John Cotton/Cotten to Robert Gene Cotton lineage (lineage taken from records of B. J. Cotton) John Cotton/Cotten, b. bet. 1671-1677, Queens Crk, York/Isle of Wight Co., VA & Martha Godwin. Alexander Spotswood Cotton, b. abt. 1711, South Quay, Nansemond Co., VA & Elizabeth West Abner Cotton, b. before 1748, Northampton Co., NC & Winifred 'Unknown' William E. Cotton, b. bet. 1785-1790, Rowan Co., NC & Mary 'Polly' Ringo Abner D. Cotton, b. abt 1825, Madison Co., AL & Amanda M. Thomas John W. Cotton, b. 1846 MS, USA, and Martha M. Weaver John Bruce Cotton, b. 1887 Kaufman Co., TX USA, and Mattie Foster Arlie Lee Cotton, b. 1913 Van Zandt Co., TX USA, and Lois A. Buse Robert Gene Cotton, b. 1943 Multnomah Co., OR USA, and Betty Jean Tarbell