Sir, Lord Mayor of York William* Snawsell

Notes:

William SNAWSELL (d.1495)
of York. Coiner, jeweller and goldsmith.

Younger son of William Snawsell(q.v.) and his wife, Margaret. (H.P.pp.779-80)
= Jane, daughter of John Thweng of Heworth. (ibid.)
Son: Seth(q.v.)
1436 Made a Freeman by patrimony. (ibid.)
1455 He and Jane entered the Gild of Corpus Christi. (ibid.)
12 May1458 Pardoned. (ibid.)
1459 Chamberlain. (ibid.)
4 Feb.1462 Pardoned. (ibid.)
1463 He entered the Merchants? Gild. (ibid.)
1464-5 Sheriff. (ibid.)
1468 Mayor and Alderman. (ibid.)
Pardoned. (ibid.)
1470-1 M.P.York. (ibid.)
1471 Pardoned. (ibid.)
27 Jun. 1476 Fined 6s 8d for wilfully withdrawing from the Council after a warning. (ibid.)
19 Jul. He attended the meeting of York city council. (www.richardiii.com - website no longer available)
31 Dec. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Jul. 1478 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
19 Apr.1480 He missed the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
6 May He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
13 Aug. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Aug. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
30 Aug. He was absent from the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Mar.1481 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
27 Apr. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Mar.1482 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
16 Mar. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
29 Mar. He was absent from the meeting of the city council. (ibid.)
14 May Promised to provide two men for the force of men from York going to
Scotland with Richard. (Y.R.p.127)
17 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (www.richardiii.com)
29 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
13 Jul. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
20 Dec. He attended both meetings of York city council. (ibid.)
6 Mar.1483 He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
24 Apr. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
15 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
16 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
17 Jun. He attended the meeting of York city council. (ibid.)
12 Jul. One of those who were to ride to Middleham with a present for Prince
Edward. (Y.R.p.158)
Aug. Gave £5 towards presents for Richard and Anne. (ibid.p.168)
1492 He was allowed to retire from the Council due to illness.
(Kermode p.45)
1495 Died. (H.P.p.780)

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WILLYAM SNASELL, esquier, maried Jenet, doughter of John Thawing, esquier: and had yssue, Sethe, son and heyre; Alice, maried to John Stoker of Newington Grene; Isabel, maried to John Home of Huntyngton, beside Yorke.

Alderman WILLIAM SNAWSELL, M.P., Sheriff of York 1464-65, Mayor of York in 1468, of Barley Hall, York.
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William Snawsell was born in about 1415, in York. His family had originally come to York from the parish of Snowshill in Gloucestershire in the early fourteenth century, but we first hear of William himself in 1429, when his grandmother Alice bequeathed him her "red chest"; Mistress Alice's will is preserved in the records of the Minster. William's father was a goldsmith and William followed his father in this trade. In 1457, he had a shop built in the Minster Gates. Right next to the minster close itself, this was the most prestigious trading address in the city, so Master William was clearly doing very well
Master William Snawsell rose to become an important man in the government of York. In 1459 he was a City Chamberlain, with financial responsibilities, and in 1464 he was Sheriff of York. It was around this time that he moved into the property now known as Barley Hall. The upward trajectory of his career was fixed, and in 1468 he was made Lord Mayor of York. Lord Mayors of York serve for a year, but it was one of the peculiarities of the office in medieval times that, although the Mayor himself is a lord only for a year, his wife gets to keep the title of Lady: the Mayor's a lord for a year and a day, but his lady's a lady for ever and aye. Presumably, this must have pleased Lady Joan...
After his year in office as mayor, William Snawsell continued to serve the city as an alderman for a further twenty-three years, and he is frequently referred to in the records of the city. Notably, on the accession of Richard III in 1483, he was one of the aldermen who undertook the gruelling ride to Middleham Castle to congratulate Richard's son and heir Edward. Certainly it would appear that like most of the leading men of York William was known to, and approved of, King Richard; once again, when the city council marked the news of Richard's death at Bosworth in 1485 "to the great heaviness of this city", William's name is near the head of the list of councillors. Nevertheless, he went on to serve loyally under King Henry VII before resigning as an alderman in 1492 on the grounds of ill health. He would have been well into his seventies.
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See Barley Hall by Charles Kightly (1999).
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ancestorsearch&id=I26435&op=GET

Family/Spouse: Jennett Thweng. Jennett was born in 1430 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England; died in 1480 in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
only daughter

Family/Spouse: John* Stoker. John* was born in 1576 in Newington,Surrey, England; died in 1536 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret* married William* Jekyll in 1520 in Stoke, Newington, London, England. William* (son of John* Jekyll) was born in 1494 in Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, England; died in 1522 in Stoke Newington, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Widow of Hugh Radcliff, gentleman of the Middle Temple (will dated 8 Nov 1531) and then of Thomas Heritage (d. early 1541), who she married between 1532 and about 1536.
By Hugh she had [a least] Margaret who married Johna Acland (d 1553, and then John Brett of Whitestaunton, Somerset.
By Thomas she had two children, Margaret and Millicent.
(Warwickshire grazier and London skinner, 1532-1555: the account ... 1981.)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestorsearch&id=I30151

Family/Spouse: Hugh Radcliff. Hugh died after 8 Nov 1531. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Millicent* married Thomas Heritage, (cousin of Peter Temple) between 1532 and 1536. Thomas died before 1541. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Millicent* married Peter* Temple in 1541 in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. Peter* was born in 1516 in Burton, Warwickshire, England; died on 8 May 1577 in Burton, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johna Acland. Johna died in 1553. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Brett. John was born in of, Whitestaunton, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane* Bargrave. Jane* was born in 1537 in Buckinghamshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial: Burton Dassett, Warwickshire
?Residence: Stowe, Buckinghamshire
?MEM: Burton Dassett, Warwickshire: Tomb With Epitaph
?Note: 1

John, who continued the Line of Stowe, had five sons: Thomas, his heir, and the first Baronet; John, and Alexander, who founded, respectively, the short-lived Lines of Frankton and Long House, and William and Peter, of whose issue nothing is known.
http://www.temple-genealogy.com/temple_prime.htm
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Also had had Anthony, from whom the Viscount Palmerstone, and Susan who married William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele.
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John purchased Stowe outright eleven years after inheriting in 1578. John Temple was frugal as his son Thomas was profligate. Thomas collected titles and careers and family members, with his wife living to see 700 descendants.
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Ancestor of the Earls Temple of Stowe, via a complex descendancy from his eldest son who was made a baronet.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestorsearch&id=I30147

John married Susanna Spencer on 24 Nov 1561. Susanna was born about 1547 in Everton, Northants, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dictionary of National Biography Volumes 1-20
Supplement (Vol 22) Biographies

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1981/31205_Vol22-01291/107115?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108177530/person/120062489746/facts/citation/540241242973/edit/record#?imageId=31205_Vol22-01292

Temple, Sir William (1555-1627)
fourth provost of Trinity College, Dublin;
belonged to the Stowe family;
educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge;
fellow, 1578;
M.A. 1581 (incorporated at Oxford 1581);
champion of the Ramist system of logic;
published several tracts attacting the followers of Aristotle and annotated edition of 'Ramos's Dialects' 1584 (dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney);
became master of Lincoln grammar school and Sir Philip Sidney's secretary 1586;
with Sidney at his death in 1586;
became secretary to the Earl of Essex;
M.P. Tamworth 1597;
his fortunes prejudiced by Essex's fall;
made provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1600 where he carried out many useful reforms;
master in chancery at Dublin 1610;
M.P. in the Irish parliament for Dublin University 1613
nighted 1622 [lvi.40]

William* married Martha* Harrison on 1 Oct 1591 in All Hallows Honey Lane, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-20
Supplement (Vol 22) Biographies)

Temple, Sir John (1600-1677)
master of the rolls in Ireland;
son of Sir William Temple 1555-1627 {q.v.];
educated at Trinity College, Dublin;
entered the personal service of Charles I
knighted 1628
master of the rolls in Ireland 1640, suspended 1643, reappointed 1655, and confirmed at the Restoration
assisted the government on outbreak of the rebellion 1641 but took the parliamentary side in civil war and was imprisoned and suspened 1643;
M.P. for co. Meath, 1642, 1646;
published his "Irish Rebellion" inflaming popular indignation against the Irish 1646;
joint administrator of the great seal of Ireland 1647 but voting for compromise with Charles I was excluded from the house;
served on varous commissions;
received grants of land; made privy councillor at the Restoration [lvi.34]

John* married Mary* Hammond (or Hamond) on 22 Jun 1627 in St. Michael, Cornhill, London, England. Mary* was born in 1602 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; died on 14 Nov 1677 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Dorothy Osborne in 1655. Dorothy was born in 1627; died in 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Name: John Temple
College: PEMBROKE
Entered: 1647
BORN: 1632
Died: 10 Mar 1704

More Information:
Adm. pens. at PEMBROKE, Jan. 30, 1646-7.
Son of Sir John, of London, Knt., Master of the Rolls (for whom see D.N.B.).
B. 1632, in London.
Matric. 1647.
Student of Christ Church, Oxford (by the visitors), 1648. B.A. (Oxford) 1649;
M.A. 1652.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 4, 1650.
Called to the Bar, 1657.
Solicitor-General in Ireland, 1660-88.
M.P. for Carlow, 1661-6.
Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, 1661.
Knighted, Aug. 15, 1663.
Attorney-General of Ireland, 1690-5.
Purchased a home at East Sheen, Surrey.
Married Jane, dau. of Sir Abraham Yarner, of Ireland, Knt.
Died Mar. 10, 1704-5, aged 72.
Buried in Mortlake Church, Surrey.
Brother of William (1644) and doubtless father of Henry (1693).
(Al. Oxon.; A.B. Beaven; Lodge, V. 240; Manning and Bray, III. 139; D.N.B.)


Christened:
London, England, Church of England Baptism
City of London
St. Ann Blackfriars Parish 1560-1700

Name John Temple
Baptism Date 3 Apr 1632
Parish St Ann Blackfriars
County London
Borough City of London
Parent(s) John, Mary Temple, Temple
Record Type Baptism
Register Type Parish Register

John* married Jeane* (or Jane) Yarner (or Yernar) on 4 Aug 1663 in Michan, Dublin, Ireland. Jeane* (daughter of Sir Abraham* Yarner and Mary* Hammond (or Hamond)) was born about 1640 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; died in 1680 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1725

Notes:

arrived in the colonies in 1725, possibly as a widow.


Christened:
Ireland\u002C Select Births and Baptisms\u002C 1620-1911
Name Ellizabeth Temple
Gender Female
Baptism Date 1667
Baptism Place Saint Michan, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Father John Temple
Mother Jeane
FHL Film Number 824048

about St. Michan's:
"St Michan's is very interesting. It is Church of Ireland.
Burials were done under the church in vaults and catacombs. The air was very arid and many bodies were well preserved."
followed by listing of the Cole/Temple children with bt dates derived from a book "The Registers of St Michan, Dublin." Posted to Rootsweb by Debra Cole
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/COLE/2001-02/0983226487


Buried:
Elizabeth was buried on September 24, 1732 in the Cole plot at Saint Paul's Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. her tombstone reads that she was 70 years of age at death. Her son Stephen Jr, daughter-in-law, Martha, and Stephen and Martha's daughter, Elizabeth Cole, who died on June 19, 1731 at the age of 9 months, are buried with her.

Elizabeth* married Stephen* William Cole, (immigrant) in 1687 in St Paul's Ch, Chester Co, Pennsylvania. Stephen* (son of Thomas* Cole, Jr. and Jane* Lucy) was born in 1659 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England; was christened in Twickenham, MIddlesex, England; died in 1729 in Chester, Pennsylvania; was buried in St. Paul Burying Ground, Chester, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial: February 11, 1678, Close on the south side of Abraham Yarner, his grandfather, St Michan, Dublin, Ireland

Notes:

Dictionary of National Biography Vol 1-20
Supplement (vol 22) Biographies
Temple, Henry,
1st Viscount Palmerson (1673?-1757)
sonof Sir John Temple (1632-1740 [q.v.];
joint-chief-remembreancer of the Irish court of exchequer 1680'
created Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston, co. Dublin 1723;
M.P East Grinstead 1727-34, Bossinery, 1734-41, and Weobly 1741-7;
supporter of Walpole;
improved houses at East Sheen and Brondlands;
quarrelled with Swift 1726 [lvi.15]

Notes:

June 3rd, 1727, Thomas Willcocks and Elizabeth Kohl (Cole) married by Pastor Samuel Hessillius in Swedes Church, New Castle Co, PA, Cole family lived nearby. All marriages were recorded in Swedish language.

Elizabeth married Thomas Willcocks on 3 Jun 1727 in Olde Swede Ch, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware. Thomas was born in 1689 in Ivybridge, Devonshire, England; died in Nov 1779 in Ivey Mills, Concord Twp, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania; was buried in Ivey Mills, Concord Twp, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1732, Frederick Co, and Orange Co, Virginia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1732, Frederick Co, and Orange Co, Virginia

Notes:

From: Maxine Mackey
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:53 PM
To: lumoto1@gmail.com
Subject: Proposed Change: Mark Cole (I10512)

Proposed Change: Mark Cole (I10512)
Tree: Roots
Link: http://sherry.server-hosts.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I10512&tree=Roots

Description: CHILDREN OF MARK COLE 1693-1769
John Cole, James Armstrong Cole, Baptist Cole, Harriet Cole, and Mark Cole Jr,

Maxine Mackey
mmaxi@knology.net

note: these children not verified; and after perusing the Internet, it seems they might be born in the 1750s and foward; so probably too late for this couple. However, posting email here for further research.

Mark married Alice (Allis) Evans about 1713. Alice was born in 1693 in Cheraw, Chesterfield Co, South Carolina; died in 1787 in Cheraw, Chesterfield Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Bef 1713, Chester, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Aft 1730, West Virginia
• Residence: Aft 1732, Frederick Co, and Orange Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1737, Orange Co, West Virginia

Notes:

1731 Yoist Hite, German from PA, first settler in Western VA, and Robert McKay, a Quaker from Cecil Co, MD, secured a 100,000 acre Grand from the Council of VA 21 Oct 7131. Terms required Hite and McKay to settle 100 families within 2 years. The Cole bros, Rentrfoes and Robinsons came to Western VA at that time.


1737 living in old Orange Co, VA, signed a petition:
"The inhabitants of Opeckon and Shenanadore humbly beg, that your Court give permission that two meeting places might be erected. One on the land of Rev William Williams near his home and another near the home of Morgan Bryan. Rev William of Presbyterian faith has promised to supply us the ministry of his office. " (Bk 3. p 101, Orange Co, VA) Also signed by William Rentfroe.

(Opeckon River (just north of present day Winchester, Frederick, County. This location also mentioned in John Madden documents a little later in 1745)

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James migrated to West Virginia after 1730. He was in Orange County, West Virginia in 1737.

In 1742, James was appointed Constable by the Augusta County Court that was formed from Orange County, West Virginia.

In July 1745, James received a 400 acre grant along Buffalo Creek. In December 1753, he buys 400 acres on Story Ceek in Lunenburg County, Virginia. In May of 1773, he sells 49 acres. He seems to have continued living in this area, even after his sons left in 1757/58, until his death.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/l/Darlene-Cole-Fresno/GENE1-0002.html#CHILD3
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http://www.ancestorstories.org/dad/cook/merlyn/index.cfm
Merlyn Joseph Cook Bio
1914 - 1995, Honorary Researcher
charlie -cookstuff@aol.com

, William Cook II (ca 1725-1785) and his wife Margaret, started their married life ca 1750, in what is now Franklin Co., VA., living first on Fox Run on the Blackwater River. In about 1767, they moved a few miles south of where Hatchet Creek enters the north side of Pigg River, a few miles west of Rocky Mount. In 1784 they moved on west to Franklin Co., KY, near Frankfort, where some of the older children had already migrated. But for approximately 34 years they lived in what is now Franklin Co., VA, although they left just before Franklin Co. was organized.

"As a young married man living on the Blackwater River, William had served as an Anglican Lay Reader (because of the shortage of clergymen). The meetings were held in the houses Joseph RENTFROE and Mark COLE, and William was paid a small stipend in tobacco. Later he served as a J.P., in early Henry Co. History.

"Their home was apparently quite close to the old Bedford Co., line before Franklin Co., was formed. Before the COOK family left for Ky., a letter was prepared by their neighbors and friends, some of whom lived in Bedford Co. The letter which is still preserved, reads as follows: Sept. 26, 1783 "HENRY CO., VA: This is to certify that William COOK has been a resident in this place for near thirty years; and has always behaved unblameable; and demeaned himself as a good citizen, Patriot, and friend, to his country and has faithfully Acted in the Civel department--and now being disposed to move to the Western Waters, we recommend him to the Inhabitants of that Country hoping he will meet with as warm a reception as the Merits of his Caracter Intitles him to. Test

Joseph Anthony Jno. Rentfro, J.P. Swinfield Hill, J.P.

A. Hughes, J.P. Robt. Jones, Sen'r James Calloway, Cty. Lt.

Peter Saunders, Col. Robt. Jones, Jun'r Campbell Co.

John Dillard, J. P. Thos. Jones, Jun'r Thos. Hale, Capt'n

Sam'l Hairston Henry Jones Acquilla Greer

Moses Greer, J. P. Jesse Heard, J. P. Jesse Rentfro

Thos Cooper John Hall Abraham Penn, Col."

