John L COTTON

Birth:
11 Oct 1793
Straban, Washington, Pennsylvania
Death:
17 Mar 1846
W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Hartstown Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
24 Aug 1820
W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1820; 1830; 1840; W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
NOTE: occ, farmer W Fallowfield Twp
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Combined Atlas Map of Crawford County, PA, Pg 26 1/4:
      settled in W Fallowfield Twp in 1818; had farm of 112 acres; served in War
      of 1812
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
MILITARY: Military Service & Pension Records (drafted for 1 mo service at
      Sadsbury Twp Jan 1814 to serve in Col Samuel Gowdy's 133 Regm't, Pa Militia
      served as corporal from 4 Jan 1814 to 11 Feb 1814 in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co.
      133 Regm't, PA Militia at Erie under the command of Lt. Col. Samuel Gowdy
      by order of Maj Gen David Mead; served as private 22 JUL 1815 to 13 AUG
      1815 in Lt Wm. Proctor's Company, 133 Reg, PA Militia; his widow, Mary,
      applied for bounty land on 4 FEB 1857 under act approved 3 MAR 1855.
MILITARY: Crawford Co War Veterans, CCHS; Corp. in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co., 133
      Regmt PA Militia, from 1 Jan 1814 to 11 FEB 1814, War of 1812
NOTE: served on Vigilance Committee in West Fallowfield Twp 2 May 1835; CCHS
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS
DEATH-PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237
BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 23
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pgs 16, 17 (more info in ref)
NOTE: see also Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hill, MD
                  
Mary MCMASTER
Birth:
1797
Ireland
Death:
25 Jun 1873
Hartstown, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Hartstown Cem, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; DAUGHTER OF
      ? McMASTER AND MARY MARTIN
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS
MARRIAGE-DEATH: Combination Atlas Map of Crawford Co, PA, Pg 26 1/4
CENSUS: 1850; 1860 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH: Letter from James F. Jamison, Zelienople, PA, 11 Sep 1990, to Ruth
       Dickey Setterquist, Fairfield, CA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Family Records of Paula S. Rouse, Vancouver, WA (b 1797; m.
      John Cotton; note: it is probable that Mary McMaster was born in County
      Antrim, Northern Ireland; see documentation for Jane McMaster, RIN 2567)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family Rec's of Charlotte Blair Stewart, Windber, PA:
      (b 1797; d 1873; md John Cotton)
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
25 May 1821
Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
11 Dec 1899
Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Marr:
4 May 1869
 
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90, GT GRANDFATHER
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1830 through 1880 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co., PA
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237 (Will of John Cotton, names son Henry)
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton": born in Shenango Twp. (now
      W Fallowfield Twp)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Combination Atlas Map of Crawford Co, PA by Everts, 1876, p 26
      was a farmer and stock raiser; was a Presbyterian; had 8 children, 3 of
      died by 1876
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962 CCHS
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, Vol 1, Pg 38
DEATH: Crawford Journal, Meadville, PA, 14 Dec 1899, Pg 5, Col 5; (died 10 DEC
      in this rec); Conneautville Courier, 14 Dec 1899, Pg 1, Col 2; niece, Mrs
      J.G.Alter, formerly Miss Rosetta Kilgore of New Kensington.
PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol I, Pg 505
NOTE: Middle name "Stockton" (Trapani Papers & Joslyn's Desc. of Henry Cotton)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A
      Johnson, 1994, Pg 38, 39
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: obit from scrapbook in custody of Rachel McKay,
      Seminole, FL, no date or name of newspaper; "lived in Hartstown until 15
      years ago when he came to Conneaut Twp; mem of UP Church, Hartstown; later
      united with Pres Church in Conneautville; leaves sister, Mrs Nancy
      McCafferty of Hartstown; md 1st Miss Mary McKay by whom he has 4 ch now
      living, John M. of Summerhill; Mrs. Ella Bartholomew of Rochester, PA;
      Robert S. of Missouri; & William H. of Harmonsburg; md 2nd Mrs. Margaret
      Martzall who survives; burial Hartstown, Rev. Francis M. Hall officiated;
      note: this may have been the Conneautville Courier
                  
2
Birth:
Abt 1824
Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
Aft 1899
Marr:
Bef 1850
Pennsylvania 
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1850  W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA; enum in h/h of Henry S.
      Cotton, listed as Nancy J Cotton
MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (md _______ McCaffer_on; living 1899
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Joyslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983: born
     Shenango Twp [now W Fallowfield Twp], 1824 or 1825; md James McCafferty;
     living in 1899; dau Della b 18__)
NOTE: Hartstown Cem Rec's list a Myron R.C. McCafferty, son of James & N.J.
     McCafferty; James & N.J. not listed in this index
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994, Roger A.
     Johnson, Pg 39, 40; md James McCafferty c1845; bur Hartstown Cem. no dates
NOTE: I could not find t.s. in Hartstown Cem
                  
3
Birth:
Abt 1829/30
Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
1870/76
Marr:
29 Apr 1857
Crawford, Pennsylvania 
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1850  W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983; b in Shenango
     Twp [now West Fallowfield Twp], Crawford Co, PA 1830; md Isaac N. Hitchcock
     of Hartstown, PA)
DEATH: Combination Atlas of Crawford Co, PA, Pg 26 1/4; (2 ch died before
      Atlas written)
MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (Maggie of W Fallowfield Twp, md 29 APR 1857,
      I.N. Hitchcock of Hartstown)
NOTE: Margaret living with her cousin, William Davis, Jr, in Meadville in 1850
      (Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983; cites "The Davis Family",
      Thomas Kirby Davis, Norwood, MA, 1912, Pg 60-61; 1850 Meadville census
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 39, 40; b abt 1830 Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA;
      d abt 1870 in PA; bur Hartstown Cem; md abt 1855 to Isaac N. Hitchcock.
TO DO - Need her in 1860 & 1870 Census
                  
4
Martha COTTON
Birth:
Abt 1831
Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Death:
Bef 1840
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983
                  
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John L Cotton - Mary McMaster

John L Cotton was born at Straban, Washington, Pennsylvania 11 Oct 1793. His parents were John Cotton and Margaret Stockton.

He married Mary McMaster 24 Aug 1820 at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania . Mary McMaster was born at Ireland 1797 .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Henry Stockton Cotton born 25 May 1821.
Nancy Jane Cotton born Abt 1824.
Margaret Cotton born Abt 1829/30.
Martha Cotton born Abt 1831.

John L Cotton died 17 Mar 1846 at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania .

Mary McMaster died 25 Jun 1873 at Hartstown, Crawford, Pennsylvania .