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Here is some information regarding Verlinda Cotton, daughter of Rev. William Cotton and the confusion that has existed with some researchers over the possible existence of another Verlinda Cotton a supposed SISTER of Rev. William Cotton:
Some internet web sites list the wife of William Stone, born Abt. 1598 in England; died Abt. 1659; as Verlinda COTTON, b. abt. 1618 a supposed sister of Rev. William Cotton and daughter of Andrew Cotton.
According to most researchers, the wife of William Stone (c1603-1660) was NOT Verlinda Cotton, a supposed daughter of Andrew Cotton, and sister of William Cotton. Most researchers have now accepted that a genealogical publication (Wise, Early History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, pp. 106-7) was in error, and has now listed William Stone's wife as Verlinda Graves, daughther of Thomas Graves and Catherine Crosher. The confusion apparently existed because William Cotton, the son of Andrew had a daughter named Verlinda, born abt. 1640/1, that has subsequently been proven to have married Thomas Burdett on Sept. 1, 1658. In fact, to this researcher's knowledge, there appears to be no proof that Andrew Cotton EVER HAD a daughter named Verlinda, and no will of Andrew Cotton has been located naming a Verlinda Stone (or Cotton), to the best of my knowledge.
Here is some of the documentary discussion regarding the mix-up:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~marlerjc/sprigg.html#Thomas%20SPRIGG%20(Sr.)%20was%20born%20about%201630
Note 4: Verlinda GRAVES (ABT 1618, James City, Accomac County, Virginia, British North America - 13 July 1675, Charles County, Maryland, British North America) the second wife of Capt. William STONE, and Kathryne (Catherine) GRAVES, the first wife of Lt. Thomas SPRIGG, were sisters. They were the daughters of Capt. Thomas GRAVES (BEF 1 April 1584 [christening], Lamborne, Berkshire, England - AFT November 1635 and BEF 5 January 1635/36, Accomac County, Virginia, British North America) and Katherine CROSHAW (1586, Gravesend, County Kent, England - 24 May 1636, Accomac County, Virginia, British North America). By October 1608, Capt. Thomas GRAVES had arrived in Jamestown, Virginia on the "Mary and Margarett." Shortly after his settling in Jamestown, in 1608, as an "Adventurer" of the Virginia Company in London, he was captured by Indians but was rescued by Ensign Thomas Savage. He made at least one journey back to England before the immigration of his wife in 1616 and, as a result, missed the "starving time" of the winter of 1609 - 1610. He was, in 1619, a member of the first House of Burgesses in Virginia. He was, in 1631, a Justice of Accomac County. [Colonial Records of Virginia, Richmond (1874); reprinted Baltimore (1992)]
On the strength of the following report, it is often CLAIMED that Gov. William STONE was married to Verlinda COTTON, a supposed sister of Rev. William COTTON
"William COTTON [minister of Hungar's parish, Northampton County, by 1633/4] was the son of Andrew and Joane COTTON of Bunbury, Cheshire, and brother of the Virlinda COTTON (died 1675) who married William STONE. William STONE (born in Northamptonshire, England, 1603, died in Maryland 1660) was the son of Capt. John STONE who had interests both in Massachusetts and on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and who 'was killed by the Pequods on the Connecticut River while returning to his home in Virginia.' William STONE came to the Eastern Shore about 1632, was a justice in 1633, member of the first recorded Vestry of Hungar's Parish in 1635, and in 1648 was commissioned Governor of Maryland, to which colony he then removed. (Wise, Early History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, pp. 106-7); Maryland Historical Magazine, vol. 16, p. 191). Mr. Wise (p. 258) states that William COTTON died 1640. "So far as the writer knows, William COTTON left only one child, a daughter Verlinda, who on September 1, 1658, entered into a marriage contract with Thos BURDETT (Northampton Record Book 9, p. 19)." [Mrs. P. W. Hiden, "Three Rectors of Hungar's Parish and Their Wife," William & Mary Quarterly, series 2, vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan 1939), pp. 34 - 41. (p. 35)]
It is, however, definitely known that Kathryne (Catherine) GRAVES, the widow of Capt. William ROPER, was subsequently the wife of Lt. Thomas SPRIGG, Sr.[See note 2, under G0499A: Thomas SPRIGG (Sr.), Lieutenant]:
If any researcher has proof to the contrary, I'd appreciate you sending it to me and sharing it with other researchers.
Jim Veregge
Delijim@aol.com
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