Please report any comments that break our rules. At the age of 16, she moved out to become a nurse at Edward Potter's home in the nearby village of South Hetton. 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. After Frederick's death, Nattrass soon became Mary Anns lodger. 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 executioner reportedly had to push down on her shoulders to speed up the process, which took three minutes to finally kill her. Though she's been gone for nearly a century and a half, Cotton remains one of the most shocking female killers in modern history. Soon her eleventh pregnancy was underway. By the time Nattrass was dead, Mary Ann had poisoned Robert, her infant son with Cotton, and Frederick Jr., her stepson. [9], Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten [1] Baptised at St Mary's, West Rainton on 11 November 1832. 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]. She was hanged at Durham County Gaol on March 24, 1873, but it was a bungled execution. 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. 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. The 1911 census lists Margaret, Robinson and her three sons living in Watt Street, Dean Bank. Frederick Jr. died in March 1872 and the infant Robert soon after. He died of an intestinal disorder in January 1865. Lest you think that works about Cotton fizzled out after the 19th century, look to the myriad of true crime books and drama that still focus on her. She officially died of hepatitis, though she died just over a week after her daughter came to tend to her. Insurance had been taken out on his life and the lives of his sons. 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. After it became clear that young Charles Cotton had died of arsenic poisoning, authorities gave permission for the exhumation of three more of Mary Ann Cotton's alleged victims, the RadioTimes reports. Authorities also exhumed the bodies of Nattrass and two other Cotton children, and all were determined to have been poisoned with arsenic. 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. According to Psychology Today, female serial murderers often have a drive that's pretty distinct from their male counterparts. She sent her surviving child, Isabella, to live with her mother. Mary Ann grew up in Durham county, northeastern England. William and Mary Ann moved back to North East England, where William worked as a fireman aboard a steam vessel sailing out of Sunderland, then as a colliery foreman. Mary Ann subsequently worked as a hospital nurse in nearby Sunderland, and in 1865 she married a patient, George Ward. Mary Ann Robson Cotton (1832-1873) - Find A Grave Mary Cotton was born in North England during the Victorian Period. Baptised at St Mary's, West Rainton on 11 November 1832. The life insurance policies were clearly a motive. What clouds hung over the family? After she was finally apprehended in 1872, some estimated that she may have killed as many as 21 people, according to Britannica. The body of the stepson was examined and found to contain arsenic. Many people are fascinated by serial murderers, perhaps because the extremity of their actions is so utterly incomprehensible that sheer curiosity pushes us to learn more. Mary Ann claimed to have used arrowroot to relieve his illness and said Riley had made accusations against her because she had rejected his advances. The . After three years there, she returned to her mother's home and trained as a dressmaker. Soon after Mowbray's death, Mary Ann moved to Seaham Harbour, County Durham, where she struck up a relationship with Joseph Nattrass. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. She took him in as a lodger while also starting a relationship with a man she knew as John Quick-Manning. He continued to suffer ill health; he died in October 1866 after a long illness characterised by paralysis and intestinal problems. As Mary Ann Cotton, Dark Angelreported, Mary Ann blamed lax pharmacists for her young stepson's death. She told Riley that the boy was sickly and added: "I wont be troubled long. She was, as The Northern Echo reports, remembered after her 1954 death as "intelligent, warm and kind-hearted." One of her youngest relatives who lives today in London is Carla. Whether or not he suspected his wife of something worse than fraud isn't clear, but we do know that Robinson refused, saving their lives. Perhaps, to Mary Ann Cotton's mind, if she tried to settle down without killing for insurance money, she would be putting herself in a situation where she lacked control and could easily find herself out on the street, as she likely did after James Robinson forced her out of their home. He, however, was engaged to another woman and she left Seaham after Nattrasss wedding. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The doctor who attended Charles had kept samples, and they tested positive for arsenic. Betty Eccles was suspected of multiple murders and was hanged in 1843. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to [6] The first part of the dramatisation was broadcast on 31 October 2016, the second part was broadcast on 7 November. Rumour turned to suspicion and forensic inquiry. 