B-Haplotype Set Proposed Cotton Lineage


Coat of Arms (a thick black slash between three black balls on a silver background) of most Cottons herein mentioned
(including the Cottons of Cotton, Hampstall-Ridware, Bold, Crakemarsh, etc.)
The Crest (a gold falcon about to take off in flight from a green mountain) is that of Crakemarsh

The following, while being derived in large part, from previously published materials, has, with a certain few exceptions, not been verified against original documents. Even today, with modern research tools, it is all too easy to make mistakes. In the past, the frequency with which error crept into genealogical work was higher. One should, therefore assume that at least10% and perhaps 20 or 30% of the following will eventually need to be rewritten as the research of original records progresses. For the first 12 generations (down to Walter Cotton of Crakemarsh), I am indebted to an extract of The Heraldry of Thornton Manor by Barry R. Holliss, esq., which can be found at a website dedicated to Thornton Manor (http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/wdahs/Thornton/docs/shields.html). This extract made it possible to correct many unclear points in the Cotton pedigree (though assuredly many more continue to exist) to be found in a Harleian Society manuscript (Harl. MSS. 6128, f. 33, & c.) and in The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire (edited by H. Sydney Grazebrook, Esq., published in London in 1885 by Mitchell and Hughes). Parish records for the 12th through the 15th generations of the Crakemarsh Cottons were consulted by Dr. Neil Thompson of Salt Lake City and, so, this information should be considered definitive. Information on the presumed descendants of the Crakemarsh Cottons in America is derived from the work of Dr. Neil Thompson and William Melvin Cotton, and, despite the current scantiness of information supplied by this webpage, should be considered definitive as far as it goes. The presumed relationship of the American Cottons with the Crakemarsh Cottons is based on a convergence of DNA evidence with other evidence based on the written record, such as a comparison of wills and parish records on both sides of the Atlantic. The combined weight of evidence does not yet provide absolute proof but it is compelling. Further work will be done on this matter, the most important being the search for two Cottons (for DNA testing purposes) with a solidly established and absolutely provable ancestry to any of the pre-19th century English Cottons listed below. Any assistance in locating such individuals would be greatly appreciated. Information on the last of the English Crakemarsh Cottons was taken from the above-mentioned Thornton Manor website and appears to be definitive as far as it goes, though it does not make absolutely clear the nature of the connection with the earlier Crakemarsh Cottons, therefore making it impossible to include them in the numbering system which is employed below. Information on William Cotton (11.04), Bishop of Exeter, his parents, and his descendants come from the website of The Rev Dr Garry Stuart Gibson (see below for more information). Information regarding the Connington Cottons (the Cottons whose most famous representative was Sir Robert Bruce Cotton) was taken from the http://www.stirnet.com website, a website which is to be highly recommended and which is deserving of support.

01.01 William de Cotun, b. before 1244, lived during the reign of Henry III (1216 - 1272), probably a near relative of Hugh Cotton and/or Henry Cotton who witness legal documents in co. Chester in 1270. 
      ?w = (?)
  02.01 Simon de Cotun, b. before 1265, co. Chester, lived during the reign of Edw. I (1272-1307)
       ?w = (?) Grosvenor, Mentioned in Ormerod's "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester" (vol. iii, p. 145) as being the daughter of Robert Grosvenor 
            of Hulme (who d. about 1286 and was an ancestor of all the Grosvenors referred to below). This Robert Grosvenor purchased the Manor of Allostock
            in 1270/1, thus being old enough to have had a daughter old enough to have been Simon de Cotun's wife. This is based on the assumption that, in order
            for William, the son of this this marriage, to have been of an age to witness various deeds in 1307 and to have been granted land in that year, he
            would have had to have been born by 1286 at the latest. Assuming a birth in 1286, the latest probable date for the birth of his mother would be 1271. 
            The son of the Robert Grosvenor who died about 1286 was yet another Robert Grosvenor was born about 1284 (d. about 1338), who was the Robert Grosvenor
            who granted land and the use of a modified Grosvenor coat of arms to the William Cotton mentioned immediately below. (See, "The Ancestor, an Illustrated
            Quarterly Review", Vol. I (April 1902), pp. 160-188 & Vol. II (July 1902), pp. 129-155.
    03.01 (?s of 02.01+?w) William de Cotun, b. 1286 or earlier, d. between 1337 or 1343, witnessed legal documents in 1307 in co. Chester. According to a 
          deposition in the Scrope and Grosvenor coat of arms trial of 1386, he is recorded as having been granted the use of the Grosvenor Coat of Arms as used at that 
          time (with addition of three balls to differentiate the Cotton coat of arms from that of the Grosvenors) by Robert Grosvenor (d. about 1338), son of Robert 
          Grosvenor of Hulme who died about 1286. This coat of arms was subsequently recognized at visitations carried out by the College of Arms in the 16th and 17th 
          centuries. The original Grosvenor coat of arms was a gold bend on a blue background. As a result of the 1386 trial, the right to this coat of arms was judged 
          as belonging to the Scrope family and a new coat of arms was granted to the Grosvenors, as the king judged that a simple differentiation of the arms would not 
          distinguish clearly enough between the Scrope and Grosvenor families. Probably, in reaction to the king's judgement and out of prudence, these Cottons would have
          changed what must have been a coat of arms consisting of gold bend between three gold balls on a blue background to a coat of arms consisting of a black bend between
          three black balls on silver background. In any case, there is no record of the Cottons of ever being in conflict with the Scropes over their use of the Cotton 
          (=Grosvenor with additions for purposes of differentiation) coat of arms. (See, "The Ancestor, an Illustrated Quarterly Review", Vol. I (April 1902), pp. 160-188.) 
          Nor was future recognition by the College of Arms denied them. William Cotton and his wife, Joan, are mentioned in Ormerod's as having received a grant of lands in 
          Hanley in the year 34 (1306) of Edward I. These lands were granted by Robert Grosvenor (d. about 1338). (See, "The Ancestor, an Illustrated Quarterly Review", 
          Vol. I (April 1902), pp. 160-188.) In the years 6 and 10 of Edward III (1333 & 1337), William Cotton appears with his wife, Isabel, in surviving legal records (see, 
          "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester", Vol. II, p. 785).
          1w = Joan
          2w = Isabel
      04.01 (?s of 03.01+2w) Edmund Coton de Cotton, b. after 1307, appears in 16 Edward III (1343), is mentioned in "Ancient West Country Families and Their 
            Armorial Bearings" as being the oldest son of the second marriage of his father.  
            !w = Catherine Brett de Dana
        05.01 (!s of 04.01+!w) William Cotton of Cotton, b. before 1356, in co. Chester in 50 Edw. III (1377). 3 Ric. II. 2 Hen. IV (1400)
              !w = Agnes, dau. and heir of Walter de Ridware, 5 Hen. IV., by Joan Walsheif (or, Walsheof).