William Hall

James* married Susannah* Rentfroe (or Renfro) about 1719 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania. Susannah* (daughter of Tailor John R.* Rentfrow (Rentfro), Jr. and Margaret* Robinette) was born between 1699 and 1705 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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]

Notes:

moved with sister Mary and her husband John Montgomery to Cumberland Co, N.C. in 1759. They later erected an iron works on Deep River in Chatham Co, N.C.

John married Rebecca Bulter in 1755. Rebecca was born about 1728; died after 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married James White in 1747. James was born about 1730; died after 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Prudence Doyle in 1753. Prudence was born about 1732 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William England about 1754. William was born about 1734; died after 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

she and her husband moved with her brother John Cumberland Co, N.C. in 1759. They later erected an iron works on Deep River in Chatham Co, N.C

Mary married John Montgomery in 1762. John was born about 1736; died after 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Bartholomew Sutton in 1752. Bartholomew was born about 1738; died after 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Bernard Doyle in 1756. Bernard was born about 1738 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

never married

Notes:

b.d. source Cole Foot Prints; however mother over 50.

Mark married Mary Flahaven in 1779. Mary was born about 1744; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mark married Anna Mary Cauffman about 1780. Anna was born about 1744; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

age in question. puts mother too old for childbearing.
Margaret never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1737, Orange and Frederick Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1747, Black Water River, Bedford Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1748, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina
• Residence: 1758, Ashpole Swamp, Bladen Co, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1765, PeeDee River area, Craven Co, South Carolina
• Residence: Mar 1772, Natchez District, Mississippi; arrived in MS
• Residence: Oct 1772, Natchez District, Mississippi; arrived
• Possessions: 10 Sep 1784, Natchez, Mississippi and Province of Lousiana
• Residence: Abt 1790, Coles Creek, Natchez, Mississippi
• Possessions: 19 May 1794, Coles Creek, Natchez District, Mississippi; Inventory

Notes:

As a child, James moved to the counties of Orange and Frederick, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley between 1732-1737. In 1747, he moved to Lunenburg County (called Bedford County after 1754). In 1747, Janes Jr and his brother Stephen are found with their Uncle Mark Cole and the Rentfroes on the branches of the Black Water and Pigg Rivers in Virginia. On April 16, 1747, James Jr has 400 acres on both sides of Little Creek, a branch of the Black Water River. On March 28, 1748, he has 215 acres on both sides of Little Creek. On December 15, 1753, he has 400 acres on both sides of Story Creek, a branch of the Pigg River. James Jr, Mark Cole, James Sr Cole and Stephen Cole all lived on adjoining land at this time.

In 1757/58, James and his brother Stephen moved to Bladen County, North Carolina. They lived there about 7 years and then moved to Craven County, South Carolina. On March 26, 1765, James Cole of Craven County in the Government of South Carolina, sells to William Rentfroe of Bedford County, Virginia, for 30 lbs,. a tract of land containing 215 acres in Bedford County, on Little Creek, a branch of Black Water River. This land was surveyed for James Cole Jr on March 28, 1748. The grant was issued on August 16, 1756. It was acknowledged by James Rentfroe Jr who was the attorney for James Cole.

On October 10, 1757, James applied for land in Bladen County. One hundred acres on south side of Ashpole Swamp adjoining Richard Barfield. The land grant was issued on April 10, 1761. James conveyed this land to Thomas Robeson in 1765.

On February 18, 1765, James Cole of Craven County in the Province of South Carolina appoints James Rentfroe Jr of the County of Halifax, Colony of Virginia, Power of Attorney to transact all business for him.


James and his family arrived in Mississippi in March 1772. On moving to the Natchez District he is known as James Cole Sr. He and his family lived on Boyds Creek which was changed to Coles Creek in 1777. In 1799, the Natchez District was divided. The Coles Creek area on the north was named Pickering which changed to Jefferson County in 1802. His British Land petition says that James "arrived in this country with a wife and nine children."

On September 10, 1784, James Cole signed an agreement with Osborn Sprigg of the District of Natchez and the Providence of Opelousas, Louisiana. The agreement reads, "James Cole Sr to take in his posession all the stock of mares and colts belonging to the said, Sprigg. To take such care of them as to increase and benefit the stock...for two years; at the end of which, James Cole to take one-fourth of the increase as his own." signed Osborn Sprigg and James Cole.

Documents dating May 7, 1785, show James as an honorable, trustworthy citizen of the Coles Creek Community.

From the Spanish Archives of the Indies, we have a census taken in Natchez District in 1792 showing the names: James Cole Sr, James Cole Jr, John Cole, Stephen Cole, Solomon Cole, Mark Cole and William Cole.

In 1794, an inventory of the estate of the late James Cole, deceased as declared upon oath of Mary Cole, the widow, reads, "John Cole, the eldest son; Jacob Stampley and Captain Richard King, all of this District, Appraisers.
450 acres of land...more or less (not a large estate)
One negro man, supposed to be 35 years of age
One grey horse, about 12 years old
One cow and calf, One yearling heifer
One two year old steer, 12 head of hogs
One saddle One feather bed, sheets, furniture
One large and one small iron pot and one bake oven
Five wooden, common chairs; three pewter basins, 6 pewter plates
Two pewter dishes - 3 earthen dishes
Four knifes and forks
One plough - two falling axes - one broad axe and three weeding hoes
One old drawing knife, one foot adze - one frowe
A small looking glass
This inventory was taken on May 19, 1794.

When the United State asserted its claim on the British Colony in the Natchez District, it ordered the land free and independent of Spanish rule. Winthrope Sargeant was named the first Misssissippi Territorial Governor in 1798. The Land Commission proceeded to confirm all land grants held by the settlers of early British and Spansih titles. A tithable-list was taken of all heads of households. From the list we can account for the surviving members of the Coles in the Coles Creek settlement in 1798. Living in Coles Creek, Natchez District in 1798: Mary Cole, widow; James Cole Jr; John Cole; Stephen Cole; Solomon Cole; Mark Cole. Living in the Homochitto River, Natchez District in 1798, William Cole.

On June 5, 1806, Mary Cole, widow of James, sold to Moses Higgins, "title to that part of land on which I now live, 120 acres for $150.00. All my stock of horses, hogs, horned cattle and household furniture."

Mary Rentfroe Cole's probate of her will was held on March 17, 1810.

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Residence:
Per "Sunlight on the Southside" pg 84, (from Steve Matthews via email) shown in Deloney's List, Meckenburg, NC titheables were:
Timothy Johnson
James Johnson .........4
Aquilla Gilbert ....... 1
Walter Mathews ........ 1
James Rentfro ......... 1
Joseph Rentfro ........ 2
Peter Vanbeber and
Isaac Vanbeber ...... 2
James Cole, Junr. ..... 1
Robt. Jones and
Thos. Jones ......... 2
William Rentfro ....... 1


Residence:
James and his family arrived in Mississippi in March 1772. On moving to the Natchez District he is known as James Cole Sr. He and his family lived on Boyds Creek which was changed to Coles Creek in 1777. In 1799, the Natchez District was divided. The Coles Creek area on the north was named Pickering which changed to Jefferson County in 1802. His British Land petition says that James "arrived in this country with a wife and nine children."

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http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/travel.html.
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Early Migration Trails.
From the Pee Dee River Valley, NC
to Cole's Creek and Curtis Landing The pioneers to the new "Natchez Country" would leave the Pee Dee River area of SC/NC and travel about 200 miles using pack-horses to the Holston RIver in northeastern Tennessee. They traveled via the South Carolina State Road (North) on the Warriors Path. They continued on the Catawba Trail to the Wilderness Road Fort near Kingsport, Tennessee. (Some of the present day towns and cities they would pass through were: Cheraws, SC; Wadesboro, NC; New Salem, NC; Lenoir, NC; Blowing Rock, NC; Boone, NC; Hampton, TN; Johnson City, TN; and Kingsport, TN. The automobile driving distance today would be over 250 miles.).
At the Wilderness Road Fort they secured/built flat boats. The flat boats were sturdy with one end enclosed for protection from the elements. The flat boat had to be designed to allow for the women, children, food, bedding and household items. They had to transport a milk cow, chickens, horses, hunting dogs and farm implements. Once aboard the flat boats they followed the Holston River to the Tennessee River which they entered near Knoxville, TN. (They traveled near present day towns of Surgoinsville, TN; Chalk Level, TN: Cherokee Lake; Buffalo Springs, TN; and Mascot, TN).
Indian attacks were a frequent occurrence. The pioneers always had to be prepared. The women often steered the boats while the men fought the Indians. Some used chairs as shields, holding against their chests as protection from the Indian arrows. Following the Tennessee River they reached the Ohio River near Paducah, KY. (On this leg they traveled near present day towns of Dayton, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Scottsboro, AL; Guntersville, AL; Decatur, AL; Florence, AL; Savannah,TN; Perryville, TN; Sycamore Landing, TN; Eva, TN; Aurora, KY; and Lake City, KY) From Paducah the flat boats floated down the Ohio River where they entered the Mississippi near Cairo, IL. (This is near present day Metropolis, IL; and about 30 miles south of Cape Girardeau, MO)..
At Cairo, IL the flat boats embarked on the "mercy" of the mighty Mississippi River for the rest of the journey to the "Natchez Country." (They traveled near present day towns like Hayti, MO; Cathursville, MO; Heloise, TN; Osceloa, AR; Memphis, TN; Helena, AR; Rosedale, MS; Greenville, MS; Lake Providence, LA; and Vicksburg, MS) South of Rodney one group of pioneers steered the flat boats into Boyd's Creek (now Cole's Creek) for the 15 mile trip to Curtis Landing on the South Fork of Cole's Creek. Other pioneers continued on to Natchez or Wilkinson County steering their flat boats up St. Catherine's Creek, the Homochitto River or Buffalo River..
These pioneers had made a trip of approximately 1400 miles by flat boat on water. The total miles traveled by horse-pack and flat boat would be about 1650-1700 miles..
Upon arrival it was necessary to fell trees and build log houses quickly. Fields needed to be cleared and cultivated. The survival for the first year was dependent on the family's ability to fish and hunt. Squirrel, deer, ducks, and wild turkey were the family's fresh meat..
One of the pioneer families who had a British land grant in Jefferson County included James Cole who arrived October, 1772 with the paperwork finalized in 1776. Richard Curtis who arrived in 1780..

