John Coles II (1745 - 1808)

Born 29 Apr 1745 in Richmond, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Elizabeth (Tucker) Coles — married 8 Feb 1769 (to 5 Feb 1808) in Norfolk, Colony and Dominion of Virginia,

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1808 at age 62 in Enniscorthy Plantation, Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Colonel John Coles II served with Albemarle County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

John Coles II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A024373.

John Coles, Colonel, furnished supplies, signed the Albemarle Declaration of Independence 21 April 1779.

John Coles inherited property in Goochland County from his father as a young child, in 1747. It was to Enniscorthy that Thomas Jefferson sent his family for safety when Monticello was raided by the British in 1780. County boundaries were later re-drawn, creating a new County of Albemarle in which John Coles acquired four additional grants of land amounting to 785 acres, bringing his estate to a total of 1830 acres, the estate becoming known as Estouteville, after an old Skipwith family name.

John Coles was a genial, horse-loving, hospitable Virginia gentleman who had thirteen children, ten who survived to adulthood, and was able to settle a portion of his estate on each child. [1]

Burial: Enniscorthy Cemetery, Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA

The tombstone inscription reads;

Sacred to the memory of John Coles

son of John Coles of Richmond a native of Enniscorthy Ireland

and of Mary his wife for unity Mary Winston of Hanover County

Born at Richmond, Va April 29, 1745

Married to Rebecca E. Tucker of Norfolk borough Feb. 9, 1769

Died at Enniscorthy Albemarle Feb. 5, 1808

The lower right hand corner of the tombstone reads;

J. T. Rogers Richmond

Find A Grave Memorial# 14091788

Sources

• Historic Places - Enniscorthy [2]

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 Mar 2024), "Record of John Coles", Ancestor # A024373.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 August 2019), memorial page for Col John Coles, II (29 Apr 1745–5 Feb 1808), Find A Grave Memorial no. 14091788, citing Enniscorthy Cemetery, Keene, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Mike (contributor 46775771) .

• Sketch of Edward Coles, Second Governor of Illinois, and of the Slavery Struggle of 1823-4. Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, 1816-1887, and Chicago Historical Society. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg, 1882. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000277091

• Governor Edward Coles. Alvord, Clarence Walworth, 1868-1928. University of Illinois: 1920. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/560001