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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: George CottinghamMale Note
Born: 1605 1605-1-1 at Saint Olave S, Hart Street, London, Middlesex, England Saint Olave S, Hart Street, London, Middlesex, England
Married: <1636> at Accomack County, VA Accomack County, VA
Died: Abt 1645 1645-1-1 at Accomack, VA Accomack, VA
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CHILDREN
Born: 1637 at Accomack County, VA
Died: 1688 at Annemessex, MD
Wife: Mary Dixon
NOTES
1). Cottingham, England At first, Cotyngham was a place in old Yorkshi r e o n t h e North channel coast of England. It meant th e h om e of C ot ter s people. He, Cotter, was a Viking i nvade r o f the M idd le Ages. Hoom, Hom, and Ham were ol d Englis h wo rds fo r home. COTTINGHAM, a parish town, in Hunsley Beacon divis i o n o f H arthill Cottingham Castle, the seats of Thoma s T ho mpso n, E sq. and William Watson Wilkinson, Esq. 5 mile s f rom H ull , 6 from Beverley, 9 from South Cave , 35 fro m Yor k. Pop . 2,479. The Church is a vicarage , dedicat ed t o St. M ary, i n the deanry of Harthill, val ue, p.r. 1 02L . Patron t he Bish op of Chester. Thomas Lord Wake of Lyddel, in 1322, founded a Monas t e r y h ere, for black Canons, but not being able to pro c u r e a perp etual title, the monastery was removed in 1 3 2 4 t o Newton, s ince called Alta Prisa, or Haltempric e , a h amle t, about a m ile further to the south. Not th e s malles t ves tige of it i s to be seen the site is occ upie d b y a farm , and is the pr operty of the family of t he El lerk ers of Ri sby. Burton. Cottingham was formerly the seat and lordship of Ro b e r t d e Stuteville or, Estoteville, who was descended f r o m Ro ber t Grundebeofe, a Norman Baron. William de Stut ev il le, h is h eir, being High Sheriff of the county in 1 202 , e nterta ine d King John at his house here, and abou t th e sam e tim e obta ined a licence from the same King t o for tify i t. Th e estate s came by marriage to the Lord s de Wa ke, an d after wards b y a daughter of John de Wake , to Edm und, Ea rl of Ke nt, fro m whom descended Joan, wi fe to Edw ard, th e warlik e Prince o f Wales, who defeate d the Frenc h in s o many enga gements. Th omas de Wake, i n the 12th Ed ward II . obtained f rom that Pri nce, a gran t for a weekl y market , and two fair s annually, a t Cotti ngham and i n the 1st o f Edward III. h e obtained a g ran t from that K ing to mak e a castle of hi s manor house he r e, and to for tify it. He nry VIII. when o n a visit at H ull , in 1541, h earing tha t Lord Wake of Cott ingham, wa s marrie d to an a ccomplishe d Lady, fixed a day f or hono uring them w ith hi s company but the amourous monar ch w as disappointe d o f his visit for his lordship, less a m bitious of the ho n our, than al armed for the too probab l e consequence of s uc h a complime nt, on the eve of th e visi t, set fire to h is ca stle, an d burned it to the g round. Th is castle, the n calle d Bayna rd Castle, is no w only to be d iscovered b y its moa t and r amparts of ear th, which are app ropriate d to a marke t an d private gard en. This ancient cas tle co vered two acre s o f ground, up on the site of which th e ma nor house was aft e rwards bui lt. The old court house i s y et standing, an d i n which t he court is always called . Camden. Tick ell. At the Society of Genealogists in London, in a smal l v o l u me on pp. 12 13 , There is a black and white ske t c h o f a n old alabaster monument or tomb of Hugh de Cal ve la y an d wi fe in old Bunbury Church in Cheshire that w er e sc hetch ed b y visitors sent from London by King Henr y t he 8t h in t he na me of his new church the English Ch urch . Si r Hugh di ed i n 1394. Dame Christian de Calvele y ha d bee n a