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COTTON’S BOSTONS: OLD & NEW

COTTON’S BOSTONS: OLD & NEW

17th-century Lincolnshire Migrations & the Massachusetts Bay Company

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    • ABOUT THIS SITE
    • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • COLLABORATION
    • CONTACT
    • CREATOR & AUTHOR
    • DEDICATION
    • SOURCES
  • BLOG
  • COTTON
    • ANCESTORS
      • COTTON’S FATHER
      • COTTON’S GRANDFATHER
      • DNA RESEARCH
      • POSSIBLE PARALLEL LINE
    • BIOGRAPHY
      • 1584-1598 Childhood
      • 1598-1612 Cambridge
      • 1612-1618 St. Botolph
      • 1619-1633 St. Botolph
      • 1633-1652 New-England
      • Cotton’s Portrait
    • BOOKS ABOUT COTTON
    • COTTON’S WORKS
      • SELECTED WORKS
      • 1610 WHETHER THE SABBATH BEGIN IN THE EVENING OR THE MORNING
      • 1630 GOD’S PROMISE TO HIS PLANTATION
      • 1632 LETTER TO HIS WIFE, SARAH
      • 1636 LETTER TO LORD SAYE & SELE
      • 1639 NOTES ON “THE JUST PRICE”
      • 1646 SPIRITUAL MILK FOR BABES
    • DESCENDANTS
      • PLYMOUTH 1669-1788
        • JOHN COTTON JR.
        • JOSIAH COTTON
        • MAYFLOWER LINE
          • Atwood-Sturtevant
          • Bacon-Otis-Little
          • Morton-Jackson-Leavitt
          • Warren-Little
          • Winslow-Cotton
      • PLYMOUTH GRAVES
        • AREAS ONE & TWO
          • 1 John Sturtevant
          • 1 Hannah Sturtevant
          • 1 William Crowe
          • 2 Sons of John & Josiah
          • 2 Josiah Cotton
          • 2 Hannah Cotton
          • 2 Hannah Dyre
          • 2 Bethiah Pulsifer
          • 2 Joseph Pulsifer
          • 2 Abiel Pulsifer
          • 2 Ward Cotton
          • 2 John Cotton Jr.
        • AREA THREE
          • 3 Ephraim Little
          • 3 Charles Jackson
          • 3 Lucy Jackson
          • 3 Margaret Holbrook
          • 3 Mary Dyer
          • 3 Martha Cotton
          • 3 Theophilus Cotton
          • 3 Charles/Bethiah Dyer
          • 3 Joanna Cotton
          • 3 Hannah Cotton
          • 3 John Cotton
          • 3 Priscilla Cotton
          • 3 David Barnes Cotton
          • 3 Thomas Smith-Cotton
          • 3 Josiah Cotton
          • 3 Rachel Cotton
          • 3 Lydia Cotton
          • 3 Mary Cotton
          • 3 Rossiter Cotton
          • 3 Rossiter Cotton’s Sons
        • AREAS FOUR – EIGHT
          • 4 Sarah Harlow
          • 5 Thomas Little
          • 6 William Holmes
          • 6 Martha Holmes
          • 6 Mary Graton
          • 6 Ester Holmes
          • 6 Charles A. Graton
          • 7 Josiah/Sarah Cotton
          • 7 Lydia Cotton
          • 7 Temperance Cotton
          • 7 Bethiah Holbrook
          • 7 Lucy/Jeremiah Holbrook
          • 8 Lucy Bartlett
      • REVOLUTIONARY WAR
        • THEOPHILUS COTTON
        • JOHN COTTON
        • SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
      • OHIO TERRITORY
        • JOHN COTTON SETTLES OHIO TERRITORY
        • JOSHUA T. COTTON, OHIO WAR OF 1812
      • INDIANA TERRITORY
        • JOSHUA T. COTTON INDIANA TERRITORY
        • JOHN COTTON, INDIANA CIVIL WAR
  • MIGRATION
    • MIGRATION OVERVIEW
      • BOSTON MIGRATION
      • ALFORD MIGRATION
      • OTHER LINCOLNSHIRE MIGRATION
    • IMMIGRANT PROFILES
      • BOSTON MEN
        • MEMBERS OF MBC
          • RICHARD BELLINGHAM
          • SAMUEL BRADSTREET
          • WILLIAM CODDINGTON
          • THOMAS DUDLEY
          • Charles Fiennes
          • ATHERTON HOUGH
          • ISAAC JOHNSON
          • THOMAS LEVERETT
          • ABRAHAM​ MELLOWS
          • HERBERT PELHAM
          • SAMUEL SKELTON
        • OTHER BOSTON MEN
          • JOHN BILLINGTON
          • WILLIAM BLAXTON
          • George Burrell
          • Chappell (siblings)
          • WILLIAM CHEESEBOROUGH
          • JOHN COTTON
          • James Davis
          • Nathaniel Dickinson
          • William Dinely
          • Henry Farwell
          • Gabriel Fish
          • Christopher Helme
          • WILLIAM HIBBINS
          • David Hitchborn
          • Edmund Ingalls
          • Thomas James
          • William Longley
          • John Pelham
          • William Pelham
          • Rigsdale, John
          • William Skepper
          • John Talby
          • James Thomson
          • SAMUEL WHITING
          • Edward Wilcox
          • William Wilson
          • John Wittingham
      • BOSTON WOMEN
        • ANN BELLINGHAM
        • Elizabeth Bulkeley
        • Martha Bulkeley
        • LADY ARBELLA CLINTON
        • LADY SUSAN CLINTON
        • ANNE DUDLEY
        • Freestone (Sisters)
        • ELIZABETH HAWKRED
        • SARAH HAWKRED
        • Elizabeth Pelham
        • Penelope Pelham
        • Elizabeth St. John
        • Elizabeth Story
      • BOSTON CHILDREN
        • Samuel Bradstreet Jr.
