Samuel COTTEN, JR.

Birth:
Abt 1750
North Carolina
Death:
1795
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Marriage:
Abt 1770
North Carolina
Mother:
Elizabeth
Sources:
Sally's Family Place - www.sallysfamilyplace.com/mulberrygrove/braswell.htm
Ancestral File v.4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
New.familysearch.org, May 2010
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
Elizabeth EWELL
Birth:
Abt 1754
of Northampton, North Carolina
Death:
1795
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Mother:
Lydia
Children
Marriage
1
Edward COTTEN
Birth:
Abt 1770
of Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Nancy COTTON
Birth:
3 Dec 1772
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
Jul 1855
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Jacob BRASWELL 
Marr:
9 Jul 1789
Edgecombe, North Carolina 
3
Alexander COTTEN
Birth:
Abt 1774
Death:
May 1826
Edgecombe, North Carolina
4
Solomon COTTEN
Birth:
Abt 1775
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
25 Mar 1835
Henry, Tennessee
Priscilla Macon HAWKINS 
Marr:
1797
North Carolina 
5
Micajah Thomas COTTEN
Birth:
1777
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
May 1834
Talladega, Talladega, Alabama
6
Willie COTTEN
Birth:
Abt 1779
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
1833
Madison, Alabama
 
Marr:
 
7
Roderick COTTEN
Birth:
16 Mar 1786
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Death:
25 Sep 1815
Edgecombe, North Carolina
Mary Topping BRASWELL 
Marr:
27 Aug 1807
Edgecombe, North Carolina 
FCID:6306:456
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Samuel Cotten, Jr. - Elizabeth Ewell

Samuel Cotten, Jr. was born at North Carolina Abt 1750. His parents were Samuel Cotten, Sr. and Elizabeth .

He married Elizabeth Ewell Abt 1770 at North Carolina . Elizabeth Ewell was born at of Northampton, North Carolina Abt 1754 daughter of Solomon Ewell and Lydia .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Edward Cotten born Abt 1770.
Nancy Cotton born 3 Dec 1772.
Alexander Cotten born Abt 1774.
Solomon Cotten born Abt 1775.
Micajah Thomas Cotten born 1777.
Willie Cotten born Abt 1779.
Roderick Cotten born 16 Mar 1786.

Samuel Cotten, Jr. died 1795 at Edgecombe, North Carolina .

Elizabeth Ewell died 1795 at Edgecombe, North Carolina .