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Husband: Jesse COTTEN [I09566]
Born: 30 OCT 1754 in Hertford Co., North Carolina 1
Married: 06 JUN 1777 in (Bond date) Bertie Co., North Carolina 20
Died: between 25 NOV 1802 AND FEB 1803 in Bertie Co., North Carolina 2
Father: Arthur COTTEN
Mother: Elizabeth RUTLAND
Spouses:
Wife: Martha WHITEHEAD [I09567]
Born: 13 SEP 1758 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: before 11 FEB 1839 in Bertie Co., North Carolina 3
Father: William WHITEHEAD
Mother: >>>
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Lewis COTTEN [I09732] 4
Born: 24 JUL 1778 in North Carolina
Died: 08 FEB 1817 in Northampton Co., North Carolina 5
Spouses: Letitia BISHOP
02 (M): Cullen 'Cotton' COTTEN [I09733] 6
Born: 25 DEC 1785 in North Carolina 7
Died: before 1828 in Lived Stewart and Humphreys Co., Tennessee 8
Spouses: UNKNOWN
03 (F): Elizabeth C. COTTEN [I09734] 9
Born: 13 MAR 1788 in North Carolina
Died: 14 APR 1817 10
Spouses: Henry ANDREWS
04 (F): Caroline COTTEN [I09729] 11
Born: 10 JUN 1792 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Luke RABY
05 (F): Dorothea 'Dolly' COTTEN [I09737] 12
Born: 08 DEC 1795 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: James CARTER
06 (M): Jesse COTTEN, , Jr. [I09724] 13
Born: 13 FEB 1797 in Bertie Co., North Carolina
Died: 27 NOV 1838 in Bertie Co., North Carolina 14
Spouses: Jane Levina YOUNG
07 (F): Mary 'Polly' COTTEN [I09736] 15
Born: about 1798 in North Carolina 16
Died: 20 DEC 1861 in Bertie Co., North Carolina 17
Spouses: Johnston HIGGS
08 (M): Godwin COTTEN [I09735] 18
Born: 06 SEP 1800 in North Carolina
Died: 24 DEC 1843 in Bertie Co., North Carolina 19
Spouses: Cynthia RABY; Mariah A. RHODES
Additional Information

Jesse COTTEN:

Notes:

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Bride: Martha Whitehead, Groom: Jesse Cotten
Bond Date: 06 Jun 1777
County: Bertie, Record #: 01 017, Bondsman: Wm. Rutland, Bond #: 000002725
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Will Book E 1796-1805 pp 191, 192, 193, familysearch
In the Name of God, Amen, I JESSEE COTTEN of Bertie County being of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by God Do this the 25th day of November in the years of our Lord 1802 make and publish this my last will and testament that is to say I Give my body to the earth to be buryed in decent manner and my soul to God who gave it and shall dispose of my worldly goods in the following manner &c
Item I lend unto my well beloved WIFE the land and plantation whereon I now live dureing her natural life and the plantation utensials such as is now on the plantation also I give unto my wife six cows & calfs four sows that belong to the plantation, also I give unto my WIFE my gray horse and bay horse also I give unto my wife all my household and kitchen furniture also three feather beds and furniture I also lend unto my well beloved wife dureing her natural life the following negroes JACOB, TRUCE, and PATT and there increase. Item I give unto my son LEWIS COTTEN one negro named DANNEL on feather bed & furniture two sows and pigs to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my son CULLEN COTTEN one negro boy named PETER on bed an furniture to him and his heirs forever Item I lend unto my daughter ELIZABETH COTTEN one negro girl named NANCE but in case she should have an heir lawfully begotton of her body then it is my will to give the said negro Nance to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my daughter ELIZABETH one feather bed & furniture
Item I give unto my daughter CAROLINE in case she has an heir lawfully begoton of her body one negro named DARCAS to her and her heirs forever Item I give unto my daughter POLLEY in case she has an heir lawfully begotton of her body one negro named BECK to her and her heirs forever Item I give unto my daughter DOLLY in case she has an heir lawfully begotten of her body one negro named JOAN to her and her heirs forever Item I give unto my son JESSE COTTEN one negro named MARK to him and his heirs forever Item I give unto my son GODWIN COTTEN one negro named TOM to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my son LEWIS COTTEN one negro named LONNON to him and his heir forever Item It is my will and desire that all my negros that I have given away and lent should be kept together on my lands and put under the care and direction of my son LEWIS COTTEN for which service & trouble it is my desire to give him the one fourth of every thing he can raise & make until he marries also the negros which I have not given away to be included among them and in case any accidence should befall my son LEWIS it is my desire that my son CULLEN should take place if my Executors thinks he is compitent to manage the estate and turn it to the same advantage that my son LEWIS has done and that my son LEWIS shall have the use of the estate until my son CULLEN come of the age of TWENTY ONE YEARS and as my children shall come of the age of twenty one years or marries it is my desire that they shall have there legacies already given away.
Item I give unto my beloved WIFE my wriding chair & geer &c It is my will and desire that if any of the childrens legacies or negros should dye before the residue of my estate is equally divided among them that it should be made good out of the property that is still remaining not given away. Item It is my will and desire that my WIFE & CHILDREN shall have the use of my land & plantation lying on Roanoak river for six years or untill the year eighteen hundred and eight and if my wife shoud dye before that time it is my desire that an equal division of all my estate that is not given away should take place and be equally divided among my children then living at my wifes death, or the time above stated after paying my just debts that is lands negros &c And I hereby make and ordain my beloved wife and my son LEWIS COTTEN and my BROTHER GODWIN COTTEN Executors of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I JESSEE COTTEN have to this my will and testament set my hand & seal the day & date above written Sign'd Sealed published & declar'd JESSEE (his X mark) COTTEN
in presence of us Joseph Benthall, Catherine (x) Hayse, Nancy (x) Kinnchan
Bertie County February Court 1803: proved by Joseph Benthall. George Gray
CCC.

Footnotes
  1. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
  2. Will Written / Will Proved [2364].
  3. Administration of Estate [1074].
  4. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  5. Administration of Estate [1074].
  6. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  7. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
  8. Tennessee, U.S., Supreme Court Case Index, 1809-1950 [2151].
  9. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  10. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
  11. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  12. Ibid.
  13. Ibid.
  14. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
  15. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  16. 1850 Bertie Co., NC - US Fed. Census [53].
  17. Cemetery Records [1253].
  18. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  19. Cemetery Records [1253].
  20. North Carolina Marriage Bonds - 1741 to 1868 [1931].
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