Hester Salisbury Cotton was born circa 1638 in Llewenney, Denbighshire, England to Thomas Salisbury, 2nd Baronet (1612-1643) and died 1710 Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England of unspecified causes. He married Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet of Combermere (1635-1712) 1658 in England.
Biography
Combermere Abbey
Combermere Abbey
Principle residence was the Combermere Abbey located in Dodcott cum Wilkesley, English County of Cheshire. A former Christian monastery founded in 1130 AD and at one time the third largest church in Cheshire. In August 1539, the abbey and its estates, were granted to Sir George Cotton, an esquire of the body to Henry VIII of England (1491-1547). The Cotton Family kept it as a country home which they held up till 1919.
Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet of Combermere (1635-1712) - in 1684 he married Hester Salusbury, daughter and sole heir of Royalist politician and soldier Sir Thomas Salusbury. As a result, the family's seat at Combermere Abbey was enhanced with the Llewenni Estate in Denbighshire, northeast Wales.
Marriage and Family
Marital coat of arms for Cotton / Salisbury
In 1684 he married Hester Salisbury (c1635-1710), daughter and sole heir of Royalist politician and soldier Sir Thomas Salusbury. As a result, the family's seat at Combermere Abbey was enhanced with the Llewenni Estate in Denbighshire, northeast Wales.
MARRIED: c. 1658. Hester Salusbury of Llewenny, Denbighshire ? – 1710. Sister and heiress of Sir John Salusbury, fourth baronet of Llewenny. Only daughter of Sir Thomas Salusbury, second baronet.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Hester Cotton (1659-1690) | |||
| Sidney Cotton (1660-) | |||
| Anne Cotton (1661-1710) | |||
| Arabella Cotton (1662-) | |||
| John Cotton (1663-1663) | |||
| Hugh Cotton (1665-) | |||
| Catherine Cotton (c1664-) | |||
| Penelope Cotton (1666-1710) | |||
| Robert Cotton (1667-1667) | |||
| Jane Cotton (1669-1669) | |||
| Jane Cotton (1671-1710) | |||
| Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet of Combermere (1672-1715) | 1672 Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England | 12 June 1715 Dean's Yard, Middlesex, England | Philadelphia Lynch (1675-1758) |
| George Cotton (1674-1702) | |||
| Catherine Cotton (1675-1675) | |||
| Mary Cotton (c1678-) | |||
| Elizabeth Cotton (c1680-1712) | |||
| Charlotte Cotton (c1682-) | |||
Siblings