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William Cole

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
Death: October 17, 1804 (85)
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cole, of Rehoboth and Abigail Cole
Husband of Elizabeth Cole (Luther)
Father of Susannah COOK; Nathan Cole and William Cole
Brother of Thomas Cole; Isaac Cole; Comfort Alger; John William Cole; Susannah Cole and 2 others

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About William Cole

From "Rehoboth Roots" online family tree by Jim Bullock:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock...

ID: I26679

  • Name: William COLE
  • Given Name: William
  • Surname: Cole
  • Sex: M
  • Change Date: 26 MAY 2010
  • Birth: 4 OCT 1719 in Swansea, Bristol, MA 1
  • Death: 17 OCT 1804 in Hancock, Berkshire, MA

Note: William Cole's death record appears in "Account of those Shakers who have died in the Society Since the year 1780 at Hancock" housed in the collection of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA.

  • page 100 -- October, 17, 1804 WILLIAM COLE, age 85 -- matching the birth year for William Cole above.

His family appears in the 1790 census of Hancock, MA

Father: John COLE b: 3 NOV 1695 in Swansea, Bristol, MA

Mother: Abigail BUTTS

Marriage 1 Elizabeth LUTHER b: 6 SEP 1724 in Swansea, Bristol, MA

  • Married: 12 NOV 1741 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
  • Note: Married by Elder Mason. 2

Children

  • 1. Susanna COLE b: 28 JAN 1742 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
  • 2. Luther COLE b: 8 OCT 1743 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
  • 3. Amaziah COLE b: 9 JAN 1749/50 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
  • 4. Gideon COLE b: 15 NOV 1755 in Warren, Bristol, RI

Sources:

1. Abbrev: Swansea VR

  • Title: Transcriber, H. L. Peter Rounds; Editors Jane Fletcher Fiske & Margaret F. Costello, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1992)
  • Repository:
  • Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock, Littleton, CO 80120 USA
  • Page: p. 162

2. Abbrev: Swansea VR

  • Title: Transcriber, H. L. Peter Rounds; Editors Jane Fletcher Fiske & Margaret F. Costello, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1992)
  • Repository:
  • Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock, Littleton, CO 80120 USA
  • Page: p. 210

Attached Post-Em Notes:

kristi wheeler, 2009-04-09 07:04:00

William Cole's death record appears in "Account of those Shakers who have died in the Society Since the year 1780 at Hancock" housed in the collection of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA.

  • page 100 -- October, 17, 1804 WILLIAM COLE, age 85 -- matching the birth year for William Cole above.

His family appears in the 1790 census of Hancock, MA.

Phillip Bedient, 2010-05-26 09:41:28

Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Shaker Membership Index, New Lebanon NY

Gideon Cole b. Nov. 15,1755 in Warren, RI; d. Mar.2, 1840, Son of William Cole & Elizabeth Luther


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William Cole's Timeline

1719
October 4, 1719
Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
1742
January 28, 1742
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1751
1751
Freetown, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, (Present USA)
1753
October 8, 1753
Warren, Bristol County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1804
October 17, 1804
Age 85
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States