Noah 'Cotten' COTTON & Christian WIGGINS

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Husband: Noah 'Cotten' COTTON [I07830] ¹

Born: 1767 in Hertford Co., North Carolina
Married:
Died: between MAR AND MAY 1815 in Hertford Co., North Carolina ²
Father: Thomas COTTEN
Mother: Mary UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Wife: Christian WIGGINS [I14538]

Born: in North Carolina
Died: before 1819 ³
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): William 'Wiggins' COTTON [I09191]
Born: in Hertford Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

02 (F): Dicy 'Wiggins' COTTON [I12904]
Born: in Hertford Co., North Carolina ⁴
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

03 (M): Wiley 'Wiggins' COTTON [I14539]
Born: about 1797 in Hertford Co., North Carolina ⁵
Died: before 1860
Spouses: Penelopy 'Penny' BIZZELL

04 (M): Richard 'Ricks' 'Wiggins' COTTON [I09469]
Born: about 1802 in Hertford Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Fanny WEAVER

05 (M): Micajah 'Wiggins' COTTON [I08061]
Born: about 1805 in Hertford Co., North Carolina
Died: 04 FEB 1862 in Van Buren Co., Michigan ⁶
Spouses: Nancy A. WEAVER; Caroline UNKNOWN

06 (M): John Henry 'Wiggins' COTTON, , Sr. [I28159]
Born: about 1809 in Hertford Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Phebe WEAVER; Hetty Ann REED

07 (F): Sarah 'Sally' 'Wiggins' COTTON [I09188] ⁷
Born: about 1810 in Hertford Co., North Carolina ⁸
Died: before 1870 in Michigan
Spouses: David WEAVER

08 (M): David 'Wiggins' COTTON [I09189]
Born: about 1812 in Hertford Co., North Carolina ⁹
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

09 (F): Lucinda 'Wiggins' COTTON [I09190]
Born: about 1814 in Hertford Co., North Carolina ¹⁰
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Additional Information

Noah 'Cotten' COTTON:

Notes:

In the NC General Assembly Session Records, Nov.1825-Jan. 1826, Box 3, Dec. 24; NC Archives, Raleigh, NC is found:
A bill to legitimate and alter the names of Wiley Wiggins, Ricks Wiggins, Micajah Wiggins, and John Wiggins of Hertford Co., NC, illegitimate children of Noah Cotton and Christian Wiggins. Names changed to Cotton.
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(01) William 'Wiggins' COTTON:

Race: Free People of Color

(02) Dicy 'Wiggins' COTTON:

Race: Free People of Color

(08) David 'Wiggins' COTTON:

Race: Free People of Color

(09) Lucinda 'Wiggins' COTTON:

Race: Free People of Color

Footnotes

Named in Father's Will [1819].
Will Proved [2362].
Noah Cotton Estate Papers [1923].
Named in Father's Will [1819].
1850 Hertford Co., NC - US Fed. Census [117].
Cemetery Records [1253].
Children's Death Certificates [1276].
Named in Father's Will [1819].
Ibid.
Ibid.

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