m. (2) Nov 5, 1757 Brunswick, Maine, fist husband Isaac Hinckley was killed by the Indians
The family is nearly related to to Sir Rowland Cotton, one of the grantees of Virginia, 1609 and also to the late Admiral Sir John Cotton who is claimed to be the brother of Leonard Cotton Jr.
(Bangor, Maine, Historical Magazine, vol. 4, p.93 "Marriage Intentions"
Dec. 3, 1749 of Isaac Hinkley and Alfred Smith
Vol.14, p. 147 of Widow Hinkley and Thomas Cotton of Falmouth, Maine)