          06.01 (!s of 07.01+!w) John Cotton, of Ridware Hamstall, b. 1390 or before, appears in 12 Henry IV (1411).
                !w = Isabel(la), dau. and heir of Sir William Faulconer (or, Falconer), of Thurcaston, knight 4 Hen. IV. In "Ancient West Country Families 
                     and Their Armorial Bearings" it is mentioned that Sir William possessed Clayham in Leicester and as having possessed an ancient lineage.
            07.01 (!s of 06.01+!w) Sir Richard Cotton, of Hampstall-Ridware, 6 Hen. VI. killed in the battle of St. Alban's in 1454.
                  !w = Johanna (according to the Staffordshire County History or Elizabeth, according to Burke's Dormant Baronetcies), 
                       daughter of Richard Venables, sister and co-heir of Sir Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton. killed at Bloreheath 23 September 1459.
              08.01 (1s of 07.01+!w) Richard, married 1455 and died 1462 (according to Ormerod)
                    !w = Margaret Clerk 
                09.01 (!s of 08.01+!w) Richard, of Hamstall Ridware, b. 1459 and died 1503 (according Ormerod)
, heire of Turcaston, Tayme, and
                      Mapplewell in co. Leicester, Coilston and Rosington in co. Derby, Hampstall-Ridware, Poeswood, and Ashfield 
                      in co. Stafford, and Coton and Oscroft in co. Chester.
                      !w = Jone, daughter of Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, co. Chester, knt. died May 11, 1516. 
                  10.01 (1s of 09.17+!w) Thomas, 24 Hen. VIII
                        !w = Catherine
                    11.01 (!d of 10.01+!w) Elizabeth, f. p.
                  10.02 (1d of 09.17+!w) Matilda, eldest dau. and co-heir, d. 1551
                        !h = Anthony Fitzherbert, of Norbury, knt. justice of the Common-Bench, died May 26, 30 Henry VIII
                    11.01 (!d of 10.02+!h) Barbara
                          !h = Sir Thomas Cockayne.
                    11.02 (1s of 10.02+!h) Thomas, died f.p.
                    11.03 (2s of 10.02+!h) John, see p.*155;.
                  10.03 (2d of 09.17+!w) Elianor, 2nd dau. and co-heir
                        !h = William Venables, knt. 3 Hen. VIII. Baron of Kinderton, ob. 32 Hen. VIII.
                  10.04 (3d of 09.17+!w) Catherine, 3rd dau. and co-heir
                        !h= Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, co. Chester. (A descendant of Sir Robert Grosvenor, the plaintif in the
                            Scrope and Grosvenor coat of arms case mentioned above. As Catherine Cotton became a co-heiress of 
                            this branch of the Cotton family on the death of her brother and his daughter, though this marriage 
                            the male-line descendants of this particular Cotton-Grosvenor match have inherited the unused right 
                            to quarter the Cotton coat of arms with their own, the Cotton coat of arms being, as is mentioned above, 
                            based on the original coat of arms of the early Grosvenors. Among the male-line descendants of this 
                            marriage are the Dukes of Westminster.)
                  10.05 (4d of 09.17+!w) Isabel, 4th dau. and co-heir
                        1h = John Bradburn, of Bradburn (or the Hugh)
                        2h = William Basset, of Blore
                  10.06 (5d of 09.17+!w) daughter
                  10.07 (6d of 09.17+!w) daughter
                  10.08 (2s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
                  10.09 (3s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
                  10.10 (4s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
                  10.11 (5s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
                  10.12 (6s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
                  10.13 (7s of 09.17+!w) son, f.p.
              08.02 (1s of 07.01+!w) John, of Ridware Hamstall, ob. 2 Edw. IV and 35 Hen. VI, buried Ridware-Hempstall Church.
                    1w = Johanna, daughter of Nicholas Fitzherbert, of Norbury
                    2w = Mary, daughter of Ralph Poole, of Radborne.
                09.01 (1s of 08.02+1w) James, died in his cradle.
                09.02 (2s of 08.02+1w) John 
                      !w = Alice, da. and heir of Richard Langham, of Langham, co. Suffolk.
                           (In the William Salt library at Stafford is a manuscript pedigree of the Cotton family prepared after 1721 
                           upon the orders of Edward Coton of Ipswich from various public and private records. This work, registered as SMS 49, 
                           is entitled gCotton family. Stemma et propagationes perantique Cottonorum familiae de comitatibus Cestriae, 
                           Staffordiae, Huntingdoniae etc.hand has an achievement quarterly of 19 as its frontispiece. Langham is shown as the l0th quarter.)
                  10.01 (1s of 09.02+!w) Richard
                  10.02 (2s of 09.02+!w) Nicholas, ob. f. p. 1500. See Tindal's Essex, p. 39.
                  10.03 (3s of 09.02+!w) Sigismund, of Panfield, in Essex. See Tindal's Essex, p. 39.
                09.03 (3s of 08.02+1w) Thomas, Bachelor of Divinity. the first Englishman friar observant in England, died at Richmond.
                09.04 (4s of 08.02+1w) William, clerk to the king's auditor, died at London, aged 20.
                09.05 (5s of 08.02+1w) William, died at the age of sixteen. (Two Williams said to be recorded on the tombstone of their father.)
                09.06 (6s of 08.02+1w) Roger, citizen and vintner of London.
                      !w = Anne, dau. of John Roose, of Plymouth.
                09.07 (7s of 08.02+1w) Walter, LL. B. and parson of Ridware.
                09.08 (8s of 08.02+1w) Richard, buried at Ridware, 1534. See pp. 158/9.
                      1w = Alice, dau. of Gilbert Savage, co. Derby.
                      2w = Johanna, dau. and heir of Thomas St. John of Charing, co. Kent.
                  10.01 (!d of 09.08+1w) Maude
                        1h = Francis Repington, of Armington
                        2h = (?) Willoughby
                  10.02 (1s of 09.08+2w) John, citizen of London. According to "Ancient West Country Families and Their Armorial Bearings",
                        John is the third son.
                        !w = Pery Cheyne (or Chyne)
                    11.01 (1s of 10.02+!w) Roger
                    11.02 (2s of 10.02+!w) Thomas
                    11.03 (3s of 10.02+!w) George
                    11.04 (4s of 10.02+!w) William, prebendary of St. Paul's in London, bishop of Exeter, and there bu. Aug. 26, 1621.
                          !w = Maria (Mary) Hulme, daughter of Thomas Hulme, widow of William Cutler.
