Individual Details
Thomas Cole
(Abt 1600 - Bef 1660)
Archives of Maryland, Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. Page 352, Thomas Alanson sworne & examined the 29th ffeb. 1659 Sayth, That about the last of Novembr, or the beginning of Decembt, last past, this Depont heard Richard Bott say, That a hogshead of Tob, hee was to receive for Mr Hutts use, was for the use of Thomas Cole deceased, ffor David Thomas stood engaged for the sd Thomas Cole, for a hogshead of Tob. unto the sd Hutt, And further sayth that hee this Depont saw the hogshead of Tob, payd to the sd Richard Bott, for the use of the sd Cole to Hutt. J urt &c: Coram me Peter Bath.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Notes:
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 170, Thomas Cole aged 34 years or thereabouts Sworn & examined in open Court the 23 June 1652 Saith...
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 173, Thomas Cole aged 32 years or thereabouts being Sworn and examined the 22th day of June 1652.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. Page 352, Thomas Alanson sworne & examined the 29th ffeb. 1659 Sayth, That about the last of Novembr, or the beginning of Decembt, last past, this Depont heard Richard Bott say, That a hogshead of Tob, hee was to receive for Mr Hutts use, was for the use of Thomas Cole deceased, ffor David Thomas stood engaged for the sd Thomas Cole, for a hogshead of Tob. unto the sd Hutt, And further sayth that hee this Depont saw the hogshead of Tob, payd to the sd Richard Bott, for the use of the sd Cole to Hutt. J urt &c: Coram me Peter Bath.
William & Edward Cole 1.61 A Mar 24 1674
Administrator/Executor: Luke Gardner.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Message-ID: <535.99aaf84.3270fed7@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:54:31 EDT
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland
Like so many of the Roman Catholic individuals who settled in Maryland during its formative period, Robert Cole came from a family with years of recusancy in its history. In spite of being the subject of Dr Lois Green Carr's Robert Cole's World (1991), Cole and his English ancestry have been left on a back burner for some time. So in an attempt to bring him perhaps a little closer to the forefront of discussion, I am presenting some notes on him and his predecessors.
Luckily for his descendants, Robert Cole appears in many extant records on both sides of the Atlantic. On his father's side he was descended from yeoman stock that teetered on the cusp of gentry status; individuals in his family's past appeared as one, then another, and sometimes back to the former again. His mother though was clearly from a gentry family, albeit a Catholic one. She was dignified with the epithet "Mris" despite her convictions for recusancy.
By 1651 Robert Cole had married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott of St. Olaves, Southwark, Surrey; and they resided at Heston, Middlesex, where their first child Robert was born on 15 Oct. 1651. Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston requested his uncle Robert Cole to be an overseer to his 19 May 1651 will which was recorded on 13 Aug. 1651. Hugh Gore was married to Robert's niece Anne Cole, daughter of Robert's older brother William Cole (d. testate 1663), yeoman, of Heston. Robert Cole sold his property in Heston Manor in 1651, and in 1652 resettled his young family on a freehold in St. Clement's Manor in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was perhaps aided in his relocation by his uncle Benjamin Gill (d. 22 Nov. 1655), chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London, who had already settled nearby on the Wicomico River. When Gill died his nearest relative in Maryland was young Robert Cole who assumed executorship of Gill's estate. The whereabouts of Gill's only surviving child Anna Maria was unknown in Maryland. Actually she was in residence with her husband James Neale, Esq., who was serving as ambassador to Portugal. During the settling of the accounts of this estate, Robert Cole was described as "next of Kinne, to the sd Gill", "his Cozen Robert Cole", and as being "near alyed to the said Gill". A letter dated 2 Aug. 1658 arrived in Maryland later that year from James Neale, Gent., stating "I heare tht Robin Cole hath layd some claime to my ffathers & my Estate, wch I conceive hee did, supposing I & my Wife had bene dead. But god be praysed wee are both alive, & in health, & have Three Children lyuing; Soe hee now may excuse the clayming any thing & deliver all over to you [William Bretton] for my use." Preparing for a return voyage to England, Robert Cole wrote his will on 2 Apr. 1662, mentioning his mother Mris. Jane Cole of Heston, Middlesex, and left an accounting of the ages of his children [since his wife Rebecca had died recently]. On the list of the family record appeared my ancestor Edward Cole who was born 9 Nov. 1657.
