Rebecca

- Abt 1662

• Name	Rebecca
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt Mar 1662  [1, 2]
  Alternate death	Bef 1663  [3, 4]
  Person ID	I3352	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Robert Cole,   b. 1628, Middlesex, England d. Aft 2 Apr 1662, England (Age > 34 years)
  Marriage	Between 1649 and 1652  [5, 6]
  Children	1. Robert Cole,   b. 15 Oct 1652, St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Bef 30 Apr 1695 (Age < 42 years)   2. Mary Cole,   b. 26 Jan 1653, St. Mary's County, Maryland   3. William Cole,   b. 23 Jun 1655 + 4. Edward Cole,   b. 9 Nov 1657, St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Between 18 Apr 1717 and 20 Dec 1717, St. Mary's County, Maryland (Age 59 years)   5. Elizabeth Cole,   b. 2 Mar 1659
  Family ID	F5354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2023

  
  

• 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."

  
  

• Sources

  [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., year only. [S3404] Rory T. Conley, "Robert Cole's Religion: The Religious Practice of Maryland's First Catholics." Chronicles of St. Mary’s: Quarterly Magazine of the St. Mary's County Historical Society, Winter 2010. [S248] Robert Cole's World: Agriculture & Society in Early Maryland by Lois Green Carr, Russell B. Menard, and Lorena S. Walsh. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991., "bef. 1663". [S247] Maryland State Archives, Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders, by Dr. Lois Green Carr. [S248] Robert Cole's World: Agriculture & Society in Early Maryland by Lois Green Carr, Russell B. Menard, and Lorena S. Walsh. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. [S138] St. Mary's Families, compiled by Linda Reno. Original site is gone. Mirrors: Marriages 1638-1820. Migration from Maryland 1780-1820. Tract Map: 1705.