In 1779, an expedition under Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana Territory, captured the British Fort in Natchez. After the fall of the British at Baton Rouge, General Galvez negotiated the surrender of the English Fort Panmure in Natchez on September 21, 1779. The Spanish, with generous land grants, gave the residents opportunity to move to Opelousas Post in early 1780.

Residence:
Residence Oct 1772 Natchez District, Mississippi
"Family tradition says, that 'James Cole with neighbors and kin came to the Natchez Country,' Mississippi on flat boats, by floating down the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers.'
"From the records of the West Florida Land Petition, we know that James Cole arrived October 1772, with a wife and nine children."
Cole Foot Prints, p 29

Possessions:
p 6 Agreement. 10 Sep 1784 Osborn Sprigg, of District of Natches and Province of Louisiana, and James Cole, Jr., of same, agree that James Cole take into his possession all the stock of mares and colts that said Sprigg may have and take such care of them as to increase and benefit said stock, ... for two years, at the end of which James Cole to take one-fourth of the increase as his own. James (X) Cole, Osborn Sprigg, ack before Trevino.

The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee
pg 135
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Residence:
Natchez Records 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee
Page 357 (no preview available)
William Ferguson to Thos Marston Green, 348 acres on Cole's Creek, b. by lands of John Smith, James Cole, Ben Stanley, and Benj. Roberts, for $350. ...no preview available for this page

page 80
1790. William Ferguson to Thomas Marston Green, 348 arpents b. by John Smith, James Cole, Benj. Stampley, Benj. Roberts, for $350 paid. Wit: Eben Rees. ...no preview available for this page

Possessions:
In 1794, an inventory of the estate of the late James Cole, deceased as declared upon oath of Mary Cole, the widow, reads, "John Cole, the eldest son; Jacob Stampley and Captain Richard King, all of this District, Appraisers.
450 acres of land...more or less (not a large estate)
One negro man, supposed to be 35 years of age
One grey horse, about 12 years old
One cow and calf, One yearling heifer
One two year old steer, 12 head of hogs
One saddle One feather bed, sheets, furniture
One large and one small iron pot and one bake oven
Five wooden, common chairs; three pewter basins, 6 pewter plates
Two pewter dishes - 3 earthen dishes
Four knifes and forks
One plough - two falling axes - one broad axe and three weeding hoes
One old drawing knife, one foot adze - one frowe
A small looking glass
This inventory was taken on May 19, 1794.

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James* married Mary* Rentfroe about 1754 in Black Water River, Bedford Co, Virginia. Mary* (daughter of James* Rentfroe, Sr and Esther* Van Bibber) was born in 1736 in Crooked Run, on the Shenandoah, Orange Co, Virginia; died in 1810 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez District, Jefferson Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Webpage with info on Stephen Cole and family;
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/n/Ronald-P-Kanarr/GENE1-0014.html

Stephen married Eleanor Bounds about 1754 in Bedford Co, Virginia. Eleanor (daughter of James Bounds and Ann (Dykes) Dicks) was born about 1733 in Dorcester, Maryland; died in 1783 in Bedford Co, Virginia. [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.

Notes:

from LV:
Last I heard, Cole researchers had not been able to place Elizabeth, but I think you're right that she probably was Solomon's sister, both being children of James Cole II and Mary Rentfroe. The reason I think so is because James and Benjamin's father owned land on/near Cole's Creek in MS Territory, giving the kiddies probable opportunity to get acquainted.
The fact that Elizabeth is listed as being from Lancaster Co, PA & SC. & Solomon from NC - more reason to think that she was James II's and Mary Rentfroe's little girl. James II was born in DE, baptized in PA at age 2, married Mary in VA,d briefly in NC, relocated to SC, and then made an extraordinary voyage of around 1,500 miles by river boat from northeastern TN to MS Territory. Depending on when Elizabeth was born, her birth place could have been VA, NC, or SC.

from Carole Knight (cknight@huntnet.net):
One item of interest is the entry in the "Secret Militia Roles, 1788" found in the Mississippi Land Papers (G976.2D494m)

"JAMES COLE: He is an old settler here, having been established for many years. Petitions for the title of 200 arpents, which is recommended, considering he has a large family. Ft. Panmur de Natches. 18 January 1788 [Folio 93]

Carole thinks that Elizabeth's father is a James, but she & her siblings would have been adults by 1788. Who is this James?

From the English land grants of 1768-79:
Benjamin Roberts, October 9, 1777, 250 arpents
* James Cole, March 20, 1778, 550 arpents - same James as above I guess
William Hay, 1773, 1773, 1776, 3400 arpents
Isaac Johnson of Second/Sandy Creel, September 1, 1777 1,000 arpents

From the Spanish Census, Natchez 1792:
* James Cole, Jr. and Sr. @ Villa Gayoso
Also at Gayoso were George, Dan, John, Lucy William Clark
Also at Gayoso Abner, Abram, Henry, John, Joseph, Nathan and Thomas Marston Green.

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More verification that Elizabeth is daughter of James Cole:

Entry of marriage for daughter Celeste states that she is daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Coll i.e. Cole...
"Robert, Celeste (perhaps Sarah) - Lutheran of America (Benjamin & Elizabeth Coll) m 15 Jul 1794 John Clark - Lutheran of America (Francis & Rachel Mellon) Wits: Jacob Harmon, William More. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel Ch v 1-A p 51)"

Also marriage record entry of daughter Susan, same thing:
"Robert Susanne - Presbyterian (Benajmin & Elizabeth Colle - Presbyterians) m 20 Sept 1796 Jacob Welsh - Presbyterians, of Maryland in the United States (Peter & Catherine Opaver (Huppert). Wits: Andrew Walsh(?), Moses Johnston, John Moore, Robin. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel Ch.: v 1-A, p 69)"

Also marriage record entry of daughter Rebecca, same thing, only this record shows "Elizabeth COLE."

"Robert, Rebecca, protestant of this parish (Benjamin & Elizabeth Cole) m 24 Jan 1880 Joel Richey, Protestant from Natchez living in this parish (John & Mary Hardin) Wits: William Shields, Benjamin Richey, groom signs as Vel Richey. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch v 1-B - Protestant marriages 1787-1830 p 11)"

Elizabeth* married Benjamin* Robert, (immigrant) about 1768 in Lancaster Co (probably), Pennsylvania. Benjamin* (son of Benjamin* Robert and Helena* Loed) was born about 1746 in Ireland; Pennsylvania; died after 1810 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susannah Spell about 1776 in Natchez District, Mississippi. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Spell and Elizabeth Boulware Jones, (dau of who?)) was born about 1756; died after 1790 in Natchez District, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Jenny Ann Ellis about 1778. Jenny was born about 1758; died after 1811 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: Abt 1790, Coles Creek, Natchez, Mississippi

Notes:

1810 Opelousas Census
132 COLE, James ?-1765 1762 NC
female 1766-84 Jemima CURTIS 1764? SC
male 1785-94 Richard 1795 MS
male 1795-1800 James Rentfroe 1797 MS
male 1795-1800 Jacob Stampley 1799 MS
male 1801-10 Stephen 1802 MS
male 1801-10 Jonathan 1805 LA
male 1801-10 William 1808 LA

Fought in the Battle of San Jacinto.

