Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L7N5-M1Z
• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Elizabeth Smith
From GENi

Elizabeth Smith (Coale)
Birthdate: August 30, 1671 (48)
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Death: Died October 3, 1719 in md, usa

Immediate Family:
Father:
William Cole, ll
Mother:
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Spouse:
Nathaniel Smith
Children:
Joseph Smith;
Philip Smith;
William Coale Smith;
Elizabeth Smith;
Thomas Smith
and 7 others
Siblings:
Sarah Coale;
Cassandra Giles
Philip Coale
Half Siblings
William Coale, lll;
William Coale, lV;
Thomas Cole;
Elizabeth Chew;
Susannah Gassaway;
Joseph Haslap, Hanslap;
Samuel Talbot;
Edward Talbott, Jr.;
John Talbott

Elizabeth married Smith, Nathan in 1692 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. Nathan (son of Smith, Thomas and Acton, Elizabeth) was born in 1656 in Calvert, Maryland, USA; died on 23 Nov 1710 in Calvert, Maryland, USA; was buried on 23 Nov 1710 in Calvert, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Smith, Elizabeth was born about 1689 in Maryland, USA; died in 1733 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; was buried in 1733 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Quaker Minister
• Religion: Quaker
• Will: 25 Mar 1659, St Mary's, Maryland, USA

Notes:

William Cole, ll
From GENi

William Cole, ll
Also Known As: "William; Coale;"
Birthdate: 1632 (46)
Birthplace: Jamestown, (Present James City County), Virginia Colony
Death: Died October 30, 1678 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Immediate Family:
Father:
William Cole
Mother:
Sarah Cole
Spouses:
Hester Coale;
Hannah Galloway Cole and
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Children:
William Coale, lll;
William Coale, lV;
Thomas Cole;
Sarah Coale;
Elizabeth Smith;
Cassandra Giles
Philip Coale
Siblings:
William Cole;
Mary Gwither;
Jane Cole;
John Cole
Richard Cole

About William Cole, ll
Married three times:

Hester (before 1655) Hannah (circa 1666) Elizabeth Thomas(circa 1670)

He was a farmer. He was a Quaker minister. He resided circa 1651 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD.

William Cole II was born in 1633 in the Puritan area near Jamestown, VA to William and Sarah Cole. He grew up there, then moved with his father to St. Mary's Co., MD in 1650. In 1655 he married Hester ____ at Severn, MD and was established in Severn by 1656. His first child, William Cole III was born on 9/26/1655. In 1657 two influential visitors, Thomas Thurston and Josiah Coale came and preached to a growing group of Friends (Quakers). William started writing his name Coale after this. At this time William II associated with older relative, Thomas Cole. In 1658 William refused to bear arms in the militia and was subjected to land penalties. In 1660 William moved his family to the West River in Anne Arundal Co., MD. West River is 30 miles south of Baltimore on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. He owned 150 acres called "Great Bonnerston". Hester evidently died because in 1666 he married Hannah Galloway, the widow of Richard Galloway, in Ann Arundal Co., MD. They had a son, William Cole, IV born on 10/20/1667 at West River, Anne Arundal Co., MD. Jack Cole of Huntsville, AL believes they also had a son John born in 1669. Hannah probably died in childbirth because her date of death is November, 1669. In 1670 he married a third time to Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Philip and Sarah Harrison Thomas. William II bought 500 acres on the Patuxent River called "Portland Manor" and another 100 acre tract called "Hickory Hills". In 1672 a dynamic English Founder of Society of Friends visited William. In 1676 William II moved from "Great Bonnerston" to "Portland Manor". William III took over the old homestead "Great Bonnerston" and William IV took over "Hickory Hills". William II died in 1678.

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From The Thomas Family:

WILLIAM COALE, of Anne Arundel Co., Md., was an eminent Minister of the Society of Friends, and the minute-book of the "Meeting at the Clifts " contains a number of testimonies to his memory, recorded at the time of his death. He /«., first, HESTER . Issue:
i. WILLIAM, b. September 21, 1655, of whom presently.
WILLIAM COALE, »,., second, HANNAH , who d. November 20, 1669. Issue:
ii. WILLIAM, b. October 20, 1667 (q. v.).
WILLIAM COALE, m., third, ELIZABETH, daughter of Philip and Sarah (Harrison) Thomas { iii. ELIZABETH, b. August 30, 1671; m. NATHAN, second son of Thomas Smith, Sr.,5 merchant, of Calvert Co., Md., and Alice, his wife. He d. 1711 (will, November 23, 1710; probate, January 30. 1710-11 ; Liber W. B., No. 5, folio 146). Issue (surname Smith)— order uncertain:

1 Will made October 26. 1678, proved February, 1678-79. Liber W. B., folio 02, names *' wife Elizabeth;" "son William, begotten of Hester, his wife ; son William, begotten of Hannah, his second wife; sons Samuell and Philip and daughter Elizabeth, begotten of his wife Elizabeth."
* Will, January 13, 1685 ; his wife's, May 4, 1698.
L JOSEPH, ■>., May 4,1710, LAURANA or LEURAN1A, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Richardson (g. v.).
u. NATHAN.
iii. WILLIAM.
iv. THOMAS.
v. PHILIP.
vi. ELIZA or ELIZABETH.
vii. SAVANA or SUSANNA.
viii. SARAH.
ix. MARY.
X. CASSANDRA, m., January, 1722-23. JOHN GILES, JR. Issue (surnameGILES):
i. Sarah, b, December 26, 1723 ; m. Samuel, son of Gerrard and Margaret (Johns) Hopkins (?. ?-.).
ii. Elizabeth, m. Bankster.
iv. PHILLIP, b. September 6, 1673 (g. v.).
v. SAMUELL, b. April 9, 1676

William married Thomas, Elizabeth in 1670 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas, Phillip and Harrison, Sarah) was born in 1654 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died on 24 Feb 1725 in Patuxent, St Mary's, Maryland, USA; was buried in Feb 1725 in Birdsville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Elizabeth Thomas Haslap Cole Talbott
From GENi

Elizabeth Harrison Cole (Thomas)
Also Known As: "Cole;Coale;harrison;", "Cole;Coale;", "Coale", "Talbot"
Birthdate: circa 1654 (71)
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
Death: Died February 24, 1725 in Galesville, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
Place of Burial: Maryland, United States

Immediate Family:
Father:
Lt. Philip Thomas
Mother:
Sarah Thomas
Spouses:
Capt. Henry Haslap;
William Cole, ll
Edward Talbott, Sr.
Children:
Elizabeth Chew;
Susannah Gassaway;
Joseph Haslap, Hanslap;
Sarah Coale;
Elizabeth Smith;
Cassandra Giles;
Philip Coale;
Samuel Talbot;
Edward Talbott, Jr.
John Talbott
Siblings:
Martha Arnell/Arnold;
Philip Thomas, II;
Sarah Mears
Samuel Thomas, Sr.

William Cole ll Married three times:

Hester (before 1655) Hannah Elizabeth (circa 1666) Elizabeth Thomas (circa 1670)

He was a farmer. He was a Quaker minister. He resided circa 1651 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD.

William Cole II was born in 1633 in the Puritan area near Jamestown, VA to William and Sarah Cole. He grew up there, then moved with his father to St. Mary's Co., MD in 1650. In 1655 he married Hester ____ at Severn, MD and was established in Severn by 1656. His first child, William Cole III was born on 9/26/1655. In 1657 two influential visitors, Thomas Thurston and Josiah Coale came and preached to a growing group of Friends (Quakers). William started writing his name Coale after this. At this time William II associated with older relative, Thomas Cole. In 1658 William refused to bear arms in the militia and was subjected to land penalties. In 1660 William moved his family to the West River in Anne Arundal Co., MD. West River is 30 miles south of Baltimore on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. He owned 150 acres called "Great Bonnerston". Hester evidently died because in 1666 he married Hannah Galloway, the widow of Richard Galloway, in Anne Arundal Co., MD. They had a son, William Cole, IV born on 10/20/1667 at West River, Anne Arundal Co., MD. Jack Cole of Huntsville, AL believes they also had a son John born in 1669. Hannah probably died in childbirth because her date of death is November, 1669. In 1670 he married a third time to Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Philip and Sarah Harrison Thomas. William II bought 500 acres on the Patuxent River called "Portland Manor" and another 100 acre tract called "Hickory Hills". In 1672 a dynamic English Founder of Society of Friends visited William. In 1676 William II moved from "Great Bonnerston" to "Portland Manor". William III took over the old homestead "Great Bonnerston" and William IV took over "Hickory Hills". William II died in 1678.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: House of Burgesses, (Maryland Immigrant)

Notes:

Married in Elizabeth Cittie

William Cole
From GENi

William Cole
Also Known As: "Coale"
Birthdate: 1598 (71)
Birthplace: Tillingham, Essex, England
Death: Died September 15, 1669 in St. Jerome's, St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland

Immediate Family:
Father:
Humphrey Cole
Mother:
Mary Cole
Spouse:
Sarah Cole
Children:
William Cole;
Mary Gwither;
Jane Cole;
William Cole, ll;
John Cole
1 other
Siblings:
Thomas Cole
Half Siblings:
William Cole;
Robert Cole;
John Cole
Martha Wood

Occupation:
House of Burgesses, (Maryland Immigrant)

William Coale was the headright of Wm Lucas who paid for his transportation into Maryland on 24 Mar 1651. He received a patent in 1662 for 350 acres in Somerset County, Maryland, called "Colbrook." As William Cole of St Jerome's, [St Marys Co] he wrote a will 25 Mar 1669 which was proved 17 Jul 1669. In that will he names his wife Sarah and daughter Susan. A Willis B. Coale in 1976 wrote a book in which he claimed this Wm Coale was the same as Wm Cole of Warwick, VA. This, however, was an impossibility since it is proved from VA land records (see Pat Bk 5, p. 215) that that Wm had died in VA before 15 Sep 1664. (documentation for all these statements can be found in Adventurers of Purse & Person by John Dorman, 4th ed., vol 1, pp 713-14.) We want to keep the families of these 2 different, but contemporary, Wm Coles separated out as they have been mistakenly mixed up in the past.

William married Beck, Sarah in 1622 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Sarah was born in 1599 in Warwickshire, England; died in 1651 in St Marys (Historical), St Mary's, Maryland, USA; was buried in 1651 in Saint Jerome, St Mary's, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate Death: Aft 1659, Saint Jerome, St Mary's, Maryland, USA

Notes:

Sarah Cole
From GENI

Sarah Cole (Beck)
Birthdate: 1599 (60)
Birthplace: Probably England
Death: Died 1659 in St. Jerome's, St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland

Immediate Family:
Spouse:
William Cole
Children:
William Cole;
Mary Gwither;
Jane Cole;
William Cole, ll;
John Cole;
Richard Cole

Other Events and Attributes:

• Life Event: High Commissioner of the Provincial Court
• Occupation: Mercantile house of Thomas & Devonshire, at Bristol, England
• Religion: Quaker
• Departure: 1651, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Lt. Philip Thomas
From GENi

Philip Thomas
Birthdate: circa 1620 (54)
Birthplace: Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Death: Died 1674 in West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States

Immediate Family:
Father:
Evan Thomas
Mother:
Sarah Thomas
Spouse:
Sarah Thomas
Children:
Martha Arnell / Arnold;
Philip Thomas, II;
Sarah Mears;
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Samuel Thomas, Sr.
Siblings:
Evan Thomas, Jr.;
Rhys Thomas;
Evan Thomas;
William Thomas;
Philip Thomas;
Penelope Thomas
Dora Emily Thomas

About Lt. Philip Thomas
Just because he immigrated from Bristol does NOT mean that he was born there. He may actually have been born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2617.htm#i78635
'Philip Thomas
'M, b. circa 1620, d. 1674
Father Evan Thomas b. c 1580, d. 1650
Mother Sarah b. c 1598
' Philip Thomas was born circa 1620 at of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He married Sarah Harrison, daughter of Edmund Harrison and Jane Godfrey, circa 1651 at England. Philip Thomas died in 1674 at Anne Arundel, MD.
'Family Sarah Harrison b. c 1628, d. 25 Nov 1687
Child
◦Elizabeth Thomas+ b. c 1654
__________________
Sources

Genealogical Records and Sketches of the Descendants of William Thomas of Hardwick, Mass. ... (Google eBook) Amos Russell Thomas F. A. Davis, 1891 - 221 pages. Page 5. Philip Thomas, the progenitor of the Maryland branch of the family, came from Wales in 1651. Soon after arriving in the country he joined the Friends, and many of his descendants are still members of that body. He was a man of much influence in the colonies, and his descendants are not only numerous, but have been influential in the State, and by intermarriage have become related to many prominent families in that and adjoining States. "26th. John Philip THOMAS,t who inherited the lands of his father, and left a son. 27th. Evan Thomas, b. about 1580. He d. in 1650. leaving three sons,—Captain Evan Thomas, Philip, and Eice. Philip Thomas came to the Province of Maryland in 1651, with his wife, Sarah Harrison, and three children. Captain Evan may have been the same Evan Thomas who came to Boston, in 1635, as master of the ship "William and Francis," and settled in that place in 1639 or 1640, with a wife and four children, and is believed to have been the ancestor of William of Hardwick. Any claim that might be made for the identity of these two persons rests, however, solely upon the correspondence in names and dates.

