Henrietta Cole

Notes:

See the notes for her son William Leo Hayden for the story of William Leo's birth and of Henrietta Cole's complicated relationship with Charles Ewing.

From Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories: Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories by Junie Estelle Stewart King (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2010):

HAYDEN, HENRIETTA. "To worshipful Court of Washington County, I, Henrietta Hayden of said county do hereby declare that I will not take or accept the provision made for me by Will of my late husband, Basil Hayden, dec'd., or any part thereof and I do hereby renounce all Benefit which I might claim by said Will, and I hereby claim Dower as the law directs. As witness my hand and seal this 9 day of February, 1805. Wit: William Hayden, Lewis Hayden." Recorded April Court, 1805.

Henrietta married Basil Hayden before 1771 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Basil (son of George Hayden and Charity) was born on 2 Jan 1744 in St. Andrew's Parish, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died between 21 Jun 1804 and 6 Aug 1804; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stanislaus Hayden was born on 7 Feb 1772 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 5 Dec 1839 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky.
2. Robert Hayden was born on 20 Feb 1773 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died between 20 Aug 1806 and 3 Nov 1806.
3. Basil Hayden was born on 7 Aug 1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 20 Jul 1833 in Washington County, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Mary Cemetery, Calvary, Marion, Kentucky.
4. Ann Hayden was born on 13 Nov 1776 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1860.
5. John Baptist Hayden was born on 6 Apr 1779 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in 1785 in En route to Kentucky.
6. Joseph Hayden was born in Sep 1781 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in 1785 in En route to Kentucky.
7. Eleanor Hayden was born in Mar 1782 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 25 Feb 1803 in Calvary, Marion, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion, Kentucky.
8. Teresa Hayden was born in Dec 1782 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in 1785 in En route to Kentucky.
9. John Hayden was born on 16 Feb 1784 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in 1785 in En route to Kentucky.
10. Teresa Hayden was born on 30 Mar 1788 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died after 1850.
11. Hillery Hayden was born in 1792 in Washington County, Kentucky; died in 1792 in Washington County, Kentucky.
12. Louis Hayden was born on 21 Jul 1792; died after 21 Jul 1792.
13. Edward Hayden was born on 7 Nov 1795 in Washington County, Kentucky.
14. Lewis Hayden was born on 20 Aug 1796 in Washington County, Kentucky; died in 1849 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky.
15. Alexander Hayden was born on 5 Mar 1798 in Washington County, Kentucky; died in 1804.

Henrietta married Charles Ewing on 19 Feb 1805 in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky, and was divorced on 3 Feb 1808 in Kentucky. Charles (son of Charles Ewing and Martha Baker) was born between 1750 and 1753; died after 3 Feb 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden was born on 16 Dec 1785 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 6 Dec 1867 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 1719, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

Abstract of the will of Robert Cole, from Linda Reno's stmarysfamilies.com:

Robert Cole, SMC 11/26/1771-12/2/1771. Wife: Sarah, alias Elizabeth. Children: Eleanor, Elizabeth, Mary. If any of these 3 die before marriage or not arrive at age, estate may go to survivors of these 4: Eleanor, Elizabeth, Mary, Henrietta Hayden. Son-in-law: Robert Mattingly. Granddaughter: Elizabeth Mattingly. Heirs of daughters: Jane Mattingly and Margaret Melton, both deceased. Execs: Sons-in-law, Robert Mattingly, Richard Melton, Basil Hayden. Wit: James Roach, Clement Hayden, William Hayden.

From Mary Louise Donnelly, John Medley (1615-1660):

"An inventory of Robert Cole's estate was made on 8/14/1772 with a value of nearly 445 pounds of sterling. He owned seven slaves and the usual items found on a plantation of that period, and some special items such as a desk, a seal skin trunk and a pair of spectacles and case. When the final account of Robert Cole's estate was made on 11/22/1773 his heirs received nearly 513 pounds of sterling (Acc't 69:205)."

Robert married Ann Greenwell before 1743. Ann (daughter of Thomas Greenwell and Mary Medley) was born about 1730 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died before 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Tant before 1704 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of John Tant and Margaret Bloomfield) was born before 1689 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1724 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abstract of the will of Thomas Greenwell, 11 Mar 1750:

To son Philip.
To dau. Winefret, Negro man Robin.
To dau.-in-law, Anne Riley.
To dau.-in-law, Elizabeth Riley.
To son-in-law, Bennet Riley.
To my three said children in law, each a two-year yearling.
To son George Greenwell, 1s.
To dau. Anne Cole, 1s.
Rest of estate to my children: Philip Greenwell, Anastasia Greenwell, Monica Greenwell, Mary Greenwell and Raphael Greenwell.
Wife Mary Greenwell and Robert Cole, exs.
Wit: Henry Jernegan, Ignatius Greenwell.

Thomas married Mary Medley before 1724 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Medley and (Unknown first wife of John Medley)) was born about 1700 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 20 Aug 1743 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 20 Dec 1717, St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland
• Alternate death: Bef 3 Mar 1718

Notes:

Planter and householder. Literate. Called "Mr." After the death of his parents when he was five or six, he was raised by his father's friend Luke Gardiner.

His second wife Elizabeth Slye was a daughter of Robert Slye and Susanna Gerard. Susanna Gerard was a daughter of early Maryland immigrant (and Edward I descendant) Dr. Thomas Gerard and his wife Susanna Snow. But more interestingly in connection with American history, Susanna Gerard's second husband, following the death of Robert Slye, was John Coode, one of the three leaders of Maryland's Protestant revolution of 1689 (and also a shadowy and malign figure in John Barth's 1960 novel The Sot-Weed Factor). Susanna's sister Elizabeth Gerard was the wife of Nehemiah Blackiston, another of the leaders of the 1689 uprising, who was a son of regicide judge John Blackiston. Her sister Mary Gerard was the wife of Kenelm Cheseldine, the third of the revolution's leaders. And finally, her sister Frances Gerard was, in the fourth of her five marriages, the third wife of Col. John Washington (1633-1677), great-grandfather of George Washington.

Edward married Honora on 27 Apr 1683 in St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Honora was born about 1667 in "Strand," St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1696 and 1698, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

That her last name was Ford is unproven.

Notes:

First recorded in 1673, an immigrant servant; free later that same year. A "taylor" in 1675, a planter by 1676, with one slave, later four slaves and one servant. Dr. Lois Green Carr's records (citation details below) call his wife only "Margaret", but she notes his their household also contained "Patrick Blomfield, son of John Blomfield."

His will of 17 Oct 1702 bequeaths to his son James and heirs, personalty, and also confirms to James and heirs the estate "Dry Dockett". To son Mark at 18, all of his other lands, except if Mark dies without issue, lands to pass to daughters … and "to Japhaele and Maryeena Blumfield and Ellinor Dickins, personalty". Thus another Bloomfield connection to the Tant family.

John married Margaret Bloomfield before 1665 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Margaret was born between 1651 and 1654; died in 1726 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will of James Greenwell, 28 Nov 1709:

To wife Grace, extx., during widowhood, of 200 A., "Pileswood Lane", it being the dwelling place; she to have charge of younger child. until they are 18 yrs. of age. To son John and hrs., residue of land afsd.; he to have charge of child. should wife marry or die. In event of his death without issue, his estate to pass in succession to sons Justinian and Ignatius and hrs., to son Stephen and hrs., son Charles and hrs., and then to 3 sons Henry, Thos. and William and hrs. To sons afsd., personalty.

To son James, 1 shilling in full of his share of estate.

To 3 daus., Mary Heard, Grace Clarke and Jane (Greenwell), at 18 yrs., personalty.

Test: Jo. Mason, Henry Taylor, James Gough, Peter Gahart.

James married Grace Taylor before 1677. Grace (daughter of Henry Taylor and Mary) died between 30 Nov 1737 and 5 Mar 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will of Grace Taylor Greenwell Galley:



Galley, Grace, widow, St. Mary's Co., 31st Nov., 1737; 5th Mar., 1739.

To sons Charles, Henry, Justiman, Thomas and John Greenwell, dau.-in-law Mary, wife of Charles, dau. Grace, wife of Michael Rayley, Jr., grand-daus., child. of sons Stephen, Henry, Charles and Thomas Greenwell, to daus. of Jane Norris, wife of Thomas, and to dau. Mary, wife of John Heard, personalty.

Testatrix desires to be buried with her husbands and child. on her plantation.

Ex.: Son Stephen.

Test: William Stone, Jr., John Greenwell, Thomas Gordan.

Notes:

Will of John Medley:

In the name of God Amen, I JOHN MEDLEY, SR. of St. Mary's County in the province Maryland being in health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory praise therefore give unto almighty God for the same, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say -- first, and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of almighty hoping through the merits of [illegible] and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and [illegible] and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit Everlasting Life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors, hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all my [illegible] Temporal Estate as it hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as follows 1st First I will that my Just debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged -- Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Greenwell my son in Law, all that parcel of Land whereon he now Lives, during his natural Life, and after his decease, I give and bequeath, the said Land with all its appurtenances unto my grandson, GEORGE GREENWELL, and the male heirs of his body Lawfully begotten from him and for want of such heirs, then to JAMES MEDLEY, Son of JAMES MEDLEY, and his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN MEDLEY one shilling sterling in full of his part of my Estate, Item I give and bequeath unto my son GEORGE MEDLEY heirs and the rest of his children, one shilling sterling in full of their part of my Estate -- Item I give and bequeath unto my son WILLIAM MEDLEY one shilling sterling in full of his part of my Estate Item I give and bequeath unto my son THOMAS MEDLEY one Shilling Sterling it being in full of his part of my Estates Item I give and bequeath unto my Son JAMES MEDLEY one shilling sterling it being in full of his part of my Estate. Item I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter MARY one Shilling Sterling it being in full of their part of my Estate, Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter ANN COLE, one feather bed and that being in full of her part of my Estate Item I give and bequeath unto my Loving wife, Sarah Medley, one third part of all my personal Estate, and all the Rest and Residue of my personal Estate goods Chattles, whatsoever I so give and bequeath unto my three children CLEMENT JANE and HENRIETTA MEDLEY and their heirs forever -- and I do hereby appoint, my Loving wife Sarah Medley and Loving Son CLEMENT MEDLEY my whole and sole Executor and Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke disallow and declare void all former wills and Testaments by me heretofore made -- In witness whereof I the said JOHN MEDLEY to this my Last Will have hereunto set my hand seal, this second Day of December, one thousand seven hundred and forty three.

[Signed in the presence of Thomas Waughop, Enoch Combs, and Cornelius Manning.]

John married (Unknown first wife of John Medley). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said, without proof, to have been Ann Ford.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1663
• Alternate death: Bef Sep 1663

Notes:

He emigrated from (probably) Heston, Middlesex to Maryland 1652 with his wife, four children, and two servants. He died in London during a business trip back there. He was literate, and Roman Catholic. He held minor offices such as manor court juror and from 1658 on he was sometimes referred to as "Mr."

His Maryland plantation is the subject of a book-length study, Robert Cole's World: Agriculture & Society in Early Maryland by Lois Green Carr, Russell R. Menard, and Lorena S. Walsh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).

He called his fellow Maryland immigrant Benjamin Gill "kinsman" and was an executor of Gill's estate. Gill's wife Mary (Ann Maria) was a daughter of the recusant Oliver Mainwaring (d. 1631) and his royally-descended wife Margaret Torbock. Joan or Jane Mainwaring, a sister of Mary's, may have been the Joan/Jane who married a Thomas Cole in Heston, Middlesex; this has led to a hypothesis (here, here, and here) that the settler was a son of that Joan and Thomas, but there appears to be no proof that this was the case. And yet we note that Robert Cole's grandson Edward Cole (d. 1762) married Ann Neale, a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Gill and Mary Mainwaring -- and also that the second wife of Edward Cole (1657-1717), son of this Robert and father of the aforementioned Edward, was Elizabeth Slye, a granddaughter of the royally-descended Maryland immigrant Thomas Gerard. All of which fuels a certain suspicion that, even if Robert and his son Edward called themselves "yeomen", the family had non-trivial connections to fellow Roman Catholics of higher social rank.

Carr, Menard, and Walsh (citation details below) believe that his parents were William and Joan/Jane Cole of Heston. A Robert Cole is recorded as baptised 15 Nov 1629 at St. Margaret, Westminster, son of William Cole. Another Robert Cole, also the son of a William, is recorded baptised in London, at St. Giles without Cripplegate, on 28 Aug 1629. Mary Ellen Donnelly (citation details below) believes his parents were Thomas Cole of Lampton, Middlesex, baptized 15 Dec 1594, and Jane Hanckes of Middlesex. The fact that Robert Cole's will mentions his "couzen" Henry Hanks lends some credence to this latter theory.

