Cotton family of Salford

[cotten]

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.

[heatherjulie]

hi
Do you have any names that we could check for you?

heather

[Radcliff]

I agree with Heather
the names of your ancestors would be a great help,then we know where to start from

Collegiate Manchester
18th June 1815
James Hickson Cotton
son of William and Margaret
father a joiner
abode Manchester

Collegiate,
Margaret Cotton,widow, aged 80 years
burial 27th August 1820,

[cotten]

I really don't know if these are relatives of mine. I live in America and have been trying for 30 years to pinpoint the English origins of my family. Circumstantial evidence leads me to believe that they may have been connected with a Cotton family that lived at Laughton in Leicestershire. With no surviving paper trail, I have resorted to genetic genealogy and am looking for a descendant of this family in Britain that will do the DNA test. I have traced quite a few lines from the Laughton family only to end up with a dead end.

One line contains a William Cotton who was rector of Broughton Astley in Leicestershire. He married an Elizabeth Holford (or Halford) and had five children - William, Holford, Charles, Judith, and Shuckburgh. The only one of these children I could trace and further was Shuckburgh. He was rector of the church at Newton Purcell, OXF and had 9 children. The first was named Holford and died at age 7. His 7th son was also named Holford and he was vicar of Adderbury also in Oxford. The only one of Shuckburgh's son's who had children of his own was Charles who had a son named Charles Holford and daughter named Sarah Anne. This appears to be the end of this male line.

I came across another Cotton family living in Banbury which is very near to Adderbury. William married Elizabeth Gregory and had two sons William (b. 1761) and Thomas (b. 1768). I couldn't find anything on William Jr. beyond his marriage but quite a bit on Thomas. Thomas married Sarah King and had four children by her - Harriet (b. 1795), Thomas (b. 1797), Amelia (b.1799) and Holford (b. 1800). The name Holford is very unusual and I can't help but assume there is a connection. Maybe William Cotton of Banbury was the son of one of Shuckburgh's three older brothers.

Evidently Sarah died and Thomas remarried to a woman named Elizabeth. I found christenings for four children but the parish records I had access to ended in 1812 and there were apparently more. I have Sarah Redhead (b. 1803) , Robert (b. 1804), Elizabeth (b. 1806), and Alfred (b. 1812). Other posts suggest more sons - William, Cornelius, Edwin, all appear to have been boat builders and along with Robert relocated to Salford. There seem to be a lot of descendants in the census.

I would like to find out if this family was in fact descended from the Cotton family in Laughton. More importantly, I would like to locate a living direct male line descendant who will take the DNA test. There appear to be quite a few still living at Salford in the 1911 census. If they don't match my family, it won't really matter, and if they do, I can investigate further.

[cotten]

These are the members of the family that I could identify living in Pendleton, Salford in the 1911 census -

Oswald Cotton, 42, blacksmith striker, b. Salford, LAN
Clara, 40, wife, b. Salford, LAN
William, 15, son, errand boy, b. Pendleton, LAN
Edith, 13, dau, school, b. Pendleton, LAN
Emma, 11, dau, school, b. Pendleton, LAN
Clara, 7, dau, school, b. Pendleton, LAN
Oswald, 9, son, school, b. Pendleton, LAN

William Cotton, 58, carpenter, b. Salford, LAN
Selina, 59, wife, b. Salford, LAN
Isaac, 25, carter, son, b. Salford, LAN
Selina, 22, garment maker, dau, b. Salford, LAN
Leonard, 18, cloth plater, son, b. Salford, LAN

Albert Edward Cotton, 36, master plumber, b. Bolton, LAN
Alice, 32, wife, b. Bury, LAN
Elsie, 11, dau, school, b. Manchester, LAN
Edith, 9, dau, b. Manchester, LAN
Alice, 7, dau, b. Manchester, LAN

Alice Thompson, 56, housekeeping, b. Salford, LAN
Joseph, 55, husband, dyer fustian, b. Salford, LAN
Alfred Cotton, 25, son, labourer cable maker, b. Salford, LAN
Robert, 23, son, turner iron, b. Salford, LAN
Annie, 21, dau, weaver cotton, b. Salford, LAN
Thomas, 16, son, turner iron, b. Salford, LAN
Bertha, 14, dau, errand girl in cotton mill, b. Salford, LAN
William, 13, son, school, b. Salford, LAN
James, 11, son, school, b. Salford, LAN

Thomas Cotton, 51, bank manager, b. Ardwick, LAN
Martha, 52, wife, b. Charlton on Medlock, LAN
Dorothy, 21, dau, b. Tyldesley, LAN
Emma Farran, 87, m-i-l, b. Salford, LAN

[Radcliff]

Christ Church Salford
11th June 1856
Alfred Cotton
child of William Cotton and Eliza,
abode Blackburn Buildings
father a ships carpenter

St Bartholomew Salford
12th May 1878
Alfred Cotton,aged 22,carpenter ,bachelor of 3 Wilkinsons Buildings
Alice Jobson,x,aged 22,spinster,Braid tenter,of 3 Wilkinsons Buildings
grooms father William Cotton,carpenter
Brides father ,ThomasJobson,Dyer,deceased
witness to marriage by banns
Robert Jobson and Elizabeth Ann Daley

[Radcliff]

St George Hulme
born 3rd December 1842
baptised 1st Feb 1843
William Cotton,son of William Cotton and  Eliza Sampson,his wife
abode 11 Great Jackson Street Hulme
fathers occupation carpenter
notes parents house

St Bartholomew Salford
2nd September 1849
Elizabeth Sarah Ann Cotton
daughter of William Cotton and Eliza,
father a carpenter
abode Regent Street Salford

[Radcliff]

St Bartholomew Salford
5th March 1854
William Sampson Cotton
son of William and Eliza
abode Alpha Buildings,Regent Road
father a carpenter

Christ Church ,Salford
30th Jan 1861
Albert Edward Cotton
son of William and Eliza
father a boat builder
abode,4 Blackbourne Buildings,Liverpool Road

[Radcliff]

William Cotton and Eliza Sampson,married
Manchester Collegiate,Cathedral,
1853
Ten years after the baptism of their son,?