Possessions:
Natchez Records 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee
Page 357 (no preview available)
William Ferguson to Thos Marston Green, 348 acres on Cole's Creek, b. by lands of John Smith, James Cole, Ben Stanley, and Benj. Roberts, for $350. ...no preview available for this page

page 80
1790. William Ferguson to Thomas Marston Green, 348 arpents b. by John Smith, James Cole, Benj. Stampley, Benj. Roberts, for $350 paid. Wit: Eben Rees. ...no preview available for this page

James married Jemimah Curtis in 1785 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Mississippi. Jemimah (daughter of Richard Curtis, Sr. and Phoebe Courtney) was born in 1764 in Craven Co, South Carolina; died in 1837 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOLOMON COLE
Early Pioneer
http://jeffersoncountyms.org/bios.htm#cole

Solomon Cole, son of James Cole and Mary Rentfroe was born about 1760 in Ashpole Swamp, Bladen County, North Carolina. The family moved to "Natchez Country," Mississippi in 1772. They located at "Coles Creek," named for our Cole ancestors. Her, Solomon married Elizabeth Davis, widow of Charles Simmons. They had two sons named James Simmons and David D. Simmons (Black Dave). Solomon Cole received a Spanish Land Grant claim #756 of 200 acres, situated on the waters of Coles Creek, Natchez District dated: 4 January 1794. On 12 February 1778, Solomon Cole bought from his brother, Stephen Cole, 300 arpents of land on Coles Creek, for $150.00. A Spanish Grant #1380, donated to Stephen Cole. One month later Solomon Conveyed the 300 arpents to William Thomas for the sum of $600.00, making a nice profit. On February 7, 1804, Solomon and Elizabeth Cole sold their home, the original Spanish Grant #756 of 200 acres to Buckner Darden for $400.00. They moved their family from Coles Creek to St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in 1804. Solomon and his brother James located land on the Plaquemine Brulee. Solomon acquired 529 acres from Isaac Johnson, the original claimant. It was situated on the stream and bounded on the North by James Cole's land grant.

Solomon Cole served as a Police Juror (Justice of the Peace) in St. Landry Parish from 1811 to 1818. He later moved to a vacherie at Prairie Soileau. "When James and Solomon Cole moved from Coles Creek, Mississippi in 1804, they joined former neighbors by names of: Hayes, King, Forman, Simmons, McClelland, Reeves, Bilbo and Roberts. They all settled on each side of the Plaquemine Brulee stream in St. Landry Parish. James Cole was the original claimant by settlement and occupancy of 400 acres. Solomon Cole acquired his 529 acre Spanish Grant from Isaac Johnson, the original grantee. A tributary of Bayou Plaquemine Brulee ran through both James and Solomon's land, named Coles Bayou or Gulley. A certain location was known as Coles Cove. This area was also, "Coles Settlement," since that was the name of the first Post Office established in 1832. Evidently, this Post Office was located on the Solomon Cole land, some five miles north and east of present Crowley, Louisiana. Abraham Cole, son of Solomon was appointed postmaster, January 24, 1938. Two persons who gave bond were Jacob Simmons and William Forman, son-in-law of Solomon Cole. We do not know why the Coles became dissatisfied with the Plaquemine Brulee location. Perhaps, floods or pestilence caused crop failures. James Cole sold to Malachi Stanton, "a certain tract of land, situated in St. Landry Parish at a place called, Tasse Point, on a Gulley [Coles) of Plaquemine Brulee, containing 400 acres and being in the Western District of the Territory of Orleans, no State of Louisiana...in consideration of the sum of $350.00"
Dated: October 15, 1821 ) Bk. F p. 97-St. Landry Parish, La.) BAYOU DUBONNE, St. Landry Parish.

The Coles probably, started moving westward in St. Landry Parish after this date of 1821. Solomon Cole died in 1825 and his Succession papers read, "Judge George King went to the Cole Vacherie [small ranch) in Prairie Soileau on Beaver Creek to make an Inventory of the estate." Our intermarried families of Cole, Forman and Simmons are found together in the 1830 Census of St. Landry Parish in the area of "Bayou Dubonne," 60 miles southwest of Opelousas. This is the western part of the Parish cut off for Calcasieu after selling his grant on the Plaquemine Brulee is not known.

The Court House was burned down and all records were destroyed in Lake Charles in 1910. We cannot check deeds, marriages, conveyances, and probates for our Cole, Forman and Simmons families. The relationship of Solomon's family is established by his Succession Papers filed in Opelousas Court Records. Named is Elizabeth Cole, widow of the deceased, James Cole, a son, James Forman, a son-in-law is requested to "tutor" his minor son, "Stephen Cole," Stephens portion of his father's estate was left in the care of his Uncle James Cole Sr., half-brother, David Simmons, and his brother-in-law William Forman.

The Solomon Cole land was purchased by William Forman with the "reservations that, the widow, Elizabeth Cole and son Stephen Cole were to live on the 'home place." Other children of Solomon Cole were not named in the St. Landry Parish records but, we can identify those who married from the Bonds.

.....Submitted by ...Your Most Obedient Servant, Stephen D. Forman, Commander, Granbury's Texas Brigade SCV Camp #1479, 11th Texas Cavalry Co. A, 12th Texas Cavalry Parsons Dragoons, Deo Vindice

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Solomon Cole was born in North Carolina. The family moved to Natchez Country, Mississippi in 1772. They located on "Coles Creek". Here Solomon Cole married Elizabeth Davis, widow of Charles Simmon. She had two sons by Charles. James s and David D. Simmons.
Solomon received a Spanish Land Grant, Claim #756 of 200 acres, situated on the waters of Coles Creek, Natchez District on January 4, 1794.
On February 7, 1804, Solomon and Elizabeth Cole sold their home, the original Spanish grant #756 of 200 acres to Buchner Darden for $400. They moved their family from Coles Creek to St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Solomon and his brother Jamle, located on land on the Plaquemine Brulee St. Landry Parish. Solomon Cole acquired 529 acres from Isaac Johnson, the original grantee.
Solomon Cole served as a Police Juror (Justice of the Peace) in St. Landry Parish from 1811 to 1818. He later moved to a vacherie at Prairie Soileau.
The following explanation of the Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry, Louisiana is taken from "Cole Footprints".
"The name PLAGUEMINE BRULEE is descriptive of the region, meaning burnt Persimine. The word Plaquemine is translated as the fruit of the Persimine tree; and Brulee was used by the Acadian settlers to describe fields burnt over for cleaninh spring. Voila! PLAQUEMINE BRULEE. It is also, the name of a well known stream of water, which covers Southern St. Landry Parish with tributaries of gulleys and bayous. This land area was important to the early settlement of Southwestern Louisiana.

Spanish explorers sailing along the Gulf coast as early as 1519 found the mouth of the mighty Mississippi River. They established Colonies and Forts. It was the French explorer, Robert Cavelier La Salle who claimed for France in 1682, ae land drained by the river and its tributaries. He named the territory, "Louisiana" in honor of King Louie XIV. Louis J. St. Denis founded the first permanent settlements at Natchitoches in 1714, and at New Orleans in 1718. After the Seven Year War in 1763, France ceded Canada and all of the Louisiana Province east of the the Mississippi to England (except the Isle of Orleans). By a secret treaty with Spain, France had ceded all her land west of the Mississippi and Orleans to that country. From his military might, Napolean forced Spain to give Louisiana back to France in 1800. His dream for a French Colonial Empire failed, and in 1803 Napolean sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15,000,000.

During the French regime two Indian Trading Posts were established in the Southwestern section of the Territory, Poste des Attakapas and Poste des Opelousas. Both named for Indian Tribes who lived in the area. Post des Opelousas includet is now St. Landry, Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Beauregard Cameron, Jefferson and Evangeline Parishes. Some Anglo-Americans bought land from Indian Chiefs as early as 1780; others received Spanish Land Grants, until the Territory became United States property. She then granted land to Protestants as well as many Acadian families who moved into the area.

