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Dorothy (Shirley) Cotes (1683 - 1721)

Lady Dorothy Cotes formerly Shirley aka Ferrers
Born in Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 1700 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 37 [location unknown]
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Biography

John Cotes, of Woodcote, m Dorcas, dau of Sir George Clarke, Bart, of co Northumberland, and was s. by his son
Charles Cotes, of Woodcote, wed Lettice, dau of Kildare, Lord Digby, and has issue
John Cotes, of Woodcote, b.1680; m 1700 Lady Dorothy Shirley, dau of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers, and by her (who d. 1721) had issue with daus (of whom Dorothy m Rev W Pigott, A.M. Rector of Edgmond; and Mary m Wriothesly Digby, 2nd son of William Lord Digby), eight sons. Mr Cotes d. 1756, and was s. by his son
James Cotes, Esq. of Woodcote, Col. in the Army, b.20 Oct 1708; m Hon Frances Digby, dau of William, 5th Lord Digby, and dying s.p. 1766 was s. by his brother, Thomas Cotes, Esq. of Woodcote, Admiral R.N., b 4 June 1712.[1]

Birth

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Dorothea Shirley Event Type: Birth Event Date: 25 May 1683 Event Place: Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England Sex: Female Father's Name: Robert Shirley Mother's Name: Elizabeth[2]

Marriage

Digby Cotes was the second son of Charles Cotes of Woodcote and Lettice Digby the only daughter of Kildare (1631-1661), second Lord Digby of Geashill and Mary Gardiner (d. 1692). Digby Cotes's elder brother was John Cotes of Woodcote (1681-1756), who had married Lady Dorothy Shirley[3] (1683-1721), the youngest daughter of Robert, Earl of Ferrers.[4]

Sources

  1. Burke, p. 408, added 2015 February 26, amb
  2. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Document Information: GS Film Number 585278 Digital Folder Number 008041063 Indexing Project (Batch) Number C03440-1 System Origin ODM Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMJS-DTL : 18 September 2020), Dorothea Shirley, 1683.
  3. The Peerage Lady Dorothy Shirley
  4. The life of Governor Joan Gideon Loten (1710-1789). A personal history of a Dutch virtuoso. p. 312; http://bit.ly/I83yeV

This person was created through the import of Lockwood Family Tree.ged on 30 April 2011.





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