Background
Thomas Cotton was born at Penistone, Yorkshire, 1653. His father, William Cotton (1627–1674), notable Iron-master of Wortley Top Forge, was and Dissenter, noted for his great hospitality and kindness to the ejected ministers.
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Thomas Cotton
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Subsequently, Cotton studied successively at Henry Hickman"s academy at Stourbridge, in Westmoreland at Richard Frankland"s Natland Academy, and at the University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded an Master of Arts
Career
In 1677. On leaving college, he accepted a position as chaplain to Lady Sarah Houghton, daughter of the Earl of Chesterfield, for about a year, after which ill-health forced him to leave. He then conducted a small chapel at his father"s house, until persecution forced him to stop. He settled first at Hoxton Square, London (1690-1695), then Ware in Hertfordshire (1695-1699), finally at Dyot Street Chapel, Saint Giles’s in the Fields, Bloomsbury (1699–1727).
He died in London 11 August 1730.
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United Kingdom