Cotton DNA Project

FAMILY 7C

1 John Cotton, b. 1660/70, Virginia, d. 1728, Bertie Co., NC
...+ Martha Godwin
.....2 Alexander Spotswood Cotton, b. Sept. 4, 1710, Nansemond Co., VA, d. 1764, Hertford Co., NC
........+ Elizabeth West
..........3 Cyrus Cotton, b. 1747, Bertie Co., NC, d. 1787, Rowan Co., NC
.............+ Amelia
...............4 Peter Cotton, b. 1781, Rowan Co., NC, d. in Talladega Co., AL
..................+ Mary Ford
....................5 Sarah Cotton, b. Oct. 1839, Talladega Co., AL
.......................+ George Paris Plowman
.........................6 William Henry Cotton, b. 1854, Talladega Co., AL, d. June 7, 1908, Jefferson Co., AL
............................+ Mary Jane Kant
..............................7 John William Matthias Cotton, b. Nov. 19, 1887, Talladega Co., AL, d. June 26, 1939, Etowah Co., AL
.................................+ Mary Magdalene Smith
...................................8 Thomas Jackson Cotton, b. Apr. 4, 1914, Alabama, d. June 1984, Mobile Co., AL
......................................+ Estelle White
........................................9 Thomas Jerry Cotton, b. Oct. 8, 1941, Etowah Co., AL, d. Sept. 27, 2010, Mobile Co., AL
...........................................+ Barbara Ann Felps
............................................10 JERRY KEVIN COTTON

The paper trail for this family connects through a female heir to family 7. It also indicates that this family should be the same line as family 7b, but the DNA results do not match. One of the two families cannot be descended from George Plowman. Further research and testing will be required to determine which.