Robert died while on this visit to England; he could very well be the Robert Cole who was buried on 16 Aug. 1662 at the Church of St. Leonard in Heston. In the surviving accounts of the estate of Robert Cole a response is mentioned to an inquiry from his mother; among the receipts from 1663 is one stating "by a Certificate under the Seale of the office to send into England to Mrs. Cole to sattisfy her how many children Mr. Cole had Living in this Country & Recording the same".
The connection between Robert Cole and Benjamin Gill was that Cole's mother and Gill's wife were sisters, both being daughters of Oliver Mainwaring (d. testate 1631) of Windleshaw (in Prescot), Lancashire and his wife Margaret Torbock. Jane Mainwaring had married by 1615 to Thomas Cole, yeoman, of Heston, a younger son of Robert Cole (d. 1614-15) of Heston and his wife Alice. Mary Mainwaring had married by 1622 to Benjamin Gill, chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London. In 1622 Benjamin Gill, his wife Mary, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole appeared on the same roll as convicted recusants in Middlesex.
The royal ancestry for these individuals through their mother and grandmother Margaret Torbock can be followed in Mr. Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (2004), pp. 490-491.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:02:27 EST
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Addition to Mr. Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (sub Manwaring), p. 491
RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2006-10/1161798871)
Oliver Mainwaring, Gent., of Windleshaw, Lancashire, died testate between 22 May 1631 (date his will was written) and 16 Sept. 1631 (date the inventory of his personal effects was recorded at Chester). Besides the daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Gill, I can identify two other daughters, including Sary Mainwaring, unmarried at the time of her father's will, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole of Lampton (in Heston), Middlesex.
Thomas and Jane's eldest son William Cole, yeoman, of Lampton (in Heston) died testate between 20 Mar. 1662/3 and 5 May 1663. He and his wife Ann were the parents of Anne Cole (m. (1) Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston (d. testate 1651), m. (2) 23 Aug. 1654 John Edlin), Mary, and a daughter who married John Braynt (Braint, Brent).
Thomas and Jane's younger son Robert Cole removed to Maryland. See earlier post at the link above.
~Todd Whitesides
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Notes:
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 170, Thomas Cole aged 34 years or thereabouts Sworn & examined in open Court the 23 June 1652 Saith...
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 173, Thomas Cole aged 32 years or thereabouts being Sworn and examined the 22th day of June 1652.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. Page 352, Thomas Alanson sworne & examined the 29th ffeb. 1659 Sayth, That about the last of Novembr, or the beginning of Decembt, last past, this Depont heard Richard Bott say, That a hogshead of Tob, hee was to receive for Mr Hutts use, was for the use of Thomas Cole deceased, ffor David Thomas stood engaged for the sd Thomas Cole, for a hogshead of Tob. unto the sd Hutt, And further sayth that hee this Depont saw the hogshead of Tob, payd to the sd Richard Bott, for the use of the sd Cole to Hutt. J urt &c: Coram me Peter Bath.
William & Edward Cole 1.61 A Mar 24 1674
Administrator/Executor: Luke Gardner.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Message-ID: <535.99aaf84.3270fed7@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:54:31 EDT
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland
Like so many of the Roman Catholic individuals who settled in Maryland during its formative period, Robert Cole came from a family with years of recusancy in its history. In spite of being the subject of Dr Lois Green Carr's Robert Cole's World (1991), Cole and his English ancestry have been left on a back burner for some time. So in an attempt to bring him perhaps a little closer to the forefront of discussion, I am presenting some notes on him and his predecessors.
Luckily for his descendants, Robert Cole appears in many extant records on both sides of the Atlantic. On his father's side he was descended from yeoman stock that teetered on the cusp of gentry status; individuals in his family's past appeared as one, then another, and sometimes back to the former again. His mother though was clearly from a gentry family, albeit a Catholic one. She was dignified with the epithet "Mris" despite her convictions for recusancy.
