Gibbs Family Tree
Rev. James Liggins Cotton
1851 - 1899 (47 years)
Generation: 1
1. Rev. James Liggins Cotton was born on 18 Feb 1851 in St George Hanover Square, London (son of Richard Payne Cotton and Elizabeth Liggins); died on 2 Jan 1899 in Sonning, Berkshire; was buried in Jan 1899 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Curate Of Sonning
- Baptism: 27 Mar 1851, St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London; #118 of list of Baptisms Solemnized
- Residence: 1881, Sonning, Berkshire; Age: 30; Relationship to Head: Lodger
- Residence: 1881, Sonning, Berkshire; Curate of Sonning
- Departure: 1884, Sonning, Berkshire; relinquished the curacy of Sonning to accept the vicarage of Flordon, near Norwich
- Residence: 1891, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Vicar of Clifton Hampden
Notes:
Son of Richard Payne Cotton, MD, by Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Liggins of Antigua. Educated at Brighton College, matric at Cambridge (Trinity College) 1870, BA 1873, MA 1877. Buried at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard. Will proved 2 February 1899.
Deacon 1874; Priest 1876. Curate of St. John's, with St. Stephen's, Reading, 1874-9; Vicar of Flordon, Norfolk, 1884-6; Vicar of Aston Rowant, Oxon., 1886-9; Vicar of Clifton Hampden 1889-98 (presented by Henry H. Gibbs): his parsonage there is now the Manor House).
3 sons and 1 daughter.James married Anne Pott on 7 Aug 1884 in Sonning, Berkshire. Anne (daughter of Ven. Archdeacon Alfred Percivall Pott and Emily Harriett Gibbs) was born on 29 May 1857 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 22 Feb 1941 in Farnham, Surrey; was buried in Feb 1941 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Charles Kenneth Cotton was born on 14 Oct 1887 in Sonning, Berkshire; died in Dec 1974 in Wokingham, Berkshire.
- Hugh Percivall Cotton was born on 24 Feb 1889 in Sonning, Berkshire; died on 9 Apr 1956 in Ploughley, Oxfordshire.
- Alfred Christopher Cotton was born on 24 May 1890 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 9 Mar 1939 in Madras, India.
- Hilda Ruth Cotton was born on 12 Jun 1893 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died in Feb 1992 in Bridport, Dorset.
2. Richard Payne Cotton was born about Mar 1820 in Kensington, London; died on 26 Dec 1877 in 33 Cavendish Sq. W., Marylebone, London. Other Events and Attributes:
- Event: 16 Aug 1841, Richmond, Surrey; Fatal Steam-Boat Accident at Richmond: a collision between a punt carrying RP Cotton and a steamboat
- Residence: 1851, St George Hanover Square, London; Physician, member of Royal College of Physicians of London
- Residence: 1871, London; Relation to Head of House: Head
Richard married Elizabeth Liggins. Elizabeth was born on 29 Sep 1820 in Marylebone, London; died on 27 Nov 1869 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Liggins was born on 29 Sep 1820 in Marylebone, London; died on 27 Nov 1869 in London. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: Antigua, Queensland, Australia
- Baptism: 25 Oct 1820, St Marylebone, London
- Residence: 1851, St George Hanover Square, London
Children:
- Mary Anne Elizabeth Cotton was born on 30 Aug 1845 in Kensington, Middlesex; died on 9 Aug 1913 in Richmond, Surrey; was buried in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.
- Richard Cotton was born on 11 Jun 1849 in London; died in Dec 1810 in London.
- 1. Rev. James Liggins Cotton was born on 18 Feb 1851 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 2 Jan 1899 in Sonning, Berkshire; was buried in Jan 1899 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.