History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

Family Records 155
liberty, because their father had been his friend. He sent word to Hugh
that for safety he should remove his family to Rhode Island, which he did.
Perhaps in an hour after he left, his house was in flames. He lived for a
time at Portsmouth, R. I. According to Savage, Mr. Cole was a sergeant
in the war. He returned to Swansea in 1677, and built a house within a
few rods of the home of the late Miss Abby Cole, in Warren, and this land
on the Kickemuit river has never passed out of the possession of the Cole
family, unless recently. Mr. Cole died in Swansea, Jan. 22, 1699. Of his
ten children the first three were born in Plymouth, and the others in
Swansea.
(III) Benjamin Cole, sou of Hugh, born in 1678, in Swansea, Mass.,
married June 27, 1701, Hannah, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (BuUock)
Eddy. Mr. Cole was a husbandman and lived in Swansea. He was a
deacon in the church from 1718 till the time of his death, Sept. 29, 1748.
His wife died May 15, 1768; and both were interred in the Kickemuit
burying ground. The house he built in 1701 is still standing.
(IV) Benjamin Cole (2) son of Benjamin, born Oct. 31, 1706, in
Swansea, Mass., married (first) Nov. 19, 1730, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas and Hope (Huckins) Nelson, of Middleboro, Mass. She died
March 25, 1748, and he married (second) Sept. 22, 1749, Hanna, widow of
Job Luther, and daughter of Richard and Mary Harding. Mr. Cole died
Dec. 20, 1776.
(V) Isaiah Cole, son of Benjamin (2), born in 1731, in Swansea, Mass.,
married in 1750, Eleanor, daughter of Samuel Nichols, of Kinderhook, N.Y.
Mr. Cole was a shipwright and lived in Warren, R. I., until after the
Revolution, when he removed to Middleboro, Mass. He was a soldier in
the Revolution, but of the several Isaiah's and Josiah's service, and there
being some conflict between the two names, there is too much uncertainty
to attempt to assign to each his share. He died Nov. 9, 1811, at Middleboro.
His widow died Feb. 8, 1827, at the home of her daughter Abigail, in
Warren, Rhode Island.
(VI) Capt. Nathaniel Cole, son of Isaiah, born Nov. 20, 1759, in
Warren, R. I., married Oct. 17, 1784, Nancy Anthony, born Jan. 24, 1762,
in Swansea, Mass. Mr. Cole was a patriot of the Revolution. He served
in Capt. Amos Washburn's Company, Col. Ebenezer Sprout's regiment,
May 6, 1778; also Capt. Elisha Haskell's Company; Col. Benjamin
Hawe's (Howes) regiment, July 29, 1778, to Sept. 11, 1778. After the close
of the war Mr. Cole removed to Middleboro, Mass., having purchased a
farm upon which he lived. He was a shipcarpenter by trade. He was
Capt. of the 2d Company of Middleboro militia from May 7, 1805, to
1809. Subsequently he purchased a farm between Windsor and Hartland,
Vt. He died Jan. 12, 1846, at the home of his daughter, Abigail, in Hartland,
Vt. His wife died Dec. 8, 1828.
(VII) James Cole, son of Capt. Nathaniel, born Nov. 20, 1785, in
Warren, R. I., married Sept. 9, 1713, Polly Gorham, born Sept. 1, 1789.
She died Feb. 21, 1864, and he married (second) May 21, 1865, Mrs.
Beulah Macomber. Mr. Cole was a master miUwright. He owned and
lived upon a farm Assawamsett, some four miles from the farm of his
father. He died at Middleboro, Mass., Oct. 16, 1871. His children, all
born in Middleboro, were: Abigail, born Sept. 4, 1814, married Abram M.
Cushman; Andrew, born Sept. 1, 1816, married Hanna S. Smith; Mary
Ann, born Nov. 23, 1817, married Ira Thomas; James, born April 7, 1819;
Harrison G., born Nov. 4, 1820, married Caroline B. Silvester; Luther,
born May 20, 1822, married Sarah A. Corsley; Nathaniel, born May 3,
1824, married Martha S. Foy; Robert V., bom July 14, 182 , married
Cordelia B. Savery; Judith J., bom Aug. 10, 1828, married (first) Soranus
C. Bradford, of Attleboro, Mass., (second) Capt. Stephen B. Gibbs