Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Job Cole
and Rebecca (Collier) Cole
Sister of
Samuel Cole
Wife of
Robert Nickerson
— married
about 1683 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 55
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Sep 2012
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Biography
Rebecca Cole was born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 26 August 1654. She was the daughter of Job Cole and Rebecca Collier.[1]
She married Robert Nickerson.[1]
On 5 April 1710, the probate court conveyed to Rebecca the land from her father's estate that had not been settled for keeping and supporting her mother when she was alive.[2]
She reportedly died in 1710 in Yarmouth.[citation needed]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 425 (children of Job Cole); AmericanAncestors.org, image for $ubscribers.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9H1 : 25 April 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 259, Vol 3, Page 93.
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Scott McClain
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Scott McClain
Rebecca (Nickerson) Eldredge (1670-1707) was attached as a daughter with no source cited. She has been detached pending a reliable source for the claim.
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Scott McClain
This profile appears to cite only Ancestry.com trees which are not sufficient for Pre-1700 profiles. Please add reliable sources which support the claims.
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Kenneth Kinman
According to her father's profile, her birth information is given in this source (but it is only available to subscribers): The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, p. 424 - 426.subscribers$
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Scott McClain
Thanks, I have added that source.
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by Scott McClain
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