Henry COTTON

Birth:

24 Nov 1786

Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania

Death:

28 Mar 1823

Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Burial:

Mar 1823

Buffalo Village, Washington, Pennsylvania

Marriage:

16 Feb 1815

Washington, Pennsylvania

Father:

John COTTON

Mother:

Margaret STOCKTON

Notes:

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR, FAIRFIELD, CA; 10/90; 10/98
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
MARRIAGE: The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol 29 No 2
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hill, MD: spent
     his early life on the farm and later grad from Washington College (now
     Washington & Jefferson; studied medicine & practiced in West Middletown, PA;
     md his 2nd cousin
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983,
     p 19-20 (b 24 Nov 1788 Strabane Twp [now So Stabane Twp]; wife thought to be
     his 2nd cousin; d 28 Mar 1823 West Middletown, PA of bilious fever; bur in
     Upper Buffalo Pres Cem in Buffalo Village; grad 1815 from Washington &
     Jefferson College in Washington, PA & then "read medicine" with Dr. John
     Wishart in Washington for 1 yr; lived & practised in the Buffalo & West
     Middletown area from 1817 till his death; prob md in Franklin Twp,
     Washington Co; more in ref)
NOTE: "Crawford Co Genealogy", Vol 14, No 1, Pg 58 (cites History of Lawrence
     Co, PA, 1877): became a physician & married a gay rich girl & is now dead)
    "Crawford Co Genealogy", Vol 15, No 2, Pg 122 (from Biographical & Historical
     Catalogue of Washington & Jefferson College, 1902, p 289: Henry Cotton, s/o
     John & Margaret (Stockton) Cotton, b 24 NOV 1785 Washington Co., PA, grad
     from Washington College, 1816; md 16 Feb 1815, Margaret McKenny, and d.
     28 Mar 1823 at W. Middleton, Washington Co., PA)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A
     Johnson, 1994, Pgs 13, 14 (d of bilious fever; more in ref)

Margaret MAKEMIE

Birth:

30 Jun 1784

Pennsylvania

Death:

3 Jun 1861

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Burial:

Buffalo Village, Washington, Pennsylvania

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Notes:

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD CA 94533; 10/90; 10/98
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hills, MD:
      Margaret was Henry's second cousin; she was the d/o Caleb Makemie, s/o
      Francis Makemie II, a nephew of the Rev Francis Makemie, the father of
      Presbyterianism in the United States, who lived in Accomac Co, VA; mother
      was Elizabeth Warden, a widow with children before her marriage to Caleb
      Makemie; Francis Makemie II followed his uncle to America and settled in
      Warrentown, VA; he lived there as late as 1739, after which he rem to
      Connocajog Crk, Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA; from there the family drifted
      over the mountains several times to Washington Co, PA
MARRIAGE: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol 29, No 2 (McKinney in this
      record)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983,
      p 19-20 (dau of Joseph & Mary [Warden] Makemie in this rec; thought to be
      second cousin to husband; prob md in Franklin Twp, Washington Co; after her
      husband's death she lived with her dau, Sarah in West Middletown, PA)
BIRTH: Letter from Barbara Pink, The Dalles, OR, 2 Apr 1993 d/o Joseph Makemie
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A
      Johnson, 1994, Pg 13, 14 (d/o Joseph & Mary (Warden) Makemie; more in ref)
connection to Mary Makemie (1738-1818) m Robert Stockton, parents of Margaret
      Stockton (1764-1832) m John Cotton, parents of Henry Cotton (1786-1873);
      Margaret Makemie (1784-1861), d/o Caleb (or Joseph). Neither could have
      been a nephew of Rev. Francis, the time gap is too big. There is a
      generation missing in Margaret's line. No doubt Henry and Margaret were
      cousin's but more likely to have been 3rd or 4th cousins.

Children

Marriage

Mary Margaret COTTON

Birth:

14 Jun 1818

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Death:

19 Oct 1889

Red Oak Jct, Montgomery, Iowa

Joseph JUDKIN

Marr:

8 Nov 1836

of Washington, Pennsylvania

Notes:

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hills, MD
BIRTH: Joslyn's Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983, Pg 20
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised, 1994, Roger A.
      Johnson, Pg 31; rem to Washington Co, IA, then settled at Red Oak Jct.,
      Montgomery Co, IA; Hus was a carpenter in 1870, a constable in 1880; had
      been a merchant earlier

Elizabeth COTTON

Birth:

26 Mar 1820

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Death:

28 Jul 1891

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Alexander BURNS

Marr:

8 Nov 1836

W Middletown, Washington, Penn

Notes:

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hills, MD
BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 20
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pg 32

Sarah Jane COTTON

Birth:

5 Nov 1821

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Death:

30 Dec 1910

W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania

Marr:

Notes:

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hills, MD: never
      married, lived her entire life in West Middletown, PA, dying in the house
      where she was born; was a tailoress by trade; her obit said "Her father was
      Dr Henry Cotton, a descendant of the Rev John Cotton, a non-conformist
      minister of Boston, England, who settled in Boston, MA in 1633 and was the
      grandfather of the Rev Cotton Mather";
      NOTE: this has been disputed by other genealogists)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 20: d.
      unm; was a tailoress; in 1880 her neice, Sarah Burns, also a tailoress, was
      living with her in West Middletown, PA; bur in the West Middletown Presb
      (or Grove) Cem.
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised 1994, Roger A.
       Johnson, Pg 33

FCID:6241:1309

Henry Cotton - Margaret Makemie

Henry Cotton was born at Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania 24 Nov 1786. His parents were John Cotton and Margaret Stockton.

He married Margaret Makemie 16 Feb 1815 at Washington, Pennsylvania . Margaret Makemie was born at Pennsylvania 30 Jun 1784 .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Mary Margaret Cotton born 14 Jun 1818.
Elizabeth Cotton born 26 Mar 1820.
Sarah Jane Cotton born 5 Nov 1821.

Henry Cotton died 28 Mar 1823 at Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania .

Margaret Makemie died 3 Jun 1861 at W Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania .