Joseph Cole

- 1703

• Name	Joseph Cole  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Aug 1703	Saco, York, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I1793	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family	Sarah Randall,   b. Abt 1661, Saco, York, Maine
  Marriage	Bef 1698	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Madeleine Cole,   b. 9 Oct 1698, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts d. Bef 30 Apr 1744 (Age < 45 years)
  Family ID	F1141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  His parentage is unknown. He was killed in the raid on Saco on 10 Aug 1703, and his wife Sarah and his three daughters were taken, either in that raid or one immediately following. His wife and all three daughters were subsequently baptized into the Catholic church in Montréal, one of them posthumously. On baptism, Sarah became Marie-Catherine and Deborah became Madeleine (sometimes said to have been Marie-Madeleine). According to several sources, Sarah eventually returned to New England, but we've been unable to confirm this.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024. [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939.