John COTTON

                   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)
                  

                   THE STOCKTON FAMILY OF NJ, DR.T.C. STOCKTON, 1911, APPENDIX, PG 284; LIVED
       SEDALIA, MO
D.A.R. #322677; Adelaide Richardson (Mrs. George Lamb Buist)
MABELLE ISHAM, 21990 15 MILE RD., BELLEVUE, MI 49021; SL WINTER 97
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1820 Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1830; 1840 Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH: Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hill, MD (b 1788)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "McGinness & Scott Families & Their Branches"
      S. W. McGinness, 1891, Pg 82, 83 (Capt Robert Cotton purchased the
      McGinness Homestead in Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA in 1817; more in ref &
      on McGinness line)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: CCHS Cem Index Card File
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Espyville Cem Index, CCHS (d 21 May 1848, age 61
       wife Martha)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A
        Johnson, 1994, Pgs 12,13 (more in ref)
DEATH: Crawford Democrat, 27 May 1848; Democratic Whig Journal, 6 JUN 1848
DEATH-PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 305 (Will of Robert Cotton)
NOTE: From 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 544: Robert Cotton and James McConnell
      built the first griest and saw mill in Twp about 1 1/2 miles east of
      Hartstown, a log structure (no date)
NOTE: From CCHS Newspaper Index Card File (Robert Cotton was collector for
      stewart, 13 May 1815; mentioned in letter to voters, 2 Oct 1828; re: doings
      at Conneaut Lake, 22 Sep 1832; to the electors, 29 Sep 1832; letter to Mr.
      Kennedy 4 Oct 1833; candidate for assembly, 22 Aug 1835)
NOTE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (state that Robert Cotton had lived in Kansas;
      (this has to be a ref to Robert S. Cotton, who lived in Iola, KS)
NOTE: Letters Test, 16 June 1848 (Trapani Papers, CCHS)
NOTE: Crawford Co, PA Tax Lists, Shenango Twp (1816 - Robert Cotton, 200 Acres
      Acres, 1 Horse, 1 Cow; 1817 - 200 acres, 2 Horses, 2 Cows)
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98: had
      marriage as 1820 with 1st child born 1811 ???
CENSUS: 1820; Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1830; 1840; 1850; 1860; Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
NOTE: Jane Bennett, 57 years, born in PA, was living in h/h with Hugh Cotton
      family in 1850
BIRTH: Crawford County Wills, Vol A, Pg 243 Will of Hugh Cotton, Sr. (named in
       uncle's will as nephew)
BIRTH: Crawford County Wills, Vol A, Pg 74 Will of John Cotton (named in his
       father's will as son)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH: Weekly Press, Saegertown, PA, 6 Oct 1887, Pg 8 (obit of his daughter,
        Miss Nancy Cotton, contains biog)
BIRTH-DEATH: Crawford Journal, 5 Nov 1861
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Crawford Co Genealogy" by CCGS, Vol 8, #2, p 112
      "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A Johnson, 1994, p 14-15
CHURCH: farmer, Vernon Twp & Meadville; Elder N.S. Presbyterian Church,
       Meadville & Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville
MILITARY: Was in War of 1812 (Trapani Papers, CCHS)
       Capt in War of 1812 (Crawford Co Genealogy, above)
NOTE: Hugh Cotton appointed guardian of the daughter of Lewis Cooper, dec'd,
        in 1856 (Crawford County Wills, Vol C, Pg 102, Will of Lewis Cooper)
BIOGRAPHY: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, pg 20-21; b 1789 in
      Strabane [now So Strabane] Twp; d in Sadsbury [now Vernon] Twsp; in War of
      1812 was Capt of a Co in 133rd Reg PA Militia, commanded by Lt Col. Samuel
      Gowdy; performed an active tour of duty with his unit at Erie, PA under
      order of Maj Gen David Mead, from 1 Jan to 11 Feb 1814 for which he was
      paid $52.00; was an Elder in the Pres Ch & one of the first managers of the
      Meadville Bible Soc established in Meadville in 1815; more in ref)
DEATH: Crawford Co Genealogy, by CCGS, Vol 15, No 2, Pg 89 (Funeral Register
      of Rev. Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA -
      5 NOV 1861, Elder Hugh Cotton)
                  

                   Ruth Setterquist, 1318 Shelby Dr., Fairfield, CA 95433; 1/90; 10/98
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 22; "b. in
     Strabane Twp [now So Strabane Twp] 1790; md James Davis Jr 24 or 25 Oct 1811
     in Crawford Co, both were from Sadsbury Twp; living in Vernon Twp [now Union
     Twp] in 1850)
     Crawford Co Wills, Vol A, Pg 74 (Will of John Cotton names dau Mary Davis)
     DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A.
