COTTON Thomas

1662 - 1718  (56 years)

• Name	COTTON Thomas  [1]
  Birth	1662	Queens Creek, York County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Land	1683	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States   [1]
  	1st land patient
  	Thomas Cotton, 3rd son of John and Anne Cotton, in 1683, when he was 21 years old, patented 335 acres in the upper part of Surry County, on the NE side of the Otter Dam Swamp. Interestingly, the grant of John Johnson adjoined it. The Crown granted patents to virgin land to encourage settlement. Individuals could acquire one headlight by paying the transportation cost of one person into the colony. Usually the person transported was indentured to the person who transported them for a period of seven years.. One headright could be exchanged for fifty acres of Virginia land. Thomas Cotton transported seven persons: Archibald Allen, Elizabeth Stokely, Abraham Hath, Jonathon Smith, James Morgan and Theodore Owen - which entitled him to his 335 acres. The money to pay for transporting these people presumably came from his parents.
  Land	1688	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States   [1]
  	In 1688, Thomas Cotton and brother Walter Cotton, patented 314 more acres adjoining the property already owned by Thomas Cotton on the Otterdam Swamp. Seven more persons were transported to purchase headlights which were then exchanged for the property: Jonathon Bolton, Jonathon Elmy, Hester Bradstock, Charles Trevor, Jonathon Moss, Alice Ems and Howell Waters. The rent rolls for Surry County in 1704 show Thomas Cotton with 257 acres and Walter Cotton with 257 acres. Apparently they consolidated their holdings and farmed it together. Both Thomas Cotton and Walter Cotton were on the Surry County Militia List of 1687 "as qualified in either estate or person to find and maintain a man and horse or to go themselves when occasion shall require.
  Death	Mar 1718	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I3561	Booth Family
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	COTTON John,   b. 1621-1625, Staffordshire, England d. 12 Sep 1702, Isle of Wight County, VA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Ann Hutchinson (Harrison ?),   b. 1630, Eyworth, Bedfordshire, England d. York County, VA
  Marriage	Abt 1657	Isle of Wight County, VA   [1]
  Family ID	F1102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	COTTON Suanna --LNU--,   b. Aft 1684   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1684  [1]
  	Thomas Cotton married Susanna...........in 1684, but she died soon after. They had no children. [1]
  Family ID	F1229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Mary,   b. Abt 1658   d. 1729, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1712  [1]
  Family ID	F1235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1662 - Queens Creek, York County, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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).