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I am looking for information on a Cotton family who lived at Banbury, OXF at the beginning of the 19th century but relocated to Salford shortly thereafter. Most of the members of the family are listed as boat builders or ship carpenters in the census records. Does anyone know the origins of this family? I am trying to find out if they originally lived in Leicestershire before moving to Banbury. Thanks.

I've discovered another branch of this family with surviving males in 1911. John Smith Cotton, born about 1863 at Lubenham, and his wife Elizabeth had four children - William F., b. abt. 1890; Ernest Edmund, b. abt. 1892; Charlotte E., b. abt. 1894, and Edwin Victor, b. 1896.

Ernest Edmund Cotton died at Market Harborough Jan. 1955.

Edwin Victor Cotton m. May Shepherd in 1925 and died at Norwich, Norfolk in 1971.

I would like to contact any living direct male line descendants of this line.

You are correct as to what I was asking about. I started with Samuel Cotton in 1672 and followed the male line down to the children of Thomas and Eliza which was where my trail ended. To continue the line, I need to find out if Ernest, Walter, or Charles left any sons. Thanks for all of your help.

Thomas Cotton was born about 1846, the son of Thomas and Mary Cotton of Lubenham/Market Harborough. The younger Thomas married Eliza and had the following children - Ernest S., b. 1872; Elizabeth M., b. 1873; Walter, b. 1878; Maud, b. 1880; Charles T., b. 1883; and Bertha, b. 1885. Ernest married Maud and had two daughters listed in the 1911 census. I am trying to determine if Ernest, Walter, or Charles ever had any sons and if there are any direct male line descendants living today. Does anyone know this family?

My earliest verifiable ancestor was a John Cotton who first appeared in the records of colonial Virginia in the latter part of the 17th century. It seemed that I had exhausted my paper trail years ago but I recently came across a possible clue though it may be a bit of a stretch. According to some sources, John Cotton's wife Ann (Harrison?) came from Northampton. Her cousin, Eleanor Barnard, is said to have married a Samuel Cotton who I have discovered was born about 1626 and was the 4th son of Thomas Cotton who lived at Laughton in Leicestershire. If these two cousins both married men named Cotton, I thought the chances are good that their husbands may be related.

Samuel later lived at Dadlington (or Dallington) and was for some time sheriff of Leicestershire. His brother, William, was rector of Broughton Astley, and an uncle, also named Samuel, was rector of North Kilworth. Thomas had another brother named John, born about 1598, who I can find nothing else about. I would appreciate any info on this family and especially what became of John.

I would particularly like to find a living direct male line descendant of the family who may agree to DNA testing as this may be the only to make the connection. 14 members of our family in America have already tested so we would have a good base to compare the results to.