The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17

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i a request has been made for the Cole
i family, which is now i compiled with,
1 giving such data MS is In our possession;
though not so complete as desired. Tho
4 namo Of Cole, Colin, Coles. Colson5 tson
Of Coes) arc found in early Al English
4 history, as originating soon after the
conquest Of England. The name IA has
Z. since combined with many other forms,
4 such as Collng, Collngsworth, Cole
ridge, Coleman, etc.; but the Simple
4 name of Cole was found in the early
4 Hundred Rolls" OF 1900, even to- tho
4 present time There were two tamil
4 settled very early in Virginia about 3thsss
4 same time; one was Cole, and tho other
4 Coles but they We're entirely distinct
their arms being different. and coming
I. from different parts Of the old country.
f But both families rose to great PROM
nence in the Colony, and some have
Ispaced them as being nearly connected.
4 Col. William Cole. the first OF the family
4 In Virginia, .emigrated fran Fermanngh,
Ireland, previous to 1860, and settled in
Il Warwick county, where he at once en-
/ listed in the Colonial militia, being in
command of q regiment of horse and
! foot soldiers and serving gallantly in
tho French and Indian wars. Hennlng,
4 in his Statutes" speaks much OF him.
4 as being also in the Colonial Council and
House Of Burgesses. Besides him are
also mentioned his sons, James, John.
Thomas, William and Walter King Cole,
i his grandson. II
i William, like his father, was colonel
! insthe army. and was also called Hon
4 orable.'. as being IN. tho Colonial Coun-
Gil; he married Martha -, by whom
\ was no issue; she died lin 1904. It is
\ said that this Colonel Cole figured in the
royal court OF Virginia When Bacon was
arraigned before Sir William Berkeley.
James Cole his brother it. seems. went
aIjearl, to North Carolina and settled In
4 ono OF the Eastern counties
{I Colonel Militant Cole, tile4emigrntit,
evidently lived at one time IN West
moreland county, as his lands are men
toned as lying on the AIatcho acto e.
K River IN that county, 1G So when Vest
Il moreland was cut off from Northum-
Il .berland county. But how long heGuved
there is not known The Rev. Roscoe
Il Coles. of Warwick county. 1864, and OF
Lancaster and Middlescx}S county, IG5 Z;
j was OF this family. as recorded by Bish-
X op Meade in his DID Churches (" but we
think the good bishop, IN several I In
stances. has got the two families;-Cole
and Coles--mixed, as he leaves of he
final 50, in speaking of-the Rev.4Johnl
Coles, who was OF the. Aibemarle
E n0ip ut oil fire In M
Prince George. and then In Madison,
81 Culpeper, and Orange counties. Tho
Il Coleefamily remained in lower Virginia
up to 1900. as we find one of the de-
scendants--Jesse Cole--liying in VIII
4 sliamsburg, from 1855 to 1921. He mar
. ried a Miss Travis. Of Williamsburg
j and had a son-Robert Cole.
4 Some of the Cole family of War
n wick moved to the Southwestern part
4 OF the State. Joseph Cole was resi-
dent of Montgomery county (now
Floyd, and was q soldier in the Revo-
Hutton. He is traditionally said to have
been connected with the Jersey Colony.
which afterwards settled in Western
North Carolina. and We're originally
, from New Jersey, to which state they
are said to have emigrated from Hart
fordshire, England, 1G40. The arms We
here portray We're evidently brought
over here by them, being described as
rs "Argent--AG cross slozengy. &
"Crestr-Out OF Ducal Coronet q
deXtershand, ppr."
!. There is no motto. Many OF the Cole
!, family were in the Southern ranks OF
H tho Civil War and Spanish War, ant
!, are now to,be found occupyinsi higl
positions OF trust ana prominence II
!. 1.-THE government service. f
more accurate detail Of descent
Y will be given in the future
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