Rachel (Hart) Cole (aft. 1641 - aft. 1689)

Born after 1641 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Wife of John Cole — married before 12 Dec 1664 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after Sep 1689 at about age 48 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Mehitable is a case of mistaken identity. At least one source^[1] called the wife of John Cole, Mehitable Hart, but evidence from the medical records of Winthrop, show she was Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart.

Rachel was not mentioned in her father's 1682/3 will, but Stephen did mention his son-in-law John Cole.^[2]

John Cole mentioned his wife Rachell and their four children in his will of 1689.^[3]

Birth

Date: abt 1642

Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut^[4][5]

MEDC

MEDC Had problems with vision

Date: NOVEMBER 1657^[6][7]

Note: Had problems with vision. John Winthrop, Jr. treated her in November 1657 and again 1 February 1657/58 when

she was sixteen and then again in 1658 and 1659 when she was married to John Cole.

(Married young.) She was a frequent patient of Winthrop beginning 12 December 1664 for eye problems and

head pains. John Cole's will of 12 September 1689 bequest to " my beloved wife Rachel".

Note: In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother,"

MEDC

Date: FEBRUARY 1, 1657/8^[8]

Note: on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years". She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight.

MEDC

Date: DECEMBER 12, 1664^[9]

Note: Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains.

Note

Note: MEHITABEL HART, of Farmington, third daughter of Deacon Stephen Hart, of Braintree, Eng., Cambridge, Mass., Hartford and Tunxis, Conn., born , married John Cole, a grandson of James Cole, of Hartford, from whom Coles street derives its name. He settled in Farming- ton, on the place formerly owned by Anson Cowles. Both were members of the church. His sons removed to Kensington, where their descendants still remain - the late Mrs. Ruth Hart was one of the family. Their son John, born ______ , married Jan. 5th, 1691, Mehitabel Loomis, of Windsor

It is now generally accepted that Deacon Stephen Hart did not have a daughter named Mehitabel (or Mehitable), but instead his third daughter was named Rachel. The following analysis of this appears in "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633", Volume I, A-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, Published by the Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

"The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart [Bassett Gen 391; Flagg 258]. but evidence taken largely from the Winthrop medical records shows that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart. In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother," and on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years" [WMJ 58, 85]. She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight [WM 98, 115, 151]. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains [WMJ 579, 608, 611, 624, 637, 646, 653, 725, 909]. In his will of 12 September 1689 "John Coale Sr. of Farmington made a bequest to "my beloved wife Rachel," and asked Thomas Hart and Thomas Porter to be overseers [Manwaring 1:426-27]; Thomas Hart was brother of Rachel Hart, and Thomas Porter had married her elder sister, Sarah. John and Rachel (Hart) Cole had a son John who married in 1691 Mehitable Loomis, and this may be the source of the claim that Stephen Hart had a daughter Mehitable who married John Cole [Farmington LR 2:123]."^[10]

Note: The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources (such as Andrews' book) to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart. but evidence taken from John Cole's will and from the Winthrop medical records shows that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart.^[11]

Marriage

Date: BET abt 1658 AND 1664

Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut^[12][13]

Marriage: ^[14]

Children

1. John b. about 1665^[3] A John of Farmington m. Mehitabel Lommis, sometime of Windsor June 1691^[15]
2. Rachel b. about 1668;^[3] Rachel m. Ephraim Smith of Farmington April 1686.^[15]
3. Samuel b. about 1676^[3] (perhaps the Samuel m. Mary Smith, d. Jonathan 17 Mar 1707/8)
4. Nathaniel b. about 1678.^[3] (perhaps the Nathaniel who m. Elizabeth Woodford 11 June 1707. ^[15])

• Except for Rachel to Smith, these marriages need some kind of verification.

vi Rachel, b. about 1642; m. by 1664 John Cole. The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources (such as Andrews' book) to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart. but evidence taken from John Cole's will and from the Winthrop medical records shows that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart. In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother," and on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years". She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains. In his will of 12 September 1689 "John Coale Sr." of Farmington made a bequest to "my beloved wife Rachel," and asked Thomas Hart and Thomas Porter to be overseers; Thomas Hart was sister of Rachel Hart, and Thomas Porter had married her elder sister, Sarah. John and Rachel (Hart) Cole had a son John Cole, Jr.who married Mehitable Loomis in 1691. This may be the source of the incorrect claim that Stephen Hart had a daughter Mehitable who married John Cole. COLE. 6. Hartford. MEHITABEL HART, of Farmington, third daughter of Deacon Stephen Hart, of Braintree, Eng., Cambridge, Mass., Hartford and Tunxis, Conn., born , married John Cole, a grandson of James Cole, of Hartford, from whom Coles street derives its name. He settled in Farmington, on the place formerly owned by Anson Cowles. Both were members of the church. His sons removed to Kensington, where their descendants still remain - the late Mrs. Ruth Hart was one of the family. Their son John, born , married Jan. 5th, 1691, Mehitabel Loomis, of Windsor [ It is now generally accepted that Deacon Stephen Hart did not have a daughter named Mehitabel (or Mehitable), but instead his third daughter was named Rachel. The following analysis of this appears in "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633", Volume I, A-F, by Robert Charles Ander- son, Published by the Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. "The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart [Bassett Gen 391; Flagg 258]. but evidence taken largely from the Winthrop medical records shows that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart. In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother," and on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years" [WMJ 58, 85]. She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight [WM 98, 115, 151]. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains [WMJ 579, 608, 611, 624, 637, 646, 653, 725, 909]. In his will of 12 September 1689 "John Coale Sr. of Farmington made a bequest to "my beloved wife Rachel," and asked Thomas Hart and Thomas Porter to be overseers [Manwaring 1:426-27]; Thomas Hart was brother of Rachel Hart, and Thomas Porter had married her elder sister, Sarah. John and Rachel (Hart) Cole had a son John who married in 1691 Mehitable Loomis, and this may be the source of the claim that Stephen Hart had a daughter Mehitable who married John Cole [Farmington LR 2:123]." ^[16]

