Rebecca

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."

Rebecca married Robert Cole between 1649 and 1652. Robert (son of William Cole and Jone) was born in 1628 in Middlesex, England; died after 2 Apr 1662 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 15 Oct 1651, England

Robert married Anne Warren before Jun 1676. Anne (daughter of John Warren) died about 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Ignatius Warren before 1673. [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]

Edward married Elizabeth Slye after 1694. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Slye and Susannah Gerard) was born in 1668; died in 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1761, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

He was the overseer of the will of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Lord.

Edward married Ann Neale in 1715. Ann (daughter of James Neale and Elizabeth Lord) died in 1768. [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]

Family/Spouse: Anne Medley. Anne (daughter of John Medley and (Unknown first wife of John Medley)) was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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)."

Family/Spouse: "Sary" Elizabeth. "Sary" died before 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Mary married Thomas Thompson between 1734 and 1738. Thomas (son of George Thompson and Rebecca Medley) was born about 1707 in St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died before 27 Aug 1779 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]