Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
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1. Unnamed McDonald was born on 2 Jun 1901 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (son of Stewart Charles McDonald and Wilhemina Elizabeth Cotter).
2. Stewart Charles McDonald was born in cir 1870 in Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (son of Donald McDonald and Wilhelmina ?). Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: barrister
Stewart married Wilhemina Elizabeth Cotter on 19 Oct 1899 in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Wilhemina (daughter of James Rogerson Cotter and Hannah Lount) was born on 15 Jul 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Wilhemina Elizabeth Cotter was born on 15 Jul 1870 (daughter of James Rogerson Cotter and Hannah Lount). Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Wilhelmena
Children:
- Wilhelmina Doris Fraser McDonald was born on 1 Jan 1900 in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- 1. Unnamed McDonald was born on 2 Jun 1901 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- Hugh Fraser McDonald was born on 17 Apr 1902 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
Generation: 3
4. Donald McDonald was born in cir 1845. Donald + Wilhelmina ?. Wilhelmina was born in cir 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Wilhelmina ? was born in cir 1845. Children:
- 2. Stewart Charles McDonald was born in cir 1870 in Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
6. James Rogerson Cotter was born on 26 Jan 1836 in County Cork, Ireland (son of George Sackville Cotter and Jane Crofts); died on 3 Oct 1928 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 5 Oct 1928 in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Notes:
James Cotter was a Barrister, and in 1870 he was the Simcoe County (Ontario) Attorney. The family lived at Barrie, Ontario. The informant on his death record was his grandson, G. Stevenson.
James + Hannah Lount. Hannah (daughter of George Lount and Margaret ?) was born on cir Jun 1837 in Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Aug 1913 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Hannah Lount was born on cir Jun 1837 in Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Lount and Margaret ?); died on 19 Aug 1913 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Children:
- Margaret Lount Cotter was born in cir 1861.
- 3. Wilhemina Elizabeth Cotter was born on 15 Jul 1870.
Generation: 4
12. George Sackville Cotter was born on 1 Jul 1783 in County Cork, Ireland (son of Rev. George Sackville Cotter and Margaret Rogers); died on 10 Apr 1869 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1861
Notes:
George Cotter was a Captain in the 69th Foot and served in the Peninsular campaign. He fought at Quatre Bas and also under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when he was awarded a medal. On 1 December 1816 he was placed on half pay. Around 1837, he emigrated to the Toronto, Ontario, area. On 17 July 1839, he made application for the issue of patents for his purchase of military land. At that time, he owned the mills at Newmarket, Ontario, where he had lived since June of 1837. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Battalion, York Militia, Canada West, receiving his commission on 10 November 1846. He held an earlier commission as Lieutenant-Colonel (24 January 1838) under the earlier organization of the militia. In the early 1850s, he moved to Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario.
George married Jane Crofts on 11 Mar 1819 in Castlemagner Church, Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland. Jane (daughter of William Crofts and Catherine Gibbings) was born in cir 1795; died after 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Jane Crofts was born in cir 1795 (daughter of William Crofts and Catherine Gibbings); died after 1861. Children:
- Catherine Anne Cotter was born on 17 Dec 1819 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 27 Oct 1881 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- Wilhemina Margaret Cotter was born on 6 Oct 1823 in County Mallow (or Cork), Ireland; died on 27 Apr 1905 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- Matilda Louisa Cotter was born on 19 Apr 1825 in County Cork, Ireland.
- George Sackville Cotter was born on 24 Nov 1826 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 20 May 1907 in 66 Herkimer Street, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- William Crofts Cotter was born on 4 Apr 1830 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Jun 1911 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- 6. James Rogerson Cotter was born on 26 Jan 1836 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 3 Oct 1928 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 5 Oct 1928 in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
14. George Lount was born in cir 1815. George + Margaret ?. Margaret was born in cir 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Margaret ? was born in cir 1815. Children:
- 7. Hannah Lount was born on cir Jun 1837 in Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Aug 1913 in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- William Lount was born in 1840; died in 1903.
Generation: 5
24. Rev. George Sackville Cotter was born in 1755 in Belfast, Ulster, Ireland (son of Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest and Arabella Rogerson); died on 3 Apr 1831 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: St. Peter's College, Cambridge, England
- Education: Westminster School, London, England
Notes:
From: The Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee; Vol. IV. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.
"Cotter, George Sackville (1755-1831), poet and translator, was the fourth son of Sir James Cotter. He was educated at Westminster School, of which he was captain in 1770, and in 1771 he was elected to St. Peter's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1775 and M.A. in 1779. Having taken holy orders he became vicar of Kilmacdonough, and rector of Kilcreddan-Garrivoe and Ightermorragh, diocese of Cloyne. In 1788 he published two volumes of 'Poems,' dedicated to Lady Shannon, and consisting of a poem in two books, entitled 'Prospects,' and a collection of odes and other fugitive pieces. In 1826 he published a translation of Terence for the use of the schools, in the preface to which he states that when at Westminster School he had been an actor in three of Terence's comedies. In the following year he printed seven of the plays of Plautus, 'translated literally and grammatically, and cleared of objectionable passages.' The later years of his life were spent at Youghal, Cork, and he died in 1831. By his wife, a daughter of Bayly Rogers, physician and banker of Cork, he left, with other issue, four sons."
