cousin, Anne Emes, who married Reverend Samuel Gwinnette, Vicar of the Church of St. Mary and Corpus Christi in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire. Samuel and Anne became the parents of Button Gwinnette, famous signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia, and named for his mother's cousin, Barbara Button. Barbara willed the Manor of Cottrell to her cousin Emilie Button, who married Rev. Samuel Gwinnette Jr., Button Gwinnette's oldest brother.

Button Gwinnette was baptized Apr. 10, 1735 in St. Catherine's Church, Gloucester. He married Apr. 19, 1757 in the ancient Collegiate Church at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, to Anne Bourne, daughter of Aaron Bourne of that city. Three daughters were born and recorded in the registry of the Collegiate Church as follows:

     i Amelia Gwinnette, bapt. Feb. 27, 1758. 
    ii Ann Gwinnette, bapt. May 14, 1759. 
   iii Elizabeth Ann Gwinnette, bapt. Jan. 4, 1762. 
Button Gwinnette had no other children and no sons as far as is known. In 1759 he engaged in exporting, shipping goods to America and eventually emigrated to Georgia, where he purchased St. Catherine's Island. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, drew up the state constitution of Georgia and served as Governor of Georgia. He fought a duel with General Lachlan McIntosh and received wounds which resulted in his death 10 days later on May 28, 1777.

There are recurring myths in U. S. Button family records that certain Buttons in America are descended from a son of Button Gwinnette, who allegedly changed his name to Button from Gwinnette after Gwinnette's death, and emigrated to New York, and married there. This is untrue; Button Gwinnette had no son and there is some doubt that any of his daughters ever came to this country.