From Americans of Royal Descent

Philip Thomas, who was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bristol, England, and in 1651 left there with his wife, Sarah Harrison and three Children, Philip, Sarah, and Elizabeth, and came to Lord Baltimore's province in Maryland, and had a grant 19th February 1651-2 of 500 acres of land, called "Beckley," on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay in 1758 and 1661 he had granted him 100 acres, called "Thomas Towne," and in 16665 a grant of 120 acres, called "Fuller's Point," and afterwards many other grants lying mostly in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died 1675, having by his wife who died in 1687; 1 Samuel Thomas and 2) Elizabeth Thomas

From the Thomas Book

PHILIP THOMAS, of the mercantile house of Thomas & Devonshire, at Bristol, England, son of Evan Thomas of Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, who died in 1650, is the earliest ancestor of this family of whom we have legal and documentary proof, although I have little doubt that the descent given in this genealogy is accurately taken from Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., and will be confirmed by further investigations. A curious old tradition in the family derived them from Thomas de Douvre 1 (
Further research satisfied me that the descent was to be taken directly from Sir Rhys through one of his sons by Gwenllian (a. v.), sister of his friend and counsellor, Robert ap Gwylim Harry ap Jevan Gwyn of Mydhifinych, Abbot of Talley. Referring then to the genealogy of Sir Rhys ap Thomas for its earlier history, we begin the present family with this THOMAS AP RHYS, b. after 1478, whose son Philip ap Thomas m. Sybell, daughter of Philip and Joan (Warnecombe) Scudamore, and dying before 1585 left a son and heir, John Philip Thomas, who appears to have inherited from his mother the demesne lands of Grosmount Manor, Monmouthshire, and a grist-mill near by, before 1585, when he held them "in right of Philip Skidamore," and in 1591 was Queen's lessee of mills at Kentchurch in the same shire. He married Gwenllian, fourth daughter of Walter Herbert, Esq. (q. v.), of Skenfrith, Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1552, and had issue: Evan Thomas, b. 1580, whose name begins the pedigree compiled by the late Philip E. Thomas, Esq., of Baltimore. I find notices, of Evan Thomas ap Evan, Under Sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1615; Evan Thomas, who was one of the Awennydion, or College of Bards, of Glamorgan in 1620; Major Evan Thomas, killed on the part of the King, at the battle of St. Fagans, near Cardiff, May 8, 1648; Evan ap Thomas of Eglwysilan, Wales, b. 1581, d. 1666; E. (probably Edward) Thomas, printer of Deacon's "History of James Naylor," at "his house in Green Arbor, London, 1657 ;" and Evan Thomas, of Pembrokeshire, who was fined for absence from church as a Quaker, but whether any of these are Evan of Swansea I cannot say. His wife's name is unknown. Philip, his son, was b. about 1600, and may have been the Philip Thomas in the East India Company's service who petitioned for unpaid wages in 1621, but his behaviour was complained of and he was discharged their service on December 17th. Another Philip Thomas, with Thomas Lawrence and Martin Saunders, gives information about a Romish plot April 1, 1628; and there was a Philip Thomas called to account for saying at the Castle Tavern in St. Clement's parish, London, January 20, 1638, that" the punishment of Prynne, Bastwick and Burton, the Puritans, by ear-cropping, etc., was not more than they deserved." Before 1638 a Philip Thomas was messenger of the Chamber for charitable uses, and August 13, 1638, he suggested a new commission. Philip Thomas, the emigrant, before 1650, formed a business partnership with one Devonshire at Bristol, and some time in the year 1651, only seventeen years after Leonard Calvert and Lord Baltimore's first colonists landed at St. Mary's, removed to the province of Maryland. The earliest land patent in his name, dated February 19, 1651-2, conveys to him 500 acres of land called " Beakely " or " Beckley " on the west side of Chesapeake Bay, "in consideration that he hath in the year 1651 transported himself, Sarah, his wife, Philip, Sarah, and Elizabeth his children, into this our province."

He would appear to have come directly from Bristol to Maryland. An examination of the land records of the colony of Virginia, made by the well-known genealogist, R. A. Brock, Esq., of Richmond, fails to show any grant to a Philip Thomas in the seventeenth century, and there would seem to be no reason to suppose that he was in America before coming to Maryland, or, as some have thought, was a member of the Puritan Colony in Virginia and removed thence along with them, when in 1649 and 1650 about seventy families of Puritans from Colonel Richard Bennett's plantation at Nansemond, Va., emigrated to Maryland and settled first on Greenbury's Point, at the mouth of the Severn River, principally on 250 acres surveyed in 15-acre lots, and called the "Town lands of Severn." The first meetinghouse was erected on land adjoining that of Elder Durand, their minister. Mr. Philip Thomas is said to have lived on the premises and guarded the sanctuary. About five years later the settlers transferred their lands to Bennett, and moved away. Between 1658 and 1661 Philip Thomas had patented to him 100 acres called *• Thomas Towne ; " in 1665 a patent of 120 acres called "Fuller's Poynt;" in 1668, of 300 acres called "The Planes ;" in 1672, of 200 acres called "Phillip's Addicion," and numerous other patents 1 of unnamed tracts. This land lay mostly in Anne Arundel County, near what is now known as West River. "Fuller's Poynt," between the Severn and South Rivers, is now called Thomas Point, and is the site of a light-house. A man of character and resolution, the emigrant soon acquired influence amongst his neighbours, and, affiliating himself with the Puritan party, he became one of its leaders in the conflict with Lord Baltimore, the Proprietary, and his representatives in the province. When Cromwell and the Parliamentary party were supreme in England, their sympathizers in Maryland broke out in open rebellion under Colonel Richard Bennett, and Philip Thomas, holding a military commission as lieutenant, was of their muster in Anne Arundel County, Md. Governor Stone immediately summoned the militia of the province, and with a little army of 250 men, after seizing a magazine of arms collected by the Puritans, set out for Providence on the Severn, the head-quarters of Bennett's partisans. Part of his men were transported in small vessels, and part marched along the Bay shore. As they drew near Providence, Stone sent forward a messenger to the enemy, summoning them to surrender; but the messenger did not return; and on the evening of the same day, March 24, 1654-5, the Governor's little fleet, with all his army now on board, made its appearance in the Severn.

