Rebecca (Cole) Fisk (1755 - 1831)

Born 7 Jul 1755 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Amaziah Cole — married 8 Sep 1775 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1831 at about age 75 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Cole was born on July 7, 1755, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, daughter of Sarah (Packard; abt.1728-1777) and Samuel Cole (1730-1777) ^[1].

Rebecca Cole married Amaziah Cole on September 8, 1775, in Brockton, Massachusetts ^[2],^[3]. They had many children (not a complete list):

1. Amaziah Cole (1777-1821); married Hannah Finney
2. Sarah Cole (1779-1779)
3. Rebeccah Cole (1779-1779)
4. Joseph Cole (1780-1849); married 1) Lydia Post; 2) Harriet Pearl Thayer; 3) Joel Fillmore
5. Ruth Cole (1782-1793)
6. Ebenezer Cole (abt.1784-1846)
7. John Cole (1786–1808); married Ruth Burton
8. Ansel Cole (1790-1799)
9. Electice (Cole) Witt (1791-1843); married Thomas Witt
10. Vashti Cole (1793-1793)
11. Roxanna (Cole; abt.1794-abt.1827); married Milton Adams
12. Vashti (Cole; 1798-); married Justus Bemis

Rebecca (Cole) (Cole) Fisk died on October 9, 1831, in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Her death record states "Mrs. Fisk relict of Josiah Fisk and formerly wife of Amariah Cole deceased October 9th, 1831." ^[4]. This record indicates that Rebecca had married again after Amaziah Cole had died (in 1816), to Josiah Fisk, who had likewise predeceased her. Employing this trace, his identity appears to have been Josiah Fisk (1745-1826), widower of Elizabeth (Morse) Fisk (1753-1813). His online memorial site corroborates this secondary spousal relationship for Rebecca, and the third for Mr. Fisk ^[5].

Notes

FAG online memorial site for Amaziah, in its caption, states that Amaziah was 6th Generation descendant of James, and Rebecca was 5th generation descendent of James ^[6]. History & Genealogy of the Families of Chesterfield, p. 98 is listed on FAG.

Marriage Intention 27 Mar 1775

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-Q67 : 14 January 2020), Rebecca Cole, 1755. [1]
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/descendantsofjam00cole/page/56/mode/1up
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7S-KZF : 28 December 2022), Rebecca Cole in entry for Amariah Cole, 1775.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-M8C4 : 20 May 2022), Cole Fisk, 9 Oct 1831; citing Death, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009214.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44140920
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #57392421

• "The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633"; by Ernest Byron Cole (Grafton Press, New York, 1908) pp.56 (369) which may be found here: [2]