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Descendants of John Cotton

Generation No. 1

 

1. JOHN1 COTTON died Bef. May 1728 in Bertie County, NC.  He married MARTHA COTTON. 

 Children of JOHN COTTON and MARTHA COTTON are:

    • 2. i. MARTHA2 SPIER.
    • ii. JOHN COTTON.
    • iii. WILLIAM COTTON.
    • iv. SAMUEL COTTON.
    • v. THOMAS COTTON.
    • vi. PRISCILLA COTTON.
    • vii. SUSANNAH COTTON.
    • viii. MARTHA COTTON, m. FRANCIS BENTON; d. Bef. May 1728.
    • ix. MARY COTTON.
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    • Generation No. 2

      • 2. MARTHA2 SPIER (JOHN1 COTTON) She married JOHN SPIER .  He died May 29, 1765.

      Child of MARTHA SPIER and JOHN SPIER is:

    • 3. i. APSLEY HOLLAND3 SPIER , b. January 27, 1727/28; d. November 13, 1800, Creekmere Plantation.
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      • Generation No. 3

        3. APSLEY HOLLAND3 SPIER (MARTHA2, JOHN1 COTTON)1,2,3,4,5,6,7 was born January 27, 1727/28, and died November 13, 1800 in Creekmere Plantation. She married JOHN KENNEDY 8 September 23, 17628, son of JOHN KENNEDY and ELIZABETH KENNEDY.  He was born March 06, 1734/35 in Beaufort County (possibly Fairfax Va.)9, and died September 01, 1801 in Beaufort County, NC.

       

      More About APSLEY HOLLAND SPIER:

      Burial: Kennedy Cemetery Creekmere Plantation, Beaufort Co. NC

       Children of APSLEY SPIER and JOHN KENNEDY are:

        • i. APSLEY4 KENNEDY, b. January 22, 1764, Beaufort County, NC; m. WALTER HANRAHAN; d. Abt. April 03, 1823, Beaufort County, NC.
    • Notes for WALTER HANRAHAN:
    • Was a Justice of the Peace for Beaufort County, NC in 1817.
    • Will signed April 3, 1823  Probated May 1823.
    • (Beaufort Orphans Book A, 1808-1828Wills and Estate Records of Beaufort County, North Carolina by Betty J. Camlin; pp 97 & 98)
    • More About WALTER HANRAHAN:
    • Justice Of the Peace: 1817, Beaufort County, NC
    • ii. JOHN KENNEDY10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22, b. November 30, 1765; d. July 14, 1826, Creekmere Plantation , Beaufort County, NC23; m. ELIZABETH HARDEE SIMPSON EASTON, February 25, 1808; b. November 30, 1789, Chatteam Plantation, Pitt Co., N.C.; d. October 20, 1844, Greenville, NC.
    • iii. COL. WILLIAM KENNEDY24,25,26,27,28,29,30, b. July 30, 176831; d. October 11, 1834, Washington, NC32; m. ELIZABETH LEE33, 179434; b. Abt. 1768; d. May 20, 1818.
    • Notes for COL. WILLIAM KENNEDY:
    • Notice is Hereby Given, that at November Term, A.D. 1834, in The Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, held for the county of Beaufort, the subscribers qualified as Executors to the last Will and Testament of the late William Kennedy. All persons indebted to the estate of the deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have claims against the deceased are required to present them for payment properly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or this will be plead in bar of their recovery.  Nov. 20, 1835---13 15
    • Wm. L. Kennedy & S.P. Allen Execs.
    • Information reprinted in PAMTECO TRACINGS Vol XVI, No. 1 June 2000 Sybble Smithwick Editor.  p 22
    • Originally published in "THE STATESMAN AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ADVERTISER; Edited and Published WEEKLY BY Joseph B. Hinton. Vol. I, No. 14, Washington, N.C. Friday, November 28, 1834.
    • iv. MARTHA KENNEDY , b. May 16, 1770; d. September 05, 1771.
    • v. WILLIE KENNEDY , b. May 16, 1770; d. September 12, 1808, Near Hillsboro, NC.
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    • Endnotes

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      1. King James Version, 1763 Kennedy Family Bible.

      2. Judith Dupree Ellison, INDEX AND ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS OF PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 1  1761 - 1785.

