George Cotton

MollyMay

MollyMay

Knows where to find the answers!
I have been revisiting my Cotton family from Slaithwaite (W Yorkshire)

I have a George Cotton baptising Children there (no mother's name given)
Mary 1720, George 1722 (my direct line), William 1726, Joseph no bap found but bur 20/10/1726 s/o George,

On Anc, on the Geneanet Community Trees Index (I know nothing about this, and have never used it before) is this marriage
22/10/1716 George Cotton to Elizabeth MILES at Northowram with a birth year for George as 1695 (I cannot find any likely bap where they got this date from)
I have found that marriage entry (PR) and her name is MILNES
She is purported to be the daughter of Robert and Hannah (Poole).
This marriage 'fits' with the children that George baptised in Slaithwaite (and are in the list of children accredited to this couple), but none of them are called Elizabeth, Robert or Hannah, which does bother me. The Cotton family use many of the same names generation after generation.

The Geneanet Index gives a yob for James as 1718 and another child Martha b1728 (cannot find a bap for her either)

I am not entirely convinced of the marriage to Elizabeth, although if Joseph was born 1718 (but where did they find it) it could be a possiility.

Can anyone see something that I have missed or should I just ignore the Geneanet Index?
 
There is a baptism on FMP for a Joseph COTTON on 3rd September 1718 at St James, Slaithwaite, father named as John, not George, living at Highhouse, Linthwaite.
 
Daft Bat said:
There is a baptism on FMP for a Joseph COTTON on 3rd September 1718 at St James, Slathwsite, father named as John, not George, living at Highhouse, Linthwaite.
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Yes, I did see that one, I guess it could be an error with the name. I will check and see if there is a John baptising children as well.
 
I do not see any other baps with father John Cotton, which does make the Joseph one more likely.
On George junior's bap 1722 the family are of Kitchen Linthwaite and on Mary's 1720 and William 1726 just of Linthwaite.

Looking at the entry, I wonder what that is written over John could it be Geo (or is that what I want to see?)
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There is a tree on FS with George baptised 12/2/1691 Haigh Yorkshire. Father William 1649 mother Anne Westby but it also has a George, son, 1722-1812 and another George 1723-1725, perhaps it is supposed to be 1722-1723 and 1723-1812. Son Joseph born 1718 and buried 1726. However there is a Joseph Cotton buried 14/1/1720 Slaithwaite
 
Thanks @Archie's Mum, George 1722-1812 is mine (who also has a son George, but my line goes through son Thomas), I have seen the orginal PR or AT.
The George 1723-25 I have never seen - will investigate
I will look for the Joseph burial in 1720, not that the PR's give anything but the merest details (if you can read them at all:(), I guess I should be glad that they still exist.

It is just niggling that the Geneanet Index entered a date with no clue as to where they got it from - I cannot find it.
 
I've done a lot of research around Northowram (and Heywood chapel) as that's where my grandmother's family were from. The niggle I have is that Northowram is quite some distance from Slaithwaite? A burial for a George Cotton, Halifax, 1727 but no age given.
 
Thanks BH (good to have local knowledge, and not rely on maps). I really am not convinced with the marriage to Elizabeth, this family right up to my mum's generation reused the family names, right down to my g.dad and my cousin. Yes there are a couple of Elizabeths, Roberts and Hannahs but they all have connections to the spousal family.
 
I think the small entry above the name of John COTTON may be the latin "quo" which is used to mean where or what place so is probably a reference to where he came from. A couple of entries further down the incumbent also uses the latin term "vulgo" meaning commonly known as. Could there have been two John COTTONs so he used the it to differentiate between the two?? John was described as of Highhouse whereas the address given for George seems to be either Kitchin or Linthwaite on the baptisms for his children. FreeReg has a transcript of the marriage of George COTTON & Elizabeth MILNES which states she was from Wakefield but no note of where George was from which may indicate he was of Northowram but who knows.

Sorry, not an awful lot of help as I cannot find the baptisms for James or Martha at Slaithwaite either.

Janet
 
Thank you for the explanation Janet, it really is just scrabbling about to see if anything looks probable.
It is that baptism (George 1695) that irks me, I just cannot find where they got it from.
 
MollyMay said:
have been revisiting my Cotton family from Slaithwaite (W Yorkshire)

I have a George Cotton baptising Children there (no mother's name given)
Mary 1720, George 1722 (my direct line), William 1726, Joseph no bap found but bur 20/10/1726 s/o George,
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MollyMay said:
I am not entirely convinced of the marriage to Elizabeth, although if Joseph was born 1718 (but where did they find it) it could be a possiility.

Can anyone see something that I have missed or should I just ignore the Geneanet Index?
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Who did George bap 1722 marry? There is a burial in Slaithwaite 28 Nov 1757, Mary the wife of George Cotton, Linthwaite Hall.

There is a marriage 29 Nov 1717 at Elland (about 6 miles from Slaithwaite) between George Cattan & Maria Whiteley. This is followed by a baptism on 8 Mar 1719 of a son, transcribed as Johes Cattan by the Claderdale FHS and as John Cattan by Familysearch. I'm more inclined to trust the FHS, so could 'Johes' be Joseph?

 
George b1722 married Mary Tunicliff 30/8/1744 - they have 7 children
I have Mary buried 28/11/1757 wife of George of Linthwaite Hall
Last child, Hannah born June 1757 buried 25/6/1757, abode given as Linthwaite Hall and George's occupation as clothier
George (widower) married Fanny Brooks 11/2/1760 at Almondbury All Hallows and produces another 10 children
George died in 1812

Cattan is often transcribed/written for Cotton so will check that out

In 1824 Nancy Cotton b1803 (d/o William b1780 who is s/o of Thomas b1748 s/o George b1722) married a William Whitely
To add to the complications of my FH, my Irish MIL's maiden name was Whiteley, her father purported to be another Whiteley:eek: a Yorkshire soldier in Kildare Barracks (we also have ascertaned that he was not the father, of g.dad who was illigitimate, but did father the 8 siblings)

Thanks for your help
 
1771175210115.webpThis is the baptismal PR entry, lots of Johes (also Anc transcription)in the register.
 
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