Thomas COTTON & Jane 'Jean' 'Hide' HYDE

(Sussex County was split from Surry County in 1752.)

Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 05:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hikaru Kitabayashi
To: Jean Cotton
(With his permission to relay)

"Thomas Cotton II and Jane Hyde Cotton appear to have had at least five sons and one daughter in the period of 1716 to 1728. In the period from 1729 to 1743, they had at least four more sons and one more daughter. Baptismal records survive for their seventh, eighth, and ninth sons and their youngest daughter. In 1744, Thomas Cotton II appears to have had an illegitimate son, Frederick Cotton, by a woman called Elizabeth Callum. (Frederick is not mentioned, however, in Thomas Cotton's will. He does seem to have survived, though, as there is a record of Frederick Cotton having married a Polly Christian in 1789.) The oldest child of Thomas Cotton II and Jane Hyde Cotton would have been John who would have been born in or about 1717. The second son was Thomas who would have been born in about 1720, give or take one year. The third son, Nathaniel would have been born in about 1723, give or take one year. The fourth son, William, would have been born in about 1725, give or take two year. The fifth son, Richard, would have been born in about 1727, give or take one year."
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Hikaru Kitabayashi
"Mary, the first daughter of Thomas Cotton II and Jane Hyde Cotton and who was mentioned in her grandmother's will, was born sometime in or after 1718 and before or during 1729. She died before September 1743, when the birth of yet another Mary is recorded in the baptismal record for Thomas Cotton II and Jane Hyde Cotton."

From: Hikaru Kitabayashi (September 4, 2000)
"This second Mary was most certainly their last child. She lived to maturity, married a Mr. Croslin, had children, and though not mentioned in her father's will, is mentioned in the will of an older brother."
Mary, the youngest child of Thomas Cotton II by Jane Hyde Cotton, was born in April 1743 and married a Mr. (John?) Crosslin. She died after 1805 and was the mother of: Nathaniel (b. 1766); Sussana (b. 1768); John (b. 1769 and married to his mother's brother's daughter, Margaret Cotton); Henry Crosslin (b. 1772); and Jane Crosslin (b. 1775). Mary Cotton Crosslin, for some reason, was not included in her father's will. All Crosslin related information was found at http://users2.50megs.com/laurairvin/Cotten.htm.
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Full Context of Virginia Marriages to 1800
Virginia Southampton County
Cotten, Polly married Croslin, John Jr. on 13 Jan 1794 in Southampton County, Virginia

Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Will Proved [2362].
Sussex Co., VA Wills [2129].
Named in Father's Will [1819].
Hikaru Kitabayashi Data <hkitabayashi@yahoo.com> [1498].
Records of Albemarle Parish [2041].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Ibid.
Hikaru Kitabayashi Data <hkitabayashi@yahoo.com> [1498].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Ibid.
Ibid.
Named in Father's Will [1819].
Will Proved [2362].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Named in Father's Will [1819].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Hikaru Kitabayashi Data <hkitabayashi@yahoo.com> [1498].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Albemarle Parish Register [1102].
Edited by; Arlee Cotton Holleman, The Cotten Clan; The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674-1984 [1388].
Albemarle Parish Register [1102].