Family:Samuel Cotton and Mary Dresser (1)

Parents: Thomas Cotton and Martha Williams Samuel Cotton b. 24 Dec 1733 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 3 Jun 1770 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Jonathan Dresser and Elizabeth Warner Mary Dresser b. 10 Feb 1736/37 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

9 Feb 1758

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Rowland Cotton	22 Mar 1759 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
2.	Elizabeth Cotton	30 Oct 1760 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
3.	Ward Cotton	8 Jul 1762 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States	1812 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
4.	Bybe Lake Cotton	9 Sep 1763 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States	27 Mar 1846 Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States
5.	Martha Cotton	17 Apr 1766 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ "Pomfret Vital Records" (NEHGS), in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
p. 50.

COTTON.
Samuel, m. Mary Dress, Feb. 9, 1758 [1:107]
Although all the children's births list the mother as Elizabeth, there does not appear to be any Elizabeth Dresser in Pomfret that could have married Samuel. So the marriage record appears the more credible. If the births were recorded in a group, the mother's name might only have been written once for the whole lot, as a heading. Some Internet sites insist on calling her Mary Elizabeth Dresser. She may be the Mary Cotton who m. 1772 David Ford. They had a daughter, Polly, and then are seen no more.