Cotton, John

1746 - 1831  (85 years)

• Name	Cotton, John  [1]
  Birth	10 Jan 1746	Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Revolutionary War Veteran  [3]
  Tombstone Photo	Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH   [4]
  	Cotton Family Cemetery
  Death	01 Feb 1831	Austintown, Trumbull Co., OH   [2]
  Burial	Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH   [5]
  Person ID	I84959	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Cotton, Theophilus,   b. 31 Mar 1716, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA d. 18 Feb 1782, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Sanders, Martha,   b. 1716, Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA d. 10 1796, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	29 Oct 1742	Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA   [2]
  Family ID	F31871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Little, Lucy Tyler,   b. 23 Sep 1757, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA d. 09 Oct 1837, Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1780  [1]
  Children	1. Cotton, John,   b. 31 Dec 1791, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA d. 1870, DeWitt, Clinton Co., IA (Age 78 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Cotton, Theophilus,   b. 16 May 1781   d. 19 Nov 1841 (Age 60 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Cotton, Joshua Thomas,   b. 03 Dec 1785, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA d. 03 Dec 1861, Ossian, Wells Co., IN (Age 76 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Cotton, Katherine,   b. 25 Dec 1798   d. 04 Mar 1829 (Age 30 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F32332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Jan 1746 - Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA Tombstone Photo - Cotton Family Cemetery - - Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH Death - 01 Feb 1831 - Austintown, Trumbull Co., OH Burial - - Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Cotton, John

  
  

• Notes

  Revolutionary War Service; Served as a Quartermaster, Ensign, and Lieutenant in MA 1776 - 8 Months (Quartermaster) Col. Theophilus Cotton's Rgmt Marched to Roxbury ? (Ensign) Capt. Elijah Crocker's Co., Col. John Bailey's Rgmt Appointed as soon as the previous campaign ended Thru 1778 (Lieutenant) Capt. Job Whipple's Co., Col. Rufus Putnam's Rgmt. Rank of Lieutenant was conferred on May 10, 1780, beginning on Jan 1, 1777. He was at the takiing of Gen. Burgoyne in 1778. Thru Oct 3, 1780 (Quartermaster) Gen. John Nixon's Brigade Received Honorable Discharge

  
  

• Sources

  [S682] Daughters of the American Revolution, Descendants Database Search, Cotton, Theophilus, National no. 503020. [S618] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Theophilis Theo Cotton [S657] Ancestry.com, "U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900", (Location: Provo, UT;), John Cotton, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 January 2014), citing Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA, microfilm M804. [S908] Cotton Family Cemetery, (Austintown, Mahoning County, Ohio; 198 Aldrich Dr), John Cotton marker. [S648] "Find A Grave", Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 30 July 2013), memorial page for John Cotton (1746-1831), Find A Grave Memorial no. 31053512, citing Cotton Family Cemetery, Austintown, Mahoning County, Ohio.