Person:Robert Cotchet (1)
Captain Robert Cotchet
chr.3 Oct 1611 Mickleover, Derbyshire, England
d.8 Nov 1657 Mickleover, Derbyshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1608
  1. Dorothy Cotchet1608 - 1679/80
  2. Captain Robert Cotchet1611 - 1657
  3. Clare Cotchet1614 -
  4. Frances Cotchet1618 -
  5. Temperance Cotchet1621/22 -
  6. Joan CotchetEst 1624 - 1628
  7. Thomas CotchetEst 1626 - 1628
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Robert Cotchet1611 - 1657
  • W.  Ann _____Bef 1612 -
m. Bef 1632
  1. Thomas Cotchet1632 - 1632
  2. Robert Cotchet1635/36 - Bef 1657
  3. Anna Cotchet1638 -
  4. Thomas Cotchet1640 -
  5. Mary Cotchet1642/43 - Bef 1657
  6. Nathaniel CotchetEst 1647 - Aft 1657
  7. Sarah CotchetEst 1649 - Aft 1657
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Captain Robert Cotchet
Gender Male
Christening[1] 3 Oct 1611 Mickleover, Derbyshire, England
Marriage Bef 1632 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Ann _____
Will[3] 5 Sep 1657 Mickleover, Derbyshire, England
Death[2] 8 Nov 1657 Mickleover, Derbyshire, England
Probate[3] 5 Apr 1658
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The Will of Captain Robert Cotchet of Mickleover, Derbyshire

"I Robert Cochet of Mickle Over in the countie of Derby, gent., being in good health, ... To Anne my wife one third part of all such lands and tenements as I have in the counties of Stafford and Derby for the term of her life, for an addition to her jointure. Daughter Anne Cochet £500. Daughter Sarah Cochet and son Nathaniel Cochet £400 each and all my Debenturs for service done to the Commonwealth by myself and others of whom I have purchased them, amounting in all to £534. To my Son Thomas and heirs all my lands etc. in Titburie and Castlehay Parke, co, Stafford, within the Manor of Melbourne and the Manor of Barwardcoate, co. Derby, except my wife's third part as aforesaid. If any of my children, vizt., Anne, Nathaniel and Sarah, die before the age of one and twenty, the portions of him, her or them soe dying shall goe to my sonne and heir. I give and bequeath vnto my sister Dorothy Joyce, wife of one John Joyce of New England, or to their children, if my sister their mother be dead, the sumrne of five pounds. Niece Rebecca Ridgeway £5, Maimed souldiers and poor widows of souldiers of this countie £5. Twenty Bibles to 20 poor householders in Mickle Over. Brother in law Joseph Swetnam, and my friend Samuel Berisford, ministers in Derby, 20s. each. Residuary legatee and executrix, my wife Anne. Dated 5 Sept., 1657. Witnesses: James Wright, William Newton, Stephen Wall. Proved 5 April, 1658, by the executrix. (P. C. C. Wotton 128.)"[4]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Simpson, Llewellyn Lloyd. The registers of Mickleover (1607-1812) and of Littleover (1680-1812) Co. Derby. (London: Parish Register Society, 1909)
    3.

    Robert Cotchet. y ye Sonne of Wm Cotchet, was Baptized the 3d day of Octob: in y ye yere Abovesaid [1611].

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Simpson, Llewellyn Lloyd. The registers of Mickleover (1607-1812) and of Littleover (1680-1812) Co. Derby. (London: Parish Register Society, 1909)
    47.

    Captaine Robert Cotchet. Justice of peace, died the eighth day of November 1657.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McLean, Maclean W. John1 Joyce of Yarmouth, Mass. (ca. 1615-1666). American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1967)
    43:2.
  4. ↑ The Will of Robert Cochet, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    41:9, Jan 1910.
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