1749 James Cotton was born on December 25.
1759 Achsah (__) (Cotton) Chalfant was born on April 13.
1769 James Cotton immigrated to New Jersey.
1779 Elizabeth, daughter of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on September 15.
1780 James Cotton and Achsah were married in the fall in Princeton, New Jersey.
1781 William, son of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on January 3.
1784 Mary, daughter of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on June 1.
1787 James, son of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on December 18.
1789 Richard, son of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on November 2.
1792 Robert, son of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on March 29.
1794 Nancy, daughter of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on October 30.
1797 James and Achsah and their children moved to Dunkard Creek in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Verginia).
1797 Jane, daughter of James and Achsah Cotton, was born on July 15.
1806 James Cotton died on February 20.
1849 On September 21, Achsah Chalfant applied for a pension based on the revolutionary war service of her first husband and father of her children, James Cotton. [1]
1850 On June 1, Achah Cotton (age 92) lived in district 39 of Monongalia, Virginia, in the household of James Cotton (age 63), Rachel Cotton (age 49), Mary M. Cotton (age 18), and Rachel Cotton (age 11). James and Achah were born in New Jersey, the others were born in Pennsylvania. James was a farmer. [2]
1850 Achsah Chalfont died on September 15 in Dundard Creek, Monongalia County, Virginia.
[1] U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].