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William James Cole 1556 – 1611 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1556

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 1611

Death Location: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Cole

Mother: Hannah Collas

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Deards, Ann Cole

Children(s): William Cole, Nathanael Cole, William Cole, Snow None, William Cole, James Cowles, Anne Cole, Michael Cole, Margaret Cole, Edmund Cole, Sarah Cole, Robert Cole, Randy Cole, Arthur Cole, Thomas Cole, Arthur Cole, Elizabeth Cole, Michael Cole, Robert Cole, Thomas Cole, Nathaniel Cole, Joseph Cole, Abraham Cole

William James Cole was born in 1556 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of William James Cole and Hannah Eliza Anne Collas. William James Cole married Elizabeth Deards, Ann Cole, and had children including William James Cole, Nathanael Cole, William James Cole, Snow, William Humphrey Cole, James Cole Cowles, Anne Cole, Michael Cole, Margaret Cole, Edmund Cole, Sarah Cole, Robert Cole, Randy Cole, Arthur Cole, Thomas Cole, Arthur Cole, Elizabeth Cole, Michael Cole, Robert Cole, Thomas Cole, Nathaniel Cole, Joseph Cole, Abraham Cole. William James Cole passed away in 1611 in Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William James Cole was born in 1556 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of William James Cole and Hannah Eliza Anne Collas.
  • William James Cole married Elizabeth Deards, Ann Cole, and had children including William James Cole, Nathanael Cole, William James Cole, Snow, William Humphrey Cole, James Cole Cowles, Anne Cole, Michael Cole, Margaret Cole, Edmund Cole, Sarah Cole, Robert Cole, Randy Cole, Arthur Cole, Thomas Cole, Arthur Cole, Elizabeth Cole, Michael Cole, Robert Cole, Thomas Cole, Nathaniel Cole, Joseph Cole, Abraham Cole.
  • William James Cole passed away in 1611 in Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Cole
1522 – 1601
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Hannah Collas
1524 – 1603
Birth Location: Leigh, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Deards
1550 – 1622
Birth Location: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Ann Cole
1524 – 1598
Birth Location: Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

William Cole
1541 – 1601
Birth Location: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Nathanael Cole
1567 – 1642
Birth Location: Essex, England, United Kingdom
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William Cole
1570 – 1630
Birth Location: County Sligo, Ireland
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Snow None
1570 – 1630
Birth Location: County Sligo, Ireland
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William Cole
1572 – 1624
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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James Cowles
1573 – 1624
Birth Location: England
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Anne Cole
1575 – 1623
Birth Location: City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Michael Cole
1576 – 1652
Birth Location: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Cole
1577 – 1686
Birth Location: City of London, England, United Kingdom
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Edmund Cole
1579 – 1650
Birth Location: Heston, England
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Sarah Cole
1579 – 1653
Birth Location: City of London, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Cole
1579 – 1689
Birth Location: Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Randy Cole
1581 – 1660
Birth Location: City of London, England, United Kingdom
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Arthur Cole
1582 –
Birth Location: Sligo, Ireland
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Thomas Cole
1588 – 1659
Birth Location: City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Arthur Cole
1590 – 1670
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Elizabeth Cole
1590 –
Birth Location: Horsham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Michael Cole
1600 – 1698
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Robert Cole
1602 – 1689
Birth Location: City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Cole
1603 – 1639
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Nathaniel Cole
1620 – 1677
Birth Location: –
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Joseph Cole
Birth Location: –
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Abraham Cole
Birth Location: –
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William Cole's Ancestors

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William Cole
1556 – 1611
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
William James Cole
1522 – 1601
London, Middlesex, England
Hannah (Eliza Anne) Collas
1524 – 1603
Leigh, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Collis) Cole
1494 – 1571
Slade by Sheldon, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Hargraves
1498 – 1574
London, Middlesex, England
Michael Colles
1529 – 1630
Bradwell, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Graunt
1533 – 1630
Northbrook, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Cole
1470 – 1543
Mary Archdeacon
1476 – 1564
Thomas Hargraves
1470 – 1558
Sarah Beckmen
1450 – 1500
William Colles
1504 – 1558
Margaret Hitch
1505 – 1572
Edward Graunt
1500 – 1589
Anna Sommerville
1510 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cole
1439 – 1489
Elizabeth Weston
1455 – 1489
Thomas Hargraves
1470 – 1558
Sarah Beckmen
1450 – 1500
William Colles
1448 – 1506
Alice Romney
1480 – 1505
Thomas Hitch
1464 – 1534
Eleanore
Edward Graunt
1475 –
LeGrand
Robert Somerville
1510 –
Mary Greville
1485 –

