CAUTION
Coles-48 and Coles-578 are probably from different generations, birth and death dates and places being so different. One should be removed from this marriage, probably -48, the marriage being before her birth.
Elizabeth Coles was born about 1631 at Salem, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Robert Coles and Mary Hawxhurst. Elizabeth married John Townsend who died in 1669.[1]
The following is extracted from Savage, "First Settlers of NE Vol I", p 17:[2]
COLES, ROBERT, Roxbury, came in the fleet with Winth. req. to be made freem. 19 Oct. 1630, and was adm. 18 May foll. rem. perhaps to Salem, and to Ipswich, was oft. punish. for drunken. yet in 1638 seems to be reform. if remis. of fines may just. be thus understood, tho. it may only have been act of policy to ensure his rem. from our jurisdict. But at last he went to Providence, was reform. in earnest, and bec. one of the found. of the first Bapt. ch. there. By w. Mary he had John, beside Daniel, Nathaniel, Robert, and ds. Sarah, perhaps youngest; Ann, wh. m. Henry Townsend; Eliz. wh. m. John Townsend; both from L. I. where Quakers were persecut. by the Dutch. He d. bef. 18 Oct. 1654, when the town counc, exercis. their duty of mak. distrib. of his prop. in the way he should have made his will. The wid. m. Matthias Harvey, and rem. to Oyster Bay, L. I. with hers. Nathaniel and Daniel, and the two ds. that m. Townsend foll."[3]
WikiTree profile Coles-196 created through the import of Keller-Freeland-Ferris Family .ged on Feb 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Tapia. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.
WikiTree profile Cole-4208 created through the import of LWG.ged on Mar 24, 2013.
This person was created on 21 December 2010 through the import of Yates and Allied Families.ged.
WikiTree profile Coles-48 was created by Tom Greene through the import of tgreeneftdna1.ged on Jun 29, 2014.
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