Hugh Cole Sr.
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Hugh Cole Sr. (bef. 1628 - abt. 1699)

Sergeant Hugh Cole Sr.
Born before in Barnstaple, Devon, Englandmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 8 Jan 1654 in Plymouth Colonymap
Husband of — married 1 Jan 1689 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married 30 Jan 1694 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Died about after about age 70 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Hugh Cole Sr. immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Hugh, the second son of James and Mary Tibbes Cole, was baptised at Barnstaple, Devon, England on June 9, 1628.[1] His family arrived at Plymouth in 1633, and according to Colony records, James was the keeper of an often problematic "ordinary"(tavern).[2]

Plymouth

The earliest notices of Hugh Cole's presence in Colony records are the August 1643 list of males able to bear arms[3] and "Apl 8, 1645. It was agreed with James Cole that his son Hugh shall keep the Cowes from Aprl 15 to November, and shall have for his pay fifty bushels of corn. He shall bring them up every morning to be milked and then carry back to feed and bring them home at night."[4]

Hugh took the oath of fidelity in the Town of Plymouth in 1657.[5] In 1661 he was "deputed" to collect taxes to pay for the Town's blacksmith tools.[6] He held a number of positions related to land and highway management:

  • 1665: appointed to a committee to lay out area highways[7] which they completed in October of 1666.[8]
  • 1666, Oct: selected as one of the men to purchase land at Agawam on behalf of the Town.[9]
  • 1667 Jun 2: made surveyor of the highways for Plymouth[10]

Hugh was also involved in legal proceedings:

  • 1663: was a juror on several cases, including a suit brought by Elizabeth Soule against Nathaniel Church for fornicating with her and "deneying to marry her." Elizabeth requested 200£ and was awarded 10£.[11]
  • 1666 Jun 5: sworn as a member of the Grand Enquest[12]
  • 1667 Jul 2: he was granted by the Court "respecting his 'father's' grant~ he being an ancient freemen. Six score acres of land between the Mattapoiset River and the bounds of Acushassett."[13]
  • 1667 Oct 3: Hugh was ordered to pay Samuel Jackson 50 shillings for "takeing up of his boate, which went on drift."[14]
  • 1668 Mar: on a jury hearing cases against people for "wanton and unusual carriages towards persons."[15]
  • 1668: Hugh and two other men were appointed to investigate the possible mistreatment of horses entering the town and to bring such cases before the Court.[16]
  • 1669/70 Mar 1: juror on a case requesting 1000£ damages against Charles Stockbridge for "publishing and reporting that Nathaniel Turner 'knew' Elizabeth Tilden as well as her own husband" and could kiss her as often as he wished. The jury found for the defendant.[17]

Swansea

On February 22, 1669/70 Hugh was on the "List of First Signers Admitted to the Town" of Swansea.[18] He is also listed as one of nine freemen there in 1670.[19] As he was in Plymouth, Hugh was involved in civic affairs:

  • 1671 Jun 5: named to the Grand Enquest and to the first of many appointments as Selectman for Swansea.[20]
  • 1671: at the same Court session, John Cowin was indicted for "speaking contemptable words against the royal dignity of England." At the trial, Hugh was one of the jury members to find him not guilty.[21]
  • 1671 Sep 13: Hugh was mentioned in a list of Colony grievances against the Indians. There was an encounter in which he was subjected to "great incivility" by Philip, the Sachem.[22] During the incident Philip reportedly "knocked off" Cole's hat.[23]
  • 1671 Jun 22: "propounded for membership [in the Swansea Baptist Church] and was assented to if no materiall objection be brought in before next church meeting for government.[24]
  • 1674 Oct 22: a native was indicted for killing another native; a jury trial, of which Hugh was a member, found him not guilty of willful murder[25]

Swansea was the first town to be uninhabitable due to King_Philip's_War. Hugh's family left for Portsmouth in June of 1675[26] to be out of harm's way, but his home was burned. The town records of Portsmouth show that, Oct. 12, 1675, "Hugh Cole was granted liberty to use some of the windfalls that are down to build a small frame, and to make wheels for the use of the townsmen for their money."[27]

Post war, Hugh resumed his civic activities in Swansea and built a home. (The well walled by him on the bank of the Kickemuit River is still there.)