                      12.01 (1s of 11.04+!w) William, M.A., Resigned as Vicar of Breage in Cornwall in 1607, rector of St Mary's Church                                   (Whimple, Devonshire) in 1608 (appointed by Earl of Bedford), became Archdeacon of Totnes, holder of many other
                            benefices in Devon and Cornwall, including Silverton, d. 1649 at the Manor of Botreaux Castle, his seat.                                      Pedigrees of this and other related Cotton families are to be found in Ancient Westcountry Families and 
                            Their Armorial Bearings, A story of the old nobility and gentry of Devon and Cornwall, with notes on their 
                            lives, their manor-houses and their charities, Vol. I by B.H. Williams, published by J.A.D. Bridger, 
                            112A and 112B Market Jew Street, Penzance, 1916.
                            !w = Elizabeth, one of the four daughters of John Hender of Botreaux Castle in Cornwall. The family name is probably
                                 derived from the Manor of Hender in Trigg.
                        13.01 (1s of 12.01+!w) (?) 
                        13.02 (2s of 12.01+!w) Dr. Edward Cotton, Lord of the Manors of Botreaux Castle and Worthevale, d. 1675
                        13.03 (3s of 12.01+!w) Sir John Cotton, successor to his brother Edward, knighted in 1685, died 1703
                              !w = (?), no children. 
                        13.04 (?d of 12.01+!w) (?)
                              !h = (?) Amy of Silverton, a descendant of this marriage (Edward Amy) became the main heir of his uncle,
                                   Sir John Cotton.
                        13.05 (?d of 12.01+!w) (?) 
                              !h = (?) Silly of Trevelver
                        13.06 (?d of 12.01+!w) (?) 
                              !h = (?) Were of Dunsmoor
                        13.07 (?d of 12.01+!w) (?) 
                              !h = (?) Were of Silverton
                        13.08 (?d of 12.01+!w) (?) 
                      12.02 (2s of 12.01) Edward, died 1647.
                            !w = Margaret, daughter of William Burton of Heavitree
                        13.01 (1s of 12.02+!w) (?), died having had no children.
                        13.02 (2s of 12.02+!w) (?), died having had no children.
                        13.03 (3s of 12.02+!w) (?), died having had no children.
                        13.04 (?d of 12.02+!w) (?), died having had no children.
                        13.05 (?d of 12.02+!w) Margaret
                              !h = James Rich
                        13.06 (?d of 12.02+!w) Elizabeth
                              ?h = John Davy
                              ?h = Nicholas Isaak
                      12.03 (?d of 12.01) (?)
                      12.04 (?d of 12.01) (?)
                      12.05 (?d of 12.01) (?)
                      12.06 (?d of 11.04+!w) Judith
                            !h = Freeman Page
                        13.01 (?d of 12.06+!h) Margaret, d. 1665
                              !h = Rev. Thomas Collins, d.in 1663 and was buried on 13 Apr 1665 in Colyton, Devon, England. 
                          14.01 (?s of 13.01+!h) Edward Collyns, b. about 1640 in Sampford Peverel, d. in 1714. 
                                !w = Jane Kirton, m. on 3 Oct 1680 in Moreton Hampstd., Devon, England.
                            15.01 (?s of 14.01+!w) Thomas Collyns, d. in 1760 and was buried in St Leonards, Exeter, Devon, England. 
                                  !w = Elizabeth Mortimor, m. on 18 Sep 1691 in Hevitree, Devon, England.
                              16.01 (?s of 15.01+!w) William Collyns, christened on 23 Dec 1714 in St Stephen, Exeter, Devon, England, d. in 1768, buried on 07 Feb 1768 in St Leonards, Exeter, Devon, England. 
                                    !w = Elizabeth Raillard, m. on 15 Jul 1736 in Holy Trinity, Hevitree, Devon, England.
                                17.01 (?s of 16.01+!w) William Collyns, christened on 16 Oct 1762 in Topsham, Devon, England, d. in 1804 in Kenton, Devon, England. 
                                      !w = Elizabeth Disting, m. on 24 Jun 1784 in Kenton, Devon, England.
                                  18.01 (?s of 17.01+!w) William Collyns, b. on 29 Apr 1785, christened on 29 Apr 1786 in Kenton, Devon, England, d. on 15 Jan 1863 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. 
                                        !w = Lucy Ann Welch, b. in 1783, christened on 11 Nov 1792 in St Mary, Hitchin, Hertford, England, m. on 12 May 1812 in St Lawrence, Pountrey, London, England, d. 03 Jul 1838, buried in Kenton, Devon, England..
                                    19.01 (?d of 18.01+!w) Lucy Welch Collyns, b. on 24 Jun 1811, christened on 08 Aug 1811 in Kenton, Devon, England, d. in 1900 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, buried on 5 May 1900 in St Marys, Walthamstow, Essex, England.
                                          !h = Richard Bedford Allen, b. on 9 Jun 1807 in Whitechapel, London, Mdx, England, christened on 30 Jul 1807 in St Mary's, Whitechapel, Mdx, England, d. in 1877, buried on 08 Nov 1877 in St Marys, Walthamstow, Essex, England,
                                               m. on 17 Mar 1834 in Kenton, Devon, England.
                                      20.01 (?d of 19.01+!w) Mary Allen, b. on 15 Jan 1839 in Walthamstow, Essex, England, christened on 24 Feb 1839 in St Marys, Walthamstow, Essex, England, d. on 4 May 1904 in Mayola Rd, Clapton, Middlesex, England.
                                            !h = John Robert Gibson, b. on 16 May 1832 in Walthamstow, Essex, England, christened on 23 Jun 1832 in St Mary's, Walthamstow, Essex, England, d. 15 Jan 1916 in Highgate, (Edmonton), Mddx, England, 
                                                 m. in 1858 in West Ham, Essex, England.
                                        21.01 (?s of 20.01+!h) Kenneth Lockhart Gibson, b. on 20 Jun 1873 in Hackney, Middlesex, England, d. on 8 Nov 1940 in Homeopathic Hosp, St. Ormond St., Holborn, London, England. 
                                              !w = Minnie Sybil Thorndycraft, b. on 01 Apr 1875 in Hackney, Middlesex, England, m. about Sep 1895 in Hackney, London, Mddx, d. on 21 Aug 1929 in London, England, buried, Cemetery, City of London, England.
                                          22.01 (?s of 21.01+!h) Kenneth William Gibson, b. on 19 Jan 1896 in Hackney, London, England, d. in 1991 in Stroud, Glos, England and was buried in Goodley Stock, Westerham, Kent, England,
                                                m. on 1 Mar 1924 in St Pauls Portman, Marylebone, London, England.
                                                !w = Ida Beatrice Barnes, b. 09 Jun 1892 in St Saviour, London, England, d. in 1975 in Orpington, Kent, England.
                                            23.01 (?s of 22.01+!h) The Rev Dr Garry Stuart Gibson, b. 06 Oct 1936 in Langley, Bucks, England.