By 1651 Robert Cole had married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott of St. Olaves, Southwark, Surrey; and they resided at Heston, Middlesex, where their first child Robert was born on 15 Oct. 1651. Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston requested his uncle Robert Cole to be an overseer to his 19 May 1651 will which was recorded on 13 Aug. 1651. Hugh Gore was married to Robert's niece Anne Cole, daughter of Robert's older brother William Cole (d. testate 1663), yeoman, of Heston. Robert Cole sold his property in Heston Manor in 1651, and in 1652 resettled his young family on a freehold in St. Clement's Manor in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was perhaps aided in his relocation by his uncle Benjamin Gill (d. 22 Nov. 1655), chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London, who had already settled nearby on the Wicomico River. When Gill died his nearest relative in Maryland was young Robert Cole who assumed executorship of Gill's estate. The whereabouts of Gill's only surviving child Anna Maria was unknown in Maryland. Actually she was in residence with her husband James Neale, Esq., who was serving as ambassador to Portugal. During the settling of the accounts of this estate, Robert Cole was described as "next of Kinne, to the sd Gill", "his Cozen Robert Cole", and as being "near alyed to the said Gill". A letter dated 2 Aug. 1658 arrived in Maryland later that year from James Neale, Gent., stating "I heare tht Robin Cole hath layd some claime to my ffathers & my Estate, wch I conceive hee did, supposing I & my Wife had bene dead. But god be praysed wee are both alive, & in health, & have Three Children lyuing; Soe hee now may excuse the clayming any thing & deliver all over to you [William Bretton] for my use." Preparing for a return voyage to England, Robert Cole wrote his will on 2 Apr. 1662, mentioning his mother Mris. Jane Cole of Heston, Middlesex, and left an accounting of the ages of his children [since his wife Rebecca had died recently]. On the list of the family record appeared my ancestor Edward Cole who was born 9 Nov. 1657.
Robert died while on this visit to England; he could very well be the Robert Cole who was buried on 16 Aug. 1662 at the Church of St. Leonard in Heston. In the surviving accounts of the estate of Robert Cole a response is mentioned to an inquiry from his mother; among the receipts from 1663 is one stating "by a Certificate under the Seale of the office to send into England to Mrs. Cole to sattisfy her how many children Mr. Cole had Living in this Country & Recording the same".
The connection between Robert Cole and Benjamin Gill was that Cole's mother and Gill's wife were sisters, both being daughters of Oliver Mainwaring (d. testate 1631) of Windleshaw (in Prescot), Lancashire and his wife Margaret Torbock. Jane Mainwaring had married by 1615 to Thomas Cole, yeoman, of Heston, a younger son of Robert Cole (d. 1614-15) of Heston and his wife Alice. Mary Mainwaring had married by 1622 to Benjamin Gill, chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London. In 1622 Benjamin Gill, his wife Mary, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole appeared on the same roll as convicted recusants in Middlesex.
The royal ancestry for these individuals through their mother and grandmother Margaret Torbock can be followed in Mr. Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (2004), pp. 490-491.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:02:27 EST
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Addition to Mr. Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (sub Manwaring), p. 491
RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2006-10/1161798871)
Oliver Mainwaring, Gent., of Windleshaw, Lancashire, died testate between 22 May 1631 (date his will was written) and 16 Sept. 1631 (date the inventory of his personal effects was recorded at Chester). Besides the daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Gill, I can identify two other daughters, including Sary Mainwaring, unmarried at the time of her father's will, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole of Lampton (in Heston), Middlesex.
Thomas and Jane's eldest son William Cole, yeoman, of Lampton (in Heston) died testate between 20 Mar. 1662/3 and 5 May 1663. He and his wife Ann were the parents of Anne Cole (m. (1) Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston (d. testate 1651), m. (2) 23 Aug. 1654 John Edlin), Mary, and a daughter who married John Braynt (Braint, Brent).
Thomas and Jane's younger son Robert Cole removed to Maryland. See earlier post at the link above.
