John
Cole
Born about in England
Son of Samuel Cole
and Anne (Unknown) Cole
Husband of
Susanna (Hutchinson) Cole
— married
30 Dec 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Susanna (Cole) Eldred, Samuel Cole, John Cole, Mary Cole, Ann (Cole) Bull, Francis Cole, Elizabeth (Cole) Potter, John Cole, Hannah (Cole) Place, William Cole and Elisha Cole
Died about
at about age 81
in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island Colony
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Biography
John Cole immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
John Cole, the son of Samuel Cole and Anne Unknown, was born in England about 1626.[1][2] He arrived in Boston, Massachusetts prior to 19 Oct 1630, the date his father requested to be a Freeman.
He is mentioned in his father's will:[3] "Unto my son John Cole's children £10, to be equally divided among them, and unto my daughter Eliz. Weeden's children £\o also,.to be also equally divided amongst them, which £20 is due me by Elizabeth Gross."[4]
Marriage
He married, in Boston, 30 Dec 1651 Susanna (Hutchinson) Cole, daughter of William Hutchinson and Anne Marbury.[1][5]
Children
Children of John Cole and Susanna Hutchinson:[6]
- Susanna Cole (about 1653 – 31 May 1726) m Thomas Eldred
- Samuel Cole (about 24 March 1657 – unknown)
- John Cole (23 January 1658 – 22 January 1660)
- Mary Cole (6 October 1658 – 1720)
- Ann Cole (7 March 1661 – 31 May 1704) m Henry Bull, son of Gov. Henry Bull
- Elizabeth Cole (4 March 1665 – about 1744)
- John Cole (17 January 1667 – unknown)
- Hannah Cole (17 December 1668 – 20 November 1734) m Thomas Place
- William Cole (13 July 1671 – 17 September 1734) m Anna Pinder 1701
- Elisha Cole (8 January 1676 – unknown) m Elizabeth Dexter 1713; d 1729
Possibly: Francis Cole (about 1663 – unknown) m Sarah about 1688 in Boston. [mentioned by Marston, but not by Kingston Town Clerk.]
On 6 September 1687 John Cole Sr. is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester, (Kingstown) Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1 s, and a property tax of 10s 9d, which places him as an adult resident and as a prosperous property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. [7] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. The list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. [8] This same tax roll includes a levy on his sons: John Jr., William, Francis and possibly Elisha; as well as his son-in-laws Thomas Eldred (1648-1726), and Henry Bull (abt.1661-1691). Offering an irrefutable confirmation of how entrenched his family was in Kingstown in 1687, and a verification of the assertion of a high degree of interconnectedness in this community.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cole, Thomas. The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Parentage of John Cole of Boston, Mass., and Rhode Island" Vol. 97 p. 194ff.(subscription needed)
- ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Featured name: Samuel Cole. pp 430-435.subscription site
- ↑ Suffolk County (Massachusetts) probate records, 1636-1899 [1]
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : 4 November 2017), John Cole and Susannah Hutchinson, 30 Dec 1651; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093.
- ↑ Peirce, John B. [Town Clerk of North Kingstown], "A Sketch of the Cole Family. " The Narragansett Historical Register. Hamilton, Rhode Island: James. N. Arnold, 1883. vol 2 p 182. Internet Archive
- ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
- ↑ Randolph Beebe;Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.
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Edit: the Austin citation was incorrect, it is pg 71 rather than 117 (now corrected on Susanna profile). However, still find no primary sources for the parentage of Susanna.
edited by T Stanton
It seems that the Narragansett Historical Register , V. 2, 1883/4, p. 182 - has an entry from the Kingstown Town Clerk noting the heirs of John and Susanna Cole, acknowledge receiving from William Cole, their portions from the estate of John and Susanna, including Thomas and Susanna Eldred, and Thomas and Hannah Place.
Subscription: The Narragansett Historical Register. Hamilton, Rhode Island: James. N. Arnold, 1844-1927. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2021.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2802/i/61098/182/10001706270
I do hesitate slightly to rely fully on the article from the town clerk. In the back of my mind, I remember reading about a Town Clerk in Rhode Island who was a bit too ambitious and sometimes "added to" what he provided (in an effort to be helpful, not fraudulent). Not sure if it was this one.
The better evidence is for Samuel being the father. I would favor a merge assigning the father as Samuel and placing a research note about the record of John being his father,
-I can find no evidence that PGM Isaac Cole had a son named Jonathan, and the only two children who appear to have emigrated with him are Jane and Isaac, Jr.
-I did find an index to a baptismal record for a Jonthan Cole in Warwickshire on 26 Feb 1626 but his parents' names were Richard and Lidea, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5G3-MLH : 19 March 2020), Jonathan Cole, 1626. I don't know whether they are the same person, but maybe the PM can work on that.
I agree with you and think these are two different men. I agree we should 1. Detach Jonathan from Isaac 2. Revert Jonathan to being born in Warwickshire about 1626- death 1707 unknown 3. Then a search for sources to support Jonathan in Warwickshire if the son of Richard and Lidea doesn't seem to be him.
Bob Cole
edited by Tanya Lowry
edit: note that all of Samuel Cole's children were from his 1st wife, Anne (Unknown) Cole. She was not assocated with a Keayne.
edited by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Anderson says he was born 1626, location unknown. The place Mersea, Essex, England was the location the father of Samuel Cole's 2nd wife, Margaret Greene.
See here: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image?pageName=434&volumeId=12107&rId=23894793 3rd paragraph under "Associations."