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== Origin ==No birth record for Thomas has been found. He was likely born about 1690 or later in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was a son of [[Cole-68|John Cole]] and [[Garrett-34|Johanna Garrett]].
There were two different men with the name Thomas Cole living in Baltimore County contemporanously. A listing of the taxable inhabitants of Baltimore County in 1737 lists:: Thomas Cole & 3 slaves living on the north side of the Gunpowder River (today in Harford County):At Thomas Cole's quarter: John Carpend'r & 4 slaves living on the Upper Hundred north of the Gunpowder (apparently the same as the first Thomas):Thomas Cole Sr., Thomas Cole Jr. & Christopher Cole & 2 slaves living in Back River Hundred.<ref> Wright, F. Edward, “Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1692-1763” Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books 1999.</ref>
In the 1754 Debt Book for Baltimore County the following entries are made one right after the other::Thomas Cole - Bush River, part of ''Bonds Last Shift'' (Bush River is now in Harford County north of the Gunpowder River)
:Thomas Cole - Patapsco - ''Christopher's Lot''
:Richard Cole - part of 'Borings Gift''
:Christopher Cole - Planters Hills<ref>Wright, ibid</ref>
According to the land records of Baltimore, Thomas Cole surveyed ''Christophers Lot '' for 100 acres in 1725.<ref>Maryland Patent Liber IL A folio 557</ref> He also owned tracts called ''Levy's Tribe'', ''Green's Chance'' and he had a lease on ''Cole's Mountain''.<ref>Barnes, Robert W. “Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759” Baltimore, MD: Clearfield 1989.</ref>
==Marriage & Family==
Little is known about the wife of Thomas Cole except that her name was Sarah. A document reported to be in the Maryland Historical Society [[source needed]] states Thomas married (1) Mary Richardson, who died 3/9/1718 and (2) Sarah ?. It is not known whether there is any proof of a first marriage for Thomas. Her last name may have been Broad since it was common practice during this era to give a son the maiden name of the mother as his first name. They were the parents of :
:Christopher born abt. 1716
:Thomas b. 14 FEB 1718
:Joanna b. 18 MAY 1720
:Sarah b. 15 AUG 1722
:Broad b. 12 AUG 1725
:Abraham b. 10 JAN 1727/28
:Mary b. 12 MAY 1730
:Elizabeth b. 13 FEB 1733<ref>Barnes, ibid</ref>
==Death==
There are no probate records for Thomas. He was still alive 2 MAY 1781 when he conveyed two tracts of land to his son, Christiopher. The tracts called ''Christophers Lot'' and ''Coles Mountain'' were located on the Western Run in Baltimore County.<ref>Baltimore County Land Records Liber WG G folio 330</ref> It is possible that Thomas moved out of Maryland with one of his other children since no probate record exists.
== Sources ==
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==Note==The book 'Baltimore County Families, 1659 - 1759.' does not list two marriages; however it does list a Thomas Cole (no known relation to John Cole) who married Mary ? and had Richardson's as in-laws. This Thomas , however, died by 1745. IF there is a first marriage for Thomas, is is possible that his first two children, Christopher and Thomas, were children of the first marriage. This is pure speculation, and there is nothing in public records to support it. Thomas was mentioned in the will of John Broad, who died about 1709. John Broad was the second husband of Barbara (Stone) Garrett, Thomas' maternal grandmother.
* [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgmathis&id=I51726 World Connect] cites will of brother Joesph with evidence for Thomas.
* www.marypie.net/getperson.php?personID=I875&tree=mm* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=-1250175987 Ancestral File Number: LSG7-XH] Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998;* Brøderbund Software, Inc., [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=-1250175987 ''World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1.''] November 29, 1995* Brøderbund Software, Inc., ''World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1'' February 9, 1996;* [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=-1250175987 COLE.ged]* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7FZ-1R1 : accessed 2015-12-27), entry for Thomas COLE.
* https://www.myheritage.com/names/angelica_cole
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