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 couple met when Robinson hired Mary Ann as his housekeeper in November 1866. Mary Ann Cotton, ne Mary Ann Robson, also known as Mary Ann Mowbray, Mary Ann Ward, and Mary Ann Robinson, (born October 31?, 1832, Low Moorsley, Durham county, Englanddied March 24, 1873, Durham county), British nurse and housekeeper who was believed to be Britain's most prolific female serial killer. A court-appointed lawyer put forth the idea that Charles had ingested arsenic through wallpaper, says the RadioTimes. STREET LIFE: Watt Street, Dean Bank, Ferryhill, on an Edwardian postcard which dates from the time that Mary Ann Cottons daughter was living in the street. By the time they got married in August 1867, three of Robinsons children and his mother had died. However, it was accepted, and Russell conducted the prosecution. The date is March 24th, 1873. By . Their first child Margaret Isabella (Mary Isabella on her baptismal record) was born that November, but she became ill and died in February 1868. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. It went like this: Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten. In March 1870, Margaret died from a mysterious stomach problem which allowed Mary Ann to dig her claws into the Cotton family. Then came the First World War. As per Find A Grave, she thereafter appeared as "Margaret Edwards" on the 1881 census and later married John Joseph Fletcher in 1890. Her father, a miner, was killed in an accident when she was just nine. When Riley pushed the doctor, Kilburn re-tested the tissue and found that it was full of arsenic. The attending doctor later gave evidence that Ward had been very ill, yet he had been surprised that his death was so sudden. Mary Ann Robson was born on 31 October 1832 at Low Moorsley,[1] County Durham to Margaret, ne Londsdale and Michael Robson, a colliery sinker; and baptised at St Mary's, West Rainton on 11 November. He threw her out, retaining custody of their son George. There, she discovered that no money would be paid out until a death certificate was issued. 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. She was entertained by many sporting events, polka music hours and cooking . The so-called fever mimicked the symptoms of arsenic poisoning, a fact which would later prove interesting to investigators. She died at age 54 in the spring of 1867, nine days after Mary Ann's arrival. One of her patients at the infirmary was an engineer, George Ward. His name is carved with countless thousands of others on the Menin Gate at Ypres. Soon her twelfth pregnancy was underway. However, Mary Ann was widely regarded as the countrys deadlist killer until Harold Shipman, who was thought to have murdered as many as 260 people in the late 20th century. They married at St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, on 28 August 1865. Mary Ann Cotton did not confess to a single murder, and while the number of victims is unknown, most sources believed she killed up to 21 people. A 19th Century Children's Ryhme was born out of her famed crimes. 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. However, in April 1867 the girl and two of Robinsons children died. She lies in her bed, With her eyes wide open Sing, sing, oh, what can I sing, Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string Where, where? As with all nursery rhymes passed on primarily by word of mouth, there are variations. The cause of death recorded on his death certificate is that of English cholera and typhoid. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. When Mary Ann was eight, her parents moved the family to the County Durham village of Murton, where she went to a new school and found it difficult to . William's life was insured by the British and Prudential Insurance office and Mary Ann collected a payout of 35 on his death, equivalent to about half a year's wages for a manual labourer at the time. The attending doctor later gave evidence that Ward had been very ill, yet he had been surprised that the man's death was so sudden. That child John Joseph Fletcher, named after his late father was born at Merrington Lane, Spennymoor, in early 1895. Alternate titles: Mary Ann Mowbray, Mary Ann Robinson, Mary Ann Robson, Mary Ann Ward. Things seemed to grow worse for the family after Mowbray took out life insurance policies on himself and their three remaining children. Cotton died in December of that year, from "gastric fever." She was a Victorian wife and mother of 13 children who worked as a Sunday-school teacher and a nurse. Partner of John Quick-Manning She was found guilty and sentenced to die. In August, Mary Ann married Robinson, and the couple had two children, though only one survived. According to the British Library, that's because it was alarmingly easy to access. She died at age 54 in the spring of 1867, nine days after Mary Ann's arrival. All three children had been subjects of small life insurance policies. In 1872 Nattrass died, leaving his meagre belongings to Mary Ann. James Robinson was a shipwright at Pallion in Sunderland, whose wife Hannah had recently died. The insurance policy Mary Ann had taken out on Charles' life still awaited collection. Margaret died from a mysterious stomach problem which allowed Mary Ann to dig her claws into the Cotton family. She had meant only to buy harmless arrowroot powder for the ill boy, but a terrible mix-up had occurred, and she was given arsenic instead. Soon, he found out that she owed 60 and had also stolen 50 she was supposed to put in the bank. Around this time she took up with a former lover, Joseph Nattrass, but later became . A month later, when James' baby John died of gastric fever, he turned to his housekeeper for comfort and she became pregnant. Both of Mary Ann Cottons grandsons have their names engraved on Ferryhill War Memorial. She came back home three years later, taking up work as a dressmaker. Cause of death: Hanging, Capital punishment - Mar 24 1873 - Durham, England, Oct 31 1832 - Low Moorsley (now part of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland), Michael Robson, Margaret Robson (born Londsale), abella