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Elizabeth (Coles) Townsend (abt. 1631 - 1684)

Elizabeth Townsend formerly Coles
Born about in Salem, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Died at about age 53 in Long Island City, Queens, New Yorkmap
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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.

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Biography

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]

Name

Elizabeth Coles
Elizabeth Cole

Marriage

Wife: Mary Hawkeshurst
Divorce: Y
Date: Abt 1637 Salem, Massachuaetts[4][5]
Child: Deliverance Coles
Status: Father:Natural, Mother:Natural
Child: Elizabeth Coles

Burial

30 Mar 1736 Philadelphia Mm, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestral File Number

X121-42

Notes

Sources

  1. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1901) Vol. 32 "Hawkhurst Family"
  2. The Coles Family of Long Island http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/coles.htm
  3. Entered by Sara V Mosher, Nov 15, 2017
  4. #S49: Date of Import: May 17, 2003
  5. #S48: Date of Import: May 18, 2003
Source number: 246.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SAK.
Name: John Townsend
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Cole
Source number: 644.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCP.
Name: John Townsend
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Montgomerie
Marriage Year: 1650
Marriage State: England
  • Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18704240&pid=1346

Profile History

  • 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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Cole-578 and Coles-48 are not ready to be merged because: See caution note added to both profiles. Birth and death dates are 40 years apart.
posted by Bob Fields

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