Captain Fuller, the commander at Providence, put some men on board a ship lying in the harbour, who fired on Stone's boats as he landed his forces, but did no damage. On the next morning, which was Sunday, Governor Stone and his force came marching up to the attack, under the black and yellow flag of the colony, while over Fuller's men, 107 in number, drawn up in order of battle, floated the blue cross on a crimson field, the standard of the Commonwealth of England. The battle was short, but sharp; about fifty of the Governor's men were killed or wounded, and Stone himself, with nearly all his force, compelled to surrender, under a promise that their lives should be spared.

The Puritan annalist writes: "After the battle our men were so tired with watching and anxiety (before the attack) that the guards set over the prisoners fell asleep at their posts; yet the Catholics were so disheartened by their defeat, that no one of them attempted to escape." "Hammond against Heamans," a contemporary pamphlet1 by one of the Governor's party, notes that "three days after the battle Captain Fuller, Win, Burgees, Richard Evans, Leo Strong, Wm. Durand, Roger Heamans, John Brown, John Cuts, Richard Smith, one Thomas (Philip Thomas), one Bestone, Sampson Warren, Thomas Meares, and one Crouch, sat as a Council of War, condemned a number of the prisoners to die, and executed four of them."

March 20, 1656-7, Lieutenant Philip Thomas was appointed one of the six High Commissioners of the Provincial Court, the father of his son - in - law, John Mears, being another* When Oliver Cromwell ordered the revolutionists to return the province to the Proprietary he was one of the commissioners to make the surrender, which was effected on March 24, 1658-9, when the articles of surrender were signed, sealed, and delivered. After this he does not seem to have taken an active part in the political affairs of the province, the notices of his name upon the colonial records having to do with transfers of land, etc., the number of which were considerable.

From a petition to the Colonial Assembly, dated April 16, 1666, we learn that he had returned from a voyage to England in the preceding month. Tuesday, October 17, 1671, the Upper House of Assembly consents to a bill for ferries, among them being one " over Potapsco River, from Philip Thomas point in Anne Arundel Co. to Kent Co."

In April, 1672, George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends or Quakers, arrived in Maryland, landing at the Patuxent just in time to reach a " general meeting for all the Friends in the Province of Maryland," which had been appointed by John Burnyeat to be held at West River. He describes it1 as a " very large meeting," and held four days, " to which, besides Friends, came many other people, divers of whom were of considerable quality in the world's account." Immediately after this meeting Fox appears to have continued his labours by preaching his doctrines and establishing meetings for discipline at various places in the province. He remained in America until after the " general meeting " at West River, which commenced on the 17th of 3d month (May), 1673, and lasted four days. The next day, being the 21st, he set sail for England. In describing this meeting he says, "divers of considerable account in the government and many others were present, who were generally satisfied, and many of them reached, for it was a wonderful glorious meeting." It is possible, from the language of his will, that Philip Thomas himself was one of those " reached " by George Fox, and there can be no doubt that during his missionary tour his preaching brought a number of the family under the influence of Quakerism, as we find their names enrolled upon the early records of the Society immediately afterward. In point of fact, an examination of those records shows that, for the generation then living and their children, in Maryland at least, George Fox, John Burnyeat, Samuel Bownas, and the other preachers of Quakerism, did very much the same work as was done a century later by John Wesley and the Methodists. Such religion as they had was formal and lifeless; many, indeed, had cast off all restraint, and were living in utter neglect of the ordinances of religion and common morality. The Quaker missionaries coming amongst them with their fervid zeal, and speaking, as they thought, messages direct from heaven, aroused the slumbering souls of their hearers, and reaped a large harvest of converts to what was in fact the first presentation of a spiritual religion they had known.

As a result of this, the Quaker Registers of the end of the seventeenth century are a veritable Libro d'oro in Maryland, containing as they do the names of so many of the leading families of the province. Whether Philip Thomas became a Quaker or not, his widow certainly was one, and probably a preacher of the sect. September 9, 1674, he made his will, which was proved August 10, 1675. A copy, apparently made by one of his sons-in-law, is still preserved at the family seat, "Lebanon," West River, Md. From this he appears to have disposed of much of the land granted him, only mentioning "Beckley," "Fuller's Poynt," and the "Playns," and his two houses in Bristol, England. The clause in the will making "the body of Quakers" a final Court of Appeal in the event of any dispute arising under its provisions, was a common one amongst the Society of Friends, and in this case recourse was had to it. After the death of his widow, Sarah Thomas, his son Samuel claimed all her estates by virtue of a verbal will which he alleged she had made in his favour. This claim was resisted by his brother-in-law, Edward Talbot, and the West River Meeting of Friends was appealed to, to decide the question. The Meeting decided that although she had expressed a wish that Samuel Thomas should be her sole heir, she had not given legal effect to it, and that the estate should be equally divided between her several heirs. The two houses in Bristol were sold before September 13, 1690, when John Talbot claimed an interest in the proceeds of the sale in right of his wife, the granddaughter of Philip Thomas, to the extent of £\o, and £,%o, as her share of the whole landed estate.

PHILIP THOMAS, the Emigrant, m. in England, SARAH HARRISON, {[Sarah Harrison was possibly daughter of Edmund Harrison, Embrotherer to King Charles the First, and Jane his wife, daughter of Thomas Godfrey, and granddaughter of Christopher Harrison, merchant tailor, of London, who married E'iza, daughter of Thomas Cooke, of Wakefield. Visitation of London, 1634, 353. From a Herring Creek Meeting, November 25, 1687, " Sarah Thomas is taken away by death." Will proved May 25th, Liber 2, /. 72. "Bequeathed to Samuel Thomas my silver tobacco- box and suite of cloathes made me lately by Richard Arnold."] who survived him, dying early in 1687.3 Issue:
Born in England before 1651:
i. PHILIP, probably d. s. p. before 168S, as his name does not appear among Sarah Thomas's heirs at that date, though it is to be noted that his father is spoken of as Philip Thomas, Senior.
ii. SARAH, /«., in 1672, JOHN, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Mears, who d. in 1675." His wife d. in the same year. Issue (surname Mears): An only dan., SARAH, *. August 4, 1673 ; m., before 1690, JOHN TALBOT (y.p.).
iii. ELIZABETH, »/., as his 3d wife, WILLIAM COALE (g. v.); he d.