                                                  (For this line, see http://www.geocities.com/garrygib. The immediately above-mentioned Rev. Dr. Garry Stuart Gibson lists his address as:
                                                  The Vicarage
                                                  Stockland, Honiton
                                                  Devon EX14 9EF
                                                  Tel: 01404 881401
                                                  E-mail: garrygib@yahoo.co.uk)
                    11.05 (!d of 10.02+?w) Alice
                  10.02 (2s of 09.08+2w) Humphrey, of Bould (or Bolde, Boulde, or Bobel) co. Stafford. According to "Ancient West Country Families and Their Armorial Bearings", Humphrey is a first son.
                        !w = Anne, daughter of John Kinardsley, of Loxley, esq. died 29 Eliz.
                    11.01 (1d of 10.02+!w) Catherine
                          !h = Thomas Womersley
                    11.02 (2d of 10.02+!w) Margaret
                          !h = Stephen Warnor
                    11.03 (3d of 10.02+!w) Anne
                    11.04 (4d of 10.02+!w) Maud
                          !h = John Pudsey, of Sutton, co. Warwick.
                    11.05 (5d of 10.02+!w) Grace
                          !h = (?) Light
                      12.01 (1d of 11.05+!h) Alice
                      12.02 (2d of 11.05+!h) Elizabeth
                    11.06 (!s of 10.02+!w) William Cotton, of Bould, living 1608.
                          1w = Elizabeth, dau. of Rowland (according to some sources, William or Richard) Mallory
                          2w = Margaret, 3rd dau. of William Yonge, of Kenton, co. Salop, sister to Elizabeth, wife of Walter, 
                               son of her husband, William.
                      12.01 (1s of 11.06+1w) Walter, of Crakemarsh, buried 15 Jan. 1613/4. Will, signed by mark and 
                            dated 12 Jan. 1613/4, was proved on 7 May 1613. 
                            !w = Elizabeth, dau. of William Yonge, of Kenton, co. Salop, sister of Margaret, second wife of her husband's
                                 father. Elizabeth was buried on 20 Apr. 1643.
                        13.01 (!s of 12.01+!w) William Cotton of Crakemarsh, still a minor at the death of his father in 1614, 
                              buried on 10 Dec. 1641.
                              !w = Anne, da. of Thomas Colt of Rotherham, co. York. Married secondly on 6 Nov. 1647 to 
                                   George Bellot (buried 11 Oct. 1660). She was buried on 13 Feb. 1665/6. 
                          14.01 (1s of 13.01+!w) Rowland Cotton of Crakemarsh, Esq., 39 years old on 29 April 1664, buried on 29 July 1673.
                                This line died out in 1800 with the death of Elizabeth Sheppard Cotton.
                                1w = Mary, da. to John Cotton of Earlesholme in Suffolk
                                2w = Felix (or Felicia), da. to William Sneyde, gent., of Keele, co. Staff., Esq., baptized 9 July 1637,
                                     married Rowland Cotton, Esq. on 5 Feb. 1660/1, buried 12 Dec. 1670.
                            15.01 (1d of 14.01+2w) Elizabeth, baptized on 20 January 1661/2.
                            15.02 (1s of 14.01+2w) William Cotton, baptized 10 Mar. 1662/3, will proved 9 Oct 1707.
                                  !w = Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, Esq., of Doveridge, co. Derby, baptized 28 Feb 1669,
                                       married 15 June 1686.
                              16.01 (1d of 15.02+!w) Mary, baptized at Doveridge 6 Feb 1690
                              16.02 (1s of 15.02+!w) William, baptized at Doveridge 17 Jan 1691
                                  ?w = Lived at Lichfield as a widow.
                                17.01 (1s of 16.02+?w) Reverend William Cotton, LL. D., d. 1782, eldest son of the above.
                                      !w = Hester Maria Tyrell (m.16 October 1755, d. 1778), the only surviving child of Sir Charles Tyrell, 7th Baronet, who died in 1748.
                                  18.01 (!d of 17.01+!w) Elizabeth, married 24 November 1774, died at the age of 42 on 27 September 1800, sole daughter and heir of her parents, 
                                        !h = Thomas Sheppard (b. 1746, d. 1821, created a baronet in 1809) of Littlecote. He married secondly Margaret Beardsworth who d. in 1865.
                                    19.01 (1d of 18.01+!h) Maria, b. 1776, d. 1798, m. 1795 
                                          !h = William Lowndes of Winslow
                                    19.02 (1s of 18.01+!h) William Thomas Cotton Sheppard, b. in 1778, in 1799 took the name of Cotton-Sheppard in accordance with the will of his grandfather, d. 21 April 1803. 
                                          Thomas Cotton-Sheppard, b. on March 1785, on 03 April 1806 took the name of Cotton-Sheppard. Sherriff of Buckinghamshire in 1813, 2nd Baronet of Crakemarsh Hall, d. 05 April 1848.
                                          !w = Mary Anne, d. 26 September 1872 in her 80th year, daughter of the Rev. George Turner A.M., a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral and Vicar of Wragby.
                                    19.03 (2d of 18.01+!h) Elizabeth, in 1848 the heiress of Thornton on the death of her brother, d. in 1854 
                                          !h = Thomas Hart of Uttoxeter 
                                      20.01 (!d of 19.03+!h) Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart, m. on 22nd July 1841, d. 4th June 1858.
                                            !h = The Honorable Richard Cavendish, b. 1794, d. 18 March 1876, the second son of the third Baron Waterpark.   
                                        21.01 (!s of 20.01+!h) William Thomas Cavendish, b. 20 July 1843, d. 10 April 1873
                                              !w = Cecilia Lafayette, daughter of James Kennedy of Limes, co. Down.
                                          22.01 (!s of 21.01+!w) Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish, sold Thornton c. 1905                    
                                        21.02 (!d of 20.01+!h) Mary Anne
                                              !h = (?) Hampson-Jones of Kempsford Manor, Fairford, Gloucestershire)
                              16.03 (2d of 15.02+!w) Dorothy, baptized at Uttoxeter 14 Nov 1695
                              16.04 (2s of 15.02+!w) Rowland, baptized 11 Aug 1698
                              16.05 (3s of 15.02+!w) Henry, baptized 7 September 1699  
                            15.03 (2s of 14.01+2w) Rowland Cotton, baptized 3 May 1664, died unmarried at Crakemarsh prior to 4 Sep 1694.
                            15.04 (2d of 14.01+2w) Felix (daughter), baptized on 30 March 1665.
                            15.05 (3s of 14.01+2w) Charles, baptized at Uttoxeter 12 June 1666, buried there 28 May 1669. 
                            15.06 (3s of 14.01+2w) Walter, baptized 6 Jan. 1668/9.
                            15.07 (3d of 14.01+2w) Anne, baptized 8 June 1670.
