Elizabeth (Lettice) Cole (abt. 1636 - 1693)

Born about 1636 in England

Wife of William Shurtleff — married 18 Oct 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Wife of Jacob Cooke — married 18 Nov 1669 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Wife of Hugh Cole Sr. — married 1 Jan 1689 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1693 at about age 57 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth (Lettice) Cole immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

lizabeth Lettice, the daughter of Thomas Lettice, if born about 1635, twenty years before her marriage, was probably born in England (the generally accepted place of her birth.) However the date of her fathers' arrival is not fixed but definitely by 1636, so if instead she were only 18 when married, she would have been born in Plymouth. There is no evidence to support birth of Jul 1636, in Lincolnshire, England, as is sometimes given. She and her two sisters were left five shillings apiece in the will of their father.

She married first William Shirtley/Shurtleff in Plymouth on 18 October 1655.^[1] They had three children.

William Shurtleff born in Plymouth Colony, about 1657^[2].

Thomas Shurtleff born in Plymouth Colony, about 1659^[2].

Abiel Shurtleff born in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony June (23-30), 1666, after his fathers death^[2].

"Elizabeth Shurtliff, widow, married second Jacob Cook Sr., Nov. 18, 1669" in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[3] She and Jacob had two children:

Sarah Cook

Rebecca Cook

"Elizabeth Cook, widow married Heugh COLE on 1 Jan. 1688/89," in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[4]

"Elizabeth the wife of Mr Hugh Cole decesed October the 31^th:1693," in Swansea, Massachusetts.^[5]

Elizabeth was buried with her husband in the churchyard at Swansea. It is now called Tyler Point Cemetery in Barrington, Rhode Island. This neck of land was set off from Swansea in 1718. ^[6][2]

Research Notes

• 1 Nov 1635 : Unsourced birth removed

Sources

1. ↑ Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. Vol 8 p 239. Edited by N.B. Shurtleff. Available online at Archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Shurtleff, Benjamin (compiler). Descendants Of William Shurtleff Of Plymouth And Marshfield, Massachusetts Volume I. Revere, Massachusetts: MCMXII (1912).
3. ↑ Vital Records of East Bridgewater Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1917.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (compiled by Lee D. van Antwerp, Edited by Ruth Wilder Sherman) Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993
5. ↑ Vital Records of Swansea Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1992.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20013973

See also:

• Ferris, Mary W. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Volume 1, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original book privately printed, 1943.