Phillip married Harrison, Sarah in 1646 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Harrison, Edmund and Godfrey, Jane) was born in 1628 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Nov 1687 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; was buried after 25 Nov 1687 in Quaker Burying Ground, Galesville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Sarah Thomas
From Geni

Sarah Thomas (Harrison)
Birthdate: 1628 (59)
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Death: Died November 25, 1687 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

Immediate Family:
Father:
Edmund Harrison
Mother:
Jane Harrison
Spouse:
Lt. Philip Thomas
Children:
Martha Arnell / Arnold;
Philip Thomas, II;
Sarah Mears;
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Samuel Thomas, Sr.
Sibling:
Godfrey Harrison

About Sarah Thomas
http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2617.htm#i78636
'Sarah Harrison
b. circa 1628, d. 25 November 1687
Father
Edmund Harrison b. c 1605
Mother
Jane Godfrey
Sarah Harrison was born circa 1628 at of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She married Philip Thomas, son of Evan Thomas and Sarah, circa 1651 at England. Sarah Harrison died on 25 November 1687 at Anne Arundel, MD.
'Family Philip Thomas b. c 1620, d. 1674
Child
◦Elizabeth Thomas+ b. c 1654

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Of The Slade
• Occupation: Vicar of Tillingham

Notes:

Birth: 1572
Cornwood
South Hams District
Devon, England
Death: May 27, 1624
Tillingham
Maldon District
Essex, England

His father was Sir William Cole of The Slade. His mother was Elizabeth Deards. He married Mary Mott at The Slade in 1596. They had three sons, William, Thomas and Robert. and 2 daughters, Mary Jane and Martha. His wife died at age 27 and he remarried a Hester, maiden name unknown. They had one son, John.

The Slade is a Cole family home in Cornwood, Devonshire, England, which is today a private residence.

In the church there is a three panel stained glass window in his honor which reads, "Priest and Pican".

On 17 May 1624, as Vicar of Tillingham, he probated Essex.

Humphrey Cole
From GENi

Humphrey Cole
Also Known As: "Coale"
Birthdate: 1572 (51)
Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Death: Died April 11, 1623 in Tillingham, Essex, England
Place of Burial: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:
Father:
William Cole
Mother:
Elizabeth Cole
Spouses:
Hester Cole
Mary Cole
Children:
William Cole;
Robert Cole;
John Cole;
Martha Wood;
William Cole
1 other
Siblings:
William James Cole, Sr.
Margaret Cheney

