Samuel COTTEN, SR.

Birth:

Abt 1708

of Nansemond, Virginia

Death:

10 May 1774

Northampton, North Carolina

Marriage:

Abt 1749

of Bertie, North Carolina

Father:

John COTTEN

Mother:

Martha GODWIN

Sources:

Sally's Family Place - www.sallysfamilyplace.com/mulberrygrove/braswell.htm
Ancestry World Tree
Ancestral File v.4.19
Pedigree Resource File
New.familysearch.org, May 2010

Notes:

                   DEATH:
    10 May 1774 is will date.  The date of 16 Jan 1774 is also given for this will.

Elizabeth

Birth:

Abt 1720

of Virginia

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Children

Marriage

Samuel COTTEN, JR.

Birth:

Abt 1750

North Carolina

Death:

1795

Edgecombe, North Carolina

Elizabeth EWELL

Marr:

Abt 1770

North Carolina

Notes:

                   RESEARCH NOTE:
    Samuel Cotton Jr. married his step sister, Elizabeth Ewell.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Solomon and Lydia Ewell, it appears that Solomon and Lydia divorced and Lydia married Samuel Cotton Sr.


". . located himself in Edgecombe County [ca 1773] where he bought a plantation from William Bell in 1786. He became a large planter and was a man of gentility and highly respected. In 1795 at the death of his wife, he divided his estate among his several sons and one daughter and shortly thereafter followed her into the beyond." Bruce Cotten

John COTTEN

Birth:

Abt 1752

of Edgecombe, North Carolina

Death:

Marr:

Euridice COTTEN

Birth:

Abt 1754

of Edgecombe, North Carolina

Death:

GARDINER

Marr:

Abt 1775

of North Carolina

FCID:6306:1468

Samuel Cotten, Sr. - Elizabeth

Samuel Cotten, Sr. was born at of Nansemond, Virginia Abt 1708. His parents were John Cotten and Martha Godwin.

He married Elizabeth Abt 1749 at of Bertie, North Carolina . Elizabeth was born at of Virginia Abt 1720 .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Samuel Cotten, Jr. born Abt 1750.
John Cotten born Abt 1752.
Euridice Cotten born Abt 1754.

Samuel Cotten, Sr. died 10 May 1774 at Northampton, North Carolina .