William Cole's Descendants

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William (James) Cole (1556 – 1611) m. Elizabeth Deards (1550 – 1622) m. Ann Cole (1524 – 1598)
  1. 1. William (James) Cole (1541 – 16 FEB 1601) m. Constance Snow (3 FEB 1574 – 7 MAR 1660) m. Elizabeth Deards (1550 – 1622) m. Elizabeth Doughty (11 OCT 1607 – 1650) m. Mary Feake (1566 – 1629) m. Susanna Croft (ABT 1577 – )
  2. 2. Nathanael Cole (ABT 1567 – 1642) m. Stepanie Olmstead (ABT 1567 – )
  3. 3. William (James) Cole (28 JUL 1570 – 19 NOV 1630) m. Constance Snow (3 FEB 1574 – 7 MAR 1660)
    1. 1. Amyes Cole (3 OCT 1597 – 3 SEP 1672)
    2. 2. Arthur Cole (1599 – 1640)
    3. 3. Michael Cole (ABT 1600 – ABT 1698)
    4. 4. James Cole (25 JUN 1600 – JAN 1692) m. Mary Tibbes (15 JUN 1598 – AFT 7 MAR 1659/1660)
      1. 1. James Cole (25 JUL 1600 – 1689/1698) m. Mary (Margaret De) Lovel (ABT 1604 – ABT 1660) m. Mary Tilson (ABT 1629 – 20 MAY 1678) m. Esther (ABT 1626 – AFT 22 NOV 1699) m. Abigail Davenport (1639 – 21 FEB 1717)
      2. 2. Hugh Cole (29 JUN 1628 – 22 JAN 1699) m. Mary Foxwell (17 AUG 1635 – 6 FEB 1704)
        1. 1. James Cole (3 NOV 1655 – 2 JAN 1717) m. Mary Cadman (1659 – )
        2. 2. Hugh Cole (8 MAR 1658 – 17 FEB 1738) m. Deborah Buckland (16 SEP 1660 – 7 NOV 1721)
        3. 3. John Cole (15 MAY 1660 – 25 JUN 1748) m. Susannah m. Sarah Cornell (ABT 1671 – 16 JAN 1748)
        4. 4. Martha Cole (16 APR 1662 – 1708) m. Henry Sweeting (ABT 1658 – 8 APR 1728)
        5. 5. Anna Cole (14 OCT 1664 – 23 JUN 1704) m. William Salisbury (14 AUG 1659 – 3 APR 1726)
        6. 6. Ruth Cole (8 JAN 1666 – 17 MAR 1718) m. Nathaniel Luther (25 APR 1665 – 12 APR 1719)
        7. 7. Experience Cole (1667 – BEF 16 AUG 1711) m. John Brooks (10 FEB 1656 – 22 NOV 1714)
        8. 8. Joseph Cole (15 MAY 1668 – 18 JAN 1730)
        9. 9. Ebenezer Cole (5 AUG 1671 – 4 SEP 1719) m. Mehitable Luther (26 AUG 1676 – 18 NOV 1764)
        10. 10. Mary Cole (1676 – 10 MAR 1756) m. Jonathan Kinglsey (21 FEB 1671 – 15 JUN 1750)
        11. 11. Benjamin Cole (1678 – 29 DEC 1748) m. Hannah Eddy (1680 – 15 MAY 1768)
        12. 12. Mercy Cole ( – BEF 6 FEB 1704/1705)
      3. 3. Mary Cole (ABT 1632 – ) m. John Almy (ABT 1634 – 1 OCT 1676) m. John Pococke (1635 – )
      4. 4. John Cole (21 NOV 1637 – ) m. Elizabeth Rider (ABT 1642 – AFT 1693)
    5. 5. Nicholas (William) Cole (1601 – 1688) m. Isabel (ABT 1605 – )
    6. 6. Jacob (Job) Cole (1605 – 5 JUN 1672) m. Rebecca Collier (26 AUG 1654 – 29 DEC 1698)
    7. 7. Grace Cole (1607 – 1688)
    8. 8. Mary Cole (ABT 1607 – )