George Sackville Cotter was named after Lord George Sackville, a friend of his father's, and was known as "a great musician." His translations of the comedies of Plautus was "Plauti Comoediae septem selectae; Anglice redditae, expurgatae." The comedies are Aulularia, Epidicus, Menaechmi, Mercator, Pseudolus, Trinummus, and Rudens. The book was published by J. F. Dove, London, in 1827. The poems dedicated to Lady Shannon were published by William Flynn, Cork, in 1788. The full title is "Poems, consisting of odes, songs, pastorals, satyrs, &c, and a descriptive poem in four books, called Prospects." His translations of the comedies of Terence was "Four Comedies of Terence, translated, and the stage management and mode of acting them set down, as they were acted at Westminster School; and also the other two comedies of Terence, the Heautotimorumenos and the Hecyra..." It was published by Dodges and M'Arthur, Dublin, in 1824. George Cotter also wrote "An Essay on the Best Mode of Extension of Agriculture in Ireland, by the breaking up and cultivating lay or grasslands." It was printed by A. Edwards, Cork, in 1802. It was originally published in "Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 1801." Grorge Cotter is listed in "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors" by A. Austin Allibone, published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, in 1858, and in "The Poets of Ireland: A Biographical Dictionary" by David J. O'Donoghue, published by the author, London, in 1892-3.George married Margaret Rogers on 4 Nov 1775 in St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Bayly Rogers and Martha Pigott) died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
25. Margaret Rogers (daughter of Bayly Rogers and Martha Pigott); died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland. Children:
- Elizabeth Cotter was born in cir 1775; died on 16 Dec 1834.
- Arabella Sackville Cotter was born in 1782 in Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Jun 1845 in Tabernacle Row, Shoreditch, London, England.
- James Laurence Cotter was born in 1783; died on 24 Sep 1850 in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.
- 12. George Sackville Cotter was born on 1 Jul 1783 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 10 Apr 1869 in Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- Dr. Rogers Cotter was born in cir 1786 in County West Meathe, Ireland; died in 1847 in Ontario, Canada.
- Margaret Cotter was born in cir 1787.
- Louisa Cotter was born in cir 1789; died before 1865.
- Joseph Rogerson Cotter was born on 2 Sep 1790 in Cork, Ireland; died on 4 Feb 1868 in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland.
- Sophia Cotter was born in cir 1791.
- Anne Laurence Cotter was born in cir 1793; died on 12 Dec 1857.
- Isabella Cotter was born in 1795 in County Cork, Ireland; died on 26 Nov 1875 in Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
26. William Crofts died before 1819. Notes:
William Crofts lived in Mallow, Ireland.
William + Catherine Gibbings. Catherine was born in cir 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
27. Catherine Gibbings was born in cir 1770. Children:
- 13. Jane Crofts was born in cir 1795; died after 1861.
Generation: 6
48. Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest was born in 1714 (son of James Cotter and Margaret Mathew); died on 9 Jun 1770 in Rockforest, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Notes:
Sir James Cotter attended Dublin College, and was at the Middleton School in 1729. He was created a Baronet on 30 April 1763. He represented the borough of Askeyton in the Irish Parliament.
James married Arabella Rogerson in 1746. Arabella (daughter of John Rogerson and Elizabeth Ludlow) died on 18 Mar 1793 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
49. Arabella Rogerson (daughter of John Rogerson and Elizabeth Ludlow); died on 18 Mar 1793 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. Children:
- James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet of Rockforest was born in 1748; died on 9 Feb 1829.
- Edmond Cotter was born in 1749; died in 1770.
- Rogerson Cotter was born in 1752 in Rockforest, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; died on 19 Feb 1830; was buried on 23 Feb 1830 in Paris, France.
- 24. Rev. George Sackville Cotter was born in 1755 in Belfast, Ulster, Ireland; died on 3 Apr 1831 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland.
50. Bayly Rogers (son of Joseph Rogers and Margaret Bayly); died in cir 1786 in Cork, Ireland. Notes:
Bayly Rogers was a doctor. His will was probated in Cork, Ireland, in 1786.
Bayly married Martha Pigott in 1750 in Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland. Martha (daughter of Emanuel Pigott and Judith Warburton) was born in cir 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
51. Martha Pigott was born in cir 1730 (daughter of Emanuel Pigott and Judith Warburton). Children:
- 25. Margaret Rogers died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland.
- Alexander Rogers was born in 1756; died in 1826.