Parker Cole (1746 - 1817)

Born 29 Nov 1746 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Marsh) Cole — married 14 Dec 1768 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1817 at age 71 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

When Parker Cole was born on November 29, 1746, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, his father, Ebenezer, was 34 and his mother, Mary, was 32. He married Mary Marsh in 1768 and they eight children together. He died on December 26, 1817, in Shaftsbury, Vermont, at the age of 71, and was buried in Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont.

'The following lines appear on his gravestone in Shaftsbury';

"Behold the sad impending stroke which now awaits our eyes. The silken bonds of union broke, a tender father dies. His pains and groans are all o'er, he's gone to God on high, His wistful eyes shall roam no more, nor more his spirit sigh He was selectman of Shaftsbury in the years 1785 thru 91 & '94.

Military Service in the Revolution

Parker Cole is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-136220
Rank: Private

Private Parker Cole served with Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

Parker Cole is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A024212.

He served as a Private in Captain Galusha's Company, Colonel Merrick's Regiment, in an alarm to the northward.

Sources; "The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633"; by Ernest Byron Cole (Grafton Press, New York, 1908) "Revolutionary Records Compiled from State and Federal Archives" found on pp.412 a detailed service record for this profile

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 for Parker Cole; [1]

U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 for Parker Cole; [2]

U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for Parker Cole;[3]

Sources

• "The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633"; by Ernest Byron Cole (Grafton Press, New York, 1908) pp.49-50 & 76 (108 ,322)
• Find A Grave memorial for Parker: (http://findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2017), memorial #52770712 for Parker Cole (1746 - 1817) - Find A Grave Memorial.
• "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900": http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/256065
• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110546422/person/220080339361/facts : accessed 12 June 2017), profile for Parker Cole.
• Family Search: https://familysearch.org/tree/person/L4FV-6NG/
• Death Cert for Parker Cole: Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB500/i/14139/13618/258796869
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2M-8P7 : accessed 2 October 2017), Parker Cole, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States; citing p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHRQ-ZTS : accessed 2 October 2017), Parker Cole, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States; citing p. 162, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.
• DNA-Y Paternal Lineage Confirmation; See the profile for Bill Cole for details explaining this source in his biography section at “DNA testing”

Acknowledgement

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Historical Notes

Parker Cole was the only son of Ebenezer who remained in Shaftsbury.

He accumulated a large amount of property. A large house built by him of dressed stone, probably erected in 1773, still stands in perfect condition (in 1908).

He owned a very large orchard, erected a cider mill and presses, used to store the cider in the cellar, and probably made applejack. It is said that his sons, some of them, became tipplers, and to strike at the root of the evil he burned his cider mill and presses, and cut down his orchards. (from Byron Cole's Book)