Born in Stratham, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jeremy Benjamin Leavitt
and Elizabeth (Gannett) Leavitt
Sister of
Hannah (Leavitt) Prescott, Mary (Leavitt) Wilson, Jean Leavitt, John Leavitt, Patience Leavitt, Benjamin Leavitt and Jeremiah Leavitt
Wife of
Benjamin Noyes Cotton
— married
23 Oct 1740 in Stratham, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Mother of
John Cotton, Margaret Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, Solomon Cotton, Jane Cotton, Abigail Cotton, John Cotton, William Cotton, Mary Cotton, Richard Cotton and Benjamin Noyes Cotton
Died about
at about age 44
in Stratham, New Hampshire
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Biography
Elizabeth Leavitt of Stratham was born on December 31, 1715. Elizabeth married 23 Oct 1740, Benjamin Cotton, who was baptized in the South Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 21 Dec 1718. He was a farmer in Stratham. Elizabeth died about 1760.
Benjamin purchased land in Nottingham, NH in 1764, and may have moved soon after with his three youngest children to Bow, NH.
Children of Benjamin Cotton and Elizabeth Leavitt
- John, b. 12 Aug 1741; d. 30 Jan 1742
- Margaret, b. 5 Oct 1742; a Bible record gives the date of her marriage, 19 May, 1763, but does not give the name of her husband
- Elizabeth, b. 6 Mar 1744
- Solomon, b. 25 May 1745; d. 25 Jul 1805
- Jane, b. 8 Sep 1746; is said to have married Durgin
- Abigail, b. 27 Sep 1747; is believed to have married Folsom
- John, b. 20 Jun 1749
- William, b. 5 Oct 1751; d. 29 Mar 1813
- Mary, b. 1 Sep 1753; d. 15 Dec 1837
- Richard, b. 25 Jan 1755; d. 25 Jan 1758
- Benjamin, b. 14 May 1758; d. 13 Jul 1846
Elizabeth was born in 1715. She passed away in 1760.
Sources
- Cotton, Frank Ethridge, A.B. The Cotton Family of Portsmouth. N.H. New-England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. 1905. Benjamin Cotton, pg. 10
- New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900; Knowles-Lacasse. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900 (database on-line, frame #2672 of 5029). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., 2013. Original data: “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.] (birth record)
Acknowledgements
- Sara V Mosher
- Family research.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~0.78%
Hazel (Lane) Genthner
:
23andMe, GEDmatch YB6259031 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JG1698428 [compare]
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~0.78%
Herb Roe :
23andMe, GEDmatch JV9304181 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Howe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Milin68
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Terralea (Collins) Pantzar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A889782 [compare], Ancestry member TNTLC
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Matthew Cotton :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Rosa Lane :
23andMe, GEDmatch UD2560945 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A061580 [compare], Ancestry member rosalane62
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~0.39%
Herb Roe :
23andMe, GEDmatch GR3047650 [compare]
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~0.39%
Brenda Lane :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BY7070460 [compare]
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~0.39%
Bonnie Lane :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Russell Lane :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UW8551845 [compare], Ancestry member 1_Russlane
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~0.39%
Cleve Watt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cwatt56
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZC3510236 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ronald Lewis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ellsworth1840
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #968185
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