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Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole 1745 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1745

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 25 November 1840

Death Location: Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: William Fancher

Mother: Thankful Thompson

Spouse(s): Asa Cole

Children(s): Lydia Cole

Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole was born in 1745 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of William Fancher and Thankful Thompson. Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole married Asa Cole, and had children including Lydia A Cole. Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole passed away in 1840 in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole was born in 1745 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of William Fancher and Thankful Thompson.
  • Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole married Asa Cole, and had children including Lydia A Cole.
  • Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole passed away in 1840 in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Thankful Cole's Ancestors

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Thankful Cole
1745 – 1840
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
William Fancher
1700 – 1759
Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
Thankful Thompson
1705 – 1757
Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thankful Cole's Descendants

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Thankful (( Fancher ) Smith) Cole (15 May 1745 – 25 November 1840) m. Asa Cole (1738 – 16 May 1826)
  1. 1. Lydia (A) Cole (8 April 1785 – 2 March 1874) m. Ira Cole (10 Feb 1782 – 24 August 1860)
    1. 1. Esther (Mary) Cole (1803 – 1889)
    2. 2. Charles (C) Cole (2 September 1805 – 6 December 1884) m. Hannah Sisson (14 November 1808 – 22 September 1844) m. Laverna Jackson (abt 1816 – 7 September 1881)
      1. 1. Mary (Alice) Cole (17 August 1849 – 3 NOV 1929) m. Otis (Henry Van) Buskirk (29 Aug 1846 – 19 Dec 1901)
        1. 1. Carrie (Van) Buskirk (05/10/1867 – 07/24/1934) m. Jame (Monroe) Markham (06/07/1858 – April 1913)
        2. 2. Jerry Vanbuskirk (abt 1868 – )
        3. 3. Lizzie (Van) Buskirk (Abt 1871 – )
        4. 4. Charles (Van) Buskirk (Abt 1873 – )
        5. 5. Nellie (Van) Buskirk (Abt 1876 – 1954)
        6. 6. Bertha (Van) Buskirk (Abt 1879 – )
        7. 7. Walter (S) Vanbuskirk (Apr 1882 – )
        8. 8. Myrtle (B) Vanbuskirk (Jun 1885 – )
        9. 9. Lula (C) Vanbuskirk (Feb 1888 – )
        10. 10. Cora (F) Vanbuskirk (Jan 1890 – )
    3. 3. Betsey Cole (17 Oct 1807 – 14 Jan 1811)
    4. 4. Polly Cole (2 Feb 1810 – 10 Apr 1842)
    5. 5. Asa Cole (13 Feb 1815 – 13 Jun 1845)
    6. 6. Curtis Cole (19 Apr 1816 – )
    7. 7. Harriet Cole (21 Apr 1824 – 30 Nov 1838)

Thankful Cole's Timeline

3 Records

1745
15 May 1745
Birth of Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1781
11 Jul 1781
Age 36
Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole was married in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1840
25 November 1840
Age 95
Death of Thankful ( Fancher ) Smith Cole in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 May 1745
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1781
    Event Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 November 1840
    Event Place: Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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