Mehitable or Rachel Hart (Stephen1), daughter of Stephen and (?) Hart, was born in America and died before March 1682/83. Based on Winthrop medical records it is believed her name was Rachel and not Mehitable. She married John Cole. Rachel was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole for eye problems and head pains. Issue: i. John, married in 1691 to Mehitable Loomis. (I believe this is the Mehitable who caused some name confusion). ^[17]

Death

Date: MARCH 1682/3

Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Bassett, Buell Burdett. One Bassett family in America : with all connections in America and many in Great Britain and France : principally an outline of what the ancestors did to help make America, mainly from original records heretofore unpublished, Springfield: 1926. p. 384+ Currently available (June 2017) at Ancestry ($)
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Harris, H-Hartford, 1641-1880. Stephan Hart, 1682/3, #2618, Farmington, Hartford Prob. Dist. Accessed at Ancestry.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Clark, E-Cole, Samuel, 1641-1880 John Cole Farmington 1689 # 1279, Hartford Prob Dist.
4. ↑ Source: #S584 Data: Text: born Abt. 1642 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
5. ↑ Source: #S585 Data: Text: b. about 1642
6. ↑ Source: #S584 Data: Text: Had problems with vision. John Winthrop, Jr. treated her in November 1657 and again 1 February 1657/58 when she was sixteen and then again in 1658 and 1659 when she was married to John Cole. (Married young.) She was a frequent patient of Winthrop beginning 12 December 1664 for eye problems and head pains. John Cole's will of 12 September 1689 bequest to " my beloved wife Rachel".
7. ↑ Source: #S585 Data: Text: In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachell Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother,"
8. ↑ Source: #S585 Data: Text: on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years". She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight.
9. ↑ Source: #S585 Data: Text: Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains.
10. ↑ Source: #S585
11. ↑ Source: #S585
12. ↑ Source: #S584 Data: Text: He married RACHEL HART Abt. 1658 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of STEPHEN HART and UNKNOWN.
13. ↑ Source: #S585 Data: Text: m. by 1664 John Cole
14. ↑ Source: #S586 Data: Text: Deacon Stephen Hart was married twice. The name of his first wife has not yet been found. Some sources believe it to be Sarah.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
16. ↑ S585 Author: Alfred Andrews with updates by Richard Hart Title: Stephen Hart and His Descendants Abbreviation: Stephen Hart and His Descendants Publication: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/harts/family/harts/History/overview.html Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text:
17. ↑ S586 Author: Heather (Robinson) Stevens Title: Hart Genealogy Abbreviation: Hart Genealogy Publication: http://www.incpark.com/centralsquare/hart_genealogy.htm Note: Prepared 23 April 1996
18. ↑ Source: #S584 Data: Text: died in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=927933&pid=568227388
• Edward H. Cole: Descendants of John Cole Abbreviation: Descendants of John Cole Publication: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/l/Edward-Cole-AZ/ Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S602 Title: one barton family.net's Genealogy Project Abbreviation: one barton family.net's Genealogy Project Publication: http://www.one-barton-family.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I32094&tree=db#cite1 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: # CONT Birth 1622 CONT Gender Female CONT Died Yes, date unknown CONT Person ID I32096 Ancestors of Duane Barton CONT Last Modified 08 Feb 2003 00:00:00 CONT CONT Father Stephen Hart, b. 1605, Braintree, Essex, England CONT Mother Margaret Farmington, b. Abt 1607, England CONT Family ID F1458 Group Sheet CONT CONT # CONT Sources CONT CONT 1. [S834] Hart Family, Buell Burdett Bassette, (New Britain, Connecticut, 1926, reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Massachusetts, 1999), 391.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Wiley Walters for creating WikiTree profile Hart-2869 through the import of Wiley Woodrow Walters Jr. (1).ged on Feb 5, 2013.
• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• Hart-2086 created through the import of Evans-Stanley.ged on May 16, 2012 by Kathie Llewellyn. Hart-1834 created through the import of 25a.GED on Jan 8, 2012 by Michael Lechner.