Ancestry of
Adlai Stevenson III

U.S. Senator from Illinois

George Cotton

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• • 12th Great-grandfather of Adlai Stevenson III — 15th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 27108 
  • Father:
  • John Cotton 
  • Mother:
  • Cecily Mainwaring   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1505 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cotton, Wem, Shropshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Mar 1545 
  • Death Location:
  • Combermere, Cheshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Onley
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 11 Nov 1537 
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  Richard Cotton (Ahnentafel No:13554 )

  Mary Cotton

  Elizabeth Cotton

  Dorothy Cotton

  Winifred Cotton

• Sources for George 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), 663.