So pleased to get your reply. Haven't been well for a couple of days, so I didn't pick it up.
Am puzzled by the Alexander and the 1832 but will try to check this out. Congratulations on your mother being 101. No mean achievement!
My father also said that they were related to THE Cotmans, but if Justine said it, it makes it much more likely as I have no elderly relatives left to ask again.
Yes I would like to email, rather than going through Ancestry. The email we are using is my wife's personal one, geraldinecox@hotmail.co.uk, as we are doing this together. Are you in England or America?
Will write more fully on the history we know soon.
Regards Ian and Geraldine