Rev. William Cotton

Abt 1610 - Bef 1642  (< 31 years)

• Name	William Cotton  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	Abt 1610	Bunbury, Cheshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Mentioned in	23 Apr 1636	Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	He was shown as Mr. Cotton in the will of William Smith, planter of Acchawmack. He was to give my sermon and to him also 100 lbs tobacco.
  Will - Mentioned in	9 Aug 1636	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as Mr. Cotton, minister, and given 40 lbs tobacco in the will of John Symons, planter of Acchawmack.
  Will - Witnessed	9 Aug 1636	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that Thomas Wyatt and William Cotton witnessed the will of John Symons, planter of Acchawmack.
  Will - Mentioned in	1 Apr 1639	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	He was shown as Mr. Cotton in the will of Nicholas Harwood and he was to make a sermon for me.
  Will	20 Aug 1640	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	He was shown as William Cotton, Cler, of Acchomacke. My soul to God and my body to the ground to be buried by my towe(sic) little children. To my child (now unborne) son or dau. my plantation of Bunbury, my n. Domingo, and one young heifer with her cow calf. But if my child should die in his infancy then half these goods to my mother Joane Cotton in Bunbury in Cheshire, and the other half to my beloved wife Ann Cotton. Wife resid. legatee and extrx. My friends and brethern-in-law (Capt.) William Stone and (Capt.) William Rop(er) to oversee. Witt: Mark Hamon.
  Death	Bef 1642	Northampton Co, Virginia   [5]
  	It was in this year Rev. Nathaniel Eaton assigned land at Hungar's Creek due him by right of intermarriage with the widow and relict of William Cotton, Clerke.
  Probate	30 Dec 1646	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Reference Identifer	England
  Record ID	83701
  Person ID	I83701	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	(father of Rev. Wm.) Cotton,   b. Abt 1585, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Joane (--?--),   b. Abt 1590, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1610	Bunbury, Cheshire, England   [6]
  Family ID	F27790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann (4) Graves,   b. 1620, England d. Bef 18 Jul 1683, Charles Co, Maryland (Age < 63 years)
  Marriage	Bef 10 Jul 1637	Northampton Co, Virginia   [5]
  Children	1. (1c_o Ann) (17) Cotton,   b. Abt 1638, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 20 Aug 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 2 years)   2. (2c_o Ann) (18) Cotton,   b. Abt 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 20 Aug 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 0 years) + 3. Verlinda (16) Cotton,   b. 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef Mar 1694 (Age < 54 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F27675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 2 (will of John Symons, planter), 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 2 (will of William Smith, planter, of Acchawmack), 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 4 (will of Nicholas Harwood), 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 18 (will of William Cotton, Cler, of Acchomacke, wife Ann), 497. [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 133 (Graves Family), 888. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 18 (will of William Cotton, wife Ann), 497.