There is a 1662 burial in the records of the parish of St. Leonard's in Heston (now part of the London borough of Hounslow) which may well refer to the burial of our Robert Cole. Incorrectly recorded in several places as dated 16 August 1662, it is actually dated 17 August of that year. It reads "Augusti 17 sepultus Robertus Cole filius", followed on the same line by a long blank spot and then some very hard-to-read further letters. The first chunk probably says "Cole" and the rest, while very hard to make out on its own, matches closely in overall shape with other inscriptions on the same ledger that say "di Hounslow". So it looks like what the inscription says is "On August 17, Robert Cole, son of _____ Cole of Hounslow, was buried."

Ultimately, though, this adds little to our knowledge of the indentity of the father of the emigrant Robert Cole, except that he may well have been from Hounslow. Heston, associated in several ways with our Robert Cole, is part of Hounslow. The William and Jane Cole asserted by Carr, Menard, and Walsh as his parents were of Heston, and certainly our Robert referred in his will to "my Loving mother Mrs Jone Cole of heston in the County of Middlesex." Two Jone Coles, both identified as widows, are assessed for three or four hearths in the Heston hearth tax records of 1664. Additionally, the Thomas Cole claimed by others as Robert's father was probably from Lampton, which has been part of Hounslow at least some of the time over the centuries. And "Jana wife of Thomas Cole of Heston yeoman" appears on the same recusant roll (#20--E377/31, 1622-23) as "Benjamin Gill of St. Andrew Holborn, Middlesex, chandler" and "Mary his wife."

Robert married Rebecca between 1649 and 1652. Rebecca died about Mar 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1663

Notes:

She was the widow of a man named Knott, possibly named John or Francis.

She appears to have been related to Richard Sheppey. Archives of Maryland 41:242: "Capt Nicholas Gwyther Sayth upon oath, that the last yeare coming to New Towne, att the request of Capt cornewaleys understanding that Richard Sheppey lyued att ROBT COLES (his kinsman by marriage) Hee told the sd ROBT COLE, that rich: Sheppey was indebted to Capt Crnewaleys in the summe of 1000 lbs Tob. & if soe bee hee would come to Capt Cornewaleys & take some course with him about it, & pay it, hee would forbeare his till next yeare; not speaking to Rich: Sheppey att all, & ROBT COLE promised this Depont to goe downe to the sd Capt Cornewaleys about it."

Notes:

He was not a passenger on the Ark or the Dove, despite many online claims to the contrary. He first appears in the archives of Maryland on 1 Feb 1642, when Edward Hall sued John Langford, Esq., for a flockbed and a rug, purportedly used by John Greenwell near Piney Neck. He appears to have been in his teens and indentured as a manservant to Edward Hall, an indenture that was over by 1650. The frequent claim that he returned to England to marry his first wife Mary on 22 Jun 1650 cannot be entirely true, since on 19 June of that year he gave testimony in a case involving a cattle brand, incidentally stating his age to be 25. (Archives of Maryland, volume 10, page 29.)

His page on Wikitree claims that he was born 30 Mar 1625 in Durham, England, a son of William Greenwell and Elizabeth Powell, but we aware of no proof for this, or any evidence whatsoever for Durham origins.

Below is his will, dated 27 Mar 1658. After his death, Walter Hall testified that John Greenwell wrote his will "2 or 3 dayes before hee dyed."

Will of John Greenwell, from volume 41 of the Maryland archives, page 43:

In the name of God Amen. I John Greenewell of New-Towne in the Prouince of Maryland, being very sick of Body, but in perfect memory (thanks bee gyuen to Allmighty God) doe make & ordaine this my last will & Testamt as followeth. Impe I bequeath my Soule to Allmty god my Creatoe & Redeemer; And my Body to the earth, to be decently buryed.

It. I giue unto my louing Sonne James Greenewell (whom I make my Exequutoe after my debts & funerall charges are payd) all my whole Estate, Except these following Legacyes.

I giue unto my louing Wife Bridgett Greenewell all her wearing cloathes her bed & furniture; halfe the stock of hoggs; halfe the Steeres & fewer Cowes. And the managing of the whole Estate untill my Sonne comes of Age. If my Ouerseers shall soe thinke fitt.

It. I giue unto my God-daughter Anna Warren a Cow calfe.

