John Cotten to Robert Randolph Cotten III
(lineage taken from records of Michael Cotten)

John Cotten (b.ca. 1660-70 VA?) and Martha (Godwin)

Samuel Cotten (b. 1708 Nansemond Co., VA) and Elizabeth ---

Samuel Cotten Jr. (b. 1744 Northampton Co., NC) and Elizabeth (Ewell)

Roderick Cotten (b. 1786 Edgecombe Co., NC) and Mary Topping (Braswell)

John Llewellyn Cotten (b. 1810 Edgecombe Co., NC and Nancy Bell Penina Tart (Johnson)

Robert Randolph Cotten (b. 1839 Edgecombe Co., NC) and Sallie Swepson Sims (Southall)

Preston Sims Cotten (b. 1878 Pitt Co., NC) and Willa (Strange)

Robert Randolph Cotten II (b. 1917 Middlesex Co., MA) and Elizabeth (Moss)

Robert Randolph Cotten III