Job Cole (1744 - bef. 1807)

Born 29 Feb 1744 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Luther) Cole — married 10 May 1764 in Swansea, Bristol Co.,MA

Descendants

Died before 31 Jan 1807 before age 62 in Otsego, Otsego County, New York, United States

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Biography

Job was born in February 29 of 1743/4 at Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Peleg and Priscilla Winslow Cole.^[1]

Father: Peleg Cole b: 20 Apr 1720 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA Mother: Priscilla Winslow b: 31 Jul 1725 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA

He and Sarah Luther were married at Swansea on May 10, 1764.^[2]

Children: David Cole b: 1765 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA Daniel Cole; named as administrator, along with his mother, of Job's estate Luther Cole

The 1800 U.S. Federal Census taken at Otsego places Job in a household with a wife and two children (boy and girl) between the ages of 10-16.^[3]

Job died intestate in Otsego, Otsego County New York; the estate document is dated January 31, 1807.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Swansea Vol. 1. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). By Subscription $. Page 82.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7RJ8 : 4 November 2020), Peleg Cole in entry for Job Cole, 1764.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-534 : accessed 10 January 2021), Job Coles, Otsego, Otsego, New York, United States; citing p. 586, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 25; FHL microfilm 193,713.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC37-VZZ : 10 February 2018), Job Cole, Feb 1743; citing , SWANSEA, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:1749J8K; FHL microfilm 903,395.

Note difference in date and birth year given in profile

• "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7PNW : accessed 23 September 2018), Job Cole and Sarah Luther, 10 May 1764; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 37.

• "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7TDM : accessed 23 September 2018), Job Cole and Esther Martin, 16 Dec 1778; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 40.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-534 : accessed 23 September 2018), Job Coles, Otsego, Otsego, New York, United States; citing p. 586, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 25; FHL microfilm 193,713.