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Husband: Benjamin Whitmel COTTEN [I11117] 1
Born: between 27 APR 1815 AND 1818 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 2 3
Married: 26 FEB 1840 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN in Probably Halifax Co., North Carolina
Father: Whitmel 'Capt.' COTTON
Mother: Mary 'Polly' FOREMAN
Spouses:
Wife: Martha Eliza LAWRENCE [I09678]
Born: 15 NOV 1818 in North Carolina
Died: between 30 OCT 1889 AND 1892 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 4
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Whitmel Lawrence COTTEN [I11372] 5
Born: MAR 1842 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 6
Died: 1914 in Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., North Carolina
Spouses: Emma S. 'Bryant' BRYAN
02 (F): Mary Foreman COTTEN [I09677]
Born: 1843 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 7
Died: 28 OCT 1862 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 8
Spouses:
03 (M): Joseph R. 'Dr.' COTTEN [I09676]
Born: 12 AUG 1845 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 9
Died: 16 MAY 1877 in North Carolina 10
Spouses: Nannie 'Anna' Baker PAULL
04 (F): Martha 'Pattie' R. COTTEN [I11387] 11
Born: DEC 1848 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN in Single, Probably Virginia
Spouses:
05 (M): James Wilson COTTEN [I11383] 12
Born: APR 1851 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: 22 JUL 1922 in Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., North Carolina 13
Spouses: Margaret Louise MORRISETT
06 (M): Thomas COTTEN [I11382] 14
Born: APR 1852 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: after 1920 in Lived Suffolk Ward 2, Suffolk (Independent City), Virginia
Spouses:
07 (F): Elizabeth 'Bettie' L. COTTEN [I11388] 15
Born: AUG 1856 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: after 1920 in Lived Suffolk Ward 2, Suffolk (Independent City), Virginia
Spouses: Zach T. VINCENT, , Capt.
08 (F): Susan COTTEN [I11390] 16
Born: about 1858 in Halifax Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Unknown WALKER
Additional Information

Benjamin Whitmel COTTEN:

Residence: 1870, Caeldonia, Halifax Co., NC (census: age 55)

Residence: 1850, Halifax Co., NC (Census states he was b. in Edgombe)

Martha Eliza LAWRENCE:

Parents (Facts Pg): Thomas Duke Lawrence and Mary Bailey Powell

Footnotes
  1. Named in Mother's Will [1829].
  2. 1870 Halifax Co., NC - US Fed. Census [392].
  3. 1850 Halifax Co., NC - US Fed. Census [109].
  4. Will Proved [2362].
  5. Named in Grandmother's Will [1825].
  6. 1880 Halifax Co., NC - US Fed. Census [498].
  7. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Ibid.
  13. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908 - 2004 [1928].
  14. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  15. Ibid.
  16. Ibid.
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