Saturday, June 20, 2015

Surname Saturday - COLE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1127 who is  Elizabeth COLE (1619-1688) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this COLE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


70.  Thomas Dill (1758-1836)
71.  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)

140.  Thomas Dill (1708-1761)
141.  Mehitable Brown (1714-1758)

280.  Thomas Dill (1682-1718)
281.  Mary Peirce (1682-1713)

562.  Nathaniel Peirce, (1655-1692)
563.  Elizabeth Pierce (1646-????)

1126. Thomas Pierce, born about 1617 in probably Norwich, Norfolk, England; died 06 November 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2252. Thomas Pierce and 2253. Elizabeth.  He married 06 May 1635 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1127.  Elizabeth Cole, born about 1619 in England; died 05 March 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 

Children of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Cole are:
*  Abigail Pierce (1639-1643).
*  John Pierce (1643-1720), married 1663 Deborah converse (1647-????).
*  Thomas Pierce (1645-1717), married (1) 1669 Eliza (1647-1679); (2) 1680 Rachel Bacon (1652-????).
*  Elizabeth Pierce (1646-????), married (1) 1666 Thomas Whittemore; (2) 1670 Hopestill Foster; (3) 1680 Nathaniel Peirce (1655-1692).
*  Joseph Pierce (1648-1649).
*  Joseph Pierce (1649-1716), married 1681 Mary Richardson (1657-1720).
*  Stephen Pierce (1651-1733), married 1676 Tabitha Parker (1658-1742).
*  Samuel Pierce (1654-1656).
*  Samuel Pierce (1656-1721), married 1680 Lydia Bacon (1656-1717).
*  William Pierce (1657-1720), married 1690 Abigail Warren (????-1726).
*  James Pierce (1659-1742), married (1) Elizabeth Kendall (1653-1715); (2) 1688 Elizabeth Parker (1652-1715).
*  Abigail Pierce (1660-1719), married 1685 George Reed (1660-1756).
*  Benjamin Pierce (1662-1739), married 1688 Mary Reed (1670-1747).

2254.  Rice Cole, born before 1590 in England; died 15 May 1646 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 07 June 1612 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England.
2255.  Arrold Dunington, born before 21 September 1587 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England; died before 26 December 1661 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4510. Edward Dunington and 4511. Margaret Cox.

Children of Rice Cole and Arrold Dunington are:
*  Robert Cole (1616-1655), married 1649 Phillips (1620-????).
*  Elizabeth Cole (1619-1688), married 1635 Thomas Pierce (1617-1683)
*  Mary Cole (1621-1683), married 1641 Richard Lowden.
*  John Cole (1623-1673), married 1655 Ursula Chamberlain (1632-1673).
*  James Cole (1625-1657), married 1655 Ruth (1630-????).

Information about this Cole family was obtained from:

*   Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Volume 1 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pages 426-429, Rice Cole sketch.

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1 comment:

Bill West said...

Another cousin connection. My line goes Rice and Arrold> Elizabeth & Thomas Pierce>John Piece & Deborah Converse>Daniel Pierce & Dinah Holt>John Pierce & Hannah Houghton>Meriah Pierce & Elisha Houghton>Moses Houghton & Martha Haskell>Sally Houghton & James T Dunham>Florilla Dunham & Asa Ellingwood>Clara Ellingwood & Philip J West(my great grandparents)