William Cotton

William was born about 1615 in England.¹ William's father was Andrew Cotton and his mother was Joanne. He was an only child. He died in 1640 in Northampton County, Virginia.¹

General Notes
- There is a tradition in the family that he was a son of widow Joan Cotton of Bunbury, Cheshire Co., England, and was granted 350 acres of land on the main branches of Hungar's Creek, adjoining the lands of his brother-in-law, Capt William Stone . This consisted of 100 acres for personal adventure of himself and wife, and 250 acres for the transportation of five persons to Virginia: Eleanor Hill, Richard Hill, Edward Eason and Domingo and Sambo, negroes. William Cotton was succeeded b y Rev. John Rozier

William's family with Ann Graves

William and Ann were married on July 10th, 1637 in Hungar's Parish, Accawmack County, Virginia.¹ They had a daughter named Verlinda.