Samuel Cotton (son of John Cotton and Mary Stow) was born 1670. He married (1) Liddiah Bates on July 22, 1695 in Chelmsford, MA. He married (2) Experience Hall on February 28, 1714/15 in Middletown, CT.
Notes for Samuel Cotton: COTTON, SAMUEL, of Middletown, was the only son of John Cotton, of Concord, Mass. (deeds.) He m. Mercy, daughter of John Stow, (who, with his father, Thomas, and uncle Samuel Stow, were from Concord.) Nathaniel Stow, son of John, and brother of John Cotton's wife, Mary, (Stow,) not having children, they took young Samuel Cotton to live with them (at Wethersfield.) John Cotton, his father had d. about that time, and his mother had married John Spaulding, of Concord. Nathaniel Stow d. 1705, and having no issue, gave his property to his sister, Mary Cotton, (Spaulding,) and Thankful Hill, of Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding gave their share to her son Samuel Cotton, 1705, and her daughter Thankful (Cotton) Hill, of Guilford. Farmer says, there was a John Cotton living in Concord, 1667 and 1679.
More About Samuel Cotton and Liddiah Bates: Marriage: July 22, 1695, Chelmsford, MA.
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COTTON, SAMUEL, of Middletown, was the only son of John Cotton, of Concord, Mass. (deeds.) He m. Mercy, daughter of John Stow, (who, with his father, Thomas, and uncle Samuel Stow, were from Concord.) Nathaniel Stow, son of John, and brother of John Cotton's wife, Mary, (Stow,) not having children, they took young Samuel Cotton to live with them (at Wethersfield.) John Cotton, his father had d. about that time, and his mother had married John Spaulding, of Concord. Nathaniel Stow d. 1705, and having no issue, gave his property to his sister, Mary Cotton, (Spaulding,) and Thankful Hill, of Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding gave their share to her son Samuel Cotton, 1705, and her daughter Thankful (Cotton) Hill, of Guilford. Farmer says, there was a John Cotton living in Concord, 1667 and 1679.
Samuel Cotton was a housewright by trade as well as a farmer. June 24, 1703, he purchased a house-lot of 6 acres, in Newfield street, of Isaac Lane, (now the Tuttle place,) for œ6, and built a house; afterward purchased quite a quantity of land, and with what his uncle Nathaniel Stow gave his mother, made him a large landholder at Middletown. He m. Lydia, and had children.
1. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1697.
2. Lydia, b. Nov. 25, 1699.
3. Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1701.
4. Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1703, d. July 13, 1703.
5. Samuel, Jr., b. May 26, 1704.
6. Prudence, b. July 18, 1707.
7. Ebenezer, b. April 9, 1713.
8. John. b. Jan. 7, 1719.
His wife, Lydia, d. Sept. 6, 1713, and Samuel Cotton m. for 2d. wife, Experience Hall, Feb. 28, 1717. Samuel, senior, d. 1738; will made, Nov. 18, 1737. His brother-in-law, Samuel Hall, administrator. Samuel, in his will, gave Experience, his wife, the property she brought with her, and a cow, &c., and gave his son Samuel one-third part of his estate and "a large Sermon Book, which his father, John Cotton, called Gospel Conversations." To Ebenezer, one-third part; John and Wm., the homestead, house and buildings; to Mary and Elizabeth, the daughters "of my daughter Prudence," 20l. each; and his daughter Lydia, 10l. Few of the name are now found in Middletown.
Samuel Cotton had issue by his 2d marriage, viz.:
9. William, b. Sept. 18, 1720.
10 Daniel, b. Nov. 17, 1722, d. Nov. 8, 1731.
11 Phebe, b. Nov. 1, 1724, d. 1725.
Experience, his second wife, d. April 22, 1762, aged 78.
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COTTON, SAMUEL, of Middletown, was the only son of John Cotton, of Concord, Mass. (deeds.) He m. Mercy, daughter of John Stow, (who, with his father, Thomas, and uncle Samuel Stow, were from Concord.) Nathaniel Stow, son of John, and brother of John Cotton's wife, Mary, (Stow,) not having children, they took young Samuel Cotton to live with them (at Wethersfield.) John Cotton, his father had d. about that time, and his mother had married John Spaulding, of Concord. Nathaniel Stow d. 1705, and having no issue, gave his property to his sister, Mary Cotton, (Spaulding,) and Thankful Hill, of Guilford. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding gave their share to her son Samuel Cotton, 1705, and her daughter Thankful (Cotton) Hill, of Guilford. Farmer says, there was a John Cotton living in Concord, 1667 and 1679.
Samuel Cotton was a housewright by trade as well as a farmer. June 24, 1703, he purchased a house-lot of 6 acres, in Newfield street, of Isaac Lane, (now the Tuttle place,) for œ6, and built a house; afterward purchased quite a quantity of land, and with what his uncle Nathaniel Stow gave his mother, made him a large landholder at Middletown. He m. Lydia, and had children.
1. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1697.
2. Lydia, b. Nov. 25, 1699.
3. Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1701.
4. Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1703, d. July 13, 1703.
5. Samuel, Jr., b. May 26, 1704.
6. Prudence, b. July 18, 1707.
7. Ebenezer, b. April 9, 1713.
8. John. b. Jan. 7, 1719.
His wife, Lydia, d. Sept. 6, 1713, and Samuel Cotton m. for 2d. wife, Experience Hall, Feb. 28, 1717. Samuel, senior, d. 1738; will made, Nov. 18, 1737. His brother-in-law, Samuel Hall, administrator. Samuel, in his will, gave Experience, his wife, the property she brought with her, and a cow, &c., and gave his son Samuel one-third part of his estate and "a large Sermon Book, which his father, John Cotton, called Gospel Conversations." To Ebenezer, one-third part; John and Wm., the homestead, house and buildings; to Mary and Elizabeth, the daughters "of my daughter Prudence," 20l. each; and his daughter Lydia, 10l. Few of the name are now found in Middletown.
Samuel Cotton had issue by his 2d marriage, viz.:
9. William, b. Sept. 18, 1720.
10 Daniel, b. Nov. 17, 1722, d. Nov. 8, 1731.
11 Phebe, b. Nov. 1, 1724, d. 1725.
Experience, his second wife, d. April 22, 1762, aged 78.
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COTTON, JOHN, m. Hannah (???), of Wethersfield, Nov. 7, 1660, (Rec.) April, 1660, the General Court of Conn. appointed William Wadsworth, and John Deming, senior, to assist Mr. John Cotton in the administration in the estate and as overseers of the last will of Thomas Welles, Esq. John Cotton was made free in Conn., March 14, 1660, with James Rogers, &c.
COTTON, PRUDENCE, daughter of Samuel, sen'r, had two children, and no husband found, viz., Bathsheba, b. Jan. 13, 1726-7; Lucia Cotton, b. Sept. 14, 1732.
COTTON, EBENEZER, son of Samuel Cotton, sen'r, m. Hannah Cornwell, Nov., 1737; issue, Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1739; his wife, Hannah, d. Dec. 31, 1739; Ebenezer m. 2d. Huldah Aspenwall, of Kensington, Oct. 9, 1740, and had issue, Oliver, b. July 26, 1741, d. Dec. 2, 1741; Ebenezer, Jr., b. Dec. 17, 1742, d. 1765; Huldah, b. Nov. 8, 1744, d. 1761; 2d Oliver, b. Jan. 27, 1746-7; Rachel, b. Aug. 26, 1749; Lucia, b. Jan. 29, 1751-2; Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1754; Sarah, b. 1757; Elizabeth, b. April, 2, 1760; David, b. Aug. 8, 1763; 11 children. Huldah, wife of Ebenezer, d. May 9, 1789.
COTTON, JOHN, son of Samuel, sen'r, m. Bathsheba Sage, of Middletown, June 30, 1752; issue, Elisha, b. Sept. 1, 1753; Millerent, b. Oct. 15, 1755; Elizabeth, b. 1757, d. 1758; William, b. Oct. 22, 1758; Samuel, b. March 9, 1760; Timothy, b. April. 9, 1762, d. April 26, 1762; Bathsheba, b. March 4, 1764.
COTTON, WILLIAM, son of Samuel, sen'r, by 2d wife, m. Rebecka Ware, Sept. 23, 1742; issue, Rebecka, b. Sept. 20, 1743, d. 1754; Lucy, b. 1747; William, Jr., b. March 6, 1750; Lucretia, b. 1753; James, b. Nov. 27, 1755; Michael, b. March 15, 1758; a son b. and d., 1760; Thomas, b. May 26, 1764. (Wethersfield and Middletown Rec. and Stearns.)
COTTON, MR. SEABORN, married Mrs. Dorothy Bradstreet, (by Mr. Bradstreet,) at Andover, Mass., June 14, 1654, had a dau'r Dorothy, b. at Windsor, Conn., Nov. 11, 1656, (perhaps Cuffur.)
COTTON, REV. JOHN, b. at Boston, March 13, 1640, graduated at Harvard, 1657, was at Wethersfield, Conn., as early as 1660, and Nov. 7, 1660, he m. Hannah Rossiter, dau'r of Dr. Brian Rossiter, of Guilford, Conn. He preached at Wethersfield as late as 1663. June 12, 1663, it was voted at Wethersfield to hire Mr. Cotton for another year. He had children b. in Wethersfield, viz., John, b. 1661, and Elizabeth, b. 1663; (the last m. Rev. James Alling, of Salisbury, Mass.; Rev. James, deceased, and his
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More About Samuel Cotton and Experience Hall: Marriage: February 28, 1714/15, Middletown, CT.
Children of Samuel Cotton and Experience Hall are:
Samuel Cotton (b. 1670)
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