        • John Coney
        • Elizabeth Cotton
        • JOHN COTTON JR.
        • Mariah Cotton
        • SEABORN COTTON
        • Samuel Dudley
        • Elizabeth Eggington
        • JOHN LEVERETT
        • JOHN LEVERETT JR.
        • COTTON MATHER
        • Oliver Mellows
        • Jemina Pelham
        • Katherine Pelham
        • Nathaniel Pelham
        • PENELOPE PELHAM (2)
        • Waldgrave Pelham
      • ALFORD MEN
        • John Cram
        • Godfrey Dearborn
        • Nathaniel Heaton
        • Edward Hutchinson
        • Richard Hutchinson
        • Samuel Hutchinson
        • WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
        • Christopher Marshall
        • Christopher Lawson
        • PHILEMON PORTMORT
        • AUGUSTINE STORRE
        • Wait Brothers
        • Wardell Brothers
        • JOHN WHEELWRIGHT
        • Robert Wight
        • Allen Willey
        • Balthazar Willix
      • ALFORD WOMEN
        • SUSANNA BELLINGHAM
        • MARY HUTCHINSON
        • SUSANNA HUTCHINSON
        • ANNE MARBURY
        • Katherine Marbury
      • OTHER LINCOLNSHIRE
        • Thomas Hett
        • Hansard Knollys
        • John Knowles
        • William Luddington
        • Matthew Moulthrop
        • Edward Rishworth
        • Margery Shrove
        • Anthony Somerby
        • Thomas Tenney
        • John Thorndike
        • John Tripp
        • Edward Wigglesworth
      • OTHER MBC MEMBERS
        • John Browne
        • JOHN DAVENPORT
        • EMMANUEL DOWNING
        • Theophilus Eaton
        • JOHN ENDICOTT
        • FRANCIS HIGGINSON
        • JOHN HUMFREY
        • Peter Milburne
        • INCREASE NOWELL
        • HUGH PETER
        • WILLIAM PYNCHON
        • BRAY ROSSITER
        • EDWARD ROSSITER
        • RICHARD SALTONSTALL
        • Samuel Sharpe
        • WILLIAM VASSALL
        • NATHANIEL WARD
        • JOHN WINTHROP
        • JOHN WINTHROP JR.
