Benjamin Cottrell

1750 - 1792  (42 years)

• Name	Benjamin Cottrell
  Born	1750	Faversham, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1792
  Person ID	I1537	Stewart
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	Thomas Cottrell
  Mother	Ann,   b. 1709,   d. 16 Feb 1801  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F1041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Lucas
  Married	1773
  Notes	Married: on October 9, 1773 "Benjamin Cotteriell" requested a license for marry "Margaret Lucas"
  Children	1. Frances Elizabeth Cottrell  [Birth]   2. Charles Cottrell,   b. 1770  [Birth] + 3. Joseph Cottrell,   b. 1776, Faversham, Kent, England ,   d. 17 May 1846, Saint-Pierre, Martinique  (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1750 - Faversham, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  Benjamin Cottrell Report Benjamin Cottrell's will stipulated a certain estate, Mously Hall to be left to his children. This report explores whether or not he actually owned the property. It includes letters by his descendants.

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Cottrell, living in Faversham, Kent County, England, married Marguerite Lucas, both deceased in England, as stated in the death certificate for their son Joseph. The name Cottrell is not said to be widely used in Kent County. Indeed, the voters lists of the members of parliament for this county in 1734 (81 voters) as well as similar lists for 1790 (131 voters) and 1802 (170 voters), all lists which included at that time all the owners no mention of Cottrell. On the other hand the name Lucas appears in all these lists: 1734 (John Lucas), 1790 (Andrew Lucas and Richard Lucas), and 1802 (Richard Lucas) (Ref. Notes of Mr. Ian de Minvielle-Devaux).  Cottrell was perhaps the form of the name taken by the present family in Martinique. From the table of licenses or marriage permits issued by the vicar general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, it emerges the existence of a permit issued in 1773 to a Cottriell / Lucas couple. A photocopy obtained of the library of the archdiocese, in Lambeth - document transmitted by Mr. Ian de Minvielle Devaux - informs us that on October 9, 1773 "Benjamin Cotteriell" requested a license for marry "Margaret Lucas", and that on that date the future spouses declare respectively: a) that he is single and over the age of 21 (therefore an adult), b) that he has lived in the parish of Saint Gregory of London for at least four weeks (signed Cottriell), c) that she is also unmarried and over the age of 21, d) that she has lived for at least four weeks in the parish of Saint Nicolas in Deptford in Kent county.  The parish of Saint-Grégoire was in the city of London, near Saint Paul's cathedral. St. Nicholas was one of the two parishes of Deptford; this city was a port on the Thames just below London. Deptford was situated about fifteen leagues from Faversham; while part of Kent County in the 18th century, it is now a district of Greater London. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] geneanet.org, Cottrell.