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Christopher Massey Cole (abt. 1717 - 1785)

Christopher Massey [uncertain] Cole
Born about in Baltimore, Province of Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1742 in Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 68 in Baltimore, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

No record of the birth of Christopher Cole has been found. He was born about 1718 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Thomas Cole. Some researchers have stated his middle name as Massey and named his mother as Sarah Massey but a reference is needed for his mother.

Christopher purchased a 100 acre tract called Panthers Hills from John Parrish in 1737 and stilled owned this on the 1750 tax assessment. In 1781 his father conveyed a tract called Christoper's Lot to him plus the lease on a tract called Mountain. [1]

Christopher was living in Baltimore County according to the tax assessment ledger of 1762/65. He is also listed along with his son, Christopher and two slaves named Harry & Nell on 18 JUL 1773 as a taxable in the North Hundred of Baltimore County.[2]

Marriage & Children

Christopher was married Sarah Tipton, the daughter of William and Hannah Price Tipton and may have married as a second wife to Sarah Hooker. He was the father of :

  1. Christopher Cole Jr. b. abt. 1740
  2. Ezekiel Cole b. abt. 1742[1]

Death

Christopher died before 7 Dec 1785 when his estate was administered by his wife, Sarah. [1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Barnes, Robert W. “Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759” Baltimore, MD: Clearfield 1989
  2. Peden, Henry C. Jr. "Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774" Westminster, MD, Family Line Publications 1989

Research

  • The 1790 census for Maryland identifies a Samuel Cole as a son of Christopher.
  • "Cole Family Document" assembled by The Jefferson County Historical Association lists four Coles (Christopher Jr., Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas) and six additional Coles (Mordecai, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, John and William) as children of Christopher and Sarah Cole.
  • There were two other Coles who were in Jefferson County in the early 1800's who could have been sons of Christopher and Sarah: Mordecai Cole , who died in Jefferson County in 1813 and William Cole who married Anna Talbot.
  • Will of Thomas Cole died 1808 in Jefferson County, Ohio stated that he was a son of Christopher.
  • Some Descendents of John Cole compiled by Ralph E Tuttle, [[1]]
  • Addendum: Since only marriage date given for Thomas to Mary Richardson is 1730, and the marriage does not seem to fit this Thomas Cole, it is probably safe to assume (for now) that Sarah ? is probably Christopher Coles' mother.

Cole, Mordecai - 1741
Cole, Christopher - 1746
Cole, Ezekiel - 1748
Cole, Sarah - 1752
Cole, Hannah - 1754
Cole, Thomas - 1754
Cole, Elizabeth - 1756
Cole, John - 1758
Cole, William -1760
Cole, Samuel - 1762





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Cole-30059 and Cole-518 appear to represent the same person because: A friendly drive-by merge request! Thanks, friends. Jane
posted by Jane Peppler
Cole-30059 and Cole-518 do not represent the same person because: Different parents
posted by Debbie Lampley
Corrected father to match biography
posted by Robin Lee
Conflict on the maternal parent of this person is preventing an obvious merge with Cole-518. This issue should be resolved by consulting a primary reference source, then detaching the incorrect parent.
posted by John French Ph.D.
Conflict on the maternal parent of this person is preventing an obvious merge with Cole-522. This issue should be resolved by consulting a primary reference source, then detaching the incorrect parent.
posted by John French Ph.D.
Cole-518 and Cole-522 need to be merged. I believe I recently adopted Cole-522 created in 2011; I found a source and am adding children to Sarah Tipton and Christopher Cole son of Thomas Cole and Sarah Massey.
posted by [Living Trogstad]
John Cole had no son named Christopher, but his brother Thomas Cole did.

Possibly this is where this Christopher belongs?

posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
Cole-3525 and Cole-522 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife. Why are the children listed in the narrative and not linked?
posted by Sue (Howard) Ison
Cole-522 and Cole-3747 appear to represent the same person because: believe these to be the same person
posted by Cheryl (Stone) Caudill