Robert Cotton, yeoman, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight RIN 3880

[Gossypium]

Hello

I am assisting Ross Cotton of the Guild of One-Name studies with a study of the Cottons of the Isle of Wight.  We are trying to identify the parents of Robert Cotton, yeoman, of Freshwater as the Isle of Wight Record Office does not have his baptism in its card index which is complete for all surviving parish registers.

Some entries have been submitted by private submitters after 1991 to the IGI, and therefore not checked by the LDS, which show a baptism in 1659 at Norton, Freshwater and his marriage to Margaret UPTON about 1677/8 at Northwood.  As the IGI has the marriage of a Robert Cotton to Elizabeth BARLOW or WARLAW 16 Feb 1656 Northwood extracted from parish registers, it is odd that Robert Cotton's marriage to Margaret UPTON was not similarly extracted if also at Northwood.

Robert COTTON who had married Margaret Upton died in 1734/5.

If you have any resources which might confirm when and where he was baptised, married and was buried, likely Freshwater, please let me know where you found any record.

Thanks.

[Paco]

There is a family tree for this family going back to the 1500's on Ancestry.

It states Robert Cotton's parents were William Cotton 1608-1661 and Mary Slater 1610-1661.

William Cotton's parents were Bartholomew Cotton 1585-1650 and Mary Willier 1585-1612.

Bartholomew's parents were John Cotton 1555-1613 and Joan Godfrey 1565 ?

John's parents were John Cotton 1520 ? and Annies ?-they had 9 children.

No way of knowing how correct this is, but it is quite useful. (All on the IOW as far as I can see.)
Regards.

[Gossypium]

Thanks, there are many family trees knocking about, some copied from others off Ancestry, Rootsweb and even GenesReunited but Ross Cotton and I are interested in sources of baptisms and marriages if not from parish registers extracted by LDS.  Our problem is the entries in the IGI are not extracted records for this Robert Cotton.

Research from IoW Record Office burial cards for the Cottons in the 1730s shows the relevant burial appears to be that of "old Robert Cotton of Norton" who was buried on the 17 Mar 1734/5.

However the IoW Record Office did not find his marriage to Margaret Upton in Northwood as shown in IGI and in Ross's database (which needs to be amended to unknown date and place).   Robert Cotton's second marriage to Eliz Peachel, widow of Norton in the parish of Freshwater was on 29 Dec 1724 at Freshwater per the IoW Record Office and follows her first marriage as Elizabeth White to Samuel Pechell Peachel 1 Jan 1708 Freshwater per private submitter's entry in IGI after 1991, not checked by LDS, not checked by IoW Record Office.  There were no names of witnesses given until 1754.

A possible source proving Robert's father was William may be the Will of William's father Bartholomew who appears to have outlived William and Mary:

1667 Inventory and probate administration of Bartholomew Cotten of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, mariner Seaman,
Hampshire Record Office ref. 1667AD/058

There is a gap between the death of Bartholomew in Dec 1650 per Ross's database and the Probate of 1667, so I think that 1666/7 is more likely assuming there is not more than one Bartholomew?

Hampshire Record Office also has this:
14 Jul 1695 Sacrament certificate for William Cotton of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, taken at Mottistone parish ref. Q25/2/9/83 which shows this William Cotton had taken up a post in Mottistone parish for which he had to prove that he was a practising member of the Church of England.  Yarmouth is only across the Yar estuary from Norton.  Mottistone is a little further away.  This may or may not be the father of Robert.

So far IoW Record Office been kind enough to look these things up without charging me for research, but there must shortly come a time when we need some help from someone else on the island?  If the Record Office does not have a microfiche of Bartholomew's Will, a copy by post costs £3.60; there is a printable order form, giving payment details, at http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/copies-hals.htm, ('standard copy order form').

We also have a fantastic Y-chromosome testing project with over 100 male Cotton test results including twelve whose ancestors originate from the Isle of Wight whose lineages appear on this page:
http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/family18.htm
and the project is described here:
http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/
Every test helps to confirm scientifically the accuracy of the documentary research, the paper trail of baptisms and marriages which lead back to the island, and it justs gets better the more male Cottons who participate.

Thanks

[Kellytriccas]

Hi i orginiate from the cotton family my grandad was alec i believe his dad was walter dont quote me on that but ive come across a memorial site with lots of cottons on maybe some use ill copy the link in for you.

http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/others/nitonroh.htm

[pinkyponk]

Robert Cotton was buried on 17 Mar 1734, in freshwater.
Margaret Cotton was buried on 30 Dec 1715 in freshwater also.
I have both burial copies taken from the parish registers of All Saints  Freshwater.

[pinkyponk]

just a thought the IGI entries are usually taken from the bishops transcripts has anyone asked if they have them for freshwater for the marriage date/s for robert and elizabeth?

Also I cant find the marriage of robert to elizabeth on  family search?

[pinkyponk]

sorry error i said elizabeth instead of margaret

[Joemcotton]

Hello,

I believe I could be help for research done on the cotton family of the west Wight district Isle of Wight

[Gossypium]

Good Morning

I hope you and your family and friends are keeping well and safe in these uncertain times.

FamilyTreeDNA has reduced the price of a Y-DNA37 test to just U.S. Dollars 99.00 until Nov. 24th!

To date 188 males have taken Y-chromosome tests as part of the Cotton/Cotten DNA Project, described here:

Cotton/Cotten DNA Project:
http://www.skylinc.net/users/cottondna/

All of those tested in Cotton/Cotten DNA Project Family 6 share common ancestors originating from the Isle of Wight:
http://www.skylinc.net/users/cottondna/family6.htm

A Y-DNA37 test can be ordered for just U.S. Dollars 99.00 until Nov. 24th for a male Cotton/Cotten, if you join our project here:
https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Cotton

These tests can be taken by males only, so if you are female, you can order a test kit for a male relative!

There is also a Facebook group for anyone interested in Cotton/Cotten genealogy:

Facebook - Cotton/Cotten DNA Project
https://www.facebook.com/groups/372393667287