                          14.02 (1d of 13.01+!w) Elizabeth, baptized 14 Sep. 1626, buried 10 May 1628. 
                          14.03 (2d of 13.01+!w) Margaret, baptized 14 Aug. 1628. 
                          14.04 (3d of 13.01+!w) Mary, baptized 6 Oct. 1629, buried 6 Jan. 1629/30.
                          14.06 (4d of 13.01+!w) Thomazin, baptized 6 Feb. 1632/3.
                                !h = William Nabbs, married before 27 April 1666.
                          14.07 (5d of 13.01+!w) Isabell, baptized 14 May 1635.
                          14.08 (2s of 13.01+!w) Thomas, baptized 19 May 1636. 
                                (High probability of being the Colonial Virginia pioneer of the same name. If so, then, as follows.) 
                                In Virginia first time before 1666, a second time before 1673, pardoned after Bacon's Rebellion, 
                                Under Sherriff of Charles City Co., died Feb. 1718.
                                1w = Susanna, appearing in court records as Thomas's wife in 1685 and 1693.
                                2w = Mary Hide (or Hyde), the widow of Richard Hide II, born 1652 or later, died early spring of 1729.
                            15.01 (!s of 14.08+1w) Robert, alive in 1702 when he was listed as being eligible for militia duty. This
                                  individual's relationship with Thomas is still unsubstantiated by documentary evidence. 
                          14.09 (3s of 13.01+!w) Walter, baptized 14 Nov. 1639. 
                                (High probability of being the Colonial Virginia pioneer of the same name. If so, then, as follows.) 
                                In Virginia by 1676 when he received a pardoned for his role in Bacon's Rebellion. In 1711 he appears 
                                in court to swear he came from England to Virginia as a free man and, thus, claim 50 acres due to him 
                                for paying his own passage. His last mention in colonial records is later in the same year.
                                !w = Elizabeth
                            15.01 (1s of 14.09+!w) Richard, this being attested to by a family tradition of uncertain origin.
                            15.02 (!d of 14.09+!w) Anne, appears in the will of Thomas Cotton I as a kinswoman, the exact relationship
                                  being attested to in a family tradition of uncertain origin.
                                  !h = (William?) Malone  
                            15.03 (2s of 14.09+!w) William Cotton, b. about 1690, mentioned in the will of the Thomas Cotton directly above, 
                                  relationship to Thomas Cotton II attested to in a family tradition of uncertain origin, confirmed by
                                  dna analysis (see http://cottondna.family.nf). 
                                  !w = Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Hide (Hyde), and through Elizabeth Hide, the granddaughter
                                       of Richard Hide and Mary Hide whose second husband was the Thomas Cotton
                                       appearing directly above.
                              16.01 (1s of 15.03+!w) William Cotton, b. 1735, Prince George Co., VA.
                                    !w = Lucy
                                17.01 (1s of 16.01+!w) John Cotton
                                17.02 (1d of 16.01+!w) Mary Cotton
                                      !h = William Scoggin
                                  18.01 (?d of 17.02+!h) Nancy Scoggin
                                17.03 (2s of 16.01+!w) Smith Cotton, b. 1767, Prince George Co. VA, d. 1855.
                                      1w = Martha Gee Gary, m. 1789, daughter of Wm. Gary, Jr., a Revolutionary War veteran
                                      2w = (?), widow of a certain Mr. Hamilton
                                      3w = Elizabeth G. Moseley
                                  18.01 (1s of 17.03+!w) William Gee Cotton
                                  18.02 (2s of 17.03+!w) Stephen Gary, twin of William Gee Cotton
                                  18.03 (1d of 17.03+!w) Marguerite Cotton
                                  18.04 (2d of 17.04+!w) Lucy H. Cotton
                                  18.05 (3s of 17.05+!w) Pleasant Gray Cotton
                                  18.06 (3d of 17.05+!w) Betsy Cotton
                                  18.07 (4d of 17.05+!w) Laura May Cotton
                                  18.08 (5d of 17.05+!w) Martha Cotton
                                  18.09 (4s of 16.01+!w) James Gary Cotton, b. 1806, Hancock Co, GA, a Methodist preacher, d. 1866.
                                        !w = Ann Elizabeth Burford, b. 1816, m. 1830, d. 1893, daughter of Leonard Burford and Ann Elizabeth (Polly) Smith. 
                                    19.01 (1s of 18.09+!w) John Smith Cotton
                                    19.02 (1d of 18.09+!w) Saphronia Pharington Cotton
                                    19.03 (2d of 18.09+!w) Martha Eliza Cotton
                                    19.04 (3d of 18.09+!w) Sarah Frances Cotton
                                    19.05 (2s of 18.09+!w) Jason Lee Cotton
                                    19.06 (3s of 18.09+!w) William Caroosa Cotton
                                    19.07 (4d of 18.09+!w) Amanda Melvina Cotton
                                    21,08 (4s of 18.09+!w) Lorenzo Dowe Cotton
                                    19.09 (5s of 18.09+!w) Rueben Albert Cotton
                                    19.10 (6s of 18.09+!w) James Edward Cotton
                                    19.11 (7s of 18.09+!w) Biddleman Bascom Cotton, b. 1850, Harris Co, GA, d. 1909.
                                          !w = Carrie Rebecca Pierce, m. 1873, daughter of Lovick Warren Pierce, M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Clayton.  
                                      20.01 (1d of 19.11+!w) Sally Fannie Cotton
                                      20.02 (1s of 19.11+!w) Biddleman Bascom Cotton, Jr.
                                      20.03 (2s of 19.11+!w) James Frederick Cotton
                                      20.04 (2d of 19.11+!w) Ann Elizabeth (Bessie) Cotton
                                      20.05 (3s of 19.11+!w) Lovick Pierce Cotton
                                      20.06 (3d of 19.11+!w) Addie Lee (Lela) Cotton
                                      20.07 (4s of 19.01+!w) William Milton Cotton, b. 1874, Harris Co, GA, d. 1937. 
                                            !w = Flaudie Lee Michie, m. 1903.
                                        21.01 (1s of 20.07+!w) Rufus Frederick (Fred) Cotton
                                        21.02 (2s of 20.07+!w) Thomas Milton (Tom) Cotton
                                        21.03 (1d of 20.07+!w) Mary Estelle (Stella) Cotton
                                        21.04 (3s of 20.07+!w) Robert Lee (Bob) Cotton
                                        21.05 (2d of 20.07+!w) Ruth Cotton
                                        21.06 (3d of 20.07+!w) Iva Belle Cotton
                                        21.07 (4d of 20.07+!w) Avis Dagmar, twins of the above Iva Belle Cotton
                                        21.08 (4s of 20.07+!w) Odis Clarence (O.C.)
