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Dr. Rogers Cotter

Dr. Rogers Cotter

Male 1786 - 1847  (61 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document

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  • Name Rogers Cotter 
    Title Dr. 
    Birth cir 1786  County West Meathe, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military service 1811-1829 
    Surgeon, West Meath Militia 
    Education Trinity College, Cambridge 
    Education Trinity College, Dublin 
    Education University of Edinburgh 
    Immigration 1835  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation doctor 
    Death 1847  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The death year of 1847 is given in Burke's Peerage. However, if the burial record from 1845 refers to Rogers Cotter, then he obviously died in 1845.
    Burial
    Cotter burial record    		 Cotter burial record
    Probably the burial record of Rogers Cotter, from McGillivary Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, dated 23 September 1845
    Siblings 3 brothers and 7 sisters 
    Notes 
    • It is possible that Rogers Cotter was born in Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland, since his father was Vicar there from 1784-1797. Rogers Cotter is identified in his 1810 marriage record as "Rogers Cotter of City of Dublin Esquire." He attended Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1806, but did not graduate), and later graduated as a physician and surgeon from Trinity College, Dublin, and then the University of Edinburgh, on 1 August 1815. His dissertation was entitled "Dissertatio medica inauguralis de tympanita," and was published in Edinburgh in 1815. He entered the army as a surgeon's mate in the West Meath Militia on 26 March 1811. He was assistant surgeon from 1817 until 1829, when the regiment disbanded. He was also surgeon and physician of Balinacaryge Dispensary. He published "The Fables of Aesop, in Latin hexameter verse translated from the original Greek," in Dublin in 1833. Rogers Cotter and his family emigrated in 1835. They sailed on the ship Tallahassee, originating in Ireland, and departing ultimately from Liverpool. The ship arrived in New York on 8 July 1835. The following family members are on the passenger list: Rogers Cotter, no age given; Mrs. (?) Cotter, age 39; James L. Cotter, age 17; George L. Cotter, age 19; John R. Cotter, age 13; Lydia Cotter, age 15; Annabella M. Cotter, age 11, and; A. Cotter, age 1 (female). Upon their arrival, Rogers stated that his destination was Ohio. However, he went instead to Ontario, settling in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario. There is no record to indicate that he ever went to the Park Hill, Ontario, area with his sons. On 28 September 1835, he applied to purchase Lot 12, Concession 10, of the Gore of Toronto (Clergy Reserves), but the lot was not for sale. He was described as a "Doctor of Medicine and Surgeon," and "lately arrived in this province with a numerous family." Rogers Cotter is listed in the 1837 census of Toronto, Gore Township, York County, as "Dr. Cotter," living at Concession 10, Lot 12, in the Gore of Toronto. On 9 July 1839, he applied to purchase the same lot, where he had been living as a lessee. Rogers Cotter is listed in "The City of Toronto and the Home District Commercial Directory and Register with Almanack and Calendar for 1837." He appears on page 38 in a list of physicians and on page 162, as living in the Gore of Toronto, Northern Division, Concession 10, Lot 12. Rogers Cotter may have been the Cotter (first name not given) who was buried in McGillivary Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, on 23 September 1845, age 60.

      The address given on the baptismal record of his son, George Sackville Cotter, is Strawling Lodge. The baptism took place in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.
    Person ID I1191  Bryan-Martin
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father Rev. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 1755, Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1831, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Margaret Rogers   d. 11 Feb 1832, (probably) Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1775  St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Arabella Lyon,   b. cir 1794, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1810  St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Cotter,   b. 13 May 1813, Dublin, Ireland, or Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1869, Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. George Sackville Cotter,   b. cir 1816   d. 1863, Clark County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     3. James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Lydia A. Cotter,   b. cir 1820
     5. John Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1822   d. 1 Dec 1853, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     6. Annabella M. Cotter,   b. cir 1824
     7. A. Cotter,   b. cir 1834
    Family ID F437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 

    Family 2 Katherine Hamilton,   b. cir 1800 
    Relationship status Partners 
    Children 
     1. Kate Hamilton Cotter,   b. 3 Nov 1839, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F10743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - cir 1786 - County West Meathe, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Nov 1810 - St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1835 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1847 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    St. Andrew    		St. Andrew

    Documents 8 Documents

    Histories
    Cotter Manuscript    		Cotter Manuscript
    Manuscript 711 from the National Library of Ireland
    This manuscript, which relates the history of the Cotter family over several generations, may be the manuscript referred to by G. de P. Cotter, Sc.D. (Dublin) in his edited version of a Cotter family history written by Rev. Charles Purcell Cotter. The main source of information for Rev. Cotter's work was a "manuscript book partly in Irish and partly in English, which was, at the time of his writing the history, in the possession of Sir James L. Cotter, fourth Baronet, of Rockforest". G. de P. Cotter goes on to say that "the present whereabouts of the manuscript alluded to by Mr. C.P. Cotter as 'Family MS.' is unknown to me. Some years ago I was told by the late William Cotter Stubbs, Barrister-at-Law, Dublin (son of the late Rev. J.W. Stubbs, F.T.C.D., Trinity College, Dublin, who married Catharine Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter, formerly Rector of Donoughmore, Co. Cork...)that, when Rockforest was sold by the late Sir J.L. cotter, fifth Baronet, in 1916, the library and furniture were auctioned off. Amongst the books sold was, he said, one MS. book, partly in Irish and partly in English, which was bought by a gentleman whose name I never ascertained, but who held some Government appointment in Dublin."

    Newspaper Articles 2 Newspaper Articles

  • Sources 
    1. [S530] Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1820-1897.


 

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