COTTON John b. 1621-1625 Staffordshire, England d. 12 Sep 1702 Isle of Wight County, VA: Booth Family Website

1625 - 1702 (77 years)

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Name	COTTON John [1]
Birth	1621-1625	Staffordshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Lived(s) In	1657	Queens Creek, York County, VA [1]
	Queens Creek, York County, VA
Land	31 Dec 1666	Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia [1]
	Land Purchase
	Thomas Beale bought the Wheeler Plantation, which lay in Hampton Parish, York County, between King and Queen's Creek, shortly before Francis Wheeler died and sold it to John Cotton December 31,1666. John Cotton and Anne Cotton raised their children there and eventually sold the Queen's Creek plantation to Col. Nathaniel Bacon in 1691.
Death	12 Sep 1702	Isle of Wight County, VA [1]
Notes	John and Anne Cotton 1621 - 1702 There are many people named Cotton in England and America. No doubt many of them are distant cousins. However, our interest is focused on the Cotton femUies which lived in Southside Virginia, and specifically on the ancestors of Mary Etta Cotton (1871 - 1909), the mother of my mother. The first ancestor of Etta Cotton which we can be fairly sure of is one John Cotton, who was born either 1621 or 1625 in England, and emigrated to the Jamestown Colony as a young man, probably 1637/38. His name appears as a witness to a document in Lower Norfolk County inl 651. In 1657 he married Anne Hutchinson (Harrison?), in Nansemond, Isle of Wight County. His name appears several more times in 1657 in the records of York County, as a juror, witness to a will and named in a will. The will he witnessed was that of Mrs. Francis Wheeler, and under its provisions he received a gold seal ring. He was presumably related to her. Frances Wheeler, Sr. died in 1659-70, leaving a large estate. Thomas Beale bought the Wheeler Plantation, which lay in Hampton Parish, York County, between King and Queen's Creek, shortly before Francis Wheeler died and sold it to John Cotton December 31,1666. John Cotton and Anne Cotton raised their children there and eventually sold the Queen's Creek plantation to Col. Nathaniel Bacon in 1691. John Cotton's name figured in a deposition found in York County Records, which provides some insight into the tenor of the times. John Heyward, aged thirty-five years or thereabouts, sayeth That your deponent, in November last was two years at the house of James Pardoe, and there did meet with Mr. John Cotton who did come to demand tobacco (tobacco was used in the early Virginia Colony as a medium of exchange, money being scarce) and your said Deponent and Mr. Cotton did fall to drinking very hard by ye request of the said James Pardoe & did contiue drinking all day till at night wee went to cards, and at cards your Deponent and Mr. Cotton had some words & soe broke off from play and did goe each of them to there rest, but your Deponent was ordered to sleep along with the said Pardoe & his wife in the same room where all the Drink was, soe your Deponent & said Pardoe did fall to drinking again, and after some discourse the said Pardee did tell your Deponent yet Mr. Cotton was come for to demand Tobo (tobacco) of him upon the accounts of Thomas Bevins', but the said Pardoe did desire your Deponent for to look over Thomas Bevins 'papers & to see if his bill was not there among ye papers & said Pardoe did depart for some time out of the room & did bring some papers in his hand for your Deponent to looke over. Your Deponent in looking over ye papers did find ye said Bevins' his bill uncancelled and did give it to the said Pardoe and your Deponent will swear & further saith not. John Heyward Sworn before me the 21 June 1681. William Booth The use of Mr. before John Cotton's name indicates that he was considered a member of the gentry. Apparently he was either a lawyer, or because he was well educated his name appears on various legal documents [1]
Person ID	I3431	Booth Family
Last Modified	25 Feb 2015

Father	COTTON Thomas, b. 1594, Huntingtonshire, England d. 1662, Huntingtonshire, England (Age 68 years)
Mother	HOWARD Margaret, b. 1593 d. 1622-1623, Huntingtonshire, England (Age 30 years)
Marriage	Abt 1629 [1]
Family ID	F1118	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ann Hutchinson (Harrison ?), b. 1630, Eyworth, Bedfordshire, England d. York County, VA

Marriage Abt 1657 Isle of Wight County, VA [1]

Children

	1. COTTON John "Bertie", b. 22 Apr 1658, Isle of Wight County, VA d. May 1728, Bertie County, NC (Age 70 years)
	2. COTTON William, b. 1660, Queens Creek, York County, VA d. Yes, date unknown
	3. COTTON Thomas, b. 1662, Queens Creek, York County, VA d. Mar 1718, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 56 years)
	4. COTTON Charles, b. 1664, Queens Creek, York County, VA d. Yes, date unknown
	5. COTTON Walter, b. 1666-1667, Queens Creek, York County, VA d. Prince George County, VA
	6. COTTON Richard, b. 1669 d. Yes, date unknown
	7. COTTON Ann, b. 1674 d. Yes, date unknown
	8. COTTON Elizabeth, b. 1676 d. Yes, date unknown
	9. COTTON Robert, b. 1678 d. Yes, date unknown
	10. COTTON Jane, b. 1680 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F1102 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Feb 2014

Event Map

	Birth - 1621-1625 - Staffordshire, England
	Lived(s) In - Queens Creek, York County, VA - 1657 - Queens Creek, York County, VA
	Marriage - Abt 1657 - Isle of Wight County, VA
	Land - Land Purchase - 31 Dec 1666 - Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia
	Death - 12 Sep 1702 - Isle of Wight County, VA

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Sources
[S1212] Owner: Pat Reynolds, Cotton family tree, (Compiled and Supplied by Robert L. Bartlett of Juno Beach, FL to Pat Johnson Reynolds) (Reliability: 3).