                                        21.09 (5d of 20.07+!w) Lilly Mae
                                        21.10 (5s of 20.01+!w) William Melvin Cotton, b.1924, Oldham Co, TX., d. 2005
                                              !w = Peggy Eloise Stoops, m. 1955, daughter of Earl Stoops and Vella Anderson of Hugoton, KS. 
                                          22.01 (1s of 21.10+!w) William Wade Cotton
                                          22.02 (2s of 21.10+!w) Thomas Clay Cotton
                                                !w = (?)
                                            23.01 (1s of 22.02+!w) Clayton William Cotton
                                            23.02 (2s of 22.02+!w) Landon Blair Cotton
                                          22.03 (!d of 21.10+!w) Elizabeth Lee (Betsy) Cotton
                                          22.04 (3s of 21.10+!w) Douglas Earl Cotton
                                      20.08 (5s of 19.11+!w) George Clyde Cotton
                                    19.12 (5d of 18.09+!w) Emily Ann Cotton
                                    19.13 (6d of 18.09+!w) Laura Augusta Cotton
                                    19.14 (7d of 18.09+!w) Ida Addalee Cotton
                                    19.15 (8d of 18.09+!w) Mary Margaret Cotton
                                    19.16 (9d of 18.09+!w) Ella May Cotton
                                17.04 (3s of 16.01+!w) William Cotton
                                17.05 (2d of 16.01+!w) Frances Cotton
                                17.06 (3d of 16.01+!w) Martha Cotton
                              16.02 (2s of 15.02+!w) Major Cotton, who according to a family tradition of uncertain origin suffered from 
                                    some physical disability. 
                            15.04 (3s of 14.09+!w) Thomas, appears as such in the will of his "cousin" (=uncle, in the language of
                                  the time), Thomas Cotton II. Also appears in the will of Mary Hide Cotton.
                                  !w = Jane (Jean) Hide, the daughter of Richard Hide II and Mary Hide Cotton (the second wife of her
                                       husband's uncle, Thomas Cotton I). She appears in the wills of her father, her step-father, and
                                       her mother.
                              16.01 (1s of 15.03+!w) John
                              16.02 (2s of 15.03+!w) Thomas
                              16.03 (3s of 15.03+!w) Nathaniel
                              16.04 (4s of 15.03+!w) Richard
                                    !w = Elizabeth (Betty) Weaver
                                17.01 (1s of 16.04+!w) Seth I
                                      !w = Rebecca Avent
                                  18.01 (1s of 17.01+!w) William
                                        1w = Mary, according to a family tradition of uncertain origin.
                                        2w = Nancy, according to her husband's will.
                                    19.01 (1s of 18.01+1w) name unknown, possibly William.
                                          ?w = (?)
                                      20.01 (!s of 19.01+?w) Andrew Jackson Cotton
                                    19.02 (1d of 18.01+1w) Sarah
                                    19.03 (2s of 18.01+1w) Seth Joseph
                                          !w = Maryanne King
                                      20.01 (?s of 19.03+!w) Guilford
                                            1w = Nancy Jane Thompson
                                            2w = Elizabeth E. Munn
                                        21.01 (?s of 20.01+1w) Shem Allen Cotton
                                              1w = Serena Spears
                                              2w = Birdie
                                          22.01 (1s of 21.01+1w) Guilford Daniel Cotton
                                                !w = Barbara Jane (Dolly) Thompson
                                            23.03 (2s of 22.01+!w) Guilford David Cotton
                                                  !w = Helen Jane Baker
                                              24.02 (2s of 23.01+!w) Robert Hugh Cotton/Hikaru Kitabayashi
                          14.05 (6d of 13.01+!w) Anne
                        13.02 (1d of 12.01+!w) Mary
                              !h = Michael Noble of Lichfield
                        13.03 (2d of 12.01+!w) Elizabeth, still a minor at the death of her father 1613.
                              !h = Thomas Burg of the Wynyates, co. Staff.
                        13.04 (3d of 12.01+!w) Anne, still a minor at the death of her father in 1613.
                              !h = John Cotton of Earlesholme in Suffolk
                      12.02 (2s of 11.06+1w) Thomas Cotton of Brundwood (or, Burntwood) near Lichfield.
                      12.03 (3s of 11.06+1w) Philip
                      12.04 (1d of 11.06+1w) Mary
                      12.05 (2d of 11.06+1w) Anne
                      12.06 (3d of 11.06+1w) Elizabeth
                  10.03 (2s of 09.08+2w) Nicholas
                09.09 (9s of 08.02+1w) Edmund, died servant of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester.
                09.10 (1d of 08.02+1w) Elizabeth
                      !h = John Sedley, in Kent, auditor of the king's exchequer. (Elizabeth was his second wife.)
                  10.01 (1s of 09.10+!h) William
                  10.01 (2s of 09.10+!h) Martin
                        !w = (?) Mountney
                09.11 (2d of 08.02+1w) Elizabeth, died an infant. (Two Elizabeth's listed on their father's tomb.)
                09.12 (3d of 08.02+1w) Margery
                      !h = Richard Belgrave, of Belgrave, co. Leicester.
                09.13 (4d of 08.01+1w) Jane
                      !h= Thomas Yonge, of Plymouth, citizen and vintner of London.
                09.14 (5d of 08.02+1w) Isabel, a professed nun in the Abbey of Barking, near London.
                09.15 (6d of 08.02+1w) Katherine
                      1h = Thomas Powtrell, of Hallam
                      2h = Thomas Molineux, of Hatton
              08.03 (3s of 07.01+!w) William, d. as did his father at the battle of St. Albans (1454). According to "Ancient West Country Families 
                    and Their Armorial Bearings", the second son
                    !w = Mary Wesenham, dau. of Hugh (or, according to "Ancient West Country Families and Their Armorial Bearings", Robert) de Wesenham by Agnes Brus.
  	        09.01 (!s of 08.03+!w) Thomas Cotton of Connington or Conington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (d 1506)
  	              !w = Eleanor Knightley, dau. of Richard Knightley of Fawesley.