~Todd Whitesides
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Notes:
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 170, Thomas Cole aged 34 years or thereabouts Sworn & examined in open Court the 23 June 1652 Saith...
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 173, Thomas Cole aged 32 years or thereabouts being Sworn and examined the 22th day of June 1652.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. Page 352, Thomas Alanson sworne & examined the 29th ffeb. 1659 Sayth, That about the last of Novembr, or the beginning of Decembt, last past, this Depont heard Richard Bott say, That a hogshead of Tob, hee was to receive for Mr Hutts use, was for the use of Thomas Cole deceased, ffor David Thomas stood engaged for the sd Thomas Cole, for a hogshead of Tob. unto the sd Hutt, And further sayth that hee this Depont saw the hogshead of Tob, payd to the sd Richard Bott, for the use of the sd Cole to Hutt. J urt &c: Coram me Peter Bath.
William & Edward Cole 1.61 A Mar 24 1674
Administrator/Executor: Luke Gardner.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Message-ID: <535.99aaf84.3270fed7@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:54:31 EDT
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland
Like so many of the Roman Catholic individuals who settled in Maryland during its formative period, Robert Cole came from a family with years of recusancy in its history. In spite of being the subject of Dr Lois Green Carr's Robert Cole's World (1991), Cole and his English ancestry have been left on a back burner for some time. So in an attempt to bring him perhaps a little closer to the forefront of discussion, I am presenting some notes on him and his predecessors.
Luckily for his descendants, Robert Cole appears in many extant records on both sides of the Atlantic. On his father's side he was descended from yeoman stock that teetered on the cusp of gentry status; individuals in his family's past appeared as one, then another, and sometimes back to the former again. His mother though was clearly from a gentry family, albeit a Catholic one. She was dignified with the epithet "Mris" despite her convictions for recusancy.
By 1651 Robert Cole had married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott of St. Olaves, Southwark, Surrey; and they resided at Heston, Middlesex, where their first child Robert was born on 15 Oct. 1651. Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston requested his uncle Robert Cole to be an overseer to his 19 May 1651 will which was recorded on 13 Aug. 1651. Hugh Gore was married to Robert's niece Anne Cole, daughter of Robert's older brother William Cole (d. testate 1663), yeoman, of Heston. Robert Cole sold his property in Heston Manor in 1651, and in 1652 resettled his young family on a freehold in St. Clement's Manor in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was perhaps aided in his relocation by his uncle Benjamin Gill (d. 22 Nov. 1655), chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London, who had already settled nearby on the Wicomico River. When Gill died his nearest relative in Maryland was young Robert Cole who assumed executorship of Gill's estate. The whereabouts of Gill's only surviving child Anna Maria was unknown in Maryland. Actually she was in residence with her husband James Neale, Esq., who was serving as ambassador to Portugal. During the settling of the accounts of this estate, Robert Cole was described as "next of Kinne, to the sd Gill", "his Cozen Robert Cole", and as being "near alyed to the said Gill". A letter dated 2 Aug. 1658 arrived in Maryland later that year from James Neale, Gent., stating "I heare tht Robin Cole hath layd some claime to my ffathers & my Estate, wch I conceive hee did, supposing I & my Wife had bene dead. But god be praysed wee are both alive, & in health, & have Three Children lyuing; Soe hee now may excuse the clayming any thing & deliver all over to you [William Bretton] for my use." Preparing for a return voyage to England, Robert Cole wrote his will on 2 Apr. 1662, mentioning his mother Mris. Jane Cole of Heston, Middlesex, and left an accounting of the ages of his children [since his wife Rebecca had died recently]. On the list of the family record appeared my ancestor Edward Cole who was born 9 Nov. 1657.
Robert died while on this visit to England; he could very well be the Robert Cole who was buried on 16 Aug. 1662 at the Church of St. Leonard in Heston. In the surviving accounts of the estate of Robert Cole a response is mentioned to an inquiry from his mother; among the receipts from 1663 is one stating "by a Certificate under the Seale of the office to send into England to Mrs. Cole to sattisfy her how many children Mr. Cole had Living in this Country & Recording the same".