When James and Solomon Cole moved from Coles Creek, Mississippi in 1804, they joined former neighbors by names of : Hayes, King, Forman, Simmons, McClelland, Reeves, Bilbo and Roberts. They all settled on each side of the Plaquemine Bruleeam in St. Landry Parish. James Cole was the original claimant by settlement and occupancy of 400 acres. Solomon Cole acquired his 529 acre Spanish Grant from Isaac Johnson, the original grantee. A tributary of Bayou Plaquemine Brulee ran through both James and Solomon's land, named Coles Bayou or Gulley. A certain location was known as Coles Cove. This area was also, "Coles Settlement," since that was the name of the first Post Office established in 1832. Evidently, this Post Office was located on the Solomon Cole land, some five miles north and east of present Crowley, Louisiana. Abraham Cole, son of Solomon was appointed postmaster, January 24, 1938. Two persons who gave bond were Jacob Simmons and William Forman, son-in-law of Solomon Cole.
We do not know why the Coles became dissatisfied with the Plaquemine Brulee location. Perhaps, floods or pestilence caused crop failures. James Cole sold to Malachi Stanton, " a certain tract of land, situated in St. Landry Parish at a plalled, Tasse Point, on a Gulley (Coles) of Plaquemine Brulee, containing 400 acres and being in the Western District of the Territory of Orleans, no State of Louisiana...in consideration of the sum of $350.00" Dated: October 15, 1821 ) Bk. F p. 97-St. Landry Parish, La.)
BAYOU DUBONNE, St. Landry Parish

The Coles probably, started moving westward in St. Landry Parish after this date of 1821. Solomon Cole died in 1825 and his Succession papers read, "Judge George King went to the Cole Vacherie (small ranch) in Prairie Soileau on Beaver Cro make an Inventory of the estate." Out inter-married families of Cole, Forman and Simmons are found together in the 1830 Census of St. Landry Parish in the area of "Bayou Dubonne," 60 miles southwest of Opelousas. This is the western part of the Parish cut off for Calcasieu after selling his grant on the Plaquemine Brulee is not known. The Court House was burned down and all records were destroyed in Lake Charles in 1910. We can not check deeds, marriages, conveyances, and probates for our Cole, Forman and Simmons families.
The relationship of Solomon's family is established by his Succession Papers filed in Opelousas Court Records. Named is Elizabeth Cole, widow of the deceased, James Cole, a son, James Forman, a son-in-law is requested to "tutor" his mino, "Stephen Cole", Stephens portion of his father's estate was left in the care of his Uncle James Cole, Sr. his half-brother, David Simmons, and his brother-in-law William Forman.
The Solomon Cole land was purchased by William Forman with the "reservations that, the widow, Elizabeth Cole and son Stephen Cole were to live on the "home place". Other children of Solomon Cole were not named in the St. Landry Parish rs but, we can identify those who married from the Bonds.
(Steve Forman)
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From Carole Knight (cknight@huntnet.net)
From the Succession of Solomon Cole:
A petition from Elizabeth Cole, widow, asks that the community be sold at public sale on July 1, 1825, and that a family council be appointed to provide a tutor for Stephen Cole who is under the age of puberty. She signs with a mark. Wae a Cole, married a Cole??? Elizabeth is appointed the natural tutor.
Attending the family council are James Cole Sr., uncle; David Simmons, half brother; James Cole, Jr., his brother; William Forman his brother-in-law and James Simmons, a friend in lieu of a family member. William Forman was appointed undert. David Simmons signs, as do William Forman and James Simmons; James Cole Jr. makes a mark.
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(who are these people?)
From the Succession of Jacob Simmons:
At the family meeting January 9, 1823, Edmund Johnson, Jr., and --- Milburn, uncles of the minor child Christopher Simmons, along with family friends in lieu of other family members, all agreed to name Edmund Johnson, Sr., the grandfathere tutor and Edmund Jr. as undertutor. Edmund Jr. signs.
It appears that mama Mary Johnson is also dead at this time??

Note: James Forman (Dw4man@aol.com) has his birth date as 1 Apr 1743. Could this have been birth date for another Solomon Cole? 1810 Opel Census has birth 1766-84.

131 COLE, Solomon 1766-84 1770? NC
female 1766-84 Elizabeth DAVIS
male 1795-1800 James 1794? MS
female 1795-1800 Polly 1798? MS
female 1795-1800 Mary 1800? MS
male 1801-10 Abraham 1804? MS
female 1801-10 Elizabeth 1806-8 LA

Residence 132 was James Cole, his brother.

Solomon married Elizabeth Davis about 1790 in Louisiana. Elizabeth was born in 1772 in Natchez, Adams Co, Mississippi; died in 1808 in Prairie, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mark married Hannah Spell in 1788 in Natchez District, Mississippi. Hannah (daughter of John Spell) was born in 1768 in Natchez, Adams Co, Mississippi; died in 1820 in Pike Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from: Carolyn Switzer cswitzer@thequest.net (posted to Rootsweb - MS)

JAMES COLE, Jr. and wife Mary Rentfroe moved with their family to Southwest Mississippi Territory about 1780 settling near Cole's Creek in present day Jefferson County. Their daughter MARY COLE married Jacob Stampley about 1787. I am related to their daughter Sarah Minerva Stampley who married Stephen Rowland. Would like to correspond with others researching these families.
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from Bryant Mansfield

Descendants of Jacob Stampley

Generation No. 1
1. JACOB1 STAMPLEY was born August 09, 1700 in Switzerland, and died 1754 in Switzerland.

Children of JACOB STAMPLEY are:

i. HENRY2 STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1740, Switzerland; d. 1789, prob Coles Creek, Natchez District, Miss. Terr., MS; m. Abt. 1775, Natchez District, Miss. Terr., MS.

ii. GEORGE STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1740, Switzerland; d. of, Natchez Dist., Miss. Terr.; m. Abt. 1768.

2. iii. JOHN STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1750, Switzerland; d. Bef. August 16, 1823, prob Jefferson, MS.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN2 STAMPLEY (JACOB1) was born Abt. 1750 in Switzerland, and died Bef. August 16, 1823 in prob Jefferson, MS. He married MARTHA "PHOEBE" CURTIS Bef. 1780 in prob, Dinwiddie, VA, daughter of RICHARD CURTIS and PHOEBE COURTNEY.

Children of JOHN STAMPLEY and MARTHA CURTIS are:

i. JOHN HENRY3 STAMPLEY, b. 1777, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; m. January 24, 1822, Jefferson, MS.

ii. MARGARET STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1778, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. Bef. 1823, prob Jefferson, MS; m. July 10, 1800, Pickering Co., MS.

3. iii. SARAH (SALLIE) STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1784, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1841.

iv. JACOB STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1786, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. June 25, 1835, Will, Claiborne, MS.

v. PHOEBE STAMPLEY, b. January 26, 1789, Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. 1826, of, Amite, MS; m. August 06, 1808, Jefferson, MS.

vi. MARY (POLLY) STAMPLEY, b. February 06, 1791, Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. June 08, 1838, of, Jefferson, MS; m. June 12, 1806, Jefferson, MS.

vii. MARTHA STAMPLEY, b. Abt. 1798, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; m. January 16, 1821, Jefferson, MS.

viii. JEMIMA (GERMINA) STAMPLEY, b. May 13, 1798, Jefferson, MS; d. Abt. 1840; m. May 27, 1817, Jefferson, MS.

ix. RICHARD STAMPLEY SR., b. May 05, 1800, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. May 27, 1856, Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS; m. August 16, 1827, Claiborne, MS.

x. DAVID NOLL STAMPLEY, b. September 28, 1804, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. March 11, 1865.

xi. ABSOLUM STAMPLEY, b. 1808, prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1850, prob Yazoo, MS; m. 1850, Lexington, Rockbridge, VA.

Generation No. 3

3. SARAH (SALLIE)3 STAMPLEY (JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Abt. 1784 in prob Coles Creek, Jefferson, MS, and died Aft. 1841. She married STEPHEN R. MARBLE Abt. 1803 in prob, Jefferson, MS, son of ABNER MARBLE and ZERVIAH RICE.

Children of SARAH STAMPLEY and STEPHEN MARBLE are:

i. MARBLE4, b. 1800-1810, of, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1830, Yazoo Census.

ii. MARBLE, b. 1800-1810, of, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1830, Yazoo Census.

iii. DRUCILLA MARBLE, b. 1808, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1859, prob Beaumont, Jefferson, TX; m. February 01, 1827, Episcopal Church, Port Gibson, Claiborne, MS; m. September 19, 1853, Woodville, Tyler, TX; m. Bef. 1859, of, Jefferson, TX.

4. iv. LUCINDA ANN MARBLE, b. Abt. 1812, Jefferson, MS; d. Bef. February 1849, Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS.

v. LOUANZA MARBLE, b. October 01, 1812, Jefferson, MS; d. January 24, 1892, Galveston, Galveston, TX; m. August 25, 1829, Yazoo, MS.

vi. JOHN S. MARBLE SR., b. 1815, Jefferson, MS; d. July 15, 1873, Beaumont, Jefferson, TX; m. Abt. 1839, prob Miss.

vii. MARBLE, b. 1815-1820, of, Jefferson, MS; d. Aft. 1830, Yazoo Census.

viii. RINALDO D. MARBLE, b. December 1822, Yazoo, MS; d. October 22, 1904, Collinston, Morehouse, LA; m. May 21, 1851, Yazoo, MS; m. 1856, Morehouse, LA; m. Abt. 1898, Bastrop, Morehouse, LA.

ix. HELEN MARTHA MARBLE, b. April 24, 1830, Satartia, Yazoo, MS; d. July 15, 1915, Lindale, Smith, TX; m. September 30, 1845, Madison, MS.

Generation No. 4

4. LUCINDA ANN4 MARBLE (SARAH (SALLIE)3 STAMPLEY, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Abt. 1812 in Jefferson, MS, and died Bef. February 1849 in Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS. She married (1) NATHAN MANSFIELD July 21, 1824 in Claiborne, MS, son of WILLIAM MANSFIELD. She married (2) DAVID C (ROGERS) RODGERS Bef. January 28, 1837 in Yazoo, MS.