  	          10.01 (1s of 09.01+!w) Thomas Cotton of Connington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (d c1518)
                        !w = Joan Paris (dau of John Paris of Linton)
                    11.01 (1s of 10.01+!w) Thomas Cotton of Connington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (a 1546)
  	                  !w = Lucy Harvey (dau of Thomas Harvey of Elmstoke)
  	              12.01 (!s of 11.01+!w) Thomas Cotton of Connington (a 1558)
  	                    1w = Elizabeth Shirley (dau of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold)
                            2w = Dorothy Tamworth (dau of John Tamworth of Hawsted)
                        13.01 (1s of 12.01+1w) Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bart of Connington (b 20.01.1570, d 06.05.1631)
                              !w = Elizabeth Brocas (dau of William Brocas of Thedingworth)
                          14.01 Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bart of Connington (b c1594, d 11.05.1662)
                                1w = Margaret Howard (dau of William Howard, lord of Naworth)
                                2w = Alice Constable (dau of Sir John Constable of Dromondby)
                            15.01 (!s of 14.01+1w) Sir John Cotton, 3rd Bart of Connington (b 1621)
                                  1w = Dorothy Anderson (dau of Edmund Anderson of Stratton and Eyworth)
                                  2w = Elizabeth Honywood (dau of Sir Thomas Honywood of Marks Hall)
                              16.01 (!s of 15.01+1w) Sir John Cotton, 4th Bart of Connington (dsp 05.02.1730-1)
                                    !w = Elizabeth Herbert (dau of James Herbert of Kingsey)
                              16.02 (!d of 15.01+1w) Dorothy Cotton
                                    !h = (?) Dennis of Gloucestershire
                              16.03 (!s of 15.01+2w) Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Bart of Connington (b c1649, d 10.07.1740)
                                    1w = Elizabeth Wigston presumed mother of ...
                                    2w = (?) Morton
                                17.01 (!s of 16.03+1w) Sir John Cotton, 6th Bart of Connington (d 27.03.1752)
                                      !w = Jane Burdett (dau of Sir Robert Burdett, Bart of Bramcote)
                                  18.01 (1d of 17.01+!w) Jane Cotton
                                        !h = (08.1741) Thomas Hart of Warfield
                                  18.02 (2d of 17.01+!w) Mary Cotton (d 12.08.1782)
                                        !h = (10.04.1757) Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh (b 03.01.1719, d 12.07.1809)
                                  18.03 (!s of 17.01+!w) John (dvp 13.09.1739)
                                  18.04 (3d of 17.01+!w) Elizabeth
                                  18.05 (4d of 17.01+!w) Frances
                                17.02 (!d of 16.03+1w) Frances Cotton, probably of this generation.
                                      !h = William Hanbury of Little Marcle
                                  18.01 (1d of 17.02+!h) Mary Hanbury
                                        !h = (10.10.1732) Martin Annesley (bpt 10.08.1701, d 06.1749, minister)
                                  18.02 (2d of 17.02+!h) Elizabeth Hanbury
                                        !h = Thomas Neale
                                  18.03 (3d of 17.02+!h) Frances Hanbury
                                        !h = F. Bareel
                                  18.04 (4d of 17.02+!h) Catherine Hanbury
                                        !h = Velters Cornewall of Moccas Court
                              16.04 (1d of 15.01+2w) Elizabeth Cotton
                                     1h = Lyonel Walden of Huntingdon
                                     2h = (?) Smith of Westminster
                                17.01 (!s of 16.04+1h) Lionel Walden (d unm)
                                17.02 (1d of 16.04+1h) Elizabeth Walden
                                      !h = Charles Pitfield
                                  18.01 (!s of 17.02+!h) Charles Pitfield (dsp)
                                        !w = (?) Ashley (dau of Solomon Ashley MP)
                                  18.02 (!d of 17.02+!h) Elizabeth Pitfield
                                        1h = Edward Bigland of Long Whatton
                                        2h = Talbot Touchet
                                17.03 (2d of 16.04+1h) Hester Walden
                                      !h = Humphrey Orme of Peterborough
                                  18.01 (!s of 17.03+!h) Walden Orme
                              16.05 (2d of 15.01+2w) Mary Honywood Cotton (dsp)
                                    !h = Roger Kenyon (doctor)
                              16.06 +other issue (dvp)
                            15.02 (1d of 14.01+1w) Lucy Cotton (d 24.06.1684)
                                  !w = Sir Philip Wodehouse, Bart of Kimberley (bpt 22.07.1608, d 06.05.1681)
                            15.03 (2d of 14.01+1w) Frances Cotton
                            15.04 (1s of 14.01+2w) Thomas Cotton (d young)
                            15.05 (2s of 14.01+2w) Sir Robert Cotton of Hatley St. George
                                  !w = Gertrude Morrice (dau of Sir William Morrice, Bart of Werington)
                              16.01 (!d of 15.05+!w) Alice Cotton
                                    !h = Robert Trefusis of Trefusis
                            15.06 (3s of 14.01+2w) Philip Cotton of Connington (b c1647, dsp)
                                  !w = Frances Tyrell (dau of Sir Toby Tyrell of Thornton)
                            15.07 (4s of 14.01+2w) William Cotton of Cotton Hall
                                  !w = Mary Pulleyn (dau of Rev. Robert Pulleyn of Thurleston)
                              16.01 (!s of 15.07+!w) Thomas Cotton of Connington
                                    !w = Anne Andrews (dau of Thomas Andrews by Anne Shute)
                                17.01 (!d of 16.01+!w) Frances Cotton
                                      !h = Dingley Ascham of Connington
                              16.02 (1d of 15.07+!w) Mary Cotton
                                    !h = m. Jonathan Symonds of Great Ormesby
                              16.03 (2d of 15.07+!w) Alice Cotton
                                    !h = William Shiers of Great Ormesby (bur 30.08.1749)
                              16.04 (3d of 15.07+!w) Catherine Cotton
                              16.05 (4d of 15.07+!w) Frances Cotton
                                    !h = (?) Lewis of London (physician)
                        13.02 (2s of 12.01+1w)Thomas Cotton of Gedding Abbots
                              !w = Mary Apreece (dau of Robert Apreece of Washingly)
                          14.01 (!s of 13.02+!w) John Cotton of Gedding
                                !w = Frances Gifford (dau of John Gifford of White Ladys)
                            15.01 (!d of 14.01+!w) Jane Cotton
                                  !h = Bazil Fitzherbert of Norbury and Swinnerton
                        13.03 (1d of 12.01+1w) Lucy Cotton
                              !h = (?) Talcarne of Ashton
                        13.04 (2d of 12.01+1w) Dorothy Cotton
                              !h = Maurice Baude of Somerby
                        13.05 (3d of 12.01+1w) Johanna Cotton
                              !h = John Baude of Somerby
                        13.06 (1d of 12.01+2w) Frances Cotton
                              !h = Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Lord of Boughton (b c1562, d 1644)
                        13.07 (2d of 12.01+2w) Rebecca Cotton
                              !h = William Mulsho of Thingdon
                        13.08 (1s of 12.01+2w) Henry (d unm 09.06.1614)
                        13.09 (2s of 12.01+2w) Ferdinand
                        13.10 (3s of 12.01+2w) John, ancestor of the below-mentioned Cottons of Ploughill 
                              ?w = (?)
                          14.01 (?s of 13.10+?w) Edward, lived at Tiscott, d. in 1658.
                                !w = Thomasine, daughter of Walter Oliver of Kilkhampton, Cornwall
                            15.01 (1s of 14.01+!w) Robert
                                  ?w = (?)
