Capt. John Cole, Sr.

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GEDCOM Note

"John died while visiting his brother. Boxford, Massachusetts, Vital Records; Frank T. Cole's, "Early Genealogies of Cole Families" pp. 119,129,125,126,127,142,143,145,146,148,149, DAR lineage book no. 57, p.131. "During the stirring days of the American Revolution, John Cole rose to prominence in town affairs, he was a member of the committee whose duty it was to instruct the representative chosen December 12, 1775. He was made a sargeant in the eighth company of Colonel Nichol's regiment, Joseph Hindes, captain, in 1776. He saw action in the Battle of Bunker Hill. His name is found on the roll of signers of the oath of March, 1775. In November, 1, when a company of sixty-three men were raised for service against Burgoy he was chosen captain of the company. He was an active leader in church and town affairs. He served as a surveyor several times, and was also fence viewer and committee man. His home was in the north part of Boxford, but later, when the older children had achieved independence, he left Boxford to establish himself in Windham, Vermont."; DAR Patriot Index, 1966, p.144. Judith, Jonathan, Martha - Bradford Church Records.

He was one of the prominent men of the town during the Revolutionary times. He was one of the committee to instruct the representative chosen December 12, 1775. He was a sergeant in the Kighth company of Colonel Nichols' regiment, Joseph Hindes captain, in 1776, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. His name is to be found on the roll of signers of the test oath of March previous, as is also that of his brother Jonathan. In November, 1777, a company of sixty three men was raised for service against Burgoyne, and he was chosen captain. In August, 1779, he was chosen one of a committee to settle with a committee from the Baptists, the rights in the church building and to move the church to the new site on Park Hill. This change was successfully consummated. In November of the same year he, with others, was selected to furnish the house and appraise the pews. He was several times surveyor, fence viewer, and committeeman. He lived in the north part of town. After his family became large and the older children had left home, he removed to Wind ham, Vermont. He died in Westmoreland, while on a visit to his oldest brother, Jonathan, and was buried in the River Cemetery in that town, as was also his wife and one daughter. The oldest sons had not gone with him to Vermont, and they drifted to various parts of the country. The younger children, who were in Wind ham at the time of his death, remained in and around that region till middle life, and some of them all of their days. The youngest in some way got back to Westmoreland, and lived the remainder of his days there. With him his mother spent her last years. The wife of Captain John Cole was Lois Davis, born October 12, 1742; died in Westmoreland, September 30, 1830, aged 88.