     Johnson, 1994, Pg 15, 16 (md 24 Aug 1811; more in ref)
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1820; 1830; 1840; W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
NOTE: occ, farmer W Fallowfield Twp
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Combined Atlas Map of Crawford County, PA, Pg 26 1/4:
      settled in W Fallowfield Twp in 1818; had farm of 112 acres; served in War
      of 1812
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
MILITARY: Military Service & Pension Records (drafted for 1 mo service at
      Sadsbury Twp Jan 1814 to serve in Col Samuel Gowdy's 133 Regm't, Pa Militia
      served as corporal from 4 Jan 1814 to 11 Feb 1814 in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co.
      133 Regm't, PA Militia at Erie under the command of Lt. Col. Samuel Gowdy
      by order of Maj Gen David Mead; served as private 22 JUL 1815 to 13 AUG
      1815 in Lt Wm. Proctor's Company, 133 Reg, PA Militia; his widow, Mary,
      applied for bounty land on 4 FEB 1857 under act approved 3 MAR 1855.
MILITARY: Crawford Co War Veterans, CCHS; Corp. in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co., 133
      Regmt PA Militia, from 1 Jan 1814 to 11 FEB 1814, War of 1812
NOTE: served on Vigilance Committee in West Fallowfield Twp 2 May 1835; CCHS
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS
DEATH-PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237
BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 23
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994,
      Roger A. Johnson, Pgs 16, 17 (more info in ref)
NOTE: see also Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hill, MD
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1800; Washington Co, PA
CENSUS: 1810; 1820; Sadbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS: 1830; Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol A, Pg 74 (Will of John Cotton, names son Joseph)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: "Western Pennsylvania" by John W. Jordan, 1915, Pg 1690-91
       b Strabane Twp, [now So Strabane Twp]
NOTE: Joseph Cotton on Vigilance Committee, Rome Twp 2 May 1835 (Card File
       CCHS)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Crawford Co Genealogy", Vol 15, No 1, p 3, 8
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A
      Johnson, 1994, Pg 17, 18 (farmer in Vernon Twp, prob d there; Will listed
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills; Vol A, Pg 74 (Will of John Cotton, names dau
        Margaret)
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1850; 1860 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA (living with bro William)
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1870; Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA (living with brother William's
      adopted son, David D. Williams and family)
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA (living with Sarah, wid of
      of David D. Williams)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Evening Republican, 7 Jan 1889 (d 87 yrs, never md)
NOTE: Sadsbury Twp, now Vernon Twp
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A. Johnson,
       1994, Pg 18 (b 14 Jul 1801 Sadsbury Twp; d 5 Nov 1889 Vernon Twp; bur
       Denny Cem; lived with bro, William, on the Harvey's place; lived with the
       David P. Williams Family (her b-i-l); she never married)
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1840; 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880, No Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: CCHS Cemetery Index Card File
      "The Crawford Journal", Meadville, PA, 2 June 1882, CCHS; died of gangrene
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237 (Will of John Cotton of W. Fallowfield
       Twp, names his brother, Samuel
NOTE: occ, farmer in No Shenango Twp
NOTE: From 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 692: M.E. Church of Hartstown was
     organized in 1840; among it's early members were Samuel Cotton, Vance Cotton
     James Wright, John Hammel and James I. Lewis
NOTE: In 1840 Census, in Samuel Cotton h/h was Rev War Pensioner, Henry
     Williams, 79 years; no relationship was ever established
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, p
     26: b in Sadsbury Twp [now Vernon Twp] & d on his farm in N. Shenango Twp;
     left home in 1827 & joined a party of the U.S. Service under Col. Dumesse
     to explore the Allegheny River; the follwoing year he helped that group
     establish a line for a canal from Beaver, PA to Akron, OH; in 1828 purchased
     100 acres in eastern part of North Shenango Twp & farmed in the summer &
     taught school in winter from 1830 to 1837; in 1880 was a retired farmer
     living with his son, Curtis in No Shenango Twp; leading member of M.E.
