Brief Life History of Rogers
When Dr Rogers Cotter was born in 1776, in County Cork, Ireland, his father, Rev George Sackville Cotter MA Camb, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Rogers, was 26. He married Arabella Lyon on 13 November 1810, in Saint Andrew's, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1811. He died in 1847, at the age of 71.
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- Rogers Cotter in entry for Arabella Lyon, "Ireland, Betham Genealogical Abstracts, 1179-1830"
- Rogers Cotter, "Ireland, Betham Genealogical Abstracts, 1179-1830"
- A List of Officers in the Militia
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1798
Battle of Antrim.
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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