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==Biography==John Cole’s 1669 birth date can be determined by depositions giving his age as 38 in 1707, 63 in 1732 and 67 in 1737.<ref name="Barnes">Barnes, Robert, ''Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.'' Willow Bend Books 2000.</ref>
==1669 Birth and Parentage==His parents are uncertain. There are several candidates; none are proven. He may be the son of the Thomas Cole who was living in Anne Arundel County when he "confessed the truth" of the Quaker faith in 1657 and was fined for not taking an oath after 1658. This Thomas surveyed land on the Severn River in 1665 and was closely connected to William Coale of West River.<ref>Kelly, J. Reaney. ''Quakers in The Founding of Anne Arundel County Maryland, Baltimore''. The Maryland Historical Society 1963.</ref>
According to research complied by John Frederick Dorman, senior fellow in the American Society of Genealogists, the John Cole who married Johanna Garrett and died in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1746 cannot be a descendant of Humphrie Cole of Tillingham, Essex, England as is currently given in some online genealogies. This book has a detailed genealogy of the descendants of his eldest son, William, who came to Virginia in 1618 on the ship ''Neptune''. Dorman gives evidence that there was only one son for this emigrant, who was also named William (William). William was living on a 1350 acre plantation called “Bolthrope” near Elizabeth City, Virginia in 1671 and his descendants continued to live there for nearly 100 years. William Cole II died in 1693 and was buried on this plantation. According to Dorman, only two of William’s children survived to adulthood and produced heirs, Susannah and William III, who was born in 1691.<ref> Dorman, John Frederick. A''dventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5''. 4th ed. Vol. One. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 2004. 713-716. Print.</ref>
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According to Tuttle, he was born in Maryland,<ref name="Tuttle">Tuttle, Ralph E., compiler, [http://www.jeffcochapter.com/FamilyHistories/Cole/COLE%20DOCUMENT.pdf ''Some Descendants of John Cole (Born 1669 in Maryland) ...''] [self published], accessed March 12, 2015</ref> but no documentation of his birth has been found.
==1690 First Marriage to Johanna Garrett==
John married about 1690 his 1st wife, [[Garrett-34|Johanna Garrett]] (c1675 - c1715), daughter of Dennis Garrett and Barbara Unknown. Johanna died in 1715.<ref>Barnes, Robert W. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1989. </ref>
During this time, there was a law in Maryland that the wife had to release her dower rights to her husband’s property in the deed. This law provides us with a record of John Cole’s two wives.
Johanna signed a deed dated 17 MAR 1711 and by the time of his next land sale dated 3 AUG 1719, his wife was named Dinah. This particular land sale is very odd because the tract called Cole’s Adventure containing 300 acres was sold to Susannah Noden, the wife of Samuel Noden of Baltimore County for the sum of 8,500 lbs. of tobacco.<ref>BAL Co. Land TR DS/18</ref> Susannah was his daughter which is proved when her grandson, Thomas Demmet sold part of Cole's Adventure left to him by his mother, Susanna Moorcock, the daughter of John Cole.<ref>Baltimore County Liber HWS M folio 85</ref> These deeds of sale also inform us that John Cole could sign his name. John Cole was most likely from an upper class family to have the means for these extensive land purchases.
== 1691 Murder of Father-in-law, Dennis Garrett ==John's father-in-law, [[Garrett-35|Dennis Garrett]], was stabbed by [[Oldton-1|Captain John Oldton]]. John and other family members were witnesses and testified in court.<ref name="Barnes"/><ref name="MHM">Browne, William Hand and Louis Henry Dielman, [https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=A_YMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA115 "The Baltimore County "Garrison."] ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' Vol 16, Page 115-16, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society., 1921 - GoogleBooks.com accessed January 21, 2015</ref> Dennis Garrett died two days later, on September 2, 1691.<ref name="Tuttle"/> Oldton was convicted and sentenced to hang, but he was later pardoned by the King. Oldton was married to [[Gorsuch-26|Anna (Gorsuch) Oldton]] who was the aunt of [[Gorsuch-20|Charles Gorsuch]], the husband of John's daughter, Sarah (Cole) Gorsuch.<ref name="Tuttle"/>
==1694 Land==Over a period of 48 years, from 1694 to 1742, John Cole claimed over 1,800 acres of land in Baltimore County by patent from the provincial government. Most of these claims were along the Patapsco River around the area of the modern city of Baltimore, or the northeast side of Baltimore County along the Gunpowder River.<ref> MD Patent Records PL G/149; CD/38, 283, 270; DD5/675; EE6/317; EI3/305</ref> Baltimore County land records also contain many deeds recording the transfer of these properties via sale to others.