The connection between Robert Cole and Benjamin Gill was that Cole's mother and Gill's wife were sisters, both being daughters of Oliver Mainwaring (d. testate 1631) of Windleshaw (in Prescot), Lancashire and his wife Margaret Torbock. Jane Mainwaring had married by 1615 to Thomas Cole, yeoman, of Heston, a younger son of Robert Cole (d. 1614-15) of Heston and his wife Alice. Mary Mainwaring had married by 1622 to Benjamin Gill, chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London. In 1622 Benjamin Gill, his wife Mary, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole appeared on the same roll as convicted recusants in Middlesex.
The royal ancestry for these individuals through their mother and grandmother Margaret Torbock can be followed in Mr. Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (2004), pp. 490-491.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:02:27 EST
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Addition to Mr. Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (sub Manwaring), p. 491
RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2006-10/1161798871)
Oliver Mainwaring, Gent., of Windleshaw, Lancashire, died testate between 22 May 1631 (date his will was written) and 16 Sept. 1631 (date the inventory of his personal effects was recorded at Chester). Besides the daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Gill, I can identify two other daughters, including Sary Mainwaring, unmarried at the time of her father's will, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole of Lampton (in Heston), Middlesex.
Thomas and Jane's eldest son William Cole, yeoman, of Lampton (in Heston) died testate between 20 Mar. 1662/3 and 5 May 1663. He and his wife Ann were the parents of Anne Cole (m. (1) Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston (d. testate 1651), m. (2) 23 Aug. 1654 John Edlin), Mary, and a daughter who married John Braynt (Braint, Brent).
Thomas and Jane's younger son Robert Cole removed to Maryland. See earlier post at the link above.
~Todd Whitesides
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Notes:
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 170, Thomas Cole aged 34 years or thereabouts Sworn & examined in open Court the 23 June 1652 Saith...
Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50. Page 173, Thomas Cole aged 32 years or thereabouts being Sworn and examined the 22th day of June 1652.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. Page 352, Thomas Alanson sworne & examined the 29th ffeb. 1659 Sayth, That about the last of Novembr, or the beginning of Decembt, last past, this Depont heard Richard Bott say, That a hogshead of Tob, hee was to receive for Mr Hutts use, was for the use of Thomas Cole deceased, ffor David Thomas stood engaged for the sd Thomas Cole, for a hogshead of Tob. unto the sd Hutt, And further sayth that hee this Depont saw the hogshead of Tob, payd to the sd Richard Bott, for the use of the sd Cole to Hutt. J urt &c: Coram me Peter Bath.
William & Edward Cole 1.61 A Mar 24 1674
Administrator/Executor: Luke Gardner.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Message-ID: <535.99aaf84.3270fed7@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:54:31 EDT
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland
Like so many of the Roman Catholic individuals who settled in Maryland during its formative period, Robert Cole came from a family with years of recusancy in its history. In spite of being the subject of Dr Lois Green Carr's Robert Cole's World (1991), Cole and his English ancestry have been left on a back burner for some time. So in an attempt to bring him perhaps a little closer to the forefront of discussion, I am presenting some notes on him and his predecessors.
Luckily for his descendants, Robert Cole appears in many extant records on both sides of the Atlantic. On his father's side he was descended from yeoman stock that teetered on the cusp of gentry status; individuals in his family's past appeared as one, then another, and sometimes back to the former again. His mother though was clearly from a gentry family, albeit a Catholic one. She was dignified with the epithet "Mris" despite her convictions for recusancy.
