Samuel Coles (1668 - 1723)

Born 1668 in Musketa Cove, Queens, Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Albarton) Coles — married 12 Sep 1693 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, Long Island, New York

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1723 at about age 55 in North Castle, Westchester, New York

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Biography

Samuel Coles, born 1668, died October 7, 1723, married Elizabeth Albertson, born March 16, 1670, and died Dec. 20, 1723. They married in 1693. Born at Musketa Cove, Samuel was the oldest son of Daniel Coles and Mahershallalhashbaz Gorton, daughter of Samuel Gorton of Warwick, Rhode Island.

Elizabeth Albertson was the daughter of Derick Albertson and someone whose name was Wilmett. There are Willetts in the area about that time, so it could be a version of that.

Daniel Coles was the son of Robert Coles and Mary Hauxhurst or Hawxhurst. He was born about 1637, probably in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Robert Coles came to America with the Winthrop fleet in 1630, and went to Massachusetts. He followed Roger Williams when he went to Rhode Island and is mentioned in the "Initial Deed" of 1638 of that settlement. He died in 1654.

When Joseph Carpenter bought the original land from the Indians, he was then granted the patent and took on four partners. They were Nathaniel Coles, Abia Carpenter (his brother-in-law), Thomas Townsend, and Robert Coles. They were the original "Five Proprietors". Soon after, Daniel Coles replaced Abia, and Townsend's interests were transferred to Nicholas Simkins.

Nathaniel, Daniel and Robert Coles were all sons of Robert Coles, who was the original immigrant of the family. The older Robert Coles also had a brother Samuel who came to America.

Sources

• Long Island: A History of Nassau and Suffolk and Nassau, Vol. I. Edited by Paul Bailey, published by Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1949. The author had access to original journals written by the Coles Brothers and Joseph Carpenter.
• The Carpenter Family in America. Carpenter [1901] - Daniel Hoogland Carpenter, History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America, from the Settlement at Providence, R.I., 1637–1901 (Jamaica, N.Y., 1901).

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher for research
• Thanks to Douglas Coldwell for creating this profile