Born in Bertie, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas (Cotten) Cotton
and Patience Sarah (Bridgers) Cotton
Sister of
Lazarus Cotton, Thomas Moore Cotten [half], Noah Cotton, Elizabeth Dolly (Cotton) Carter [half], Jemima Iris (Cotton) Edwards and Thomas Moore [half]
Wife of
Robert D. Hobdy Sr.
— married
Dec 1770 in Halifax, North Carolina
Wife of
William Preston Byrn
— married
1808 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rose Anna (Hobday) Cummings, Ropsey Anne (Hobdy) Harrell, Hannah (Hobdy) Blount, Edmond Hobdy, Thomas Cotton Hobdy, Elizabeth (Hobdy) Rhoads, Patience (Hobdy) Cartwright, William D Hobdy, John William Hobdy, Tabitha (Hobday) Howell and Robert D. Hobdy Jr.
Died
at about age 101
in Cottontown, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
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Biography
Talitha Cotton was the daughter of Thomas Cotton, Sr. and Patience Bridgers. She was born in 1745. She was the wife of Robert Hobdy/Hobday. "Talitha Cotton and Robt. Hobdy married near Halifax, N.C.; came to Sumner Co, Tenn. in 1791, in wagons. Robt. Hobdy died, about 1800, and Talitha Hobdy married Dempsey Powell."[1] She passed away in 1846.
Sources
- ↑ Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson, Vice President General, N. S. D. A. R. Bible Records and Marriage Bonds. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1974. Page 175.
- http://www.theheritagelady.com/family-histories/hobdayhobdy-family-history-genealogy/ Hobdy family history compiled by Elaine Powell
- Absher, Lee Alton, M.D., Compiler. Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, Tennessee: The Hobdy, Cotton, Durham, Gillespie, Perdue, Absher, Mattox, Cochran and Mayes Families. Knoxville, TN, 1966.
- Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds
Vital Records [1]
- Source: S1003063053 Repository: #R1000185876 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103494830&pid=288
- Repository: R1000185876 Ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Talitha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Talitha:
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~1.56%
William McKey
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23andMe
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~1.56%
Marilyn McNeil :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member grams76367
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Susan Ellen Smith :
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~0.78%
Brian Martin :
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~0.78%
Jamie Musty :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JW4252443 [compare], yourDNAportal JAM32422e7b, Ancestry member JamieNoto068
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~0.39%
Christina (Catlin) Haley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A130092 [compare], Ancestry member christinachaley
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~0.39%
Chelle (Goree) Martin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lesley Catlin :
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Cotton-3623 and Cotton-766 appear to represent the same person because: same husband
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