Margaret Peggy Cotter

Female12 September 1776–2 August 1854

Brief Life History of Margaret Peggy

Margaret Peggy Cotter was born on 12 September 1776, in Tennessee, United States as the daughter of Anna E. Cotter. She married John Pierce Jr. on 30 August 1806. She died on 2 August 1854, in Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Prospect, Waldo, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Pierce Jr.
1770–1851
Margaret Peggy Cotter
1776–1854
Marriage: 30 August 1806

Sources (5)

  • Peggy Colter, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Peggy Colter, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Peggy Cotter, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 August 1806

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Age 5

    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    1794

    Age 18

    Historical Boundaries: 1794: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Hancock, Maine, United States 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 24

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (Cork): from a shortened form of Mac Coitir, earlier Mac Oitir ‘son of Oitir’, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óttarr (from ótti ‘fear, dread’). Old Norse Óttarr appears to have had two renderings in Gaelic, Ottar and Oitir. The former appears in Cotter, the latter in Cottier , but the record, especially of Cottier, suggests that the two names have sometimes been confused.

    English: status name from Middle English coter, a technical term in the feudal system for a serf or bond tenant who held a cottage by service rather than rent, from Old English cot ‘cottage, hut’ (see Coates ) + -er agent suffix. However, in England the name is usually that of Irish immigrant families.

    Possibly an Americanized form of German Kotter .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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