Charles Cotton to Ryan lineage
(lineage taken from U. S. Census records and the records of his mother and of Michael Cotten)

John Cotten/on of Bertie County, North Carolina (b. later half of the 1600s), m. Martha Goodwin

*Samuel Cotton (d. 1774)

*John Cotton

*The preceding two generations are to be regarded as likely, though still hypothetical.

Charles Cotton (b. 1785 in South Carolina), m. Elizabeth Lyons (b. 1790)

Samuel Cotton (b. 1809 in Tennessee), m. Arminta Moore (b. 1815, daughter of Nancy Moore)

Anonymous Cotton (b. 1837)

Anonymous Cotton (b. 1878)

Anonymous Cotton (b. 1901)

Anonymous Cotton (b. 1934)

Anonymous Cotton (b. 1967)

Ryan (b. 1990)

The significance of the above lineage lies in the fact that it positively identifies Ryan's known ancestor,
Charles Cotton, as being an immediate descendant of the NC/VA pioneer, John Cotten/on. This certain knowledge
should help researchers of this line in their interpretation of the often scanty data that still survives.