Anne Cole

Anne Munter was born between 1583 and 1594 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Her mothers given name was Julian, but her maiden name is unknown. The name of Julian's 1rst husband, Anne's father, is unknown. Anne was raised by her mother and step-father Henry Munter, thus she is known as Anne Munter to researchers.

Anne Munter Edwardes Cole died on February 20, 1679, in Hartford, Connecticut, twenty-seven years after James' death. It is not known where she was buried.

family

From http://jtbullock.com/Tree/Edwards-Tuttle.html

Anne Munter married Richard Edwards [his parents unknown] in London England and had had about six children with him. Those known are listed in Donald Lines Jacobus book Hale, House, and Related Families as follows

• Anne, who was baptized at Henry Munter's house on July 30, 1615 in St. Botolph Aldgate;
• ancestor William;
• John, who was baptized on October 7, 1621 in Stepney as the son of Richard of Radcliffe, scholar, and Anne his wife and died young;
• Sarah baptized on June 29, 1623, in Stepney and died of plague and was buried in St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard 22 months later on May 21, 1625.

After her husband died, she married twice widower James Cole on December 6, 1625 in Whitechapel in the parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, Stepney, Middlesex, England. He accepted Anne's sole surviving son as his own. They had at least four children together, all baptized at St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Stepney, London on the dates given

• James on October 29, 1626, who died before age 5;
• Abigail on April 6, 1629, their only child who lived to adulthood;
• another James on December 27, 1631 who died young; and
• Timothy on November 17, 1633, who died before the age of 4.

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biography

From http://jtbullock.com/Tree/Edwards-Tuttle.html

William Edwards was purportedly baptized at the parish of St. Botolph's without Aldgate (pictured right), in east London, England on November 1, 1618. He was the only son of Richard & Ann Munter Edwards. His father died and his mother married James Cole. He immigrated to America in 1635 to Hartford from England with his mother & step dad.

James Cole was a cooper/carpenter and an educated man as seen in documents he wrote that are in the British Museum in London. They did well until 1634, when James had to flee to from London due to debt which would have landed him in prison. He found employment in Ipswich and tried to make enough to pay off his debts. Before long, James decided that his best bet was to leave England entirely. He learned of the need for skilled craftsman like himself in a new colony being formed in Hartford, Connecticut. Coopers were in demand as there was a growing maritime business in which barrels were the primary shipping containers. Anne step-father died in October of 1638 and the modest inheritance she and her children received from him undoubtedly assisted them in paying for passage to the colony.

James and Anne Cole, came to New England, probably in 1639, and settled in Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut where he was a founder of that settlement as a follower of Thomas Hooker. He had two home lots, one at the south end of colonial Hartford on The Green near the Charter Oak tree, and the other was a smaller lot in the center of Hartford by the first Meeting House (mouse over image left). He also owned an island beside Wethersfield on the south and the Great River on the east and estimated to be about four acres. His name appears on the founders monument (pictured below, he's second from bottom) in the Center Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground ) behind the First Congregational Church where he is buried. His name is also found on the list of original proprietors who were residents before 1640. In his will he mentions his wife, Ann, several times making his son and daughter's inheritance dependent upon them caring for her. At the end of the will he mentions her again: I give unto my deare and well beloved wife Ann Coale all my houshold stuff of every kinde undisposed of, with all my Cattle and Crop of Corne now on the ground, with all my debts owinge to mee, provided that shee payes all my just debts and defray all that charge wch shall be thought necessary by the ourseers of this my will for my Christian Burial. . . And further, I doe appoint my deare and well beloved wife Ann Coale to be my whole Executrixe of this my last will and testament.

Anne Munter Edwardes Cole died on February 20, 1679, in Hartford, Connecticut, twenty-seven years after James' death. It is not known where she was buried. A probate record is found in her name printed in the Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford District Volume 1, 1635-1700 and reads as follows:

Page 33.

Cole, Ann, Mrs., Hartford. Died 20 February, 1679-80. Invt. 103-04-06. Taken by Nicholas Olmsted, John Gilbert, Caleb Standly. Court Record, Page 23-4 March, 1679-80: Invt. Exhibited. By the Testimony of Mr. Samuel WiIlys, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert &: Wm Edwards,

Mrs. Ann Cole desired that her son William Edwards &: his wife should have the use of her House and Land during life, then to Return to her grandson Richard Edwards and to his heirs forever.

Adms. To Richard Edwards.

Approved

From http://foundersofhartford.org/founders/cole_james.htm

James Cole, a cooper, an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639, when his house-lot was on the east side of Main Street, near the South Green, running back to the street afterwards called Cole St.; he had another house-lot in 1639, on the east aide of Meeting-House Yard. He m. in England, Ann Edwards, widow, the mother of William Edwards; and he came to New England with his wife, her son William, and his dau., Abigail, by a former wife. He d. in 1652; inv. 116. 3.4. Widow Ann Cole, d. Feb. 20, 1679-80

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The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)

http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n841/mode...

Rev. Richard Edwards came from Wales to London, time Queen Elizabeth; he was a minister of the established chh. His wf. Anne was employed in some capacity in the Queen's household. She m. 2d hus. James Coles and came with her only child William Edwards to America. She d. in Hartford Feb. 20, 1679, leaving by will the use of her house and land to her son William during his life, then to her gr. s. Richard Edwards and his heirs forever. Wm. Edwards is named with Wm. Tuttle and others as concerned in the East Haven settlement. He m. about 1643 Agnes __, wid. of William Spencer; the latter of Hartford; selectman 1639, and d. 1640. Agnes, it is said, had two brothers in England, one of them Mayor of Exeter the other of Barnstable, Devon. By William Edwards she had an only child, Richard, who m. Elizabeth Tuttle; (2) Mary, dau. of Lieut-Col. John Talcott of Hartf. Col. Talcott was Justice of the Peace, Assistant from 1662 to 1668, Treasurer of the colony nineteen years, and distinguished himself as an officer in King Philip's war, in which he commanded a body of 550 men, composed of Englishmen and Mohegan Indians. He d. July 23, 1688. Inv. (english pound)2,272. Chil. of Richard Edwards by 2d m. 5 sons and 1 dau. 1. Jonathan, b. June 20, 1692; d. March 11, 1693. 2. John, Feb. 22, 1694; Dea.; d. May 16, 1769; m. Dec. 14, 1719, Christian Williamson, who d. June 18, 1769. 3. Hannah, Jan. 3, 1696; d. Oct. 17, 1747; m. March 1, 1722, Joseph Backus, jr. 4. Richard, Jan. 5, 1608; d. May 10, 1713. 5. Daniel, April 11, 1701; Hon.; d. Sept. 6, 1765; m. 1728 Sarah Hooker (gr. dau. of Rev. Thomas), who d. July 31, 1775, a. 70 yrs. 6. Samuel, Nov. 1, 1702; d. Nov. 4, 1732; m. 1731 Jerusha Pitkin, who d. July 31, 1799, a. 89 yrs--Godwin's Gen. Notes of Conn.

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• Anne Edwards
• England Marriages, 1538-1973
• Marriage: Dec 6 1625 - Stepney, Middlesex, England
• Husband: James Cole

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Residence: 1635 New England

Note: Went with her husband James and her son William Edwards (aged 18). The other children from her first marriage remained in Wales and England except William. After Richard's death Ann raised the children on her own, remarrying later a James Cole.

From the Scruggs family tree in rootsweb.

Previous birth date for mother was before son's given birth date, One has to be incorrect.