Seth COTTEN & Rebecca AVENT

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Seth COTTEN
Rebecca AVENT

Husband: Seth COTTEN
Birth: 1 Nov 1750, Sussex Co., VA
Death: May 1815
Father: Richard COTTEN — s/o Thomas COTTEN
Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" WEAVER

Marriage:

Wife: Rebecca / Rebeckah AVENT
Birth: ca. 1755, Sussex Co., VA
Father: William AVENT
Mother: Sarah MASSIE

Children:

— born in Sussex Co., VA:
1. John COTTEN, b. 22 Oct 1772
2. Gabriel COTTEN, b. ca. 1774
3? (Daughter A) COTTEN, b. ca. 1776
4. William COTTEN, b. 6 Nov 1779
5. Mary "Polly" COTTEN, b. ca. 1782
6. Elizabeth COTTEN, b. ca. 1784
7. Sarah "Sally" COTTEN, b. ca. 1786
8. Richard C. COTTEN, b. ca. 1790

— born in Chatham Co., NC:
9. Avent COTTEN, b. ca. 1793
10? (Daughter B) COTTEN, b. ca. 1794/5
11. Rebecca / Rebekah COTTEN, b. ca. 1796

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310): Seth's father, Richard COTTON, appears in Sussex Co., VA, in 1782, but I don't find Seth.

3. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 21; official enumeration date 2 Aug 1790; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1790 NC Chatham Co. Roll M637_7 p. 229 Ln. 9 Seth Casten 1-2-5-0-4

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 free white male 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Seth (b. 1750)

2 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = William (b. 1779)
= Gabriel (ca. 1774)

5 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Rebecca (b. ca. 1755)
= Daughter A (b. ca. 1776?)
= Mary (b. ca. 1782)
= Elizabeth (b. ca. 1784)
= Sarah (b. ca. 1786)

4 slaves all ages in or bef. 1790 = ? ? ? ?

4. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #68 of 83; official enumeration date 4 Aug 1800; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800 NC Chatham Co. Hillsborough Roll M32_31 p. 209/314 Ln. 16 Seth Cotton 20111-22010-05

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = Avent (b. 1793)
= Richard (b. ca. 1790)

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = William (b. 1779)

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Gabriel (b. ca. 1774)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Seth (b. 1750)

2 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Rebecca (b. 1796)
= Daughter B (b. ca. 1794/5)

2 females 10-15 1784-1790 = Sarah (b. ca. 1786)
= Elizabeth (b. ca. 1784)

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Rebecca (b. ca. 1755)

5 slaves all ages in or bef. 1800 = ? ? ? ? ?

5. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 52; official enumeration date 6 Aug 1810; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 NC Chatham Co. Roll 39 p. 195 Ln. 12 Seth Cotton 00101-00001-05

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = Avent (b. 1793)

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Seth (b. 1750)

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Rebecca (b. ca. 1755)

5 slaves all ages by 1810 = ? ? ? ? ?

Listed nine lines from son, Gabriel COTTON.

6. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. Arlee Cotten Holleman. 1984. The Cotten Clan: the Ancestry of Thomas Cotten and His Descendants, 1674-1984. Self-published, 677 pp. (listed at Amazon.com, but out-of print): not seen, but cited in files at WorldConnect.

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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