Dr Rogers Cotter

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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Family Time Line

Dr Rogers Cotter
1776–1847
Arabella Lyon
1789–1860
Marriage: 13 November 1810
James Laurence Cotter
1812–1899
John Rogerson Cotter
1815–1853
George Sackville Cotter
about 1820–1863
Lydia Cotter
about 1825–
Margaret Cotter
1813–1869

Sources (4)

  • 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

World Events (8)

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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