By 1651 Robert Cole had married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott of St. Olaves, Southwark, Surrey; and they resided at Heston, Middlesex, where their first child Robert was born on 15 Oct. 1651. Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston requested his uncle Robert Cole to be an overseer to his 19 May 1651 will which was recorded on 13 Aug. 1651. Hugh Gore was married to Robert's niece Anne Cole, daughter of Robert's older brother William Cole (d. testate 1663), yeoman, of Heston. Robert Cole sold his property in Heston Manor in 1651, and in 1652 resettled his young family on a freehold in St. Clement's Manor in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was perhaps aided in his relocation by his uncle Benjamin Gill (d. 22 Nov. 1655), chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London, who had already settled nearby on the Wicomico River. When Gill died his nearest relative in Maryland was young Robert Cole who assumed executorship of Gill's estate. The whereabouts of Gill's only surviving child Anna Maria was unknown in Maryland. Actually she was in residence with her husband James Neale, Esq., who was serving as ambassador to Portugal. During the settling of the accounts of this estate, Robert Cole was described as "next of Kinne, to the sd Gill", "his Cozen Robert Cole", and as being "near alyed to the said Gill". A letter dated 2 Aug. 1658 arrived in Maryland later that year from James Neale, Gent., stating "I heare tht Robin Cole hath layd some claime to my ffathers & my Estate, wch I conceive hee did, supposing I & my Wife had bene dead. But god be praysed wee are both alive, & in health, & have Three Children lyuing; Soe hee now may excuse the clayming any thing & deliver all over to you [William Bretton] for my use." Preparing for a return voyage to England, Robert Cole wrote his will on 2 Apr. 1662, mentioning his mother Mris. Jane Cole of Heston, Middlesex, and left an accounting of the ages of his children [since his wife Rebecca had died recently]. On the list of the family record appeared my ancestor Edward Cole who was born 9 Nov. 1657.
Robert died while on this visit to England; he could very well be the Robert Cole who was buried on 16 Aug. 1662 at the Church of St. Leonard in Heston. In the surviving accounts of the estate of Robert Cole a response is mentioned to an inquiry from his mother; among the receipts from 1663 is one stating "by a Certificate under the Seale of the office to send into England to Mrs. Cole to sattisfy her how many children Mr. Cole had Living in this Country & Recording the same".
The connection between Robert Cole and Benjamin Gill was that Cole's mother and Gill's wife were sisters, both being daughters of Oliver Mainwaring (d. testate 1631) of Windleshaw (in Prescot), Lancashire and his wife Margaret Torbock. Jane Mainwaring had married by 1615 to Thomas Cole, yeoman, of Heston, a younger son of Robert Cole (d. 1614-15) of Heston and his wife Alice. Mary Mainwaring had married by 1622 to Benjamin Gill, chandler, of St. Andrew Holborn, London. In 1622 Benjamin Gill, his wife Mary, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole appeared on the same roll as convicted recusants in Middlesex.
The royal ancestry for these individuals through their mother and grandmother Margaret Torbock can be followed in Mr. Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (2004), pp. 490-491.
From: ToddWhitesides@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:02:27 EST
To: gen-medieval-l@rootsweb.com, mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY] Addition to Mr. Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry (sub Manwaring), p. 491
RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Royal Ancestry of Robert Cole (ca. 1626-1662) of Heston, Middlesex & Maryland (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2006-10/1161798871)
Oliver Mainwaring, Gent., of Windleshaw, Lancashire, died testate between 22 May 1631 (date his will was written) and 16 Sept. 1631 (date the inventory of his personal effects was recorded at Chester). Besides the daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Gill, I can identify two other daughters, including Sary Mainwaring, unmarried at the time of her father's will, and Jane wife of Thomas Cole of Lampton (in Heston), Middlesex.
Thomas and Jane's eldest son William Cole, yeoman, of Lampton (in Heston) died testate between 20 Mar. 1662/3 and 5 May 1663. He and his wife Ann were the parents of Anne Cole (m. (1) Hugh Gore, Gent., of Heston (d. testate 1651), m. (2) 23 Aug. 1654 John Edlin), Mary, and a daughter who married John Braynt (Braint, Brent).
Thomas and Jane's younger son Robert Cole removed to Maryland. See earlier post at the link above.
~Todd Whitesides
Events
| Birth | Abt 1600 | Middlesex, England | |||
| Death | Bef 1660 | St. Mary's County, Maryland | |||
| Marriage | Jane Mainwaring |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Mainwaring (1605 - 1663) |
| Child | Anne Cole (1625 - ) |
| Child | Robert Cole (1628 - 1663) |