== 1702 Sale of Cole's Choice ==In 1702, John Cole, planter of Patapsco, assigned "Cole's Choice," a 809-acre tract, to Richard Owens, merchant of Herring Creek in Anne Arundel. This property was located on the north side of the northwest branch of the Patapsco River, and in the Baltimore City area, from Sharp Street to the east. The land was put up as collateral for a mortgage of 150 lbs. sterling from Richard Owens. It appears that he paid back the loan and kept ownership of this land.<ref>Baltimore County Land Records Liber HW 2/183.</ref>
==1712 Gave Son Daniel's Whimsey==In November 1712, John conveyed to his son, Joseph (2nd), part of Daniel's Whimsey.<ref name="Tuttle"/> In March 1733, John conveyed to his son, John, part of Daniel's Whimsey.<ref name="Tuttle"/>
==1716 Second Marriage to Dianah Hawkins==He married c1716 Baltimore Co., MD, as his 2nd, to [[Hawkins-4120|Dianah Hawkins]] (1699 - 1747), daughter of Matthew Hawkins and Mary Parrish.<ref name="Wigglesworth"/> They had three sons.
==1733 Sale of Daniel's Whimsey==It’s possible that Baltimore was getting too crowded for John Cole by 1733. In that year he sold the remainder of his plantation called Daniel’s Whimsey to his son, John Cole Jr. for 1000 lbs. of tobacco. All deeds after this reveal John Cole Sr. living near the Gunpowder River in northeast Baltimore County.
== Abstract of Will ==
12 Nov 1745 I John Cole of Gunpowder in Baltimore County
I appoint my wife '''Dinah Cole''' whole and sole executor.*The land whereon I now live containing 100 acres more/less called ''Coles Chance'' I will to my '''son Charles Cole'''.*Unto my '''son Joseph Cole''' I will the land where he now lives called ''Coles Church'' containing 208 acres more/less according to the tenor of the lease.*The land that I have contracted by virtue of assigment from Soloman Cross in the fork of the Falls I will to my son '''Matthew Cole''' after his mother’s decease.*Signed with a signature by John Cole in the presence of Dennis Garret Cole, Matthew Hale & William Cole.
Presented to the Probate Court on 5 NOV 1746.<ref> Maryland Colonial Wills Liber 24/495</ref>
The estate was administered 5 FEB 1747 by Joseph Taylor (Quaker). A second inventory was cited as valued at 99.7.6 lbs. Payments were made to Dinah Cole, Mordicai Price & Aquilla Carr, William Rogers, Daniel Dulaney Esq. and William Fell (accountant).<ref>Prerogative Court Adm. & Accts. Liber 24/247</ref>
==Children==
Children of John and Johanna:<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-531|Joseph Cole]] (1st of two Joseph Coles, sons of John Cole) b: c. 1690 d: before 3-13-1719/20 Baltimore Co., MD; mar Susannah (Darwell?)<ref name="Tuttle"/> John Cole named two of his sons, "Joseph." The significance of that name is not known, but it is interesting that he named his first son Joseph. After that son died in 1720, John again named a son "Joseph," assuring that he would have a living son with the name.<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-79|Elizabeth Cole]] b c. 1690's Anne Arundel, MD; mar John Ensor<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-75|John Cole, Jr]], b: 1699 probably Baltimore Co., MD d: c1750 Baltimore, MD; mar Mary Charfinch (Chaffinch?)<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-73|Thomas Cole]] b c. 1690's d: c1781 mar Sarah Unknown<ref name="Tuttle"/> 1702: John Broad who married Dennis Garrett’s widow, Barbara, made a will naming Thomas the son of John & Johanna Cole.<ref name="Barnes"/># [[Cole-62|Sarah Cole]] b c. 1693 MD d: 1758?; mar Charles Gorsuch. [[Stone-68|Barbara]], the mother of Johanna, died in 1733 and left a will in which she named her granddaughter, Sarah, wife of Charles Gorsuch, son Thomas Broad and his wife Ann the daughter of Frances Haile.<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-77|Dennis Garrett Cole]] b: c. 1696 MD, d: c. 1773 Baltimore Co., MD; mar Rachel Price<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-74|William Cole]] b: 1691 Anne Arundel, MD d: c. 1770 Baltimore Co., MD; mar Mary Giles<ref name="Tuttle"/>
