IN October 1894, Margaret, by now a 21-year-old widow, sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, on RMS Cephalonia, with her two toddlers, Clara and William, back to Liverpool. Margaret was born in 1873. Mary Anns trial began two months later, and the defense claimed that the deceased had inhaled arsenic dust from wallpaper dye, a conceivable explanation given that arsenic was then common in many household items. Although her father fell down a THE baby was the daughter born to Mary Ann Cotton, of West Auckland, in Durham jail on January 7, 1873. Mary Ann received a life-insurance payment of 5 10s 6d for Isabella. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Margaret was born in Durham Gaol on 10 January 1873 while her mother, Mary Ann Cotton, was awaiting trial for the murder (by arsenic) of Charles Edward Cotton. As one witness quoted in Mary Ann Cotton put it, Nattrass "died in a fit" and was "in great agony." It is quite clear that much of south Durham knew her life story, but it is also clear that she was accepted, and even admired, by that community. The word was that she had killed anything up to 21 of her husbands, lovers, children and stepchildren, and even her own mother making her Britains most prolific mass murderer until Harold Shipman. Mary Ann Cotton Shes dead and forgotten, She lies in a grave with her bones all-rotten; Sing, sing, oh, what can we sing, Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string. Was still legally married to James Robinson, Mary Ann & Mowbray's children: (3 rumored but unsubstantiated children), Mary Jane (-1860), Margaret Jane (-1865), John Robert (-1864), Isabella (-1867), George Ward (-1866), husband (briefly) - already ill and in the hospital when they met and married, 5 children of James Robinson & his late wife, Hannah, Margaret Lonsdale Robson Stott, mother (-1867), Child of Mary Ann & James Robinson: Margaret Isabella (-1868), 4 Children of Frederick & Unknown Cotton: 2 (before 1869) plus Frederick Jr and Charles Edward Cotton (-1872) - for whose murder she was arrested, tried and hung, Child of Mary Ann & Frederick Cotton: Robert Robson Cotton (-1870), Frederick Cotton, Sr, bigamous (she was the bigamist, not him) husband (-1871), Lady Killers, BBC Radio 4, Episode 7: Mary Ann Cotton (more info on. In September 1870 Mary Ann and Cotton were marriedthough she was still wed to Robinsonand she later gave birth to a son. Her daughter, Clara, 19, was living with Sarah in St Lukes Terrace, Ferryhill. A 19th Century Children's Ryhme was born out of her famed crimes. A Mr. Aspinwall was supposed to get the job, but the Attorney General, Sir John Duke Coleridge, chose his friend and protg Charles Russell. Instead, Cotton dropped only two feet and proceeded to choke, still alive. She was hanged at Durham Gaol. Sing, sing, what can I sing? In a close-knit community like the Durham coalfield, it would have been impossible for Margaret to escape the notoriety of her birth. "Mary Ann Cotton." I must tell you: you are the cause of all my trouble." At least 15 of those were family members. In 2015 ITV filmed a two-part television drama, Dark Angel,[5] starring Joanne Froggatt as Cotton. At the time of her trial, there were reports of four or five of their children dying young while they were living away from County Durham. It includes lines like "Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string./Where, where?/Up in the air.". Although her mother started getting better, she also began to complain of stomach pains. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Mary is 25 degrees from Margaret Atwood, 28 degrees from Jim Carrey, 27 degrees from Elsie Knott, 26 degrees from Gordon Lightfoot, 30 degrees from Alton Parker, 27 degrees from Beatrice Tillman, 25 degrees from Jenny Trout, 27 degrees from Justin Trudeau, 28 degrees from Edwin Boyd, 24 degrees from Barbara Hanley, 33 degrees from Fanny Rosenfeld and 27 degrees from Cathryn Hondros on our single family tree. The body of the stepson was examined and found to contain arsenic. Geni requires JavaScript! Nonetheless, Mary Ann evaded suspicion (even though she collected more insurance money) and moved on to her next target, the recently widowed James Robinson. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Soon after the move, Mary Ann's father fell 150 feet (46m) to his death down a mine shaft at Murton colliery in February 1842. Mary Ann Robson Cotton (1832-1873) - Find A Grave Mary Cotton was born in North England during the Victorian Period. Some substances, like cyanide and strychnine, were also readily available but produced obvious results. Another daughter, Isabella, was born in 1858, and Margaret Jane died in 1860. Mary Ann's daughter Isabella, from the marriage to William Mowbray, was brought back to the Robinson household and soon developed bad stomach pains and died; so did another two of Robinson's children. In 1869, Robinson discovered that she was stealing from him and reportedly kicked her out. Although she began a relationship with a man named Joseph Nattrass, she moved once again, this time to Sunderland, after another one of her children died from gastric fever. Five days later, Mary Ann told Riley that the boy had died. It was performed by a notoriously clumsy hangman, and the trap door was not positioned high enough to break her neck, forcing the executioner to press down on her shoulders. The first focused on Charles' death and took place in August of 1872. He continued to suffer ill health; he died in October 1866 after a long illness characterised by paralysis and intestinal problems. Soon enough, he and two of the children also died of "gastric fever." She sent her surviving child, Isabella, to live with her mother. She returned to Sunderland and took up employment at the Sunderland Infirmary, House of Recovery for the Cure of Contagious Fever, Dispensary and Humane Society. Insurance had been effected on his life and those of his sons. The sheer number of children who met their deaths after coming into contact with the murderess exceeded even the juvenile mortality rate of a dangerous time before pediatricians and obstetricians were available to most people in Britain. She came back home three years later, taking up work as a dressmaker. The Times correspondent reported on 20 March: "After conviction the wretched woman exhibited strong emotion but this gave place in a few hours to her habitual cold, reserved demeanour and while she harbours a strong conviction that the royal clemency will be extended towards her, she staunchly asserts her innocence of the crime that she has been convicted of." Daughter of Michael Robson and Margaret Lonsdale During this time, her 3-year-old daughter died, leaving her with one child out of the nine she had borne. The scene is the hanging gallery. Mary Ann was desperate and living on the streets. Originally, it was believed she had become impregnated by a John Quick-Manning, but there are no records to suggest such a person even existed. Product Description. Mary Ann nursed the baby in her cell one visitor told The Northern Echo how he had encountered Mrs Cotton sitting on a stool close by a good fire, giving the breast to her baby until all avenues of appeal were exhausted. The insurance policy Mary Ann had taken out on Charles' life still awaited collection. However, the first hearing led to Mary Ann's conviction for the death of Charles in March of that year. The delay was caused by a problem in the selection of the public prosecutor. The mother who murdered her own children was, though, a sensational story, and the media of the day led by The Northern Echos famous editor, WT Stead whipped up feelings against her. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The following year Mary Ann went to visit her ailing mother, who died about a week after her return. Mary Ann would also eventually give birth to his child. Their child, Mary Isabella, was born that November, but she became ill with stomach pains and died in March 1868. HSW Podcast: *Howstuffworks.com. Please report any comments that break our rules. She grew a dislike of children while working as a housemaid, and this didn't stop once she had children of her own. Then Mary Ann's mother, living in Seaham Harbour, County Durham, became ill with hepatitis, so she immediately went to her. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 20:32. Then came the First World War. Partner of John Quick-Manning The ships manifest shows they were bound for Pennsylvania a coalmining area where Joseph presumably planned to find work. This left their widowed mother in a difficult situation. He decided to throw her out of their home and retained custody of their surviving child, George. However, in April 1867 the girl and two of Robinsons children died. He was John Quick- Manning, who was probably the excise officer at West Auckland Brewery and who was definitely married to someone else. According to the British Library, that's because it was alarmingly easy to access. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their insurance policies. However, it was accepted, and Russell conducted the prosecution. 2008 - 2022 INTERESTING.COM, INC. He died of an intestinal disorder in January 1865. Yet, she wasn't alone. She was believed to have murdered up to 21 people, mainly by arsenic poisoning. Rumour gave rise to suspicion and scientific investigation. She asked him to take the young boy to a workhouse, but Riley refused unless Mary Ann agreed to enter the workhouse too. That is not to say she was entirely innocent, although it does seem very unlikely that she murdered her own mother, who died of hepatitis. Enter a grandparent's name. She only fell two feet, so the executioner had to push down on her shoulders. According to Psychology Today, female serial murderers often have a drive that's pretty distinct from their male counterparts. She was charged with the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, and