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Rebecca Cole (Gill)

Also Known As: "widow Knott"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Middlesex, England
Death: circa 1662 (33-50)
St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Gill and Anna Maria ‘Mary’ Gill
Wife of Francis Knott and Robert Cole
Mother of Ann Harrington; Francis Knott; Robert Cole; William Cole; Edward Cole and 1 other
Sister of Anna Maria Neale and Stephen H Gill

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About Rebecca Cole

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gill-5686

Rebecca is a disputed daughter of Benjamin Gill, who died intestate. Court records state that Robert Cole was Gill's "cozin". Richardson (2013), only shows one child for Benjamin and Mary (Mainwaring) Gill: Anne Maria, who married Captain James Neale.[1]

The same record which names Cole as Gill's cousin, identifies Cpt. James Neal as Gill's son-in-law.[3]

Marriage

Rebecca married twice. In 1645, she married her first husband Francis "John" Knott (d. abt. 1651). She remarried to planter Robert Cole in 1651. He is the person who demanded the adminstration of Benjamin Gill's estate.

With her first husband, Rebecca had two children.

Rebecca and Robert Cole had the following children:

(son and heir)

  1. Robert Cole 1651-1694
  2. Mary 1654-1683
  3. William 1655-1688
  4. Hon. Edward 1657-1717 m Honora Ford
  5. Honora 1659-1713
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Rebecca Cole's Timeline

1620
1620
Middlesex, England
1646
1646
England
1649
1649
Middlesex, England
1652
October 15, 1652
1654
January 26, 1654
St. Mary's County, MD, United States
1655
June 23, 1655
St. Clement's Bay, St. Mary's County, Maryland
1657
November 9, 1657
St. Clement's Manor, St. Mary's County, Maryland
1662
1662
Age 42
St. Mary's, Maryland, United States