Thomas Cole (1515 - 1571)

Born 1515 in Slade, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hargrave) Cole — married 1520 in London, England

Descendants

Died Apr 1571 at about age 56 in Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

The Peerage of Ireland, under Viscount Enniskillen,^[1] suggests that Thomas Cole, of London, was the son of John Cole and Mary, daughter and heiress to Thomas Archdeacon (ancient name - Ercedekne), gent. of Devon.^[2] There is no mention in source of a location of birth although some sites suggest it to have been Slade in Devon.

He appears in the family history on page 22.^[3] The family historian notes a 1585 book of pedigrees written by Robert Cooke where it is suggested that "this Thomas Cole, was son and heir to William, second son of Sir John Cole, Knt. and lineally descended of the said Sir John Cole". This has not been confirmed at this point.

Thomas Cole died in April 1571^[4] and is buried in Allhallows church, London. ^[5]

Family

Thomas Cole married Elizabeth Hargrave, daughter of Thomas Hargrave, of London.^[6][7] Neither source is particularly forthcoming with any material on Elizabeth. The family of Thomas and Elizabeth is also noticed in the Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885.^[8]

Both sources, likely citing each other, suggest they had four sons and one daughter;

• Martha Cole. She married John Worsop of Clapham in Surrey, Gent.. They had a son John Worsop, of Windsor, Esq. and two daughters, viz. Rose, (married to George Smith, of Micham in Surrey, Gent,; and Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Watson, of Kent, Knt..

The sons:^[9]

• William Cole. Designed "of London", died 6 Feb 1600. Married Anne Colles, daughter of Michael Colles of Bradwell, Buckinghamshire. They had three sons; Michael, William and Thomas and a daughter, Margaret.
• Thomas Cole. Joined the church and studied a bachelor of divinity. He had no children.^[10][11]
• Emmanuel Cole. He will become the immediate ancestor to the Viscount Enniskillen.^[12][13]
• Solomon Cole. He was born 8 January 1547. He married Mary Deering, daughter and heiress to Thomas Deering of Lyss in the county of Southampton, and from her inherited the property.^[14][15] They had five sons and two daughters.

Sources

1. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 41
2. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 41
3. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 22
4. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 23
5. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 26
6. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 23
7. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 41
8. ↑ Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885, page 344
9. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 42
10. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 42
11. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 28
12. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 42
13. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 29
14. ↑ Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6, page 42
15. ↑ The Genealogy of the Family of Cole, page 29

See also:

• Peerage of Ireland; Vol 6 Pages: 41-60. The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom: With Engravings Of Their Paternal Coats Of Arms : John Lodge, Mervyn Archdall (Moore, 1789).

• "The Genealogy of the Family of Cole: Of the County of Devon, and of Those of Its Branches which Settled in Suffolk, Hampshire, Surrey, Lincolnshire, and Ireland"James Edwin-Cole, James Edwin-Cole Duke of Polignano. private circulation, 1867 - Great Britain

• Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885; Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, Earl Belmore.

• Cole Family from 1140 to present; in the main unsourced material