her trial began in March 1873. When Mary Ann christened the baby with its distinctive surname, it identified the father. The couple met when Robinson hired Mary Ann as his housekeeper in November 1866. When Cotton gave birth to her and Robinson's child, her infant daughter quickly died of "convulsions." HP10 9TY. As she was sentenced to hang, the second hearing fizzled out. Her attorney tried to argue that the boys death came as a result of accidental inhalation of arsenic from the wallpaper. There is some speculation that she may have been pregnant before their marriage and that is why it was held at the registry office. After Frederick's death, Nattrass soon became Mary Anns lodger. Mary Ann found employment as a nurse, and it was here that she met her next husband, George Ward. Few people who lived with Mary Ann Cotton were shown mercy, not least the children who were so unfortunate as to enter her orbit. So, by the summer of 1865, Mary Ann, widow Mowbray, had buried her husband William and at least eight, if not nine, of her own children. She was entertained by many sporting events, polka music hours and cooking . A nearby exhibition purported to have a model of Cotton at a coal mine in county Durham, and it's very possible that other cheap "penny shows" would have drawn upon her tale to lure in visitors and their money. Around this time she took up with a former lover, Joseph Nattrass, but later became . The 1901 census found 28- year-old Margaret and her three children living with her adoptive mother Sarah at the Greyhound Inn, Ferryhill her adoptive father, William, had died aged 54 in 1897, and Sarah was the pub licensee. Around this time she took up with a former lover, Joseph Nattrass, but later became pregnant by another man, John Quick-Manning. However, it was accepted, and Russell conducted the prosecution. An army of readers many anonymous, others marshalled by Tim Brown of Ferryhill Local History Society and some relatives have helped put us right. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can I cannot remember what was assumed, but my impression was that she craved the attention she got from taking care of the sick and then as a widow and the children seemed to be a means to ingratiate herself into a family and to take advantage of the grieving father, eventually marrying him and receiving the insurance from his passing. Robinson refused to meet with his estranged wife in person, though he sent his brother-in-law. Then the local newspapers latched on to the story and discovered Mary Ann had moved around northern England and lost three husbands, a lover, a friend, her mother, and 11 children, all of whom had died of stomach fevers. After George Ward's death and the subsequent insurance payment, Britannica reports, Mary Ann Cotton became a housekeeper for widower James Robinson in 1866. She was charged with his murder, although the trial was delayed until after the delivery of her last child in Durham Gaol on 10 January 1873, whom she named Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Cotton. The life insurance policies were clearly a motive. It's not entirely clear how the two connected while Cotton was caring for Ward, but there must have been at least some semblance of a spark there. Though he appears to have worked as a skilled laborer who opened new mining shafts, the Robsons were working class. Within a few days, Charles Edward had died, and when Riley found out, he urged the doctor to avoid writing the death certificate until the cause of death was fully investigated. Sing, sing, oh what should I sing? Frederick Jr. died in March 1872 and the infant Robert soon after. Daily Mirror. She was a Victorian wife and mother of 13 children who worked as a Sunday-school teacher and a nurse. "Black puddens" refers to black pudding, a type of sausage made with pig's blood. The defence in the case was handled by Thomas Campbell Foster, who argued during the trial that Charles had died from inhaling arsenic used as a dye in the green wallpaper of the Cotton home. This week, I'll delve into her psychology. The Cotton case was the first of several famous poisoning cases he would be involved in during his career, including those of Adelaide Bartlett and Florence Maybrick. However, she added, I wont be troubled long. After the boy died, the official notified the police. At the time of her trial, The Northern Echo published an article containing a description of Mary Ann as given by her childhood Wesleyan Sunday school superintendent at Murton, describing her as "a most exemplary and regular attender", "a girl of innocent disposition and average intelligence", and "distinguished for her particularly clean and tidy appearance."