  • 1677 Hugh and others were to have a house built for the Town's Baptist Minister, John Myles.[28]
  • 1679 Sep 30: Hugh was named a member of a three man committee responsible for building the Town meeting house.[29]
  • 1679 Nov 1: Hugh and others were responsible for "running the line" between Mount Hope and Swansea.[30]
  • 1680 Jun 1: first of several appointments as Deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court[31]
  • 1681 Jun 1: Sargeant Hugh Cole named surveyor of the highways;[32] this was the first use of the title Sargeant; Swansea did not have a militia during King Philip's war.[26]
  • 1681 Jul 7: Sargeant Cole was appointed to a committee to settle boundary disputes in Swansea.[33]

Family

Hugh married Mary Foxwell (Her father, Richard Foxwell came from England with Governor Winthrop in 1631, and the same year removed to Scituate.) on January 8, 1654/5.[34] They were fined by the Plymouth Colony Court on June 5, 1655 for "keeping company each with other in an indecent manner, att an vnseasonable time and place, before marriage."[35] The couple had 12 known children:[36]

  1. James b Nov 1655; m Mary (prob.) Cadman
  2. Hugh b Mar 1658/9(?); m Deborah Buckland
  3. John b May 1660; m (1) Susanna ___; (2) Sarah (Cornell) Butts
  4. Martha b Apr 1662; m Henry Sweeting
  5. Anna b Oct 14, 1664; m William Salisbury
  6. Ruth b Jan 1666/7(?); m Nathaniel Luther
  7. Joseph b May 15, 1668; no further record
  8. Ebenezer b ca 1671; m Mehitable Luther
  9. Mary b 1676; m Jonathan Kingsley
  10. Benjamin b ca 1678; m Hannah Eddy
  11. Mercy; died unmarried
  12. Experience; m John Brooks

There appears to have been some difficulty settling Hugh's father-in-law's estate:

  • 1668 Jun 17: Hugh Cole "Ship Carpenter" and Sam'l Bacon signed a 40£ bond for the administration of Richard Foxwell's estate.[37]
  • 1668 Jul 7: "Hugh Cole and Samuell Bacon, refusing to stand exequitors of the last will and testament of Richard Foxwell, deceased, are ordered by the Court to adminnester on the said estate."[38]

He wed his second wife Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Cook, former widow of William Shurtiffe, and d/o Thomas and Ann Lettuce of Plymouth on January 1, 1688/9(?)[39] She died in Swansea, Mass., on Oct. 31, 1693.[40]

He wed his third wife January 30, 1694,[41] Mary, widow of Deacon Ephraim Morton, former widow of William Harlow, and d/o Robert and Judith Shelly, a cousin of his first wife.

Death and Estate

Hugh Cole died in Swansea on January 22, 1699/1700.[42] He was buried in the southern extreme of Meadow Neck, now known as Howland Meadow in Barrington, in what is known at the Tyler Point Cemetery.[citation needed] He did not make a will.

Research Notes

There are many publications with accounts of Hugh's relationship with King Phillip, the protection he was given, a possible kidnapping of Hugh's sons, etc. No historical records were found to authenticate them.

Hugh Cole was a large landholder and perhaps another researcher wants to add the transactions to this profile.