    9. 9. John Cole (1610 – DEC 1637) m. Mary (ABT 1635 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1697 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1686 – ) m. Mary Cole (1690 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1706 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1620 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1635 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1638 – ) m. Mary (Cole or) Coale (ABT 1644 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1635 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1661 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1680 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1644 – ) m. Mary Cole (ABT 1717 – ) m. Mary (ABT 1610 – )
    10. 10. John Cole (1610 – ) m. Anne Trautman (1613 – )
    11. 11. Zaccheus Cole (1618 – ABT 16 NOV 1630) m. Marcella Nortom (1621 – ) m. . (ABT 1620 – )
    12. 12. Nathaniel Cole (1620 – 1699) m. Jannifer Critchfield (1625 – )
    13. 13. Abigail Cole (ABT 1622 – )
    14. 14. Moses cole (1629 – )
    15. 15. Ephraim Cole (1634 – 1677) m. Daisy Short (1635 – )
    16. 16. John Cole (15 JUL 1644 – 6 JAN 1724)
    17. 17. Margaret Cole
    18. 18. Nathaniel Cole ( – 4 OCT 1709) m. Mary Tilson (ABT 1629 – 20 MAY 1678)
    19. 19. Job Cole
  4. 4. Snow (28 JUL 1570 – 19 NOV 1630) m. Constance Snow (3 FEB 1574 – 7 MAR 1660)
  5. 5. William (Humphrey) Cole (1572 – 17 MAY 1624) m. Heste Cole (ABT 1576 – ) m. Mary Mott (1578 – ABT 1631) m. Jane (Hester) Fawdom (1570 – 17 MAY 1624)
  6. 6. James (Cole) Cowles (1573 – 27 MAR 1624) m. Mary (Ann) Mccarthy (1564 – 1640)
  7. 7. Anne Cole (1575 – 28 FEB 1623) m. Edward Tarleton (1570 – 4 JUL 1626) m. Edward Pemberton (1540 – 1617)
  8. 8. Michael Cole (ABT 1576 – 1652)
  9. 9. Margaret Cole (1577 – 3 JUL 1686) m. William Ashenden (ABT 1573 – ) m. Robert Neve (1540 – )
  10. 10. Edmund Cole (1579 – 1650) m. Anna Bryan (1580 – 1650)
  11. 11. Sarah Cole (1579 – 1653) m. Brian Neumann (1575 – )
  12. 12. Robert Cole (1579 – 1689) m. Alyce Norwood (ABT 1548 – ) m. Robert Cole (1579 – ) m. Ginger Buckmaster (1582 – )
  13. 13. Randy Cole (1581 – 1660) m. Laurie Platt (1584 – )
  14. 14. Arthur Cole (1582 – )
  15. 15. Thomas Cole (1588 – 1659) m. Wendy Womack (1579 – ) m. Ann Friend (1575 – )
  16. 16. Arthur Cole (1590 – 1670) m. Judy Oritz (1586 – )
  17. 17. Elizabeth Cole (1 MAY 1590 – )
  18. 18. Michael Cole (1600 – 1698)
  19. 19. Robert Cole (1602 – 1689)
  20. 20. Thomas Cole (1603 – 1639) m. Catharine Warnet (ABT 1578 – 24 OCT 1648) m. Faye Gunnon (1554 – ) m. Miss Preston (1590 – )
  21. 21. Nathaniel Cole (1620 – 1677) m. Hancocke
  22. 22. Joseph Cole
  23. 23. Abraham Cole

William Cole's Timeline

2 Records

1556
1556
Birth of William James Cole in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1611
1611
Age 55
Death of William James Cole in Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1556
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1611
    Event Place: Tillingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St Nicholas Church Yard
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