aug 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Sarah Cotton b: 2 Jul 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Elizabeth Cotton b: 13 Aug 1665 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Mercy Cotton b: 2 Nov 1666 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Abiah Cotton b: 5 Apr 1669 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Maria Cotton b: 22 Apr 1670 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Marriage 2 Prudence Wade b: in , , MA
Married: 7 Jul 1673 in Hampton,Rockingham,NH
Children
Rowland Cotton b: 29 Aug 1674 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Wade Cotton b: 6 Oct 1676 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH
Sophia Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1755
Baptism:
Death: 1833
Burial: Village Burying Ground, Woods Hole 5
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Seth Parker (12 Oct 1750 - 1814)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Parker (1781-1811)
Susanna Cotton
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Mar 1791 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
Mother: Elizabeth Chase (Est 1766- )
Colonel Theophilus Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Mar 1716 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Feb 1782 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Cotton (1679-1756)
Mother: Hannah Sturtevant (1687-1756)
William Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jul 1773 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Cotton (1739- )
Mother: Elizabeth Cobb (Cir 1740- )
William Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Oct 1739 - Falmouth, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Cobb (Cir 1740 - )
Marriage: 7 Jul 1759 - Falmouth, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. John Cotton (1760-1847)
2. Sarah Cotton (1761- )
3. Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
4. William Cotton (1773- )
Notes
General:
family from Portsmouth NH
William Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Oct 1802 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Cotton (1764- )
Mother: Elizabeth Chase (Est 1766- )
William S Cotton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1836 - Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Cotton (1789-After 1850)
Mother: Mehitable Snow (1797-After 1850)
Sources
1. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173).
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts. Vol. 2, Marriages and Deaths, 92.
3. Mary K. Talcott, John Denison family of Ipswich, corrected (1902. NEHGR 56:207).
4. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
5. "Falmouth, Massachusetts cemetery insciptions, from Falmouth Enterprise" (Falmouth Genealogical Society, falgen.org).