William Cole

- 1634

• Name	William Cole  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1633 and Apr 1634  [2]
  Person ID	I1744	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Jone,   b. of Heston, Middlesex, England d. Aft 2 Apr 1662
  Children	+ 1. Robert Cole,   b. 1628, Middlesex, England d. Aft 2 Apr 1662, England (Age > 34 years)
  Family ID	F1500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2020

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• Sources

  [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.