Sources

  1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5KK-JMJ : 20 September 2020), Hugh Coales, 1628.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription $. Page 420-4.
  3. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England. Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1857. Page 188.
  4. ↑ Records of the Town of Plymouth Vol. 1 1636 to 1705. Plymouth, MA: Town of Plymouth, 1889. Page 19.
  5. ↑ Shurtleff Misc, 1857. Page 181.
  6. ↑ Plymouth, 1889. Page 45.
  7. ↑ Plymouth, 1889. Page 73.
  8. ↑ Plymouth, 1889. Page 84.
  9. ↑ Plymouth, 1889. Page 86.
  10. ↑ Shurtleff IV, 1855. Page 149.
  11. ↑ Shurtleff Misc, 1857. Pages 109-10
  12. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. IV 1651-1668. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. Page 123.
  13. ↑ Shurtleff IV, 1855. Page 159.
  14. ↑ Shurtleff IV, 1855. Page 168.
  15. ↑ Shurtleff Misc, 1857. Page 154.
  16. ↑ Plymouth, 1889. Page 99-100
  17. ↑ Shurtleff Misc, 1857. Page 159.
  18. ↑ Wright, Otis Olney. History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667-1917. Swansea, MA: Town of Swansea, 1917. Page 49.
  19. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Rehoboth Vol 1. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). By Subscription $. Page 919.
  20. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol V 1668-1678. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1856. Page 56-7
  21. ↑ Shurtleff V, 1856. Page 61.
  22. ↑ Shurtleff, Vol, 1856. Page 78.
  23. ↑ Ellis, George W. and Morris, John E. King Philip's War. New York, NY: Grafton Press, 1906. Page 44.
  24. ↑ "Swansea Baptist Church Records." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 139 . Boston, MA: Jan 1985.  (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) By Subscription $. Page 33.
  25. ↑ Shurtleff V, 1856. Page 156.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. "John2 and Family of Plymouth and Swansea, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island." The American Genealogist, Volume 81. New Haven, CT: 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription $. Page 244.
  27. ↑ Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1901. Page 1675.
  28. ↑ Bicknell, Thomas Williams. The History of Barrington Rhode Island. Providence, RI: Self-Published, 1898. Page 174.
  29. ↑ Bicknell, 1898. Page 131.
  30. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. VI 1678-1691. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. Page 29.
  31. ↑ Shurtleff Vol. VI, 1855. Page 36.
  32. ↑ Shurtleff VI, 1855. Page 61.
  33. ↑ Shurtleff VI, 1856. Page 64.
  34. ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History Vol 21. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants 1919. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription $. Page 108.
  35. ↑ Shurtleff III, 1855. Page 82.
  36. ↑ Pease, Janet K. and Wakefield, Robert S. "Additions to the Family of Hugh2 Cole (ca 1627-1699) of Swansea, Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 64. Boston, MA: 1989. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) By Subscription $. Page 140.
  37. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Plymouth Scrap Book The Oldest Original Documents Extant in Plymouth Archives. Boston, MA: C.E. Godspeed & Company, 1918. Page 72.
  38. ↑ Shurtleff IV, 1855. Page 192.
  39. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GHYJ : 10 November 2020), Hough Cole, 1 Jan 1688; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
  40. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZFM-PYN2 : 9 November 2020), Elizabeth Cole, 1693.
  41. ↑ "Plymouth, Mass Vital Records." The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 13. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899. Page 204.
  42. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZXK-N36Z : 9 November 2020), Hugh Cole, 1700.

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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

Please feel free to improve the profile(s) by providing additional information and reliable sources. PGM encourages the Profile Managers to monitor these profiles for changes; if any problems arise, please contact the PGM Project via G2G for assistance. Please note that PGM continues to manage the parent's profile, but is happy to assist on the children when needed.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
B-404 Anne B
I noticed as I was looking at the issue of Gershom, that some of this is verbatim quote from https://archive.org/details/descendantsofjam00cole/page/26 and should be rewritten in keeping with wikitree's style guidelines.
posted by Anne B
Ward-21154 Stu Ward
There is reference to a Gershom Cole, as bing the first killed in Swansera. Some call him the nephew of this Hugh Cole. However, there was no such person. It was actually Gershom Cobb. http://www.drweed.net/ColesHistory.pdf
posted by Stu Ward
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Additional source:

Cutter. "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements..." page 50[1]

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
B-404 Anne B
See also: Pease, Janet K. and Robert S. Wakefield. "Additions to the Family of Hugh (2) Cole (ca.1627-1699) of Swansea, Mass." The American Genealogist 64:139. 1989.
posted by Anne B

Rejected matches › Hugh Cole IV (1706-abt.1785)

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