Note: Wheeler: History of Stonington; p 327.
Ellen Rowland COTTRELL: "Descendants of Nicholas COTTRELL";Manuscript atWesterly Public Library, Westerly, RI; 1904/10;updated 1952.
BARBOUR Collection: VR of Stonington, CT.
The family moved from Stonington to Voluntown, CT, which is aborder-townto
Hopkinton, RI, where many of the BURDICK families were located.
The administration of his Estate was given 4 May 1773 to AmosCrandall of
Voluntown.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 1-77.
Joseph and Mary lived near what is now called Pendleton Hill, Conn.He has many descendants in Mystic, Conn.
On the 4th of May, 1773, Amos Crandall of Voluntown was appointedadminister on estate of Joseph "Cotteril", late of Stonington, deceased.(Stonington Probate rec., ii, 65.)

1. 2. Prudence COTTRELL   b. 25 Mar 1746, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. 3. Joseph COTTRELL   b. 10 Apr 1748, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. 4. Mary COTTRELL   b. 28 Dec 1750, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
4. 5. Abigail COTTRELL   b. 15 Apr 1757, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 May 1841, Charlestown, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
5. 6. Reuben COTTRELL   b. 15 Aug 1758, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
6. 7. Keturah COTTRELL   b. 1763, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 13 Dec 1842, Charlestown, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
7. 8. Charles COTTRELL   b. 17 Aug 1769, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Sep 1798, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8. 9. Royzel COTTRELL   b. 10 Jan 1772, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1813, Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

Note: COTTRELL Research Reports: R. Andrew Pierce, 1989; JudithH.Leudemann, 1990.
Based on the results of both of these research
reports, it is postulated (with strong
circumstantial evidence) that Keturah was an un-
listed daughter of Joseph and Mary (Holmes)
COTTRELL. It is also postulated that Nellie
JOHNSON in her 1937 BURDICK genealogy assumed that
Keturah and her sister, Abigail, who both
married BURDICK brothers, were sons of a Reuben
COTTRELL because Abigail named her first son Reuben
She may well have named her son after her brother,
Reuben.
Genealogists for many years have sought in vain
for a Reuben COTTRELL who could be the father of
Keturah and Abigail, with absolutely no success.
Also note the strange name Royzell//Roswell in the
Gideon BURDICK and Joseph COTTRELL family, which
can be traced back to the HOLMES family!

1. 10. Joseph COTTRELL   b. 10 Jul 1797, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Apr 1865, Mystic, New London, Connecticut; bur. Elm Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut.

Note: His given name is also sometimes spelled "Roswell" -- and it seemsto be a name which runs through the HOLMES and BURDICK families for a fewgenerations.

1. 11. Mary Ann COTTRELL   b. 1823, Oakland, Alameda, California.
2. 12. Harriet COTTRELL   b. 1825.
3. 13. Mary Ann COTTRELL   b. Abt 1827, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. California Probably.
4. 14. Frances E COTTRELL   b. 8 Jul 1829, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Bef 1836, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. 15. Harriet COTTRELL   b. Abt 1833, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Arcadia, Washington, Rhode Island.
6. 16. Ida L COTTRELL   b. Between 1834 and 1835, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Bef 1860, , , Connecticut.
7. 17. Frances Fanny J COTTRELL   b. 5 May 1836, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8. 18. Joseph Oscar COTTRELL   b. 1 Feb 1838, Mystic, New London, Connecticut; d. 31 Dec 1889.
9. 19. Charles H COTTRELL   b. Between 1839 and 1842, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
10. 20. Emma E COTTRELL   b. 1844, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
11. 21. Jabez Stanton COTTRELL   b. 15 May 1846, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
12. 22. Frank Denison COTTRELL   b. 24 Apr 1850, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.