Stephen Cole, Jr (Immigrant)

1700 - 1744  (44 years)

• Name	Stephen Cole  [1]
  Suffix	Jr (Immigrant)
  Birth	1700	Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1744	Chester Co, Pennsylvania (will)
  Burial	Cole plot in St Pauls Church-yard, Chester, Pennsylvania
  Notes	"Stephen Cole of England and Mattie Hunter of Wales came to America on the same ship. They later married and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is said that Stephen had been an apprentice in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages in the "old country" and pursued the same trade in America." "My branch of the Cole Family" by Alvin Seamster, Garfield, Ark. Printed in "Flashback", August 1961, page 35 and 36. married Martha Hunter abt 1726 at Radnor Twp in St. David's Episcopal Ch, Chester PA. served as vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Stephen Cole's Will- Transcribed by Gene Cole Johnson, a descendant. Unclear words or passages marked with (?). Stephen Cole's Will Be it remembered that I Stephen Cole of the burrough of Chester & Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman being weak of body but of a sound and disposing mind & memory thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the uncertainty of time here & that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following (viz) First it is my will & mind that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as conveniently can be after after my decease by my (admstrs??) hereinafter named. Item. I give unto my beloved wife Martha all that my corner lott of land lying and being in the Burrough of Chester adjoining to the land laid out for a market place containing in breadth 40 feet & in length about 80 feet to her her heirs & assigns forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my said beloved wife Martha Cole twenty pounds money of Pennsylvania to be paid her by my executors hereafter named out of the first money arising out of my estate after the payment of all my just debts. Item. I give & bequeath to her my said wife one horse and saddle and one milk cow of her own choice out of my stock & also 2 beds bedding & furniture and a pair of chest of drawers standing & being in the room below stairs in the house where I now live with what ? 2 iron pots & one skillet to her her heirs & assigns forever. Item. I give to my said wife all the wheat in the ground in my field I bought of Joseph Hoskins called Skip (?) Creek for the maintenance of her & her children. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Stephen Cole all that my field or lott of land in Chester lying along the road leading to Middleton which I purchased of Thomas Morgan containing about 12 acres to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten & in default of such (?) to be equally divided mongst my widdow & children each an equal share. Item. I give the mean profitts or yearly income of the said field unto my said wife unto my said son Stephen arrive at the age of 21 years. Item. I give unto my said son Stephen Cole ten pounds to be paid him by my executors hereafter named when he arrives at the age of 21 years. Item. I give & bequeath unto my sons John Cole, James Cole, William Cole & Mark Cole & my daughter Elizabeth Cole my (five?) lots lying on the street leading from Chester Bridge to the market house & three of my lots I bought of John Marshall lying over against the lower part of the workhouse in Chester adjoining(?)(?) lots of John Baldwin to be divided amongst them as followeth (viz) my eldest son John shall have which of the said lots he shall choose when he arrives at the age of 21 years. And my second child James shall have his choice of the remaining 4 when he arrives at the age of 21 years and my daughter Elizabeth shall have her choice when she arrives at the age of eighteen years & my two younger sons William & Mark shal have each their choice of the remaining lotts as they arrive at the age of 21 years respectively (?) & if any of my said children should dye before they arrive at the (?) ages mentioned ...then it is my will & mind that the respective share of the child so dying shall be equally divided amongst my widdow & surviving children. Item. It is my will & mind if all the (?) & remaining part of my estate whether real or personal shall be sold by my executors hereafter named & the money arising therefrom after the payment of my just debts shall be (?) out to interest and be equally divided amongst my widdow & her children viz my sons John Cole, James Cole, William Cole & Mark Cole & my daughter Elizabeth Cole my sons' shares to be paid them when they arrive at the age of 21 years respectively & my daughter's share when (when) she arrives at the age of 18 & the interest of the (?) shares (?) they arrive at the respective ages I give to my widdow to enable her to bring up my said children in a suitable manner which I hereby order & appoint shall be done by my said widdow and my sons put out to good trades by her with the consent of the other executors as they arrive at proper ages without any other considerations or charge brought against them than the mean profitts already already given. Item. It is my will and mind and I hereby give power and authority to my executors hereafter named to sell the above mentioned remaining part of my estate with full power to convey, make over & execute all deeds & conveyances necessary for the (?) & good conveyance of all the land they shall so sell. And lastly I (?)(?) & appoint my dear & well beloved wife Martha Cole & my trusty friend Thomas Cummings (?) my trusty & well beloved friend the Reverend Richard Backhouse of Chester to be Joynt executors of this my last will & testament hereby revoking & making null & void all other wills & testaments heretofore made by me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 26th day of December 1744. Stephen Cole Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Stephen Cole to be his last will & testament in the presence of Jn Mather James Mather. Memorandum this third day of January 1744 Stephen Cole of Chester being in perfect sound mind & memory do add to this my last will & testament above viz I give & bequeath to my son Stephen Cole all that my forty foot lot of land I bought of John Marshall lying over against the workhouse adjoyning to one of those I have already give to my other children & I desire this my codicil may be taken as a part of my last will as much as if it had been in the body thereof. In witness I have set my hand & seal this (?) of January 1744. Stephen (?) Cole Sealed & (?) in the presence Jn Mather James Mather Chester January (?) 1744 (?) appeared John Mather & James Mather the witnesses to the within written will who on their oaths did declare that they were present & saw the testator therein named sign seal publish pronounce & declare the said writing to be his last will & testament & that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind & memory to the best of their understandings. Jurat corain Jo Parker D. Regis Chester January 17th 1744 Then personally appeared John Mather & James Mather (?) to the within codicil who on their oaths did say that they were present & saw the testator therein named sign seal publish pronounce & declare the said codicill to be part of his last will & testament & that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind & memory to the best of their understandings. Jurat corain Jo Parker D (?) Be it remembered that the seventeenth day of January Anno Dom 1744 the last will & testament of Stephen Cole of the said county deceased was proved in due form (?) & probate & letters of & was granted to his wife Martha Cole & Thomas Cummings chard Backhouse sole executors in the said will named being first attested (?) to administer & to bring in an inventory of the deced/ts estate into the Reg E office before the first day of April next to exhibit a just & true account of their (?) legally thereunto required given under the seal of these (?) Cole plot in St. Pauls Church yard in Chester: burial inscription: Stephen Cole died January 4, 1745 - age 44
  Person ID	I10514	Roots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Stephen* William Cole, (immigrant),   b. 1659, Twickenham, Middlesex, England d. 1729, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth* Temple, (immigrant),   b. Sep 1662, Dublin, Ireland d. 22 Sep 1732, Chester , Delaware Co, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	1678	St Paul's Ch, Chester Co, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Marriage	1687	St Paul's Ch, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F4069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha "Mattie" Hunter,   b. 1708, Leinster, Ireland d. 15 Nov 1761, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1726	Radnor Twp, Chester, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania
  Children	+ 1. John Cole,   b. 9 Nov 1728, Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. 1797, North Carolina (Age 68 years)   2. James Cole,   b. 1730, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania d. 19 May 1794, Mississippi (Age 64 years)   3. Elizabeth Cole,   b. Sep 1730, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 19 Jun 1731, Cole plot in St Pauls Church-yard, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Stephen Cole,   b. 1733, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1750 (Age > 18 years)   5. William Cole,   b. 1735, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1745 (Age > 11 years)   6. Mark Cole,   b. 1740, Chester Co, Pennsylvania d. 1745 (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F4073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S517] Steve Forman (DW4man@aol.com). [S303] Larry Cole at Rootsweb.