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 Abt 1628 - Aft 1710 (> 82 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Cottle, Edward was born about 1628 in Wiltshire,Eng(?); died after 22 Mar 1710 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA. Notes:
BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Edward deposed in Salem Court, 9 Jan 1697/8, that he was about 40 yrs old (RECORDS AND FILES OF THE QUARTERLY COURTS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 9 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911-75], 4:29 [FHL #974.45 P2e]). In contrast, Edward deposed on 18 Jun 1667 that he was about fifty years old (Ibid, 3:422). The ages of his children suggest the later date is correct. He was probably born in Wiltshire. William Cottle, probably a brother of Edward, came to New England aboard the "Confidence" from London in 1638 as a 12-year-old servant of John Sanders of Landford, Wiltshire (Peter Wilson Coldham, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660 [Baltimore, 1987], 195 [FHL #973 W2col]). Edward and William both settled at Salisbury, Mass.
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Cottle and his wife Judith were born at Salisbury, the first in 1651/2.
DEATH: No death rec found. Edward was referred to as living in Chilmark on 22 Mar 1710[/11?] when his son Edward sold land in Amesbury to Nathan Bassett of Chilmark, which he had received by deed of gift from his father (Essex Co. Deeds, 21:231 [FHL #866023]). Edward Cottle, Sr, was about 82 yrs old in 1710.
OCC: Husbandman, planter.
~LDS ORDINANCES
BES: IGI
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Generation: 2
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