[2]. We told the story in Memories 96, with, as ever, a few inaccuracies. Born in October 1832 in County Durham, England, Cotton was the daughter of Michael and Margaret Robson. She asked Riley if he could commit Cotton to a workhouse and when that suggestion was rebuffed, she said this to Riley: I wont be troubled long. The relationship of Mary Ann and Nattrass didnt last very long. He fled and changed his surname: some say he went abroad; others that he returned to his hometown of Darlington where, reconciled with his wife, he ran a small beerhouse. Mary Ann first Cotton left home at only 16 years old to work as a nurse, according to Britannica. - Mary Ann Cotton, a widow, is in custody at West Auckland, charged with having poisoned her stepson, aged eight years. According to Mary Ann Cotton, Cotton wed Robinson in 1867. Mary Ann never confessed to any of the deaths, and the number of her victims is uncertain, though most sources believe she killed upwards of 21 people. Lying in bed with her bones all rotten. Her mother, Margaret, died after Cotton visited the woman in March 1867. The census records, birth, death and marriage records also show no trace of him. Their second child George was born on 18 June 1869. She officially died of hepatitis, though she died just over a week after her daughter came to tend to her. He died in 1872 from gastric fever soon after amending his will in Mary Anns favor. Mary Ann Cottons trial, for allegedly murdering her stepson Charles, was delayed for several months so that she could give birth. Riley grew suspicious and alerted the police. She did not die on the gallows from breaking of her neck but died by strangulation because the rope was set too short, possibly deliberately. Perhaps Robinson didnt link Mary Ann with the numerous deaths in the family, but he certainly became suspicious when she became overly insistent that he insure his life. She complained that the last surviving Cotton boy, Charles Edward, was in the way and asked Riley if he could be committed to the workhouse. As with all nursery rhymes passed on primarily by word of mouth, there are variations. The insurance policy Mary Ann had taken out on (the still living) Charles' life still awaited collection. The 1911 census lists Margaret, Robinson and her three sons living in Watt Street, Dean Bank. Up in the air. Frederick and Mary Ann were bigamously married on 17 September 1870 at St Andrew's, Newcastle Upon Tyne and their son Robert was born early in 1871. Mary Ann Cotton had finally been caught. And her killing spree started right here in. The move must have been Mary Ann's idea . She was charged with his murder, although the trial was delayed until after the delivery in Durham Gaol on 7 January 1873 of her thirteenth and final child, whom she named Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Cotton. They had a son named Robert in early 1871, but Mary Ann discovered that her former lover, Nattrass, lived just 30 miles away in the village of West Auckland and was no longer married. The second, which took place in February 1873, was to center on the deaths of Nattrass, along with those of Robert and Frederick. She was regarded as Britain's Greatest Female Mass Murderer. The couple was married in September 1870, but since Mary Ann had not divorced Robinson, it was a bigamous marriage. She lies in bed with her eyes. All three children were buried in the last two weeks of April 1867. He didnt. After moving frequently, the family settled in Hendon, Durham county, in about 1856. Riley countered that the boy was a "little healthy fellow," but Charles died on July 12, 1872. Mary Ann's downfall came when a parish official, Thomas Riley, asked her to help nurse a woman who was ill with smallpox. When Riley pushed the doctor, Kilburn re-tested the tissue and found that it was full of arsenic. However, she stayed in Durham and lived in a place called Seaham Harbour. Soon after, Mary Ann learnt that her former lover, Joseph Nattrass, was living 48 kilometres (30mi) away in the County Durham village of West Auckland, and was no longer married. It went like this: Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten. In 1867, Mary Ann's stepfather George Stott married his widowed neighbour, Hannah Paley. mary ann cotton surviving descendants. Explore genealogy for Mary (Cotton) Marshall born 1553 Abbotts Ann, Andover, Hampshire, England died 1625 London, England including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + 2 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community. Though many killers are male, it turns out that women have turned to serial murder as well. I also trust their research diligence and on their old site they used to be able to publish their sources so you could follow-up if so inclined. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Many seem to act out their crimes in stealthier ways, often using poison and frequently for attention, sympathy, financial security, or some combination of the above. Frederick followed his predecessors to the grave in December of that year, from gastric fever." R > Robson | C > Cotton > Mary Ann (Robson) Cotton, Categories: Serial Killers of the 19th Century | This Day In History March 24 | Murderers | Death by Hanging | Serial Killers | Notables, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. c. 1870. But when their son, William, was born a few months after their arrival, his place of birth was listed as Imperial County in California a desert through which canals were being dug to create farmland. Baptised at St Mary's, West Rainton on 11 November 1832. contact the editor here. Mary Ann Cotton was hanged at Durham County Gaol on 24 March 1873 by William Calcraft. Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and forgotten, , got your result about mary ann cotton family tree please comment if we missed anything here, please let us know. Low Moorsley (now part of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland), Margaret Edith Quick-Manning (Cotton) Kell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Cotton, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXHY-K2R, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:264G-ZP5, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFJ3-241, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXGL-55T, Mary Elizabeth (Ward) Dawson (abt.1829-abt.1904). George Robinson was the other. The trial got going on March 3 and Mary Ann was found guilty of the one murder four days later. However, the infant mortality was falling as the century progressed, making Cotton's mishaps all the more striking. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Ann-Cotton, Hartlepool History Team - Biography of Mary Ann Cotton. William and John went off to fight. The Raveness, an English performance poet from Warwickshire, composed a spoken word piece entitled "Of Rope and Arsenic" about Cotton and featured the nursery rhyme on her album. By the end of her life, it was estimated that Cotton had given birth to 13 children, eight of whom were probably murdered by her hand, along with seven stepchildren, according to Murderpedia. Here's the messed-up truth about this notorious 19th century murderess. That year both Cottons sister and his youngest child died. After Frederick's death, Nattrass soon became Mary Ann's lodger. She was found guilty and sentenced to die. It may well be that the name of the excise man was in fact Richard Quick Mann. The last straw was when he found she had been forcing his children to pawn household valuables for her. Missedinhistory.com. She was only ever convicted for the murder of one, though it led to her execution by hanging in 1873. She was employed in various jobs, including Sunday school. Where, where? On March 24, 1873, Mary Ann was hanged in a bungled execution. A 19th Century Children's Ryhme was born out of her famed crimes. Richard Quick Mann was a custom and excise man specialising in breweries and has been found in the records and this may be the real name of Mary Ann Cotton's lover. By . Mary Ann's first visit after Charles' death was not to the doctor but the insurance office. Russell's appointment over Aspinwall led to a question in the House of Commons. Her brother Robert was born in 1835. Richard Quick Mann was a custom and excise man specialising in breweries and has been found in the records and this may indeed be the real name of Mary Ann Cotton's alleged lover. She gained employment as nurse to an excise officer recovering from smallpox. Regardless of her counterarguments, Mary Ann was still to die. Though Britain passed the Arsenic Act of 1851 in an attempt to control the distribution of this deadly substance, it's clear that it wasn't all that difficult for Cotton to keep acquiring arsenic in her drive to kill the people around her. It appears that, sometime around the birth, he fled town, with some reports indicating that he went so far as to leave the country, while others claim that he reconciled with his wife and lived a relatively quiet existence thereafter. Cotton took her daughter, Isabella Jane, who had been living with Margaret, with her. . Meanwhile, Mary Ann had rekindled her old romance with Joseph Nattrass, who had moved nearby. Soon after, Mary Ann learnt that her former lover, Joseph Nattrass, was living in the nearby village of West Auckland, and no longer married. There appears to be no trace of John Quick-Manning in the records of The West Auckland Brewery or The National Archives at Kew. Mary was born in October 1832 at Low Moorsley (now part of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland) and baptised at St Mary's, West Rainton on 11 November. In Low Moorsley, Tyne & Wear. It went like this: Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten. Both of Mary Ann Cottons grandsons have their names engraved on Ferryhill War Memorial. Perhaps at this point, it would be best to draw a discrete veil over the family tree, except to say that Margaret lived into old age with the stigma of being the daughter of one of Britains most notorious killers. Margaret had acted as substitute mother for the remaining children, Frederick Jr. and Charles. 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