Stephen Cole, Jr (Immigrant)

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.

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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

Stephen married Martha "Mattie" Hunter in 1726 in Radnor Twp, Chester, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania. Martha was born in 1708 in Leinster, Ireland; died on 15 Nov 1761 in Chester, Pennsylvania; was buried in Cole plot in St Pauls Church-yard, Chester, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1756, Anson Co and Bladen Co, North Carolina
• Will: 03 May 1802, Richmond Co, North Carolina

Notes:

In 1753, after he and his brothers had migrated to Bedford County, Virginia, John met and married Jane Bounds. Jane was a sister to Elener Bounds who married John's cousin, Stephen Cole.

In 1756, John and Jane led the family in setting out for Anson and Bladen Counties, North Carolina. Family tradition says, "Jane rode horse-back with baby James, from Bedford County to settle in Anson County, North Carolina." We can only guess as to why they wanted to leave Bedford County, Virginia. It would most likely seem to be the lure for land.

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Much of the wonderfully researched data was sent to us in Oct 1982 by Ruth Patterson. we are indebted for her excellent work.

John Cole, son of Stephen Cole Jr. and Martha Hunter Cole, was born 9 Nov 1728, will 3 May 1802, Richmond Co. NC. John served seven years as an apprentice to a boot-maker, then moved to Bedford Co., VA, where in 1753, he married Jane Bounds.

The DAR Patriot Index on p.#144 shows John Cole who married Jane Bounds, as having served as a Lieutenant in Virginia during the Revolutionary War, but land grants and deeds show him to have been in the area of Drowning Creek in then Anson Co., NC as early as 1867.

Capt. W.I. Everett, in his sketches of Richmond Co. says that Jane Bounds had two brothers, in Bedford Co., VA James and John Bounds, and that she married John Cole 27 Jul 1853. Sometime after they had their first child, James Cole, "they moved to this county, she riding a filly, carrying the child in her lap, while her husband walked.

They settled on Drowning Creek, at a place that is now known as 'Blues Bridge' for years known as Cole's Bridge', this was on the great or much travelled road leading from the western part of the state to the head of navigation on the Cape Fear River, then known as Cross Creek, now Fayetteville. They opened an ordinary, or hotel, for the convenience of the travelling public as well as for their own welfare. At a later date they moved to the vicinity of Rockingham. It is said that he built the first frame building that was erected in that county.

The records show that on 18 Apr 1767, John Cole received a grant for 100 acres from His Majesty, through William Tryon, "lying on the road leadi ng from Raiford's Bridge to where John Crawford lived on Falling Creek, on a branch called Bostic's Creek". This is signed by William Tryon, John London, Secy.(grant no. 431)

29 Aug 1769, William Raiford and his wife Mary sold 100 acres to John Cole which had been granted to Robert Raiford by his Majesty 26 Sep 1766, on the southwest side of Drowning Creek (Anson County Deed Book 7, p.26 7- The Land Grant Office in Raleigh has the plat)

John Cole also got land from David Clarke.

Feb 1770, John Covington buys a tract of land from John and Jane Cole, in Anson Co., which land had been granted to Edmond Cartlage and William Blewitt 11 Jul 1757.


Will:
The following is John Cole's will taken from will Book I, pp.90-91, Richmond Co., NC it is dated 3 May 1802, with a follow up indenture between his executers and Neil McPherson, dated 23 Dec 180 2. John Cole's will reads:

In the name of God Amen, I John Cole Senior, of the County of Richmmond and State of North Carolina, being of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life and that all men must yield unto death when it please God to call and for the better disposition of my worldly estate and such goods and chattels as it has pleased the Almighty God through his great mercy to bestow on me in this life, Do after paying all of my just debts make sign and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say Imprimis I recommend my soul to God Almighty the giver and disposer of all things with a sure and certain hope through the merits of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I shall inherit everlasting life and my body to be decently interred by my Executers hereafter mentioned.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Cole during her natural life all the plantation whereon I now live with all the tools thereunto belonging and all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs etc. Also all my household furniture which furniture is to be at her own disposal. Also four negroes (viz) Jack, Judy, Julus and Bob. At the decease of my wife two of the above negroes with their increase (viz) Jack Cole together with the plantation stock and tools of all kinds is to be sold to the highest bidder, Also a tract of land lying on Cartilages Creek that Jesse Cole bought of Morris Blewit containing one hundred acres more or less, all the monies arising from those sales together with eight hundred dollars due from Jesse Cole for land I gave and sold him is to be divided as followeth. (viz) four hundred dollars to my son James Cole. One hundred dollars to Betsy Jane Cole. One hundred dollars to my two twin granddaughters Martha and Nancy Cole. The balance to be equally divided between my remaining ten children (viz) Martha Wall, Stephen Cole, John Cole, Nancy Sneed, William Cole, Martha Cole, Jesse Cole, Peter H. Cole, Reuben Cole and Samuel Cole.

It is my express will that the above negroes (Jack Cole) their increase shall not be sold out of my family.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son James Cole two negroes (namely) Abram and Dinah to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Wall one negroe (namely) Buca to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Stephen Cole two negroes namely Cuff and Amy to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Cole two negroes namely Hannah and Harry to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Snead two negroes (namely) young Judy (daughter of Cordery) and old Judy at the death of my wife to her and her heirs forever

Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Cole two negroes (namely) Cordere and Moses to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Marke Cole two negroes (namely) Captain and Mary also my Sandhill plantation where he now lives including the mill containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, also the stock of cattle he has in his possession except ten head of beef which ten head is for the use of my wife to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Peter H. Cole two negroes (namely) Chester and Julius at the death of my wife to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my son Reuben Cole three negroes (namely) Bob, Pol, and Philadelphia to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Cole (namely) Joand Pleasant to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my twin granddaughters Martha and Nancy Cole one negroe named Lucy to them and their heirs forever.

I further enjoin it on Peter H. Cole to sell that land Jesse bought of Morrie Blewitt for five hundred dollars, if he gets any over he may have it provided there is no defect in the title.

Lastly I appoint my sons, (viz) James Cole, Stephen Cole, William Cole, Peter H. Cole and John Cole Executors to this my last will and testament hereby disanulling and revoking all former wills be me made and confirming this to be my last will and testament signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us. May 3, 1802

Chas Carrol John Cole, Senr. (SEAL) Gilbert Gibson
Daniel McKenan (his mark)

John married Jane Bounds about 1762. Jane (daughter of James Bounds and Ann (Dykes) Dicks) was born about 1736 in Bedford Co, Virginia; died after 1785 in of, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church & Town Records
PA, Delaware, Chester, Episcopal, St. Paul's Episcopal
James, son of Stephen Cole & Martha his wife baptiz: 30th of April 1730.

Notes:

apprentice to a hater

Stephen married Elizabeth Bounds about 1758. Elizabeth (daughter of James Bounds and Ann (Dykes) Dicks) was born in 1738 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

bound out to a miller.

William married Martha Bounds on 18 Dec 1790. Martha (daughter of John Bounds and Mary Allen) was born in 1772 in Anson Co, North Carolina; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]