When Dr James Riley Cotter Jr. was born in 1763, in Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, his father, James Riley Cotter Sr., was 23 and his mother, Ann McNees, was 24. He married Rebecca Ellis in 1788, in New Hope, Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Plymouth St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 30 October 1836, in Rheatown, Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rheatown, Greene, Tennessee, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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.
Possible Related NamesJames Cotter held a high position in the Irish government when he was kidnapped and held for ransom on a ship bound for America. It was not known if the ransom was paid because shortly after they reac …
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