Children of John and Dianah:# [[Cole-517|Charles Cole]] b: c. 1717 d: after 1754<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-72|Joseph Cole]] (2nd of two Joseph Coles, sons of John Cole) b: c. 1726 d: c. 1795; mar Ruth Cross<ref name="Tuttle"/> John Cole named two of his sons, "Joseph." The significance of that name is not known, but it is interesting that he named his first son Joseph. After that son died in 1720, John again named a son "Joseph," assuring that he would have a living son with the name.<ref name="Tuttle"/># [[Cole-535|Matthew Cole]] b: c1732 d: Aft. 11-12-1754 Baltimore Co., MD<ref name="Tuttle"/>
[[Cole-540|Samuel Cole]] was not found in the sources used to prepare this profile. According to Ralph Tuttle, "no Samuel could be found in public records as having been born during that time period" (Page 6).<ref name="Tuttle"/>
== Sources ==
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See also:* Lewis, Robert, [http://genforum.genealogy.com/md/annearundel/messages/1102.html The Thomas, William and John Cole / Coale Families of Ann Arundale Co., MD] GenForum post February 6, 2012, accessed January 22, 2015* Maryland Patent Records: CD/38, 270, 283; DD 5/675; EE 6/317; E 13/305; 337; IS H/340.
* Baltimore County Land Records HWS M/47
* Archives of Maryland Vol. 87/397
* Archives of Maryland Vol. 407/19* Gibb, Carson, [http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html New Early Settlers of Maryland Query] from Gust Skordas' ''Early Settlers of Maryland'' and Carson Gibb's ''Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland'', accessed January 19. 2015* Sutherland, Hunter C., [http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5800/sc5881/000001/000000/000309/pdf/msa_sc_5881_1_309.pdf "A Brief History of the Bush River Friends Meeting of Harford County, Maryland"] ''Maryland Historical Magazine,'' (Vol 77, No. 4, Pgs 365-69) The Museum and Library of Maryland History, accessed March 12, 2015
== Acknowledgments ==
Thank you to [[Hamilton-5324 | Robert Hamilton]] for creating WikiTree profile Cole-4638 through the import of HAMILT~3.GED on Jul 6, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)21:17, 19 March 2018 (EDT)~I added the following info from familysearch.com and anyone is welcome to delete it. John Cole Sr. is my 6th Great Grandfather, Karen Cole Reitano Kcreitano@gmail.com https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVD2-Z31
Residence
1693
Cattle Marks, Somerset County, MD
1699
N Side Patapscounty Hund, Baltimore County, MD
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N Side Patapscounty Hund, Baltimore County, MD
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N Side Patapscounty Hund, Baltimore County, MD
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N Side Patapscounty Hund, Baltimore County, MD
1705
Upper Patapsco, Baltimore County, MD
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Alt. Birth
20 November 1669
Anne Arundel Co, Maryland Colony, G.B.
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was wittness to the assualt on Dennis Garrett by Capt. John Oldton
31 July 1691
Baltimore County, Maryland
Will dated
12 November 1745
Gun Powder, Baltimore County, Maryland
Will probated
5 November 1746
Baltimore County, Maryland
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