Isaac Cole Sr. (1601 - 1674)

Born 1601 in Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, England

Husband of Joanna (Jones) Cole — married 25 Jul 1631 (to 1658) in St Clements, Sandwich, Dover Dist., Kent, England

Husband of Jane (Unknown) Cole — married 1 Feb 1659 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1674 at about age 73 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

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Isaac Cole Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 153) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Isaac Cole was born in 1601 in Sandwich, St. Clements parish, just north of Dover, in the county of Kent, south-east England.^[1]

His parents are said to have been Samuel Cole of Essex, England, and Margaret (Greene) Cole of Cheshire, England. However, further research shows that in all likelihood, they were too young to have had a child in 1601. Cheshire was also several days horseback ride from Kent. They have been removed as parents until further evidence can be found that they (or someone with the same names) were Isaac's parents.^[2]

According to at least one family genealogy, Isaac married Joan (aka Joanne) Jones on July 25, 1631, at St. Peters church, in Sandwich, Dover, Kent, England. They had six children, two of whom were born in England before 1634. Isaac Cole was a carpenter and, given the seaside locale of his English home, very likely a ship builder. He must have been a successful craftsman because when he and his family emigrated to New England in the spring of 1634, aboard HMS "Hercules," they brought a servant girl ("Rose Tritton," of Ashford) with them.^[3] The 2 children who emigrated with them were named: daughter Jane (aka Jane Anne), and son Isaac Jr.. ^[4]

Isaac and Joanne (Jones) Cole's six known children were:^[5]

1. Jane Anne COLE, b. ca. 1632 in Sandwich, Kent, England.
2. Isaac COLE, b: ca. 1633 in Sandwich, Kent, England.
3. Abraham COLE, b: 3 OCT 1636 in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
4. Mary COLE, b. January 1639 in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
5. Jacob COLE, b: 1641 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass. Bay
6. Elizabeth COLE, b: 26 SEP 1643 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

Hugh, John, Richard, and Samuel Cole all have also been attributed to Isaac Cole Sr. but are NOT proven. Research is needed to determine which, if any, ought to remain here and which should be detached.

True to his seaport upbringing, Isaac and Joanne Cole and family settled in Charlestown, Boston harbor's main port city, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England. In the 1630-40s, Charlestown was the capital of the fledgling Massachusetts Bay colony. It was later annexed by the colony's new capital, Boston.

In 1658, Isaac's wife, Joan (Joanne) Jones Cole died. Some family trees say she died in Sandwich, Kent, England, indicating she had returned there but it's equally possible she died in Massachusetts.

Isaac Cole and his children remained in New England (or returned there) and he re-married on February 1, 1659, in neighboring Woburn, Middlesex, Mass., to a woman named Jane Britton, widow of Woburn settler, James Britton.^[6]

Jane's maiden name is unknown. She was married first to Mr. Eggleden in England by/about 1630 (based on marriage of daughter in 1650), by whom she had two daughters Sarah Eggleton who m. 1650 John Nutting^[6] and Ruth Eggleton who m. Samuel Blodgett 1655.^[6] Jane's second husband was James Britton, (this was the last name she had when she married Isaac Cole.) Isaac and Jane (Unknown) Cole had no children together.

Isaac Cole died on June 10, 1674 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. His widow, Jane , survived him. She died on March 10, 1687, in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Research notes

Isaac's second wife is sometimes given as Elizabeth Jane Bennett for example Flory Coopers Tree on a now defunct site oufamilyhistory dot org, which cited Savage as the source, but review of Savage found no such information

Sources

1. ↑ At his Feb. 1, 1659, marriage in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, New England, he declared his age to be 58, according to genealogist Fred. V. Provoncha, cited on Flory Coopers Tree on RootsWeb - Isaac Cole
2. ↑ Added by [[Snow-2128 | Chet Snow] 26 Aug 2016.
3. ↑ Isaac Cole of Sandwich, carpenter and Joan his wife: 2 children, A Servant... is part of the passenger record of HMS "Hercules" that sailed from Dover to Boston in Spring 1634. Quoted from: Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700, John Camden Hotten, Reprinted 1980, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 63-530 (History of Sandwich, by W. Boys, 1792, pp.750-1); cited on: Thomas Bisbee on Geni.com
4. ↑ Hercules of Dover: 1634 Passenger List
5. ↑ Flory Coopers Tree - Isaac Cole
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873. Part III - - Marriages. Edward F. Johnson (arranger). Boston: Winship, Daniels & Co., Printers, 1891.Britton/Cole p. 32

See also:

• Anderson, Robert C, George F. Sanborn, and Melinde L. Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. II: C-F (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2001) Page 153-156, Subscription$
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid=386179926
• "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register." by James Savage. Originally published Boston, 1860-1862 Page 427.

"COLE, ISAAC, Charlestown, came from Sandwich, Co. Kent, 1635, in the Hercules, with w. Joanna, and two ch. and h. and w. join. the ch. in Sept. 1638, had, here, Abraham, b. 3 Oct. 1636, bapt. Sept. 1638; Isaac, 1637; Mary, bapt. 20 Jan 1639; Jacob, bapt. 18 Jul 1641; and Eliz. b. 26 Sept. 1643. He was adm. freem. 14 Mar. 1639, and d. 10 June 1674."

• 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, pp. 194, 195.subscribers$

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cole-219 was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• A WikiTree profile for Isaac Cole was created on 27 March 2011 through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged.

• WikiTree profile Cole-1996 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Buck and others.

• WikiTree profile Cole-2793 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.

• WikiTree profile Cole- was created from first-hand information as remembered by Carleen Smith, Sunday, June 22, 2014.

• WikiTree profile Cole-8946 was created by Jenea Mascho through the import of Mascho Family Tree.ged on Aug 31, 2015.

• Chet Snow researched and wrote the biographical sketch of Isaac Cole, cleaned up the Contents section after several merges, and added sources, in 2015. Reviewed and revised (detached supposed dgr. Mary Cole, b: 1618; revised which children born in England (should be Isaac & Jane Anne) by Hercules ship records...