Occupation:
Vicar of Tillingham, Clarke,

About Humphrey Cole
Humphrie Cole1
M, #22015, b. circa 1596, d. May 1624
Father William Cole b. c 1570
Mother Elizabeth Deards b. c 1573
He died in May 1624 at Warwick, VA.
Family Hester
Child
William Cole+ b. c 1618, d. b 15 Sep 1664
Citations
[S74] Brent Ruesch's Research Notes.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p733.htm#i22015
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The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, of the County of Devon: Of the County of Devon, and of ... by JAMES. EDWIN-COLE
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1 WILLIAM COLE, of Hutenesleigh (now called Hittisleigh) in the county of Devon, living in the year 1243, whose son and heir
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2 ROGER COLE,* had "his dwelling at Coleton," in Chumleigh, and also held, in 27 Henry III., Hantesford, in that parish.† In 25th of Edward I. he was "returned from the county of Cornwall as holding lands or rents to the amount of £20 yearly value and upwards, either in Capite or otherwise, and as such summoned under the general writ to muster at London, on Sunday next after the Octaves of St. John the Baptist (7 July, 1297), to perform Military Service in person with horses and arms, &c., in parts beyond the Seas ;" ‡ and also again summoned with his son William§ to muster at Berwick-on-Tweed, on the nativity of St. John the Baptist, to perform service against the Scots in 1301. He was father of
3 ROGER (of whom immediately), and of the above-named William, who probably perished in this expedition, as there is no further trace of him ; and perhaps his early death may account for the omission of his name in the family pedigree drawn up, in July 1630, by Sir William Segar, Garter, King-at-Arms.
3 ROGER was heir to his father Roger, and lived in the reign of Edward II. ; his son and heir was
4 JOHN COLE, of the counties of Devon and Cornwall, who, in 1324, was described as "John Cole de Tamer, Man-at-Arms, || and
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returned by the Sheriff of the county of Devon, pursuant to Writ tested at Westminster, 9 May, as summoned by proclamation to attend the Great Council at Westminster, on Wednesday after Ascension Day, 30 May, 17 Edward II." In the 9th of Edward III (1335) he had free warren in Tamer, Lydeston, Hokesbere, and Hutenesleigh in the county of Devon, and in Rispernatt ;* and it appears by a Fine of 15 Edward III. (1341) that he was possessed of the manors of Respnel in the county of Cornwall, Launceston, and Stokley, and of the manor of Uptamer, Nytheway, and Hutenesleigh, the third part of the manor of Winston, and divers other lands in the county of Devon. He left a son and heir,
5 SIR JOHN COLE, knight, of Nythway, in the parish of Brixham, who, on 25th July, 4 Richard II. (1380) was "knighted (before the castle of Ardres) in Fraunce, by the Erl of Buckingham Thomas of Woodstock, Lord Deputy there for the King,"† and who married Anne, daughter and heiress to Sir Nicholas Bodrugan,‡ knt., by whom he had issue,
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6 WILLIAM COLE (called Sir William Cole of Tamar, knt., by De la Pole, and also in a Herald's Visitation of Devon), who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Beaupell, knt, and by her was the father of
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7 SIR JOHN COLE, knt, who was in "the Retynew of the Duke of Gloucester,* at the Battell of Agincourt on Fryday, the XXVth day of October in the yere of our Lord God, 1415, and in the Third yere of the Reigne of the most Excellent Prince, King Harry the Fifte ;" and it is probable that he received his spurs for his conduct on that glorious field. He married Agnes, daughter of Sir —— Fitzwarine, knt., and had issue four sons, viz : —
I. Sir Adam Cole, knt., his heir, who succeeded at Uptamer and Nythway, and marrying Elizabeth,† daughter of Sir Richard Weston, knt, had a son John, the father of John, who left issue only two daughters, his co-heirs, viz. : — Elizabeth, married to Sir John Huddy, of Stowell, co. Somerset, Chief Justice of England ; and Joane, married to John Anne of ——— co, Gloucester. Sir Adam also married Margaret,† daughter of Sir Henry de la
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Pomeroy, knt., and their sole daughter,* married John Holbeame of Holbeame, in co. Devon, esq., and had issue William Holbeame†, Sir William de la Pole adds, "from Margaret, wife of Adam Cole, is descended Baynham of Gloucestershire."
8 II. JOHN COLE, of whom hereafter (see p. 12).
8 III. WILLIAM COLE,‡ who married and had two sons, William 9 (of whom hereafter), and Stephen, his heir, who married
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Joane,* daughter and heiress to John White, by whom he had Jane, married to Robert Tozer ; Mary, married John Kestall (or Castell) ; Joane, married to John Truebody ; Thomasine married to John Tucker; and John Cole, his heir, who married Margaret,† daughter and heiress to Thomas Clarke, and by her had issue : — 1. John, his heir (who married Margaret, daughter to John Fortescue of Spriddleston, and had a son, John, who died s. p) ; 2, William, eventual heir ; 3, George ; 4, Edward ;‡ 5, Thomas ; 6, John ; 7, Roger ; 8, Stephen ; and Anne, married to Thomas Jeoffery of Tredineck.
IV. Robert Cole § (fourth son of Sir John and Agnes) was father of John Cole of Treworgee in St. Cleer, near Liskeard, who had a son Walter, the father of Stephen, who by his wife Jane, daughter and heiress to Robert Wyatt, had John Cole, of Cornwall, || esquire, his heir.
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9 WILLIAM COLE (see p. 7) was father of JOHN COLE of Sudbury,* in 10 Suffolk, "where he lies buried," who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Martyn of —— , by whom he had five sons, viz. : —
I. Martin Cole, M.P. for Sudbury, 14 Queen Elizabeth, who married Ellen, daughter of —— Hancocke, by whom he left, 1, Martin Cole of Sudbury, who married Anna, daughter of —— Andrews, but died s.p. 9 December, 1620, and left by his will, dated 28 September, 18 James 1st, a yearly rent-charge of £14 to be distributed among the poor, and the ministers of Sudbury; 2, Caesar Cole, heir to his brother, 40 years old in 1620, who married Margaret, daughter of —— White, and had Elizabeth, Martin, John, and Thomas; 3, Richard Cole ; and a daughter, married to —— Brown.
II. William Cole of Sudbury married Catalina, or Catherine, daughter of Ferdinando de Gallegos, a Spaniard of noble extraction, and had two sons, of whom the elder, Robert, married Anna, daughter of —— Cooke of Kersey, in Suffolk, and died s. p, ; and the second, Roger, was, in 1623, of the parish of St. Saviour's, in Southwark, in the co. of Surrey, gent. ; he married Anne daughter of Edward Maisters of Rotherhithe, in Surrey, by whom he had issue, 1 Roger, 2 Roger, 3 John, who all died young, Elizabeth, married to William Oland of London, Susanna married to William Locke of Merton, in Surrey, Anne and Catalina. This William Cole married secondly Elizabeth Rushan, by whom he had 1 John, 2 Martin, 3 William, 4 Edward, 5 Jeoffrey, 6 Parnell, and Elinor, married to James Raye.
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III. Robert Cole (third son of John Cole and Elizabeth Martyn).
IV. RICHARD COLE (son of same John and Elizabeth) was of Bishop's Waltham, in the county of Southampton, and father of .... etc.
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V. Edward Cole, (sometimes called eldest son of John and Eliz.), was principal registrar to the Bishop of Winchester, mayor of that city in 1587, and M.P. for the same in 43 Queen Elizabeth ; he married Christian, daughter of Wm. Holcroft, and by her had issue, four sons, and two daughters, viz : — .... etc.
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II. We now return to JOHN,* (second son of Sir John Cole, knt.) who married Jane, daughter of Robert Meryot of Devon, and had two sons, viz. : — Simon, his heir ; and WILLIAM, of whom presently, viz., on p. 22. Sir Simon (as he is frequently designated) † was seated at Slade, in the parish of Cornwood, in the county of Devon, and died 12 Henry VII. (1497). He married Alice,‡ daughter and co-heir to — Leuri, of the county of Devon, had a daughter Joane, married to William Hele,§ of South Hele in Copneywood, Devonshire, esq. (by whom she had issue, represented by James Modyford Hele, who died a minor in August, 1716) § and a son, John Cole, of Slade, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Devon in 1512-13, etc., who died 21 Nov., 35 Henry VIII., (1543), having had issue by his wife, Thomasine, || daughter and heiress to Thomas Wallcot of Walcot in the county of
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9 WILLIAM COLE (before-mentioned on p. 12) younger son of John, and grandson of Sir John Cole, knt., married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Weston of Wiltshire, knt., and by her had a son and heir,
10 JOHN COLE, who married Mary, daughter and heiress to Thomas Archdeacon,* alias Ercedekne of Devon, gent, and had, issue,
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11 THOMAS COLE, of London, who died April, 1571. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hargrave of London, and had issue, four sons, and a daughter, Martha, who was married to John Warsop, of Clapham in Surrey, gentleman, .... etc.
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The sons of the said THOMAS COLE of London, who died April 1571, and was buried in Allhallows Church, London, were,
I. WILLIAM COLE of London, who died 16 February, 1600 (43 Elizabeth) : he married Anne, daughter of Michael Colles of Bradwell, Bucks, and by her, who died 1603, had issue,
I.a Michael, son and heir, æt. 20 ann. 9 mens., on 6 February, 1502, who married Margaret, daughter of —— Skynner, of the county of Kent, and had an only daughter .... etc.
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II.a WILLIAM, born 158[7?] married Elizabeth, daughter to Nathaniel Deards of London, silkman, and had issue: — 1, Arthur; 2, William; 3, Michael, who died s. p.; 4, Humphrey; 5, NATHANIEL (of whom and whose descendants see a full account on page 32); 6, Thomas, M.A., * who "was educated at Westminster school, and then elected, 8 July, 1651, student of Christ Church, Oxford. .... 7, Robert (son of Wiliam and Elizabeth) was Sir Robert Cole of Ballymackey, in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, knt., which honour was .... etc.
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The Peerage of Ireland: Or, A Genealogical History of the Present ..., Volume 6 By John Lodge, Mervyn Archdall
https://books.google.com/books?id=z4oUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Anne+Bodrugan&source=bl&ots=jaO9s7uwCr&sig=i-Fr1KnO_TnuijJgmyfyFxMvQYM&hl=en&ei=2hC-TK3tI4OisQPw7t3gDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=Anne%20Bodrugan&f=false
https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland06lodg
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.... etc.
William Cole of Hutenefleigh in county of Devon, who was living in the year 1243 † 1 his fon and heir Roger, living in 1295, (24 K. Edward I.) 2 was the father of Roger, living in the time of K. Edward II. 3 whofe fon John of the counties of Devon and Cornwall, had free warren, in Tanner, Liddefton, Hokefbere, and Hutenefleigh, in Devon 4 and it appears by a fine (15 Edward III.) that he was poffeffed of the manors of Refpnel, in county of Cornwall, Launcefton, and Stokley and of the manor of Uptamun ; Nythway ; and Hutenefleigh ; the third part of the manor of Winfton ; and divers other lands in the county of Devon : he left a fon and heir.
Sir John Cole, Knt. of Nythway, who married Anne, daughter and heir to Sir Nicholas Bodrugan, Knt. ‡ and
† .... etc.
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had iffue William, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Bewpell, and by her was the father of
Sir John Cole, Knt.— who married Agnes daughter of —— Fitz-Waryn, Knt. and had iffue four fons, viz. Sir Adam his heir; who fucceeded at Nythway and marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Wefton, Knt. had a fon John, the father of John, who left iffue, only two daughters, his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, married to John Huddy of Stowell in county of Somerfet, chief juftice of England ; and Joan, to John Anne of county of Gloucefter.
John, of whom hereafter.
William, who married and had iffue two fons ; Stephen his heir : and William, the father of John, who marrying Elizabeth daughter of John Martyn, had two fons, Edward, and William ; Edward, the eldeft, was principal regifter to the bifhop of Winchefter, and married a daughter of William Holcroft, by her he had iffue four fons, and two daughters, viz. Edward his fucceffor in the regiftry (who married Elizabeth Ebden of Winchefter, and died after 1622, leaving Edward, Jane, Elizabeth, and Sufan) ; William, (who died without iffue) ; Martin, (who married Drufilla, daughter of —— Vaus of Outiam, Efq and had iffue) ; John, (who married a daughter of John Lynch, Efq. and had iffue) ; Anne, (married to Thomas Fryar) ; and Jane, (to Lancelot Thorp, alderman of Winton). William, brother to Edward the regifter, married Catharine, daughter of Ferdinand Galgas a Spaniard, and had two fons, viz. Robert (married to Anne, daughter of —— Cooke of Keofey in Suffolk and died without iffue) ; and Roger (who married Anne, daughter of Edward Mafters of Rotherith in Surrey), Stephen (eldeft fon of William, and grandfon of Sir John) married Joan, daughter and heir to John White, and had John his heir, who
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.... etc.
Robert, (fourth fon of Sir John) was father of John of Treworge in Cornwall, who had a fon Walter, the father of Stephen, who, by his wife Jane, daughter and heir to Robert Wyatt, had John Cole of Cornwall, Efq. his heir.
We now return to John, fecond fon of Sir John Cole, Knt. who married Jane, daughter of Robert Meryot of Devon, and had two fons, viz. Simon his heir; and William of whom prefently.
Simon Cole the eldeft fon was feated at Slade in county of Devon, and marrying Alice, daughter and coheir to —— Leure, had a daughter Johan .... etc.
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William, younger fon of John, and grandfon of Sir John Cole, Knt. married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Weften of Wiltfhire, Knt. and by her had a fon and heir John who married Mary, daughter and heir to Thomas Archdeacon of Devon, Gent, † and had iffue
Thomas of London, * who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hargrave of London, and had iffue four fons
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and a daughter Martha, who married John Worfop of Clapham in Surry Gent. and by him had a fon ....
The fons of the faid Thomas of London, were
William Cole of London, who died 6 February 1600 (43 Eliz.) and having married Anne, daughter of Michael Colles of Bradwell in county of Buckingham, had iffue by her who died in 1600, two fons and one daughter Margaret, who married Robert Nave of London, Merchant, fon of —— Nave of Norfolk, Efq. — His fons were, William, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathanael Deards of London, (Silkman) and had iffue Arthur; William; Michael; Humphry; Nathanael; Thomas; and Robert); and Thomas who was of the Inner-Temple London, and in 1630 was aged 42 years, he married Catharine, daughter of John Warnett of Fransfield in Suffex, Gent. and had iffue Richard, aged 4 years in 1630; Thomas who died young; John aged 1 year in 1630; William aged 4 months in fame year; and Sufan, who died young.
.... etc.
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English Origins of American Colonists, p. English Origins of AMERICAN COLONISTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NAMES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. BY WILLIAM GILBERT, A DIGEST OF ESSEX WILLS. WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NAMES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. BY WILLIAM GILBERT, page 255 206.