      3. Elizabeth Ross and Roger Kammerer, PITT COUNTY COMPENDIUM VOLUME I: MARRIAGES,  (Flag Publications Greenville NC).

      4. Pitt CO. NC Deed Book M, 73 & 79, Former owners William Adams (Pat. 1740) George Lewis, John Speir, Apsley page 79; 3-24-1787  Kennedy, Dau. of John Speir, and her hudband John Kennedy, Nehemiah Wooten, (D-1765), Henry Wooten, ; Adj. To Jacob's.

      5. Pitt Co. NC Deed Book O, 370.

      6. Pitt CO. NC Deed Book M, 73 &79, Former owners William Adams (Pat. 1740) George Lewis, John Speir, Apsley page 79; 3-24-1787  Kennedy, Dau. of John Speir, and her hudband John Kennedy, Nehemiah Wooten, (D-1765), Henry Wooten, ; Adj. To Jacob's.

      7. Pitt Co. NC Deed Book O, 370.

      8. King James Version, 1763 Kennedy Family Bible.

      9. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Lineage Books, Vol 108 p 154.

      10.  King James Version, 1763 Kennedy Family Bible.

      11.  BEAUFORT COUNTY ORPHAN BOOK B 1828- 1837 ESTATE RECORDS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.

      12.  C. Wingate Reed Col. USA Retd., BEAUFORT COUNTY TWO CENTURIES OF ITS HISTORY,  (1962).

      13.  Beaufort County Genealogical Society, BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC WILL ABSTRACTS, 1720 - 1868,  (Washington, NC).

      14.  BEAUFORT NC LAND ENTRIES 1778 - 1795.

      15.  FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES 1790.

      16.  Clarence E. Ratcliff, NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYERS 1679 - 1790,  (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc 1987 Baltimore MD).

      17.  Clarence E. Ratcliff, NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYERS 1701 - 1786,  (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc 1984 Baltimore MD).

      18.  Beaufort County Genealogical Socirty, "PAMTECO TRACINGS," Washington, NC.

      19.  State Records First Federal Census, 1790.

      20.  Ursula Fogleman Loy & Pauline Marion Worthy; editors, WASHINGTON AND THE PAMLICO,  (Washington_Beaufort County Bicentennial Commission 1976).

      21.  Judith Dupree Ellison, INDEX AND ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS OF PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 1  1761 - 1785.

      22.  Elizabeth Ross and Roger Kammerer, PITT COUNTY COMPENDIUM VOLUME I: MARRIAGES,  (Flag Publications Greenville NC).

      23.  Lois Smathers Neal, ABSTRACTS OF VITAL RECORDS FROM RALEIGH, NC. NEWSPAPER 1820 -1829 VOL II,  (The Reprint Publishing Co. Spartanburg, SC  1980), 386, KENNEDY: D. On the 14th utl., at his residence in Beaufort county....John Kennedy, Esq... [Communicated.] RaNCSw Fi 4 Aug 1826 3:4./ RaNCSw Fri 18 Aug 1826 3:4. [repeat].

      24.  King James Version, 1763 Kennedy Family Bible.

      25.  C. Wingate Reed Col. USA Retd., BEAUFORT COUNTY TWO CENTURIES OF ITS HISTORY,  (1962), 108.

      26.  BEAUFORT COUNTY ORPHAN BOOK B 1828- 1837 ESTATE RECORDS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.

      27.  Beaufort County Genealogical Society, BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC WILL ABSTRACTS, 1720 - 1868,  (Washington, NC).

      28.  Ursula Fogleman Loy & Pauline Marion Worthy; editors, WASHINGTON AND THE PAMLICO,  (Washington_Beaufort County Bicentennial Commission 1976).

      29.  BEAUFORT NC LAND ENTRIES 1778 - 1795.

      30.  Beaufort County Genealogical Socirty, "PAMTECO TRACINGS," Washington, NC.

      31.  King James Version, 1763 Kennedy Family Bible.

      32.  C. Wingate Reed Col. USA Retd., BEAUFORT COUNTY TWO CENTURIES OF ITS HISTORY,  (1962), pp 216 & 219.

      33.  The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Lineage Books, Vol. 108 page 154, DAR ID Number: 107463 Elizabeth Lee Kennedy dau. William lee Kennedy & S Delzell Crawford;Parents William L.Lennedy & Elizabeth Lee, Parents John Kennedy & Aspley Hubbard (Holland Speir).

      34.  The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Lineage Books, Vol 108 p 154, William L. Kennedy (1768-1834) m. 1794 Elizabeth Lee ( 1776 - 1818).

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