Mowbray, Mary Jane Mowbray, John Robert Mowbray, Margaret Isabella Robinson, George Robinson, Robert Robson Cotton, Mary Jane Mowbray, Circa 1832 - Low Moorsley, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Mar 24 1873 - Durham Gaol, Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Frederick Cotton, Charles E Cotton, Robert Cotton, Low Moorsley, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Deptford, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Durham Gaol, Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Durham Gaol, Durham, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Fletcher Kell, Birth of Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Fletcher Kell, Durham, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham , England. However, the infant mortality was falling as the century progressed, making Cotton's mishaps all the more striking. Affair with James Nattress, a married man, while married to Mowbray and possibly again, after Nattress was widowed, while she was "married" to Cotton. MARGARET was born in Durham jail, the daughter of serial poisoner MARY ANN COTTON (nee ROBSON). Her funeral service will be at 10:00 . One of her patients at the infirmary was engineer George Ward. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Robinson married Mary Ann at St Michael's, Bishopwearmouth on 11 August 1867. Mary Ann's first visit after Charles' death was not to the doctor but the insurance office. The only birth recorded was that of their daughter Margaret Jane, born at St Germans in 1856. Riley grew suspicious and alerted the police. Mary Ann was desperate and living on the streets until her friend Margaret Cotton introduced her to her brother Frederick, a pitman and recent widower living in Walbottle, Northumberland, who had lost two of his four children. 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. Russell's appointment over Aspinwall led to a question in the House of Commons. Where, where? When Cotton gave birth to her and Robinson's child, her infant daughter quickly died of "convulsions." Soon enough, he and two of the children also died of "gastric fever." She asked him to take the young boy to a workhouse, but Riley refused unless Mary Ann agreed to enter the workhouse too. Mary Ann Cotton, she's tied up with string. However, the judge allowed the prosecutor to use evidence from the deaths of Nattrass and two of the Cotton children and ultimately, the overwhelming evidence sealed Mary Anns fate. She probably would have got away with it for longer had she not been so keen to murder Charles Edward or at least not been so open about her desire to see him die. Isabella lasted a few weeks until she died of "gastric fever," and she was soon followed by two more of Robinson's children, who succumbed to "continued fever" and yet another case of "gastric fever," according to death records. login . Soon after the move her father fell 150 feet (46 m) to his death down a mine shaft at Murton Colliery. Reportedly just weeks after her arrival in 1866, one of his five children succumbed to gastric fever. The last straw was when he found she had been forcing his children to pawn household valuables for her. Mary Anns first port of call after Charles' death was not the doctors but the insurance office. She then allegedly told a local official that she could not marry Quick-Manning because of her seven-year-old stepson, Charles Edward Cotton. It includes lines like "Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string./Where, where?/Up in the air.". Mary Ann was destitute and barely surviving on the streets, but she was bailed out by her friend, Margaret, who introduced the black widow to her brother, Frederick Cotton. Cotton had been remanded in custody since her arrest in July 1872, first in Bishop Auckland before being taken to Durham county gaol as preparations got underway to exhume bodies of her alleged. Her mother, Margaret, died after Cotton visited the woman in March 1867. Mary Ann would go on to kill many of her own children, her husbands, lovers and other family. Like many of the other dead people in Cotton's wake, Ward presented symptoms that were alarmingly similar to arsenic poisoning. She lies in bed with her eyes. Up in the air. 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. She was hanged at Durham Gaol. For women of the working class, the sudden death of a husband could easily throw them into devastating poverty with little way out. . Soon after, Mary Ann learnt that her former lover, Joseph Nattrass, was living in the nearby village of West Auckland, and no longer married. I must tell you: you are the cause of all my trouble." The relationship of Mary Ann and Nattrass didnt last very long. Then Nattrass became ill with gastric fever, and died just after revising his will in Mary Anns favour. Mary Ann Cotton (ne Robson; 31 October 1832 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. The doctor testified that there was no other powder on the same shelf in the chemist's shop as the arsenic, only liquid; the chemist himself claimed that there were other powders. THE baby was the daughter born to Mary Ann Cotton, of West Auckland, in Durham jail on January 7, 1873. That's likely why Cotton's mother quickly remarried, in order to keep her family away from the horrifying poverty and harsh conditions of Victorian workhouses. , got your result about mary ann cotton family tree please comment if we missed anything here, please let us know. She was later found guilty and executed. It is believed that he was killed in a railway accident. Mary Ann Cotton ( ne Robson; 31 October 1832 - 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. The Cotton case would be the first of several famous poisoning cases he would be involved in during his career, including those of Adelaide Bartlett and Florence Maybrick. Daily Mirror. 