COLE, HUMPHREY, of Tillingham, Essex, Clerk, 4 November, 1623.

To be buried in the Chancel.
To poor 4 marks.
To son Robert (Student of Emanuel College Cambridge) books, wearing apparel etc.
To wife Hester corn etc.
My perpetual advowson of the Rectory of Great Oakley Essex to be sold and the money divided between my sons.
My freehold land in Tilling-ham commonly called Hodgwatts to be sold and the money divided as follows: my wife Hester to have the use of £80 for her life and the residue and also the £80 after wife's death to be equally divided between my sons William, Thomas, Robert and John Cole, or such of them as are living.
To William Cole now in Virginia (if he be living) my three acres of freehold land with a new barn built upon it called Sewders Head in Tillingham and next adjoining to a cottage and two acres of copyhold land called Finches which doth belong to his brother Robert Cole, and if my said son William be not living at the time of my decease I bequeath the said land and barn to my second son Thomas.
My wife to have for her life all my plate, household stuff etc. by virtue of a deed of gift made by me to Sir John Sams Knight and Mr. Blunt gent. Sole Ex. wife, if she refuse then son Thomas to [p.255] to be ex.
Overseers my two sonnes in law Micaiah Wood parson of Great Oakley and John George yeoman of Writtle.
Wit: John Draske, John Moody. Proved 17 May, 1624, by relict. (Dean & Chapter of St. Pauls, D. fo. 232.)

Links

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rw10-holmes&id=I348
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From Genforum message by Richard Williams: Humphrey Cole of Tillingham/Robert Coles of Faversham, Feb. 16, 2013:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cole/messages/16550.html

Humphrey Cole (OR Humphrey Coles) (Vicar of Tillingham, Essex) mentioned in his will made in 1623 his son "William Cole now in Virginia (if he be living)". The son is very likely to be William Coale of Elizabeth City, VA c1597-1669.

Humphrey Cole was a scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and graduated B.A. on 28 Jan 1574. He cannot be the later Humphrey Cole who graduated B.A. from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1594 since he was appointed to Tillingham in 1588.

Most men were aged about 21 on graduation and so Humphrey Cole was probably born about 1552.

It has often been claimed that Humphrey Cole was a son of William Cole and Elizabeth Deards daughter of Nathaniel Deards of London silkman. This Humphrey can be shown to have been born about 1625 and so this parentage is definitely not correct.

From 1584 to 1588 Humphrey Cole was Rector of London St Mary le Bow. He was preceded here by one Robert Cole (OR Robert Coles) who was Rector from 1559 to his death in 1577.

Robert Cole (Rector of London St Mary le Bow) made his will in 1577 and mentions a youngest son Elcana but annoyingly although mentioning other older children does not give their names.

It is possible that this Robert Cole was the father (or a kinsman) of Humphrey Cole (notice Humphrey's third son is also a Robert).

