Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Rev. Roland Cotton (10230) & Elizabeth Saltonstall
26021. Rev. John Cotton. Born on 15 Jul 1693. John died on 25 May 1747; he was 53.
John married Mary Gibbs.
Their children include:
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Mary Cotton (7 Dec 1719-)
26022. Joanna Cotton. Born ca 1695.
On 17 Sep 1719 Joanna married John Brown (45696) , son of Ichabod Brown (26689) (5 Sep 1666-1725) & Martha Woodbury (27 May 1677-1 Sep 1708). Born on 1 Nov 1696 in Cambridge, MA. John died in Haverhill, MA, on 2 Dec 1742; he was 46.
26023. Abigail Cotton. Born on 9 Jul 1699 in Sandwich, MA. Abigail died in Scituate, MA, on 17 May 1732; she was 32.52
On 16 Jun 1725 when Abigail was 25, she married Rev. Shearjashub Bourne (14188) , son of Col. Melatiah Bourne (13314) (12 Jan 1673/4-24 Nov 1742) & Desire Chipman (4891) (26 Feb 1672-28 Mar 1705), in Boston, MA.52 Born on 21 Dec 1699 in Sandwich, MA. Shearjashub died in West Roxbury, MA, on 14 Aug 1768; he was 68.78,52 “Rev. Shearjashub Bourn, late minister of the First Parish in Scituate, son of Hon. Melatia Bourn, Esq. of Sandwich”. Buried in Eliot Cemetery, Roxbury.

Shearjashub married Abigail Cotton, Sarah Brooks, Deborah Barker, and Jehannah Stevens.

On the First Parish Church birth record for Shearjashub’s daughter Abigail, this child was said to be the daughter of S. and A., second w. That indicates that Shearjashub had a wife before Abigial Cotton.
Their children include:
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Elizabeth Bourne (11 Jul 1726-bef Sep 1763)
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Abigail Bourne (14 Aug 1727-)
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Desire Bourne (12 Jan 1728[/9]-28 Jan 1760)
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Bathsheba Bourne (3 Oct 1730-)
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Shearjashub Bourne (Died young) (8 May 1732-)
26024. Meriel Cotton. Born on 19 Jul 1707 in Sandwich, MA.
26025. Ruth Cotton. Born in Jul 1710 in Sandwich, MA. Ruth died in Sandwich, MA on 29 Aug 1710. Buried in Old Burying Ground, Sandwich.
26026. Rev. Ward Cotton. Born on 19 Sep 1711 in Sandwich, MA.40 Ward died in Plymouth, MA, on 27 Nov 1768; he was 57.40 Education: Harvard College 1729.

Ward was the sixth minister of the church in Hampton, NH, ordained 1734, dismissed 1765.40
Ca 1734 Ward married Joanna Rand, daughter of Dr. William Rand (4 May 1689-) & Sarah Cotta (10 Jan 1688-3 Nov 1719). Born on 28 Apr 1718 in Charlestown, MA. Joanna died on 25 Feb 1811; she was 92.

Joanna, of Boston.40
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