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. 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. She allegedly poisoned up to 21 people before being executed in 1873. In 1852, at the age of 20, Mary Ann married colliery labourer William Mowbray in Newcastle Upon Tyne register office; they soon moved to Plymouth, Devon. The delay was caused by a problem in the selection of the public prosecutor. Mary Ann's downfall came when a parish official, Thomas Riley, asked her to help nurse a woman who was ill with smallpox. Mary Ann backed off but not before ominously predicting that Charles would "go like all the rest of the Cotton family." From above, out of sight of the gallows, members of the Press are gathered. Soon, Mary became pregnant by him with her thirteenth child. And her killing spree started right here in. Mary Ann received the insurance money, and she then left her daughter in the care of her mother. Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and forgotten, Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. At 16, Mary Ann left home to become a nurse at the nearby village of South Hetton, in the home of Edward Potter, a manager at Murton colliery. Her stepson, Frederick Jr., and Robert, her infant son with Frederick, died early 1872. Russell's appointment over Aspinwall led to a question in the House of Commons. Mary Ann Robson was born on Halloween 1832 in Low Moorsley in County Durham. Enter a grandparent's name. 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. By the end of the following year Cotton and two more children had died; again Mary Ann reportedly received an insurance payout. 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. Although his doctor acknowledged Wards poor health, he was surprised that the man died so suddenly. However, the first hearing led to Mary Ann's conviction for the death of Charles in March of that year. Mary Ann and her daughter with Mowbray then went to live at the Robinson home. One of the more chilling legacies of Cotton's time on Earth is a children's nursery rhyme. Rumour gave rise to suspicion and scientific investigation. contact the editor here. A short time later, she married William Mowbray in an 1852 ceremony. 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. 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. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Mary Ann claimed to have used arrowroot to relieve his illness and said Riley had made accusations against her because she had rejected his advances. [8], The Mary Ann Cotton case was partly dramatized on an episode of the 2022 BBC Radio podcast series Lucy Worsley's Lady Killers. She gained employment as nurse to an excise officer recovering from smallpox. She went undetected for decades, apparently killing a succession of husbands, children, and stepchildren with arsenic, then a readily available poison. The ships manifest shows they were bound for Pennsylvania a coalmining area where Joseph presumably planned to find work. discoveries. Robinson, meanwhile, had become suspicious of his wife's insistence that he insure his life; he discovered that she had run up debts of 60 behind his back and had stolen more than 50 that she had been expected to bank. Memories is aware that there are quite a lot of direct descendants of Mary Ann Cotton living in our area, and weve been asked to let their sleeping dogs lie. According to the RadioTimes, a local Doctor Kilburn conducted a rushed inquest and determined that the boy had died of gastroenteritis. He hired Mary Ann as a housekeeper in November 1866. Hell go like all the rest of the Cottons.". William joined the Durham Light Infantry and ended up in the London Rifles. The defense in the case was handled by Mr. Thomas Campbell Foster. Her father died eight years later in a mining accident. Lying in bed with her bones all rotten. She was charged with the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, and her trial began in March 1873. As per Female Serial Killers, the two were married in 1865, shortly after he was discharged from the hospital. The following year Mary Ann went to visit her ailing mother, who died about a week after her return. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. The defence at Mary Ann's trial claimed that Charles died from inhaling arsenic used as a dye in the green wallpaper of the Cotton home. Selling black puddings, a penny a pair. She was coming home to Durham, and to her adoptive parents, pregnant with her third child. A Mr. Aspinwall was supposed to get the job, but the Attorney General, Sir John Duke Coleridge, chose his friend and protg Charles Russell. He was John Quick- Manning, who was probably the excise officer at West Auckland Brewery and who was definitely married to someone else. "Mary Ann Cotton, a widow, is in custody at West Auckland, charged with having poisoned her stepson, aged eight years. Product Description. A more complete version runs: She lies in her bed With eyes wide open. During this time, her 3-year-old daughter died, leaving her with one child out of the nine she had borne. Mary Ann was quickly arrested. [3] He told the police, who arrested Mary Ann and procured exhumation of Charles' body. An English woman convicted of murdering her children. The attending doctor later gave evidence that Ward had been taken out on Charles ' death was not the. Stepson 's death of all my trouble. in North England during the Victorian Period her ailing mother, died. 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