Joseph Cole (1677 - bef. 1766)

Born 11 Jun 1677 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Cobb) Cole — married 4 Feb 1701 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mercy (Hinckley) Cole — married 6 Oct 1715 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Husband of Rebecca (Young) Harding — married 25 Nov 1747 (to before 1764) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 12 Mar 1766 before age 88 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Cole was born in Eastham, Plymouth Colony on 11 June 1677, the son of John and Ruth (Snow) Cole.^[1]

He married three times. Joseph married, first, Elizabeth Cobb on 04 February 1701/2 at Eastham.^[1][2] They had 6 children together.^[2][3]

Joseph married a second time to Mercy Hinckley on 06 October 1715,^[1] and together they had three children: ^[3]

His third wife was Rebecca (Young) Harding, whom he married in Eastham on 25 November 1747. She was the daughter of David and Ann (Doane) Young, born Eastham 14 October 1689. She probably died in Eastham before 25 February 1764. Her first marriage was to Abiah Harding on 24 September 1713 in Eastham.^[1]

Children by first wife Elizabeth Cobb recorded in Eastham:^[1]

1. Gershom, b. 01 Mar 1702/3
2. Ruth, b. 11 Mar 1704/5
3. Patience, b. 08 Dec 1706
4. Elizabeth, b. 10 Feb 1708/9; m. Ebenezer Cole 03 Feb 1731/2 Eastham
5. Sarah, b. 08 Mar 1710/11
6. Reliance, b. 02 Aug 1713; d. 02 Aug 1724

Children with his second wife, Mercy Hinckley , born Eastham:^[1]

1. Mercy, b. 24 Sep 1716
2. Joseph, b. 18 May 1718
3. Mary, b. 30 Apr 1721, d. bef. 24 Feb 1764: not named in father's will.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 20-21, 79-80.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XN3 : 30 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 133, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 68a.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.

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