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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 11 infant son sliortly afterwards. He m. secondly, 22nd September, 1849, Elizabeth, daughter of William Mitchell, Esq., by Emma Morcom, his wife, and by her has issue, I. George Samuel, h. 22nd February, 1858 ; m. 15th July, 1880, Annie Wallace, of Adelaide, and has issue, Robert Harold and Alice Evelyn. II. William Mitchell, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. London, I. 4th May, 1860; m. 26th June, 1888, Maud PuUein, of Camden Town, London. III. Edward Witherage, 6. 1st March, 1870. lY. Charles Henry, h. 23rd September, 1874. 1. Emma Morcom, «i. 23rd June, 1875, William Bowen Chinner, Esq. of Adelaide, professor of music, but has no issue. HmcaaE. Sir John Maclean's Parochial and FamUy Histort/ of the Beaneri/ of Trigge Minor re- lates, that the founder of the family of Cotton, in the West of England, migrated from the county of Chester in the 14th cen- tury. They, or some of them, lived for many years in Botreaux CastlCj in the West of England, and it is believed that the present Hon. G. W. Cotton is descended from a younger branch of this family. RiCHAED Cotton, Esq., son of Eichaed Cotton, Esq. of Lamerton, co. Devon, by Elizabeth, his wife, was baptised at North Liimerton, co. Devon, 20th April, 1Y46, and d. 6th June, 1799, having had by Mary, his wife (who d. 14th January, 1796), amongst other issue, Sahtjel, of whom presently. Richard, found dead on the sea shore in the West of England. James, in the service of the Excise, lived sometime in London and Canlerbm-y. Joseph, went to America. Jane, in Willis, Esq. Grace, m. 30th May, 1798, Thomas Cory, Esq., and had issue. Samuel Cotton, Esq., was baptised 21st June, 1789. In his youth he resided near Plymouth, co. Devon, when about 18 years of age removed to London, thence to co. Kent, and arrived in South Australia, 7th March, 1849. He m. in the parish church of Maid- stone, CO. Eent, about 1817, Lydia, daughter of James Boorman, Esq. of Mottenden, co. Kent, and sister of Thomas Boorman, Esq. also of Mottenden (Henry Boorman, Esq., a second cousin to the Hon. Geoi-ge Wither- age Cotton, is mayor of the town of Tenter- den, CO. Kent, for the current year), and d. in South Australia, 19th July, 1862, aged 73 years, having had by his wife (who was b. in CO. Kent, and d. 10th September, 1878, in the 89th year of her age), besides a daughter (Jane Boorman, who m. 24th December, 1845, Claude Shuttleworth, Esq. of Bowers Hall, Essex, and has issue surviving, Claude Jolmson Samuel, WilHam, Alice, and Char- lotte), a son, the present Hon. Geoege Witheeage Cotton. Crest used hy the Son. G-. W. Cotton — An eagle displayed. Motto — Aqaila njn capit muscain. Residence — Adelaide, South Australia. >aj> of J^ose 33aj>. HAY, HON. SIR JOHN, K.C.M.G., of Rose Bay, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, president of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, h. at Little Ythsie, co. Aberdeen, Scotland, 23rd June, 1816 ; m. 28th February, 1838, Mary, daughter of James and Mary Chalmers, but has no issue. The Hon. Sir John Hay was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, MA., 1834 ; emigrated to New South Wales, arriving in Sydney in 1838, and settled at Welaregang, on the Upper Murray, about seventy miles above Albury, where he resided for about eighteen years, during which time he was engaged in squatting pux-suits. Sir John was returned to the Legislative