                              16.01 (1s of 15.01+?w) Edward, resided at Ivy Leaf, Ploughill, d. age 80 in 1738.
                                    ?w = (?)
                                17.01 (1s of 16.01+?w) Edward, resided in Keckmish in Morwenstow, died having had no children.
                                17.02 (?s of 16.01+?w) John, of Launcells
                                17.03 (?s of 16.01+?w) James, of Launcells
                                      ?w = (?)
                                  18.01 (?s of 17.03+?w) Rev. James Cotton, B.A. from Oxford, registered his pedigree with the 
                                        College of Arms in 1766, died at Beverly having had no children.
                                  18.02 (?s of 17.03+?w) Richard of Trenance in St. Columb Minor, this estate being aquired by marriage. 
                                        !w = Agnes Sampson, co-heir of her brother John Sampson of Trenance.
                                    19.01 (?s of 18.02+!w) John Sampson Cotton
                                          ?w = (?)
                                      20.01 (?s of 19.01+?w) John Cotton
                                    19.02 (?d of 19.01+!w) Anne
                                          !h = James Courtenay
                                      20.01 (?s of 19.01+!h) John Sampson Courtenay, of Alverton House
                                          !w = Sarah, daughter of John Mortimer, of St. Mary's, Silly
                                        21.01 (?s of 20.01+!w) Leonard Henry Courteney, b. 6 July 1832, in 1906 created Baron Courtenay
                                              of Penwith, Cornwall.
                                        21.02 (?s of 20.01+!w) John
                                        21.03 (?s of 20.01+!w) William
                          (According to "Ancient West Country Families and Their Armorial Bearings", the Cottons of Barnstaple are
                           "undoubtedly of the same stock as the Cottons of Ploughill", though an exact affiliation is not provided,
                           hence there is no numbering of generations for this family. All information about this family comes from
                           the above-mentioned book.)
                          Walter Cotton, living at Bridgerule in 1628, a parish not far from Ploughill.
                            Richard Cotton, son of the immediately above-mentioned Walter, settled in North Tamerton, where his 
                            descendants remained for three generations. 
                              William Cotton, grandson of the immediately above-mentioned Richard, settled at Barnstaple.
                                John Knill Cotton, son of the immediately above-mentioned William, had 17 children.
                                  Richard William Cotton, son of John Knill Cotton, married in the 1700s and recorded as having had children.
                                  Francis J. Cotton, of London, son of John Knill Cotton, married in the 1700s and recorded as having had children.
                                  William Cotton, of Exeter, son of John Knill Cotton, married in the 1700s and recorded as having had children.
                        13.11 (3d of 12.01+2w) Catherine (d unm 1613)
                    11.02 (2s of 10.01+!w) Richard Cotton
                    11.03 (!d of 10.01+!w) Eleanor Cotton
                          h1 = Edward Pitcher of Trumpington
                          h2 = (?) Pepys of Cottenham
                          h3 = (?) Walker of Cambridge (doctor)
  	          10.02 (1d of 10.01+!w) Eleanor Cotton
  	                !h = Robert Mulsho of Thingdon
  	          10.03 (2d of 09.01+!w) Mary Cotton
                        !h = (?) Grantoft of Stanton
  	          10.04 (2s of 09.01+!w) William
                  10.05 (3s of 09.01+!w) George
                  10.06 (4s of 09.01+!w) Anthony
                  10.07 (5s of 09.01+!w) Richard
                  10.08 (3d of 09.01+!w) Margaret, nun.
      04.02 (2s of 03.01+2w) Robert Cotton of Cotton, parish of Hanbury, co. Stafford, lived 1348, 23 Edw. III. 50 Edw. III
            !w = Eleonora, living 50 Edw. III. I Henry V.
        05.01 (!s of 04.02+!w) Thomas Cotton de Cotton, juxta Hanbury, 6 Hen. IV. 25 Henry VI.
              !w = Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Greene, 6 Hen. IV.
          06.01 (1s of 05.01+!w) Robert, ob. f. p.
          06.02 (2s of 05.01+!w) Thomas, ob. f. p.
          06.03 (3s of 05.01+!w) William, ob. f. p.
          06.04 (1d of 05.01+!w) Anna
                !h = (?) Walker
          06.05 (2d of 05.01+!w) Jocosa
                !h = (?) Franke
          06.06 (3d of 05.01+!w) Margaret
                !h = (?) Barkeley
          06.07 (4d of 05.01+!w) Elizabeth
                !h = William Burton, of Tutbury and Faulde 
          06.08 (5d of 05.01+!w) Elenora
                !h = (?) Norbury
          06.09 (6d of 05.01+!w) Johanna
                !h = (?) Stokes
(Another Cotton family, the Cottons of Loughton in Leicestershire, shared the same coat-of-arms as the Cottons of Cottons Edmund, 
co. Chester. Their ancestry begins with a certain Thomas Cotton who family tradition asserts to have come from Staffordshire 
and to have lived in Cheshire. He was alive during the reign of Henry VII (1483 to 1507). Their descent is as follows below.)
Thomas Cotton
  Robert Cotton, Mayor of Leicester
    Thomas Cotton, first son, died without children.
    Edward, of Loughton in Leicester, second son, died in 1617, married Margaret Villers of Hothorp in Northampton.
      William, first son, born about 1556, married Anna, daughter of Clement Smith of Halmelton in Rutland
        Elizabeth, first daughter, married Laurence Horton of Monsley in Leicestershire.       
        Martha, second daughter, married Ambrose Saunders of Sibertoft in Northampton.
        Goditha, third daughter, married Willaim Parker of Lubram in Leicestershire.
        Anna, fourth daughter, married Joseph Leadoch of Bosworth in Leicestershire.
        Ruth, fifth daughter
        Sarah, sixth daughter
        Dorothy, seventh daughter
        Jane, eighth daughter, married Henry Sutton, a clerk in Galway in Conaught, Ireland.
        Thomas, first son, born about 1595, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward Shukebrough of Naseby in Northampton
          Edward, first son, born about 1617
          Thomas, second son
          William, third son
          Samuel, fourth son
          Robert, fifth son
          Eusiby, sixth son
          Henry, seventh son
          John, eighth son
          Anne, first daughter
          Elizabeth, second daughter
          Mary, third daughter
        John, second son, born about 1598
        Samuel, third son, born about 1603
      Thomas, second son, married a woman of the Young family from Warr.
        Nathaniel, first son, born about 1599, married a woman of the Cliveroe family
          Unnamed daughter
        Jonathan, second son, born about 1602
      Edmund, third son, of Lubinam in Leicestershire, married Anne, the daughter of William Tarlton
    William, third son, London, died without children.

06 June 2005, Hikaru Kitabayashi