It. I giue unto Mr fritz herbert a hogshead of Tob. in testimony That I dye a Roman Catholique.

It. I make & ordaine my two loving freinds Capt Willm Euans & Mr James Langworth to bee Ourseers to my Child, And in case my Child dye before he comes to age.

I give unto the Ouerseers One third part of his Estate betwixt them, And the rest to be disposed of to pious uses: as for the releife of poore Catholique Children & the like.

In wittnes tht this is my last will & testamt I haue hereunto sett my hand.

March the 27th 1658.

John Greenewell
In the presence of his marke
Walter Hall
John Shirtcliffe
his marke.
Thomas Bankes.

John married Mary before 1651. Mary died after 20 Mar 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1652

Notes:

Said to have been Mary Knowland, but this is evidently unproven.

Her last appearance in surviving Maryland records is on 20 Mar 1651/2, when she testified in the case of James Langworth and Robert Clarke, who were charged with the murder of Philip Anther. She testified that the pistol that killed Anther had misfired earlier that same day, when she jostled it while going about her daily chores. Both defendants were eventually acquitted.

Notes:

He was transported from Virginia to Maryland in 1667 along with his wife Mary and his daughter Grace. We are unaware of any evidence for his purported origins in Warrington, Lancashire.

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I039964:

Henry Taylor Sr (will dated 3/27/1698, will probated 3/8/1700 St Mary's County) & his 1st wife, Mary.

A tailor, Henry, Mary & dau, Grace, immigrated into service 1667 St Mary's County. Others mentioned in Henry Taylor Will were "sons Henry, John, William, Thomas & James Taylor (plantation), dau Grace Greenwell & wife (unnamed)."

Henry Taylor's 2nd wife was Faith Campbell, daughter of John Campbell of Poplar Hill.

*****

Henry Taylor of St Mary's service 1667 ABH11 f108, patents.
"Henry Taylor proves right to 150 acres & warrant. Came forth Henry Taylor of St Mary's Co., tailor, and proved right as well to fifty acres of land for his time of service performed and also 100 cares more for the transport of Mary his wife, & Grace his child."

Henry married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1 May 1695, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

Regarding his year of birth, Donnelly in John Medley (1615-1660) notes "Age 26 in 1679 ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND 51:269-271, which also states he was a son of JOHN MEDLEY dec'd."

William married Ann Reynolds. Ann (daughter of George Reynolds and Dorothy) died before 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Coles were far from poor. Indeed, according to the standards of the day, Robert, at least, came from a prosperous family. His father, William Cole, was a yeoman, meaning that he was a farmer with modest land holdings. The competent English prose of Robert’s will indicates that his family had the means to provide him with some formal education. There are also extant tax records that show that his widowed mother, Joan Cole, ranked within the top third of the economic pyramid in Heston. Additionally, Robert Cole had the resources necessary to transport his family and two servants to Maryland and then to purchase a three hundred acre farm when he got there." [Rory T. Conley, citation details below.]

William married Jone. Jone was born in of Heston, Middlesex, England; died after 2 Apr 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Cole's will of 2 Apr 1662 mentions, along with his mother "Mrs Jone Cole of heston in the County of Middlesex," his "Cousin Mr. Henry Hanks of Holbourn in the City of London", which suggests that his mother may have been born Jane Hanks.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1616, England

Notes:

Arrived in Maryland 1635 as an indentured servant of Thomas Cornwalleys. Represented Newtown Hundred in the lower house of the Maryland legislature, 1650 and 1651.

We know he died in 1660 because on 19 Feb of that year he was subpoened to testify in the case of Stiles vs. Piles, and then later in 1660 James Beane filed a lawsuit against John Medley's estate.

Mary Louise Donnelly's John Medley 1615-1660 gives the parents of this John Medley as John Medley and Susannah Rhodes who married 8 Feb 1601 in Elland, Yorkshire. Problems with this include the fact that the elder of these John Medleys was a Protestant while the immigrant was a Catholic, and the fact that the older John Medley was a parish clerk whereas the immigrant was illiterate.

John married Elizabeth Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Mary Louise Donnelly's John Medley (1615-1660), Elizabeth arrived in Maryland 1641.

Notes:

Donnelly in John Medley (1615-1660) (citation details below) says he was "mentioned on 10/1/1663 as the Door Keeper of the Lower House and for his services received 300 pounds of tobacco."

George married Dorothy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]