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     Sophie Auguste Gräfin zu Stolberg-Rossla was born on 11 July 1754.¹ She was the daughter of Friedrich Botho Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla and Sophie Henriette Dorothea Gräfin Reuss zu Gera.¹ She married Gotthelf Adolf Graf von Hoym, son of Ludwig Gebhard II Graf von Hoym and Rahil Luise Gräfin von Werthern, on 27 November 1789. She died on 3 March 1776 at age 21.¹

     Friedrich Botho Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla was born on 13 May 1714.¹ He was the son of Jost Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla and Amelie Auguste Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern.¹ He married Sophie Henriette Dorothea Gräfin Reuss zu Gera, daughter of Heinrich XXV Graf Reuss zu Gera and Sophie Marie Pfalzgräfin zu Birkenfeld-Gelhhausen, on 21 November 1746. He died on 8 March 1768 at age 53.¹

     Jost Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla was born on 4 October 1676.¹ He was the son of Christoph Ludwig Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Luise Christine von Hessen-Darmstadt.² He married Amelie Auguste Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern, daughter of Ludwig Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Gedern and Christine von Mecklenburg-Güstrow, on 1 October 1709.² He died on 17 June 1739 at age 62.¹

     Amelie Auguste Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern was born on 11 May 1687.¹ She was the daughter of Ludwig Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Gedern and Christine von Mecklenburg-Güstrow.² She married Jost Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla, son of Christoph Ludwig Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Luise Christine von Hessen-Darmstadt, on 1 October 1709.² She died on 30 June 1730 at age 43.¹

     Sophie Henriette Dorothea Gräfin Reuss zu Gera was born on 13 June 1723 at Gera, Austria.^1,2 She was the daughter of Heinrich XXV Graf Reuss zu Gera and Sophie Marie Pfalzgräfin zu Birkenfeld-Gelhhausen.¹ She married Friedrich Botho Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla, son of Jost Christian Graf zu Stolberg-Rossla and Amelie Auguste Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern, on 21 November 1746. She died on 27 August 1789 at age 66.¹

     Heinrich XXV Graf Reuss zu Gera was born on 27 August 1681 at Gera, Austria^G.¹ He was the son of Heinrich IV Graf Reuss zu Gera and Anna Dorothea Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.² He married, firstly, Justine Eleanor Sophie Giech-Thurnau, daughter of Karl Gottfried II Graf von Giech-Thurnau, on 21 February 1717 at Thurnau, Germany.² He married, secondly, Sophie Marie Pfalzgräfin zu Birkenfeld-Gelhhausen on 24 August 1722 at Sondershausen, Germany.² He died on 13 March 1748 at age 66.¹

     Sophie Marie Pfalzgräfin zu Birkenfeld-Gelhhausen was born on 5 April 1702.¹ She married Heinrich XXV Graf Reuss zu Gera, son of Heinrich IV Graf Reuss zu Gera and Anna Dorothea Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, on 24 August 1722 at Sondershausen, Germany.² She died on 13 November 1761 at age 59.¹

     Sir John Brookes-Cotterell was the son of John Cotterell and Mary Jackson.¹ He married Anne Geers, daughter of John Geers.¹ He died in 1790.¹
     He was appointed Knight in 1761.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1761.¹

     Anne Geers is the daughter of John Geers.¹ She married Sir John Brookes-Cotterell, son of John Cotterell and Mary Jackson.¹
     Her married name became Brookes-Cotterell.¹