Born before in Agawam, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Sanders III
and Anna (Bates) Sanders
Sister of
Anna (Saunders) Perry, Sarah (Sanders) Gibbs, Abigail (Sanders) Handy, Mary (Sanders) Delano and Thankful (Sanders) Lothrop
Wife of
Theophilus Cotton
— married
16 Oct 1742 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Cotton II and Josiah Cotton
Died
after age 79
in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jun 2020
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Biography
Martha was born in 1716 and was baptised July 15, 1716. She was the daughter of Henry Sanders and Anna Bates.[1] She married Theophilus Cotton at Plymouth in 1742[2] and they had at least seven children together.[1] She died in Plymouth at age 79/80.[3]
Children
- Theophilus b 17 Jul 1744
- John b 10 Jan 1745/6
- Rowland b 30 Apr 1748; drowned 1759
- Bethia b 11 Feb 1749/50
- William Crowe b 14 Dec 1751
- Josiah b 07 Nov 1753
- Edward b 17 Apr 1759
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11718/254/0
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZN-NXJ8 : 31 October 2019), Theophilus Cotton and Martha Sanders, 16 Oct 1742; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009308.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #13902222
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