Walter Cottrell Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-07-11
This is my ancestor 11 generations back.
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Born: (unknown)
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1.
Children of Walter Cottrell and (unknown) (unknown):
Notes:
One RootsWeb entry says he was born c1624.
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St. Mary’s Co MD, 1638-50: mentioned a number of times in the Archives during this period as a planter, tax payer and voter. He was doubtless one of the original emigrants and the ancestor of the later members of the family mentioned hereafter.
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I found these at a Cockrell/Cottrell surname research web page that no longer exists. Sources are the Maryland Archives; credit is given to Muriel Battaile of King City OR for transcription.
1638 COTTREL, Walter 031 Keat Island Queen Anne County, Maryland
1638-02-18 COTTRELL, Walter on list named a Burgess, Isle of Kent County, Maryland
[source Brown, Wm Hand Archives of Maryland 1632/38-1640 Volume 1 page 31]
1640 COTTERELL, Walter A.B. H Folio 13, 25 (2folio 448)
[source - Skordas, Gust Early Settlers of Maryland 1523-1680]
1640 COTTAL, Walter Isle of Kent Liber ABH transported by Thomas BUTLER
[source - Burns, Annie Walker Maryland Early Settlers page 21]
1640-03-26 COTTRELL, Walter St Leonard’s Hundred was a witness to the will of Leonard LEONARDSON
[source - Baldwin, Jane Maryland Calendar of Wills Vol 1 p 1]
1641-12-04 Walter COTHELL witness to will of Leonard Leonardson in St Mary’s County, Maryland
[source - Baldwin, Jane Maryland Calendar or Wills Volume 1 page 1]
1642 COTTERELL, Walter St Marys County, Maryland Tax List Jul, Aug, Nov, and December 1642
[source Brown, Wm H. Archives of Maryland Volume 1 page 146 Volume 3 p 121 and 138]
1642 COTTRELL, Walter St Mary’s County, Maryland Sep 1642 sent his proxie to the general assembly
[source Brown, William H. Archives of Maryland Volume 1 page 168]
about 1645 COTTERELL, Walter Patents Liber 2 Folio 517 Immigrant
[source Skordas, Gust, Early Settlers of Maryland]
1648-10-xx Walter COTTERILL of St Mary’s County supoenaed in to court
[source Brown, Wm H. Archives of Maryland Volume 4 page 517]
1648-11-16 COTTERELL, Walter of St Mary’s County sold calf to Thomas Baker
[source Wm H. BROWN, Archives of Maryland, Volume 4, page 422]
1649-11-xx COTERILL, Walter St Mary’s County supoenaed in to Court
[source - Brown, Wm H. Archives of Maryland Volume 4, page 517]
1650 Walter COTTRELL assigned 100 acres of land to William Marshall
[source Burns, Annie Walker Maryland Early Settlers page 26]
1650-01-19 Walter COTTERILL St Mary’s County Overseer on will of Thomas Petreate Will proved 18 Mar 1657
[source - Baldwin, Jane Maryland Calendar of Wills Volume 1 page 10]
1652-06-14 Walter COTHERELL on list for choosing Burgers for Assembly
1660 Walter COTTERELL Charles County Court Proceedings
[source - Pleasants, J. Hall Archives of Maryland Volume 53 page 66]
1663-1664 Walter Cotherell signed a petition in Charles County, Maryland
[source J. Hall Pleasants, Archives of Maryland Volume 53 page 115]
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Charles County Circuit Court, Liber A; 12 May 1659, Page 55
110. Hennerie Grace, Plt.; John Gey, Def.; petitioner "wraught" 5 weeks work last crop with John Gey
and also gave him a waistcoat which cost 80# tobacco; petitioner being formerly arrested at suit of said
Guy could not appear because of illness; defendant denies having had any work of Gey but did have
waistcoat, Walter Cotterell swore in open that Grace did work but very little; verified by oath of William
Hinschow; plaintiff ordered to work and afsd. Waistcoat should be pay for his diet.
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Archives of Maryland LIII
County Court of Charles County MD
p66
[Court 1660-04-03]
Walter Cotterill demandeth a warrant against John Guy in an action of the case.
Warrant to the sherife to arest him and retorne it next courte
p81
[seems to be 1660-08-xx]
Walter Cotterill demands a warant against Hennery Lilly in an action of the case.
Wart to th sherife to arest him & retorne.
Dittto Cotterill demands supaenys for Mr John Hatch and Mr Robert Clarke to testefie
in ditto causae supaenys to th sherife to serve & retorne.
p83
[court 1660-09-04]
Walter Cotterill Plantife vs Hennery Lilly Deffendant
The plantife not makinge any cause of acdtion apear the deffendant dessires a nonsuite which is granted him.
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The tradition has been handed down in several branches of the family that the
progenitors of the Cockrell family in America were two brothers who emigrated from
England to Maryland with the first Lord Baltimore expedition in 1634 or shortly
thereafter, that one of the brothers remained in Maryland and the other moved to
Virginia. Although no record has been found to positively prove this, such records as
have been available tend to substantiate it, and therefore until evidence is found to the
contrary it will be assumed that this tradition is true.
[Note: Cottrell and Cockrell are variants of the same name. Cockrell is actually a more widely-spread spelling than Cottrell.]
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Apparently he also had a son James who married Elizabeth Burford, and a son William.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1759
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