Dr. Rogers Cotter

1786 - 1847  (61 years)

• Name	Rogers Cotter
  Title	Dr.
  Birth	cir 1786	County West Meathe, Ireland
  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   [1]
  Occupation	Doctor
  Death	1847	Ontario, Canada
  	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 Probably the burial record of Rogers Cotter, from McGillivary Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, dated 23 September 1845
  Siblings	3 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Elizabeth Cotter,   b. cir 1775   d. 16 Dec 1834  (Age 59 years) ▻ Duncan Darroch,  m. Feb 1799   2. Arabella Sackville Cotter,   b. 1782, Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland d. 11 Jun 1845, Tabernacle Row, Shoreditch, London, England  (Age 63 years) ▻ Henry Rudkin,  m. 1801   3. Rev. James Laurence Cotter,   b. 1783   d. 24 Sep 1850, Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland  (Age 67 years) ▻ Matilda Sampayo,  m. 1807 ;   Harriet Louisa Carleton,  m. 1827   4. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 1 Jul 1783, County Cork, Ireland d. 10 Apr 1869, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years) ▻ Jane Crofts,  m. 11 Mar 1819   5. Dr. Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1786, County West Meathe, Ireland d. 1847, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years) ▻ Arabella Lyon,  m. 13 Nov 1810 ;   Katherine Hamilton   6. Margaret Cotter,   b. cir 1787 ▻ John Caldwell,  m. 1811   7. Louisa Cotter,   b. cir 1789   d. Bef 1865  (Age 75 years)   8. Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter,   b. 2 Sep 1790, Cork, Ireland d. 4 Feb 1868, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland  (Age 77 years) ▻ Anne Charlotte Butler,  m. 1814 ;   Mary Susannah Purcell,  m. 5 Aug 1819 ;   Mary Anne Gaitskell,  m. 1 May 1852   9. Sophia Cotter,   b. cir 1791 ▻ Rev. William Butler   10. Anne Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1793   d. 12 Dec 1857  (Age 64 years) ▻ William Hales Hingston,  m. 1812 ;   William Anthony Mann Spiller,  m. cir 1830   11. Isabella Cotter,   b. 1795, County Cork, Ireland d. 26 Nov 1875, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  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	10 Oct 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Arabella Lyon,   b. cir 1794, Ireland
  Marriage	13 Nov 1810	St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland
  Children	1. Margaret Cotter,   b. 13 May 1813, Dublin, Ireland, or Sussex, England d. 28 Sep 1869, Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA (Age 56 years)   2. George Sackville Cotter,   b. cir 1816   d. 1863, Clark County, Ohio, USA (Age 47 years)   3. James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)   4. Lydia A. Cotter,   b. cir 1820   5. John Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1822   d. 1 Dec 1853, Ontario, Canada (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 d. 5 Nov 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F10743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1786 - County West Meathe, Ireland Marriage - 13 Nov 1810 - St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland Immigration - 1835 - New York, USA Death - 1847 - Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents » Slide Show	8 Documents
  	Dissertation for doctor of medicine degree This PDF file may take a long time to load. The book version below will load more quickly.
  	Rogers Cotter medical affidavit This allowed him to practice medicine in Canada.
  	Rogers Cotter family passenger list The ship Tallahasse arrived in New York on 8 July 1835.
  	Notice of graduation
  	Marriage Record of Rogers Cotter and Arabella Lyon From Betham Genealogical Abstracts
  	Rogers Cotter's Admission/Matriculation Record for Trinity College, Dublin Dated 1807
  	Records Concerning Rogers Cotter at the Archives of Canada
  	Request to Purchase Lot in Gore of Toronto, 17 August 1835 Public Archives Canada Civil Secretary's Correspondence, Upper Canada Sundries August 1835 (R.G. 5, A 1, Volume 156) Pages 85357-85919

  
  

  Histories

  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."

  
  

  Military Service of Family Members

  Rogers Cotter Dr. Rogers Cotter entered the army as a surgeon's mate in the West Meath (Ireland) Militia on 26 March 1811. He was assistant surgeon from 1817 until 1829, when the regiment disbanded.

  
  

  Newspaper Articles » Slide Show	2 Newspaper Articles
  	Rogers Cotter Testifies at Coroner's Inquest Westmeath Journal 16 November 1826
  	Rogers Cotter Letter Dublin Weekly Register 13 June 1835

  
  

• Sources

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