The notes below hopefully substantiate the information (above) and I would be very grateful for any additions or corrections.

COLE OF LONDON

Thomas Cole of London grocer c1530-1571

m Elizabeth Hargrave dau of Thomas Hargrave of London
d Apr 1571; i Allhallows Honey Lane; Will (PCC) 10 Apr 1571
children:

1. William Cole below
2. [?] Martha Cole m John Worsop of Clapham, Surrey gentleman
[9 sons, 2 daus]
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William Cole of London mercer c1560-1601

m Ann Colles 1st dau of Michael Colles of Bradwell, Bucks gentleman and Mary Graunt only dau of Edward Graunt
d 16 Feb 1600.1; i in the quire St Margaret Lothbury; Will (PCC) 19 Mar 1601
children:

1. Thomas Cole below
2. Michael Cole
3. William Cole
4. Margaret Cole m Robert le Neve of London/Robert Nave
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Thomas Cole of London c1588-....

m Catherine Warnett dau of John Warnett of Hempsted/of Fransfield, Sussex
(of Inner Temple)
(of the Court of Wards) (aged 42) 1630
(living) 1634
children:

1. Richard Cole b c1626; (aged 4) 1630
2. Susan Cole d young a1634
3. Thomas Cole c 17 Feb 1627.8 London St Dunstan-in-the-West; d young a1634
4. John Cole c 2 May 1629 London St Dunstan-in-the-West
5. William Cole c 8 Jun 1630 London St Dunstan-in-the-West
6. Susan Cole c 9 Feb 1631.2 London St Dunstan-in-the-West
7. Thomas Cole c 20 Feb 1633.4 London St Dunstan-in-the-West
8. Ann Cole c 12 Jan 1635.6 London St Dunstan-in-the-West
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William Cole of London

m Elizabeth Deards dau of Nathaniel Deards of London silkman
children:

1. [?] Mary Cole c 6 Jun 1619 St Lawrence Jewry
2. Arthur Cole c 5 Nov 1620 St Lawrence Jewry
3. William Cole c 9 Dec 1621 St Lawrence Jewry
4. Michael Cole
5. Humphrey Cole b c1625
6. Nathaniel Cole
7. Thomas Cole
8. Robert Cole
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The last will of Nathaniel Deards or Deardes, citizen and merchant-tailor of London, dated 28 March, 1646, and proved 28 Sept., 1650, made certain laequests to his brother Thomas Deards, citizen and apothecary of London. It made him sole executor and residuary legatee. P. 1. Signed by Tibbs. Ibid. 85. [INTERNET]

REFERENCE: VISITATION OF LONDON (1634); THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND 42; IGI

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Burial Tillingham Chancel, Tillingham co.Essex England; Probate 5/17/1624; Will; 11/4/1623 London

Guildhall Library reference to will: MS 25 626/4 folias ff 232-3

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All of the Cole/Coale Information comes from:

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd231.htm

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His father was Sir William Cole of The Slade. His mother was Elizabeth Deards. He married Mary Mott at The Slade in 1596. They had two sons, William and Thomas. His wife died at age 27 and he remarried a Hester, maiden name unknown. They had Mary Jane, Robert, Martha, and John.

The Slade is a Cole family home in Cornwood, Devonshire, England, which is today a private residence.

Humphrey married Mott, Mary in 1596 in The Slade House, Cornwood, Devon, England. Mary (daughter of Mott, Mark and Gutter, Frances) was born in 1578 in Dengie, Essex, England; died in 1600 in Tillingham, Essex, England; was buried on 15 Oct 1631 in St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Abt 1631, Essex, England

Notes:

Mary Cole
From GENi

Mary Cole (Mott)
Also Known As: "Hester Cole"
Birthdate: 1576 (40)
Birthplace: Dengie, Essex, England
Death: Died 1616 in Tillingham, Essex, England

Immediate Family:
Father:
Mark Mott, Gent.
Mother:
Frances Mott
Spouse:
Humphrey Cole
Children:
William Cole
Thomas Cole
Siblings:
John Mott;
Adrian Mott;
Frances Forward;
Grace Camp;
Thomas Mott;
Mark Mott;
Dorothy Talcott;
James Mott;
Dorcas Mott;
Adam Mott;
Alice Mott
Sarah Henley

Notes:

Evan Thomas
From GENi

Evan Thomas
Birthdate: circa 1580 (70)
Birthplace: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Death: Died 1650 in Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:
Father:
John ap Philip Thomas
Mother:
Gwenllian Thomas
Spouse:
Sarah Thomas
Children:
Evan Thomas, Jr.;
Rhys Thomas;
Lt. Philip Thomas;
Evan Thomas;
William Thomas;
Philip Thomas;
Penelope Thomas
Dora Emily Thomas
Sibling:
Rice Thomas

About Evan Thomas
BEWARE of assuming that a major seaport is a birth/death place for an immigrant or his/her immediate ancestors!

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2617.htm#i78639
Evan Thomas
b. circa 1580
d. 1650
Father
John ap Philip Thomas b. c 1554
Mother
Gwenllian Herbert b. c 1558
'Evan Thomas was born circa 1580 at of Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. He married Sarah circa 1619. Evan Thomas died in 1650 at MD.
'Family Sarah b. c 1598
Child
◦Philip Thomas+ b. c 1620, d. 1674

Evan married Thomas, Mrs Sarah in 1619 in Wales. Sarah was born in 1598 in Wales; died on 10 Nov 1628 in Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LVMZ-4BH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Embrotherer to King Charles the First

Notes:

Edmund Harrison
From GENi

Edmund Harrison
Birthdate: 1602
Birthplace: Bristol, Somerset, , England
Death: ( Date and location unknown)

Immediate Family:
Father:
Christopher Harrison
Mother:
Elizabeth Harrison
Spouse:
Jane Harrison
Children:
Sarah Thomas
Godfrey Harrison

Edmund married Godfrey, Jane between 1625 and 1627 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Jane (daughter of Godfrey, Thomas and Isles, Sarah) was born in 1606 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in DECEASED in England; was buried in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane Harrison
From GENi

Jane Harrison (Godfrey)
Birthdate: 1606
Birthplace: Bristol, Somerset, , England
Death: (Date and location unknown)

Immediate Family:
Father:
Thomas Godfrey
Mother:
Sarah Isles
Spouse:
Edmund Harrison
Children:
Sarah Thomas
Godfrey Harrison
Sibling:
Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey;
Edward Godfrey;
Benjamin Godfrey;
Peter Godfrey;
Richard Godfrey;
John Godfrey
Michael Godfrey
Half Sibling:
Lambard Godfrey
Thomas Godfrey