John Cotton 3rd Baronet 1621-1702

Paternal Family Tree: Cotton of Langwade

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk 1536-1567

Before 1621 [his father] Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and [his mother] Margaret Howard [aged 27] were married.

In 1621 John Cotton 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet [aged 27] and Margaret Howard [aged 27].

On 3rd March 1621 [his mother] Margaret Howard [aged 27] died.

On 6th May 1631 [his grandfather] Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet [aged 60] died. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.

John Evelyn's Diary. 18th March 1644. I went with Sir J. Cotton [aged 23], a Cambridgeshire Knight, a journey into Normandy. The first day, we passed by Gaillon, the Archbishop of Rouen's Palace. The gardens are highly commended, but we did not go in, intending to reach Pontoise by dinner. This town is built in a very gallant place, has a noble bridge over the Oise, and is well refreshed with fountains.

Before 2nd May 1644 [his father] Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet [aged 50] and [his step-mother] Alice Constable Lady Cotton [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Lady Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.

In 1650 [his son] John Cotton was born to John Cotton 3rd Baronet [aged 29].

On 16th May 1662 [his father] Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet [aged 68] died. His son John [aged 41] succeeded 3rd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.

In 1666. John Hayls [aged 66]. Portrait of John Cotton 3rd Baronet [aged 45].

John Evelyn's Diary. 2nd July 1666. Came Sir John Duncomb [aged 44] and Mr. Thomas Chicheley [aged 52], both Privy Councillors and Commissioners of His Majesty's [aged 36] Ordnance, to visit me, and let me know that his Majesty had in Council, nominated me to be one of the Commissioners for regulating the farming and making of saltpetre through the whole kingdom, and that we were to sit in the Tower [Map] the next day. When they were gone, came to see me Sir John Cotton [aged 45], heir to the famous antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton: a pretended great Grecian, but had by no means the parts, or genius of his grandfather.

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John Evelyn's Diary. 12th March 1668. Went to visit Sir John Cotton [aged 47], who had me into his library, full of good MSS., Greek and Latin, but most famous for those of the Saxon and English antiquities, collected by his grandfather.

In 1678 [his son] Robert Bruce Cotton 5th Baronet was born to John Cotton 3rd Baronet [aged 57].

In 1693 [his son] John Cotton [aged 43] died predeceasing his father.

On 12th September 1702 John Cotton 3rd Baronet [aged 81] died in Stratton, Bedfordshire. His grandson John [aged 22] succeeded 4th Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.

Ancestors of John Cotton 3rd Baronet 1621-1702

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Knightley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Grandfather: Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Shirley 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Willoughby 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Giffard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Giffard

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard

father: Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John Cotton 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Grandfather: William Howard 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Belknap

mother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Greystoke 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Grandmother: Elizabeth Dacre 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Leybourne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Leybourne

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pennington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Pennington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk

John Cotton 3rd Baronet 1621-1702

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Royal Ancestors of John Cotton 3rd Baronet 1621-1702

Ancestors of John Cotton 3rd Baronet 1621-1702