      • OTHER MISC
        • Ezekiel Cheever
        • MARY DYER
        • JOHN HARVARD
        • William Hathorne
        • THOMAS HOOKER
        • RICHARD MATHER
        • INCREASE MATHER
        • JOHN NORTON
        • NATHANIEL ROGERS
        • THOMAS SHEPARD
        • SAMUEL STONE
        • WILLIAM STOUGHTON
        • HENRY VANE
        • ROGER WILLIAMS
        • JOHN WILSON
    • IN LITERATURE
      • CARPENTER
      • HAWTHORNE
      • LONGFELLOW
      • SIGOURNEY
  • MASS BAY CO
    • ENABLERS
      • THE CROWN
      • COLONIAL MASTERMINDS
      • DORCHESTER COMPANY
      • MERCHANT INTERLOPERS
      • THE BOSTON MEN
    • INFLUENCES
      • FAMILY TIES
        • GORGES & CLINTON
        • PELHAM
        • WRAY/WARWICK/LINCOLN
      • SOCIAL TIES
      • POLITICAL UNREST
      • RELIGIOUS STRIFE
    • MBC STORY
      • EARLY VENTURES
      • FORCED LOAN
      • TURNING POINT
      • SEMPRINGHAM MEETING
      • NEW ENGLAND COMPANY
      • BOSTON MEN
      • MBC ESTABLISHED
    • ORIGINAL DOCS
      • 1620 CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND
      • 1627 WILL OF ISAAC JOHNSON
      • 1629 BOSTON MEN IN RECORDS OF MBC
      • 1629 MASS. BAY COMPANY CHARTER
      • 1629 CAMBRIDGE AGREEMENT
      • 1630 A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
      • 1630 THE HUMBLE REQUEST
      • 1630 THE PLANTERS PLEA
      • 1631 DUDLEY’S LETTER TO LADY BRIDGET
      • 1641 LIBERTIES OF THE MASS BAY COLONY
  • OLD BOSTON
    • BOSTON & ENVIRONS
      • BOSTON
      • ALFORD
      • BILLINGBOROUGH
      • CROFT
      • DONINGTON
      • FIRSBY
      • FREISTON
      • HORBLING
      • HORNCASTLE
      • LONG SUTTON
      • SEMPRINGHAM
      • SKIRBECK
      • SPALDING
      • SUTTERTON
      • TATTERSHALL
      • THORPE-BY-WAINFLEET
      • WHAPLODE
    • TOWNFOLK
      • BARON FAMILY
      • BELLINGHAM FAMILY
      • CAMMOCK FAMILY
      • CODDINGTON FAMILY
      • CONEY FAMILY
      • HAWKRED FAMILY
      • HOUGH FAMILY
      • MIDDLECOTT FAMILY
      • PELHAM FAMILY
      • WHITING FAMILY
    • GENTRY
      • ARMYNE FAMILY
      • AYSCOUGH FAMILY
      • IRBY FAMILY
      • WRAY FAMILY
    • NOBLES
      • EXETER
      • LINCOLN
      • LINDSEY
    • GOVERNANCE
      • HIGH STEWARDS
      • MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
      • BOROUGH COUNCIL
      • MAYORS
      • RECORDERS
      • CLERKS
    • LANDMARKS & INSTITUTIONS
      • BLACKFRIARS
      • BOSTON GRAMMAR
      • BOSTON MARKETPLACE
      • BOSTON SLUICE
      • GUILDHALL
      • SHODFRIARS HALL
      • ST. BOTOLPH’S CHURCH
  • NEW BOSTON
    • 400TH ANNIVERSARY
    • BOSTON’S FIRST ENGLISH SETTLER
    • BOSTON 1630 – 1645
      • BOSTON 1630
      • BOSTON 1631
      • BOSTON 1632
      • BOSTON 1633
      • BOSTON 1634
      • BOSTON 1635
      • BOSTON 1640
      • BOSTON 1645
    • GOVERNANCE
    • LANDMARKS & INSTITUTIONS
      • BEACON HILL
      • BOSTON COMMON
      • BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL
      • FIRST CHURCH
      • GREAT SPRING
      • HARVARD
      • KING’S CHAPEL BURYING GROUND
      • LONG WHARF
    • VIDEOS & ANIMATIONS
      • BOOK TALKS
      • BOSTON HISTORY
      • MAPS & ANIMATIONS
      • PURITANISM
      • WEBINARS by NEGHS
  • TIES
    • 1849 USA: Boston Seals
    • 1857 UK: Cotton Chapel
    • 1879 USA: Tracery Window
    • 1880 USA: St. Botolph’s Club
    • 1907 USA: Cotton Memorial
    • 1913 USA: Boston Common Memorial
    • 1915 USA: Hutchinson Statue
    • 1919 USA: Guildhall Box
    • 1919 USA: Guildhall Railing
    • 1924 USA: Blaxton Plaque
    • 1929-1634 UK: Stump Restoration
    • 1930 UK: Governors Plaque
    • 1930 USA: Boston, England Dignitaries Visit
    • 1930 USA: Memorial Tablets
    • 1930 USA: Founders Memorial
    • 1930 USA: Ashburton Gate Arms
    • 1931 UK: Luncheon Honoring American Gift
    • 1938 UK: American Room
    • 1939 UK: Poem of Thanks
    • 1944 UK: St. Botolph’s Stain Glass
    • 2004 UK: Cotton Chapel Chairs
    • 2008 UK: American Friends
    • 2013 UK: Puritan Path
    • 2019 UK: Symposium
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COTTON’S BOSTONS promotes the 400th Anniversary of Boston in 2030 as it explores the life of John Cotton, profiles 17th-century Bostons- Old & New, details Lincolnshire immigration to New England, and sheds light on the pivotal role those from Boston, England played in founding the Massachusetts Bay Company.


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