Which justice was a descendant of John Cotton, the great sixteenth-century Puritan theologian and author?

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Which justice was a descendant of John Cotton, the great sixteenth-century Puritan theologian and author?

Accepted Answer

William Cushing, one of the Court’s first six justices, was related to John Cotton, who was famous for writing The Way of the Churches of Christ in New England (1645), among other books.

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Which justice was a descendant of John Cotton, the great sixteenth-century Puritan theologian and author?