Philadelphia Lynch Cotton was born 5 May 1675 in Jamaica to Thomas Lynch (c1630-1684) and Vere Herbert (c1630-) and died 30 December 1758 Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England of unspecified causes. She married Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet of Combermere (1672-1715) 1689 in England.
Biography
1704 marital coat of arms for Cotton / Lynch.
MARRIED: 1689. Philadelphia Lynch, 5.5.1675 – 30.12.1758, daughter and heiress of Sir Sir Thomas Lynch of Esher, Surrey, Governor of Jamaica, Attorney-General to King Charles I, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Thomas Lynch, Gov of Jamica married firstly, Vere, daughter of Sir George Herbert, by whom he had a daughter Philadelphia, wife of Sir Thomas Cotton of the Cotton baronets of Combermere. Philadelphia appears to be born while Gov Lynch was on a six year assignment as governor of Jamaica (1670-76).
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.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Thomas Salusbury Cotton (c1691-1710) | |||
| Henry Cotton (1692-1692) | |||
| Anne Cotton (1693-1693) | |||
| Robert Salusbury Cotton (1695-1748) | 1695 England | 27 August 1748 England | Elizabeth Tollemache (1682-1745) |
| Philadelphia Cotton (1698-) | |||
| Stephen Salusbury Cotton (1700-1727) | |||
| Hugh Calveley Cotton (1701-1702) | |||
| John Salusbury Cotton (1708-1730) | |||
| Sophia Cotton (1704-1756) | |||
| Lynch Salusbury Cotton, 4th Baronet of Combermere (1706-1775) | 1706 England | 14 August 1775 England | Elizabeth Abigail Cotton (1714-1777) |
| Hester Maria Cotton (1707-1733) | |||
| Signey Arabella Cotton (1709-1781) | |||
| George Calveley Cotton (1710-1715) | |||
| William Salusbury Cotton (1712-1715) | |||
| Vere Cotton (1713-1730) | |||
| Henry Salusbury Cotton (1714-1714) | |||
Siblings
References
- Gov Thomas Lynch - Wikipedia