     Church in Hartstown.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A
      Johnson, 1994, Pgs 18, 19 (b 1 Nov 1803 Sadsbury Twp; d 23 MAY 1882 N.
      Shenango Twp; bur Espyville Cem, N.W. Section of Cem; md Martha Naomi Hatch
      of Otsego Co, NY; md 1840 per Persons Scroll)
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
CENSUS: 1810; 1820 Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1830; 1840; 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880 Vernon Twp, Crawford Co., PA
    NOTE: occ, farmer, Vernon Twp, Member Second Presbyterian Church
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: 1885 Crawford Co History, Pg 1127
BIRTH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (born 1805): Wm. H. Persons, gr gr grdsn of Thomas
       Thomas & Angeline Cotton, md Jacqueline Burch; had son b 2 JAN 1955; 5 dau
NOTE: Sadsbury Twp, now Vernon Twp
DEATH: Crawford Co Death Records, Vol 1, Pg 40 (d of old age, duration 21 days
DEATH: Crawford Journal, 31 Aug 1899, Pg 8; Evening Republican, 25 AUG 1899,
       Pg 4, "d at the home of his son, Edward, 4 miles from this city, on
       Harmonsburg Rd, was b near where he d, always having lived in this
       vicinity; survived by 2 sons & 5 dau's"
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983,
      27-28 (b 15 Jan 1806 in this rec; members of Second Pres Ch in Meadville;
      Joslyn lists another child of this person, which d young but his ref is the
      mention of 14 ch in the 1885 Crawford Co History; he does not include
      Adeline in his list of children; Adeline would bring the number to 14)
     "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A. Johnson, 1994, p 19-20:
      b 15 Jan 1806; farmer of 70 acres in Vernon Twp in 1874; members of Second
      Presb Ch in Meadville; Denny Cem now in Hayfield Twp)
NOTE: Crawford Co Genealogy, Vol 15, No 2, Pg 95 (Funeral Register of Rev.
     Richard Craighead, Second Presbyterian Church, Meadville, PA, lists a child
     of Thomas Cotton, whose funeral prob occurred between 1849-1852 (I cannot
     determine which child this would be)
                  

                   RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; 10/98
BIRTH-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton (states he did not marry,
      adopted William)
NOTE: Adopted son was David D. Williams; info on David from 1870 & 1880 census
      Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA; Crawford Co Orphans Court Docket B:205 GDN -
      David D. Williams; Crawford Co. Wills: C:603 William Cotton, B:146
      John Williams, C:404 Cloud Robinson, D:157 Andrew Williams, E:281
      David D. Williams)
BIRTH: Crawford Co Genealogy by CCGS, Vol 8, No 2, Pg 113; states in error
      that William married Margaret but Margaret was actually his sister with
      whom he lived
BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol A, Pg 74 (Will of John Cotton, names son,
      William
CENSUS: 1810; 1820, Sadsbury Twp, Crawford Co, PA
CENSUS-BIRTH: 1830; 1840; 1850; 1860, Vernon Twp, Crawford Co, PA
      in 1850 & 1860 William was living with his sister, Margaret only; farmer
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Joslyn's Descendants of Henry Cotton, 1983
DEATH-PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol C, Pg 603 (Will of William Cotton
NOTE: From above ref's: Ch of David D. Williams: (all born PA) Albert P., b
     1851; Louisa, b 1854; Cotton, b 1856; Walter D., b 1858; Robert M., b 1861;
     Amelia A., b 1862; Sarah, b 1865; ?Ross, b 1859; ?Anna, b 1861; ?Nulpha, b
     1876;  raised by "Aunt Peggy" sister of William Cotton)
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Descendants of Henry Cotton, Revised by Roger A. John,
     1994, Pgs 6, 21 (farmer in Vernon Twp; in the 1830 census his h/h was enum
     between his brothers, Hugh and John, w/2 males 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1
     1 female 20-30, and 1 female 60-70, prob his mother)