Children of LUCINDA MARBLE and NATHAN MANSFIELD are:

i. SYLVESTER HOWARD5 MANSFIELD, b. 1828, Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS; d. August 07, 1862, Beaumont, Jefferson, TX; m. SAPHRONIA N. SPENCER, Abt. 1848, prob, Yazoo, MS.

ii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER MANSFIELD, b. March 28, 1829, Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS; d. December 27, 1893, Cominto, Drew, AK; m. June 03, 1858, Yazoo, MS.

iii. SARAH JANE (SALLIE) MANSFIELD, b. October 27, 1836, Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, MS; d. January 20, 1855, near Bastrop, Morehouse, LA; m. 1850-1855, of Bastrop, Morehouse, LA.

Child of LUCINDA MARBLE and DAVID RODGERS is:

iv. STEPHEN R. MARBLE5 RODGERS, b. Abt. 1837, TN; d. Abt. 1920, Bastrop, Morehouse, LA.
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Descendants of Jacob Stampley

1 Jacob Stampley 1700 - 1754

........ 2 Henry Stampley Abt. 1740 - 1789

........ 2 George Stampley Abt. 1740 -

........ 2 John Stampley Abt. 1750 - Bef. 1823

............ +Martha "Phoebe" Curtis 1751 - Aft. 1837

................... 3 John Henry Stampley 1777 -

................... 3 Margaret Stampley Abt. 1778 - Bef. 1823

................... 3 Sarah (Sallie) Stampley Abt. 1784 - Aft. 1841

....................... +Stephen R. Marble 1778 - Bef. 1859

............................. 4 Marble 1800-1810 - Aft. 1830

............................. 4 Marble 1800-1810 - Aft. 1830

............................. 4 Drucilla Marble 1808 - Aft. 1859

............................. 4 [1] Lucinda Ann Marble Abt. 1812 - Bef. 1849

................................. +Nathan Mansfield 1794 - Bef. 1835

........................................ 5 Sylvester Howard Mansfield 1828 - 1862

............................................ +Saphronia N. Spencer 1823 - Abt. 1861

.................................................. 6 William S. Mansfield 1851 - 1925

.................................................. 6 Clarence Marble (Tanny) Mansfield 1852 - 1917

.................................................. 6 Sylvester Howard Mansfield Jr. 1854 - 1930

.................................................. 6 Guy Thurston Mansfield Captain 1861 - 1934

........................................ 5 William Alexander Mansfield 1829 - 1893

........................................ 5 Sarah Jane (Sallie) Mansfield 1836 - 1855

............................. *2nd Husband of [1] Lucinda Ann Marble:

................................. +David C (Rogers) Rodgers Abt. 1806 -

........................................ 5 Stephen R. Marble Rodgers Abt. 1837 - Abt. 1920

............................. 4 Louanza Marble 1812 - 1892

............................. 4 John S. Marble Sr. 1815 - 1873

............................. 4 Marble 1815-1820 - Aft. 1830

............................. 4 Rinaldo D. Marble 1822 - 1904

............................. 4 Helen Martha Marble 1830 - 1915

................... 3 Jacob Stampley Abt. 1786 - Aft. 1835

................... 3 Phoebe Stampley 1789 - 1826

................... 3 Mary (Polly) Stampley 1791 - 1838

................... 3 Martha Stampley Abt. 1798 -

................... 3 Jemima (Germina) Stampley 1798 - Abt. 1840

................... 3 Richard Stampley Sr. 1800 - 1856

................... 3 David Noll Stampley 1804 - 1865

................... 3 Absolum Stampley 1808 - Aft. 1850

Mary married Jacob Stampley in 1787 in Natchez District, Mississippi. Jacob was born in 1763 in Natchez, Adams Co, Mississippi; died on 7 Sep 1826 in Natchez, Jefferson Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Robert Miller on 25 Jul 1790 in Natchez District, Mississippi. Robert was born about 1766; died after 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Susannah Chaney on 17 Sep 1795 in Natchez District, Mississippi. Susannah was born about 1766 in of, Mississippi or Louisiana; died after 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married John Searcy on 22 Jan 1795 in Natchez District, Mississippi. John (son of Reuben Searcy and Susanna Henderson) was born on 8 Nov 1770; died in 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Jeremiah Robinett on 29 Jan 1807. Jeremiah was born about 1777; died after 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

\"For many years it has been said that Cole County was named for [Stephen] Cole although a newspaper published in Franklin, across the river from Boonville, twice identifies [William] Temple [Cole] as the one whose name was given to the county.\" -- Email from Robert \"Bob\" Priddy

Stephen Cole and William Temple Cole Fight With Indians -
Stephen Cole and William Temple Cole were born in New River, Wythe Co., Virginia. There they married sisters named Allison, and emigrated to the southern part of the Cumberland, Wayne Co., Kentucky. In 1807, they came to Upper Louisiana, and settled on or near Loutre Island, about the same time that the Coopers settled on that island. In 1810, a roving band of about eighteen Pottowattomies, led by a war chief named Nessotingineg, stole a number of horses from the settlers of Loutre Island on the Missouri. A volunteer company consisting of Stephen Cole, William Temple Cole, Sarshall Brown, Nicholas Gooch, Abraham Potts, and James Mordock, was formed with Stephen Cole, then captain of the militia of Loutre Island, as leader. The company proposed to follow the Indians and recapture the stolen property. The volunteer company followed the Indians up the Loutre Creek, about 20 miles, and came to a place where the Indians had peeled bark, evidently to make halters, there the white men stopped for the night. The next morning they followed the Indian trail about thirty miles across Grand Prairie, just as they emerged from a small patch of timber, suddenly discovered the Indians with the horses. William Temple Cole and Sarshall Brown, on the fastest horses, started in pursuit, the others following them. So hard did they press their pursuit upon the Indians, who did not know the number of whites chasing them, and who were apprehensive that they might be captured in their wild flight, that they threw their packs into a plum thicket near a pool of water, and they scattered in the woods. These packs, consisting of buffalo robes, deer skins and partly tanned leather, they had stolen from Sarshall Brown. Night overtaking the party, they went into camp on the Waters of Salt River at a place known as Bonelick, 65 miles from the Loutre settlement, and about a mile or two northwest of the present city of Mexico, in Audrain County. Here contrary to the advice of their leader Stephen Cole, they without posting any sentinels, tied their horses in the thicket. After broiling some meat for supper, they went to sleep, with the exception of Stephen Cole, who with the sagacity of the experienced frontiersman was apprehensive of an attack. They had not been asleep long, when Cole thought he heard the cracking of a bush. He told his brother to get up, for he believed the Indians were near. However everything remained still, and solemn quietude prevailed. Stephen Cole pulled his saddle against his back and shoulders, and sought again his repose after the hard day\'s chase, but still impressed with impending danger. The Indians, who had crawled up so near that, by the light of the
little camp fire, they could see the faces of their unsuspecting victims, waited but a short time till all was quiet then they opened a volley upon the party, instantly killing Gooch and Brown, wounding William Temple Cole and mother of one of the men. A hand-to-hand struggle between the Indians and Stephen Cole then took place in which Cole killed four Indians and wounded a fifth; the remaining members of the Indian band disappeared. Stephen Cole then went into a nearby pool and squatted in the water to wash the blood from the many wounds which he had received. After a little while the Indians returned, found Temple Cole and killed him. Patton, who had managed to get off some distance, also was found dead near a little sapling. Stephen Cole, after stanching the flow of blood from his wounds left the scene of the bloody encounter.
The next morning, after he had gone about two or three miles, he sat down on a small gopher hill to rest, when he discovered two mounted Indians same distance away. They eyed him for a few minutes, then wheeled their horses and disappeared. He reached the settlement on the third day nearly famished, having had not a morsel to eat during all this time. James Moredock escaped unhurt, and it is said that if he had acted with one-half the bravery of Stephen Cole, the Indians would have been defeated. Samuel Cole, a son of William Temple Cole, says that the Indians did not scalp the whites in this encounter. Peace was supposed to prevail between the Indians and settlers. This skirmish proved to be the beginning of the Indian troubles on the Missouri River. It is possible that this band of Pottowattomies had been on the war path against the Osages, and since the war trail from the Pottowattomies\' led to the mouth of the Gasconade, near which Loutre Island is situated in the Missouri River, the temptation to steal some of the horses of the settlers had been too great for the Indians to forego. At any rate, so far as we know they did no personal injury to the settlers, except yielding to their penchant for stealing. If they had been bent upon more
serious mischief, they undoubtedly could and would have perpetrated it. James Cole, a son of Stephen Cole, says that in this fight Stephen Cole received 26 wounds, and that on his way home he chewed some elm bark and placed it on his wounds. Stephen Cole was killed by the Indians on the banks of the Rio Grande near El Paso in 1824. Cole was a strong, virile, robust, uneducated, but sagacious frontiersman. On one occasion he was present at a session of the legislature, says Houck, when two members who had been opponents in a spirited debate during the session, engaged in a fight, after adjournment for the day and clinched. This was a common occurrence in those days when physical strength and prowess were so greatly esteemed. Governor McNair, who happened to be present, tried to separate them, but Cole seized the governor and pulled him away, saying, \"In such a scrimmage a governor is no more than any other man.\"

From History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson


William Temple Cole and his family went from Wythe County VA to St Charles County MO in 1807. William Temple Cole was killed by Indians on 20 July 1810. The court appointed his brother Stephen Cole (jr), administrator and in 1814 guardian of William Temple Cole\'s sons Stephen Cole & Samuel Cole both over age 14.

