Seth COTTEN^[1]

1750 - 1815  (64 years)

• Name	Seth COTTEN
  Birth	1 Nov 1750  [2]
  Christening	20 Jan 1750/1751	Sussex Co, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1815
  Will	13 Jan 1815	Chatham Co, NC   [3]
  Will Recorded	May 1815	Chatham Co, NC   [3]
  Person ID	I26713	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard COTTON,   b. Virginia Colony d. c.1789/90
  Mother	Elizabeth (UNKNOWN)   d. Before 24 May 1786
  Family ID	F1081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebekah (UNKNOWN)   d. Aft 13 Jan 1815
  Children	1. John COTTON,   b. 22 Oct 1772   d. Bef 15 Jan 1815 (Age < 42 years)   2. William COTTON,   b. 06 Nov 1779   3. Avent COTTEN,   b. 1793   4. Gabriel COTTEN   5. Polly COTTEN   6. Betsy COTTEN   7. Sally COTTEN   8. Rebekah COTTEN   9. Richard COTTEN
  Family ID	F2863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S4040] Richard Cotten will (1790), Sussex Co, VA. [S342] Gertrude R.B. Richards Ph.D. (transcribed & edited by), Richards, Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739 - 1778, ((1958, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984)), ISBN 0-89308-543-x. p. 158. [S4099] Arlee Cotten Holleman, compiler and editor, Holleman, The Cotten Clan, The Ancestry of Thomas Cotton and His Descendants 1674 - 1984, ((n. p.: n. pub., 1984)). pp. 11-12: photocopy of original will of Seth Cotten.