Cotyngha m bef ore marriage, being from tha t plac e in Y orkshire. Hug h wa s from a place called Calv eley. P eople d ropped the Lat in pr eposition and eventual ly ha d a surname . One of the first to do so in Cheshire was one Thom a s d e Cotyngham. His widow Matild married a Spurstowe . A ft e r S purstowe died Matild had to sue Randle de Spur stow e f o r a p art of her dowerey. Part of Coats of Arms were emblazened on the sid e s o f t h e Calveley monument, parts known as the shield . F or t he w if e, there was shown a replica of two hinds coun ter t rippa nt . A hind is a female deer without horn s . C ounte r tripp an t means facing in opposite direction s as t hey d o when pu rsu ed by the hunter. GEORGE COTTINGHAM 1605 abt 1645 The Complete Book of Immigrants 1607 1660, by Pete r W i l s on Coldham, p.158, 27 July 1635 Person transporte d fr o m L on don to Virginia by the Primrose George Cot tingh a m 20. 1635, George Cottingham,20 27 July. Persons to be tran s p o r ted from London to Virginia by the Primrose, M. D ou gl as s , by certificate from the Minister of Gravesend. George Cottingham arrived in Accomack County Virg i n i a a s an indentured servant to William Roper who clai m s 1 5 0 acr es on 6 Sept. 1636 50 acres for his own per so na l ad ventur e and 100 acres for transportation of 2 s erv ant s Wi lliam J acob and George Cottingham.. This i s fro m Pi oneer s and Cav aliers by Nugent. George next appears in the court records on Jan. 30, 1 6 4 2 43 1643 by our calendar . On that date George Cott in gh a m i s recorded as owing John Stockely one month s w ork . Th is w ould seem to indicate that George was not a n in dent ure d ser vant by this time, but a laborer. Th e sam e dat e Geor ge cla ims that Mr. Nuthall owes him a h eifer . The d epositi ons o f two persons confirm this. Deposition of Richard Kellum George Cottingha m c a m e t o the house of John Hinman to demand a heifer o f M r . Nu thal l and Hinman said he would deliver it and a fte r t he sa id Hi nman denyed soe to doe. Deposition of Thomas Clifton He says Hinman to l d h i m t o deliver a heifer to Cottingham but Cottingh a m ref us ed t o receive it. Clifton asked him why he cam e o ver th e C reek e and Cottingham said to see her. Cotti ngha m sai d he m ust h ave a heifer and calfe of Mr. Nutha ll an d I th inke i f I lik e it I will have this heiffer . The fa ct th e Georg e was a fr ee man at this date is si gnificant . Give n that T homas Cot tingham later says h e was bor n in 164 0 it make s it all th e more likely tha t George i s his fath er. An ind entured serv ant would no t have bee n free to mar ry. A usua l time of serv itude wa s 4 years , so it is entir ely possibl e George gaine d hi s freedom b y 1640. County Court Records of Accomack North Hampton, Va. 16 4 0 1 645 Juratur in Curia. January 30, 1642 1643 Test e m e Ed wy n e Conaway Clericus Curiae whereas it apperet h t o thi s Cou r t by the confession of Georg Cottingham . Tha t the s aid Co tt ingham doth owe and stand in debte d unt o John Sto ckele y o n whole months worke. It is ther efor e ordered b y this C our t that the said George Cottin gha m shall satisf y and pa y th e said months worke unto t he s aid John Stocke ley or hi s Ass ignee oe els executio n etc. !BIRTH The Complete Book of Immigrants, 1607 1660, Pet e , n Coldham, p. 158. The Complete Book of Immigrants, 160 7 1 6 60, Peter Wilso n Coldham, p. 158. !DEATH Colonial Residents of Virginia s Eastern Shore W h , s Were Given Before Court Officials of Accomack and Nor t h a m pton Counties, page not noted. Colonial Resident s o f V ir ginia s Eastern Shore Whose Age s Were Given Bef or e Cour t O fficials of Accomack and Northam pton Countie s, page n ot n oted.
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