Ambrose Cole (bef. 1672 - 1738)

Born before 1672 in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Silence (Wade) Cole — married about Jan 1693 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Abigail (Sutton) Cole — married 17 Dec 1715 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1738 after age 66 in Cohasset, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ambrose Cole was born in 1672 in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He married Silence Wade in January 1693.

Ambrose married second Abigail Sutton 1 Dec 1715. She was the daughter of Abigail (nee Clarke) Sutton. They had a son James, born 2 September 1716.

He died on July 11, 1738 in Cohasset, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Residence

Ambrose Cole purchased lands of Captain Stephen Otis in the Connihassett in 1695. His house stood on the Cohasset Road forty rods southeast of Bound Brook Bridge on the northeast of the way.

The Ambrose Cole House

Ambrose Cole, the first of the name in Scituate, is supposed to have been the builder of this house in 1700. His son was David, who married, in 1732, Sarah Balch. The Balch house was the next west, as the records say, "the road that goeth by Balch's" now the gambrel roof house of the late Nancy Jackson, beside the Common at Scituate Centre. At David's death his son William inherited the house, whose son Ambrose became owner in his turn. His wife was Mary Tufts, of Charlestown, where he was in business and made his home. He accumulated a competency and gave his nine children an education far above the average of that time. After his death his family came to Scituate to occupy the homestead and carry on the farm, which was of great extent. They must have been lovers of nature, for the grounds were planted with shrubs and old fashioned flowers in the garden at the back, where the box trees and daffodils still bravely rear their heads, although the dear old house was burned in 1919.

Probate

His will is dated 6 July 1738 and proved on 8 August 1738 in Plymouth.^[2] He mentions his children, Ambrose, Ensign, David, James, Ann Sutton, and Jonathan. His inventory was taken on 12 October 1738 in Scituate.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Cohasset. Deaths. p.196
2. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 4648: Will
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-D256 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 233-234 of 242; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Hamilton Wilson Welch "Early Families of Scituate and Neighboring Towns."
• Deane, Samuel "History of Scituate, Massachusetts" Boston,1831