The following is hand written:

District of Saint Charles } Henry Hight Judge of probate
Territory of Louisiana } of the district aforesaid
To Hannah Cole relict & widow of William Temple Cole - deceased, James Cole, Holbert Cole, Stephen Cole, Samuel Cole, Jane Cole, Martha Cole, William T Cole, Ann D. Cole, Eleoner Cole and Phebe Cole ---- heirs and representatives of William Temple Cole ---- deceased.
You are hereby Summoned and required to Show cause if any you can why the sale of Lucy & Issac - slaves belonging to the estate of the aforesaid William Temple Cole -should not be directed and the amount of the sale distributed among you according to your respective rights on or before the first day of September next-

Given under my hand with the seal of office annexed the 24th day of July - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven.
H. Hight
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=day76149&id=I0590

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another webpage with extensive notes:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/n/Ronald-P-Kanarr/GENE1-0010.html

Died:
Killed in an Indian attack.
Source: Robert \"Bob\" Priddy of Jefferson City, MO

William married Hannah Allison in 1789 in Wythe Co, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Holbert McClure (Halbert) Allison and Mrs. Nancy Agnes (..) Allison) was born in 1762 in New River, Wythe Co, Virginia; died in 1843 in Booneville, Cooper Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rhoda married Joseph Stephens, Sr. in 1790 in Wythe Co, Virginia. Joseph (son of Samuel Peter Stephens, Jr. and Anna Maria Chrisman) was born in 1763 in Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 7 May 1836 in Bunceton, Cooper Co, Missouri; was buried in Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stephen Cole and William Temple Cole Fight With Indians -
Stephen Cole and William Temple Cole were born in New River, Wythe Co., Virginia. There they married sisters named Allison, and emigrated to the southern part of the Cumberland, Wayne Co., Kentucky. In 1807, they came to Upper Louisiana, and settled on or near Loutre Island, about the same time that the Coopers settled on that island. In 1810, a roving band of about eighteen Pottowattomies, led by a war chief named Nessotingineg, stole a number of horses from the settlers of Loutre Island on the Missouri. A volunteer company consisting of Stephen Cole, William Temple Cole, Sarshall Brown, Nicholas Gooch, Abraham Potts, and James Mordock, was formed with Stephen Cole, then captain of the militia of Loutre Island, as leader. The company proposed to follow the Indians and recapture the stolen property. The volunteer company followed the Indians up the Loutre Creek, about 20 miles, and came to a place where the Indians had peeled bark, evidently to make halters, there the white men stopped for the night. The next morning they followed the Indian trail about thirty miles across Grand Prairie, just as they emerged from a small patch of timber, suddenly discovered the Indians with the horses. William Temple Cole and Sarshall Brown, on the fastest horses, started in pursuit, the others following them. So hard did they press their pursuit upon the Indians, who did not know the number of whites chasing them, and who were apprehensive that they might be captured in their wild flight, that they threw their packs into a plum thicket near a pool of water, and they scattered in the woods. These packs, consisting of buffalo robes, deer skins and partly tanned leather, they had stolen from Sarshall Brown. Night overtaking the party, they went into camp on the Waters of Salt River at a place known as Bonelick, 65 miles from the Loutre settlement, and about a mile or two northwest of the present city of Mexico, in Audrain County. Here contrary to the advice of their leader Stephen Cole, they without posting any sentinels, tied their horses in the thicket. After broiling some meat for supper, they went to sleep, with the exception of Stephen Cole, who with the sagacity of the experienced frontiersman was apprehensive of an attack. They had not been asleep long, when Cole thought he heard the cracking of a bush. He told his brother to get up, for he believed the Indians were near. However everything remained still, and solemn quietude prevailed. Stephen Cole pulled his saddle against his back and shoulders, and sought again his repose after the hard day\'s chase, but still impressed with impending danger. The Indians, who had crawled up so near that, by the light of the
little camp fire, they could see the faces of their unsuspecting victims, waited but a short time till all was quiet then they opened a volley upon the party, instantly killing Gooch and Brown, wounding William Temple Cole and mother of one of the men. A hand-to-hand struggle between the Indians and Stephen Cole then took place in which Cole killed four Indians and wounded a fifth; the remaining members of the Indian band disappeared. Stephen Cole then went into a nearby pool and squatted in the water to wash the blood from the many wounds which he had received. After a little while the Indians returned, found Temple Cole and killed him. Patton, who had managed to get off some distance, also was found dead near a little sapling. Stephen Cole, after stanching the flow of blood from his wounds left the scene of the bloody encounter.
The next morning, after he had gone about two or three miles, he sat down on a small gopher hill to rest, when he discovered two mounted Indians same distance away. They eyed him for a few minutes, then wheeled their horses and disappeared. He reached the settlement on the third day nearly famished, having had not a morsel to eat during all this time. James Moredock escaped unhurt, and it is said that if he had acted with one-half the bravery of Stephen Cole, the Indians would have been defeated. Samuel Cole, a son of William Temple Cole, says that the Indians did not scalp the whites in this encounter. Peace was supposed to prevail between the Indians and settlers. This skirmish proved to be the beginning of the Indian troubles on the Missouri River. It is possible that this band of Pottowattomies had been on the war path against the Osages, and since the war trail from the Pottowattomies\' led to the mouth of the Gasconade, near which Loutre Island is situated in the Missouri River, the temptation to steal some of the horses of the settlers had been too great for the Indians to forego. At any rate, so far as we know they did no personal injury to the settlers, except yielding to their penchant for stealing. If they had been bent upon more
serious mischief, they undoubtedly could and would have perpetrated it. James Cole, a son of Stephen Cole, says that in this fight Stephen Cole received 26 wounds, and that on his way home he chewed some elm bark and placed it on his wounds. Stephen Cole was killed by the Indians on the banks of the Rio Grande near El Paso in 1824. Cole was a strong, virile, robust, uneducated, but sagacious frontiersman. On one occasion he was present at a session of the legislature, says Houck, when two members who had been opponents in a spirited debate during the session, engaged in a fight, after adjournment for the day and clinched. This was a common occurrence in those days when physical strength and prowess were so greatly esteemed. Governor McNair, who happened to be present, tried to separate them, but Cole seized the governor and pulled him away, saying, \"In such a scrimmage a governor is no more than any other man.\"

From History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson


William Temple Cole and his family went from Wythe County VA to St Charles County MO in 1807. William Temple Cole was killed by Indians on 20 July 1810. The court appointed his brother Stephen Cole (jr), administrator and in 1814 guardian of William Temple Cole\'s sons Stephen Cole & Samuel Cole both over age 14.

The following is hand written:

District of Saint Charles } Henry Hight Judge of probate
Territory of Louisiana } of the district aforesaid
To Hannah Cole relict & widow of William Temple Cole - deceased, James Cole, Holbert Cole, Stephen Cole, Samuel Cole, Jane Cole, Martha Cole, William T Cole, Ann D. Cole, Eleoner Cole and Phebe Cole ---- heirs and representatives of William Temple Cole ---- deceased.
You are hereby Summoned and required to Show cause if any you can why the sale of Lucy & Issac - slaves belonging to the estate of the aforesaid William Temple Cole -should not be directed and the amount of the sale distributed among you according to your respective rights on or before the first day of September next-

Given under my hand with the seal of office annexed the 24th day of July - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven.
H. Hight

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=day76149&id=I0590

Major Stephen Cole was the acknowledged leader of the settlers living south of the Missouri River, in what is now Boonville, Missouri. Having made every effort to protect his loved ones, and his neighbors, during the trying period of the War of 1812, when peace was declared in 1815, the love of wild adventure led him to become a pioneer in the trade with Santa Fe. In 1822, he and his nephew (also named Stephen Cole) were killed by Navajo Indians about 60 miles southwest of Santa Fe, on the Rio Grande River.

See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=day76149&id=I0112 and also thanks to Robert \"Bob\" Priddy

Stephen married Phoebe Allison in 1799 in Wythe Co, Virginia. Phoebe (daughter of Holbert McClure (Halbert) Allison and Mrs. Nancy Agnes (..) Allison) was born in 1772 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died about 1825 in Cole Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Majer married Benjamin James Dillard about 1790. Benjamin was born in 1765 in Wythe Co, Virginia; died on 22 Dec 1836 in Cooper Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]