| 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 |
| 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. 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. 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
▻ 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) |
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| 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.
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| Person ID |
I1191 |
Bryan-Martin |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2020 |
| 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 |
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| Family ID |
F437 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 Feb 2023 |
Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
1786 - 1847 (~ 61 years)
