George Sackville Cotter

1783 - 1869  (85 years)

• Name	George Sackville Cotter
  Birth	1 Jul 1783	County Cork, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861
  Death	10 Apr 1869	Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Probate	12 May 1869	Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  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	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.
  Person ID	I3024	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	7 Sep 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	Jane Crofts,   b. cir 1795   d. 11 Jun 1885, Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1819	Castlemagner Church, Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland
  Children	1. Catherine Anne Cotter,   b. 17 Dec 1819, County Cork, Ireland d. 27 Oct 1881, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)   2. Wilhemina Margaret Cotter,   b. 6 Oct 1823, County Mallow (or Cork), Ireland d. 27 Apr 1905, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   3. Matilda Louisa Cotter,   b. 19 Apr 1825, County Cork, Ireland   4. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 24 Nov 1826, County Cork, Ireland d. 20 May 1907, 66 Herkimer Street, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario (Age 80 years)   5. William Crofts Cotter,   b. 4 Apr 1830, County Cork, Ireland d. 11 Jun 1911, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   6. James Rogerson Cotter,   b. 26 Jan 1836, County Cork, Ireland d. 3 Oct 1928, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F4015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Jul 1783 - County Cork, Ireland Marriage - 11 Mar 1819 - Castlemagner Church, Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland Death - 10 Apr 1869 - Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Probate - 12 May 1869 - Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show	2 Documents
  	Services of Captain Cotter
  	Will of George Sackville Cotter Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Military Service of Family Members

  George Sackville Cotter George Sackville Cotter (1783-1869) 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. Around 1837, he emigrated to Ontario where 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.

  
  

  Newspaper Articles

  Marriages Announcement of the marriage of George Sackville Cotter and Jane Crofts in the Freemans Journal, 24 March 1819, Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Sheila Forbes, 106 Reding Road, Ancaster, Ontario L9G 1M8, Canada.