Ancestry of
Archibald MacLeish

American Poet and Playwright

John Cotton

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Archibald MacLeish — 13th Generation
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  • William Cotton 
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  • Agnes Yonge   
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  • Cecily Mainwaring
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  William Cotton

  George Cotton (Ahnentafel No:3124 )

  Richard Cotton

  Ralph Cotton

  Robert Cotton

  Thomas Cotton

• Sources for John Cotton

  • ¹ Luther, George A., editor and compiler, The Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, Who Arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1635, Penobscot Press (2001), 81.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 1, p. 92.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 312.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 661.