G2G: People keep perpetuating fake parents for John Cotton

Question

John Cotton of Bertie has had his parents set as Sir Thomas Cotton and Margaret Howard. This seems inaccurate and the comments mention these parents being removed before and that the line is wrong, but Adam Hall recently re-added them. Has there been a new development or just a willful lie slipping under the radar? Can we please put this to rest, maybe by locking the profile?

Comments

It is better not to call other wikitreers out by name in G2G:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discussion_Rules#2

Answer 1

John is my 7th cousin! But, there is no Biography and no Sources....not good!    Maybe that is why!

Answer 2

I have drawn this to the attention of the England Project. If - as seems highly probable to me - there is a history of fake genealogy, they may want to protect Sir Thomas Cotton's profile. He did have a son John, who inherited the Cotton baronetcy, and has a profile here. He was not the unsourced John Cotton of Bertie.

Comments

Thanks Michael, we will take a look.

Jo, England Project Managed Profiles Coordinator

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I have now adopted the profile for further work.

Answer 3

There is a BIG-Y DNA project This John Cotten is in the Cotton DNA Project FAMILY 7 he is top of the line not showing any parents.

There are other John Cottons born about the same time.in the other families.

http://www.skylinc.net/users/cottondna/family11.htm

Comments

The link to "Cotton DNA Project FAMILY 7" with John COTTON of Bertie Co., NC is https://www.skylinc.net/users/cottondna/family7.htm