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Dr. Nathaniel Cotton
1705 - 1788

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• Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	1705	London, England
  	Date and place from Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4, p. 1232 (ancestry.com)
  Christened	12 Mar 1706	London (Stepney), Middlesex, England
  	At Bull Lane Independent [Church]. From LDS IGI Individual Record for Nathaneel Cotton.
  Gender	Male
  Education	23 Sep 1729	Leyden, Holland
  	Leyden University, studying medicine under Boerhaave
  	From Dictionary of National Biography - COT - p. 1232 (ancestry.com).
  Will	5 Dec 1778	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  	PRO Cat.Ref.: PROB 11/1168
  Of	Abt 1740-1788	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  	from Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4, p. 1232 (ancestry.com).
  Occupation	Abt 1740-1788	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  	Physician (M.D.), in general practice and keeping a private madhouse called Cellegium Insanorum
  	From 1784 listing for Nathaniel Cotton of St. Albans in Bailey's British Directory [for 1784]; or, Merchant's and Trader's Useful Companion for the year 1784 ... in 4 Volumes ... Volume 1. London; Volume 2 The Western Directory; Volume 3 The Northern Directory; Volume 4 The Eastern Directory. The First Edition, 1784, BAILEY. London (ancestry.com). Also from Dictionary of National Biography - COT - p. 1232 (ancestry.com).
  Died	2 Aug 1788	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  	Date and place from Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4, p. 1232 (ancestry.com). Death notice in The Gentleman's Magazine 48, August and September 1788, pp. 756 and 834, reads: 2 August. At St. Albans, Dr. Cotton, many years physician there, and author of "Visions in Verse, for the Instruction of younger Minds." He was distinguished for his great care, humanity, and attention to those unhappy objects to whose cure he had devoted his principal study; and is succeeded by Dr. Pellet, who assisted him in his practice ... Dr. Cotton was also author of some poems in Dodsley's "Collection," and "Observations on a particular Kind of Scarlet Fever, that lately prevailed in and about St. Albans," 2749, 4to.
  Buried	8 Aug 1788	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  	Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's, St. Albans, "beneath an altar tombstone which bears the plain inscription, 'Here are deposited the remains of Anne, Hannah, and Nathaniel Cotton.'" from Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4, p. 1232 (ancestry.com). A note on the history of Hertfordshire, in The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. From July to December, 1817, Volume LXXXVII (Being the Tenth of a New Series.) Part the Second. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent., 1817 (August 1817), p. 113, refers to notable persons buried at St. Alban's, including: "In St. Peter's Church-yard, lie the remains of the amiable poet and physician, dr. Nathaniel Cotton, author of "the Fire-side," through whose ability the poet Cowper was restored to Sanity." = = Date from History of Verulam and St. Alban's: Containing An Historical Account of the Decline of Verulam and Origin of St. Alban's, and of the Present State of the Town, the Abbey, and other Churches, ... , publ. 1815 (St. Alban's: S. G. Shaw), which describes his monument in the churchyard of St. Peter's as follows: ...including one with this inscription: "Here are deposited the remains of ANNE, HANNAH, and NATHANIEL COTTON:" this is the only memorial for Dr. Cotton, the ingenious author of "Visions in Verse," "The Fire Side," and other small pieces, all of which are strongly conducive to promote the interests of virtue and religion: they were buried respectively, the fourteenth of April, 1749; nineteenth of May, 1772; and the eighth of August, 1788.
  Will proved	20 Aug 1788
  	PRO Cat.Ref.: PROB 11/1168
  Name	Nathaneel Cotton
  _UID	5CAD05A304C9469A8857AAB5579F6EBBBB5F
  Notes	Youngest son of Samuel Cotton. From Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 4, p. 1232 (ancestry.com). Will dated 5 Dec 1778 (10 years before his death) names the following family members: Nathaniel Cotton, eldest son (of Ann Pembroke) - Co-Executor and residuary legatee Anne Brooke née Cotton, daughter (of Ann Pembroke), wife of William Brooke, Esq., of Farnham, Surrey Joseph Cotton, son (of Ann Pembroke) - Co-Executor Phoebe Cotton, daughter (of Ann Pembroke) Catherine Cotton, daughter (of Ann Pembroke) John Cotton, son (of Harriet Everett) - Co-Executor Elizabeth Cotton, daughter (of Harriet Everett)
  Person ID	I8072	Halhed Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Samuel Cotton,   b. 11 Oct 1661,   d. 1746, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
  Mother	Mary Johnson,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Dec 1696	West Ham, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F3083	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Anne Pembroke,   bur. 14 Apr 1749, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  Married	1738
  	from "Early Mad Houses in St Albans and Harpenden" at www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk. Reference in The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, by Alexander Chalmers and Samuel Johnson, publ. 1810, p. 58, reads (in part): Dr. Cotton was twice married, first, about the year 1738, to Miss Anne Pembroke, sister to George Pembroke, esq. formerly of St. Albans, receiver-general for the county of Hertford, and to Joseph Pembroke, town-clerk of St. Albans.
  Children	1. Joshua Cotton,   c. 12 Aug 1739, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. Bef 1778   2. Mary Cotton,   c. 5 Sep 1740, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 2 Nov 1790   3. Anne Cotton,   c. 30 Apr 1742, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1800   4. Rev. Nathaniel Cotton,   c. 3 Jun 1743, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. Nov 1813   5. Henrietta Cotton,   c. 19 Dec 1744, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. Bef 1778   6. Maria Cotton,   c. 19 Dec 1744, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. Bef 1778   7. Capt. Joseph Cotton,   b. 7 Mar 1746, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 26 Jan 1825, Leyton, Essex, England   8. Phoebe Cotton,   c. 7 Apr 1747, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. Bef Jun 1807   9. Catherine Cotton,   c. 14 Aug 1748, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1780
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2011
  Family ID	F3084	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Harriet Everett,   d. May 1772
  Married	22 Aug 1751	London, Middlesex, England
  	Year 1751 from "Early Mad Houses in St Albans and Harpenden" at www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk. Reference in The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, by Alexander Chalmers and Samuel Johnson, publ. 1810, p. 58, reads (in part): He married, secondly, in 1750, or 1751, Miss Hannah Everett, who died May 1772, leaving a son, now living, and two daughters, since dead. Married at St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London. Reference in "S. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, Marriages 1559-1837," ed. Willoughby A. Littledale, publ. 1903, cited by L. H. Chambers in Notes and Queries, 6 March 1948, p. 104, reads: 1751. Nathaniel Cotton, Doctor in Physick, in the Parish of S. Peter in the Town of S. Albans and County of Hertford, Widower amd Hannah Evnett of the same Parish, Spinster were married Augt. 22 with Licence by me, R. Pemberton.
  Children	1. John Cotton,   c. 10 Jun 1752, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 15 Nov 1835, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England   2. Hannah Cotton,   c. 13 Jul 1753, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 19 May 1772, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England   3. Elizabeth Cotton,   c. 30 Jul 1754, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1797, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F3082	Group Sheet