Moses COLE

John married Mary ROGERS before 1694. Mary (daughter of James ROGERS and Mary PAINE) was born on 9 Nov 1675 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1731/2 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth SNOW on 12 Dec 1666. Ruth (daughter of Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS) was born in 1644; died on 27 Jan 1716/7 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary PAINE on 11 Jan 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas PAINE and Mary SNOW) was born before 1655; died after 12 May 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Paine & Mary Snow

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Daniel Cole was born in England in 1615, and found his way to plymouth when a young man. He was a tailor by trade, and as early as 1640 had a large lot of land granted him in Duxbury, near William Bassett's and Edmund Hawes's land. He was at marshfield as early as June, 1642, and his name appears upon the list of those able to bear arms in yarmouth in 1643, but he seems not to have been a resident. He was admitted a freeman June 4, 1645, and one of the Grand Inquest that year. In 1649 he was a resident of Eastham and an accepted townsman, and sold his land in Duxbury to Mr. Edmund Weston. In 1650 he sold to the same gentleman his land at Marshfield. He soon became prominent in municipal affairs at Eastham, and in 1653 was one of the Grand Inquest. In 1654 he was sent a deputy or representative to the Colonial court at Plymouth, and represented Eastham in 1666, '67, '68, '69, '70, and '72. He was a selectman in 1668, '71, '72 and '74. In 1667 he was allowed to look out land for his accommodation, and in 1668, with Thomas Hinckley, Nathaniel Bacon Constant Southworth, John Alden, John Chipman and Lieut. Morton, was appointed by the Old Colony court to purchase for Gov. Prence the place at Plain Dealing in Plymouth, which had been selected for the residence of the governor.

Mr. Cole, with Mr. Thomas Prence and Mr. John Freeman, was appointed by the town to use his "best endeavors to put forward or encourage the Indians" or the "English to kill the wolves," which at this time, and for more than thirty years afterwards, were numerous and troublesome within the precinct. As late as 1690 the Indians were encouraged to hunt and capture them. Manassan, an Indian, carried in to the clerk of the town, in the spring of that year, four young wolves, which he affirmed he caught in the vicinity of "Cliff pond." In 1661, he had liberty granted him "to draw and sell strong water and wine at Eastham, provided that he always be furnished with good wine for the supply of those that are in need amongst them." Whether he followed the instructions and allowed the wine to be sold without being adulterated, we have no knowledge. It is presumed that the art of adulteration at that period was known, and that liquor selling was a lucrative business, as all kinds of liquors were in common use. the early settlers were very careful in allowing the sale, and one were appointed to draw strong water but men of character. Illegal traffic in liquors were not allowed, and all violaters, of whatever standing in society, were dealt with according to law when caught. But with all their strictness and watchfulness, there were violaters that escaped punishment, as now, and intemperance not much prevented.....

Daniel Cole came with his two brothers John and Job on the Massachusetts when fifty acres were granted him. he was a tailor by trade. In 1643 he was at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, being listed there as able to bear arms, and hen moved to Eastham where he was the Town Clerk, then selectman and then Deputy to the General court.

William Collier, who came to America with the Cole brothers, resided in Duxbury and was associated with Edmond Chandler, who had a daughter Ruth mentioned in his will. The inventory of the estate of Daniel Cole was taken on 24 December 1694 by Samuel Freeman Jr., and Samuel Paine and by mutual consent the estate was settled on 15 January 1694/5. There were nine children born to Daniel and Ruth Cole of whom the seventh was Mary, who was born at Eastham on 10 March 1658 and died there on 1 March 1734. She married Joshua Hopkins on 26 May 1681.

Daniel married Ruth CHESTER in 1643 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Ruth was born about 1627 in England; died on 15 Dec 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daniel removed to Yarmouth, but joined Job at Eastham in 1650. He was deputy ten times and held other positions.

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• Baptism: Between 25 Jan 1599 and 1600, Shoreditch, London, England

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Nicholas Snow, one of the first seven who settled at Nausett, was a man of sterling worth and very prominent i the settlement. He came over rom England, a passenger in the Ann, in the latter part of July, 1623, and at first located in the towndship of Plymouth, where he soon married....

Nicholas Snow, not long after his arrival, became acquainted with Miss "Constata" or Constance, an elder daughter of Mr. Stephen Hopkins, who had but a few years before braved the dangers of the Atlantic in the Mayflower and escaped the first winter's distress, and took her for his wife, who, before 1650, had borne him twelve children, all then alive. The date of his marriage does not appear; but he was married before 1627, as by the record of the division of the cattle, May 22nd, he and his wife Constance received their share, they belonging to Mr. Stephen Hopkins' company, which was composed of thirteen persons. In 1633 he was a freeman and a tax payer in Plymouth....

Nicholas married Constance HOPKINS before 27 May 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Constance (daughter of Stephen HOPKINS and Unknown ?) was born about 1607 in England; died in Oct 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Between 12 and 25 Jan 1678
• Will: 02 Jan 1677/8
• Fact: 15 Jan 1677/8, Inventory of estate

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Came with his fathr to America in the 'Mayflower' in 1620, when a lad of 12 to 13 yrs old; and his father dying early in 1621, left the boy upon his own resources. He settled at Duxbury and later went to Sandwich where he resided for a time; and in 1655, he removed to Eastham, Mass., permanently locating thre - where he died.

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Lieut. Joseph Rogers went to Eastham soon after the settlement opened, paid his proportion of the purchase money, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of the new township. He came over in the Mayflower, with his father,Thomas Rogers, and appears to have been the only member of his father's family that ventured in that famous vessel. At the time, it appears, he was a lad. He doubtless was the eldest of his father's children, and, perhaps, came to have care of his father, who, it is inferred from what Bradford has stated, was a widower. His father did not survive the first winter; he took the distemper which carried off so many of that noble band, died, and was buried, as is supposed, with the other victims on Cole's Hill. Some years afterwards the remaining portion of his family found their way to this country, where they married and settled. With whom Lieut. Joseph lived during that terrible winter and spring, after burying his father, does not appear. It certainly must have been a dreary winter to him as well as to the other survivors. the bill of mortality as given by Prince, the chronologist, as gathered from Bradford's papers, shows that the little band of worthies was incapable of doing much more than to attend to the sick and to bury the dead, for the first four months. the number of deaths occurring in December was six; January, eight; February, seventeen and in March thirteen. Elder Brewster and Captain Standish were among the very few that escaped the sickness. They have been highly spoken of by the Pilgrim historian for their great services during the sickness.....

In 1647, at the June session of the Old Colony court, he was proposed as a suitable person for a lieutenant at Nausett to "exercise the men" in arms, and was appointed. He held this position till 166, when his lieutenancy was revoked, and he was released from further duty as militia officer. He was however, reappointed lieutenant of the Eastham Company in 1664, succeeding Lieut. Wm Merrick or Myrick. In February, 1652, with other persons from various parts of the colony, he was appointed to la out the way fro Sandwich to near Eel River in Plymouth. In 1658, he was one of the Council of War, and that year had liberty to purchase tracts of meadow at Pottonumecot, near the mouth of the river.

Joseph married Hannah ? about 1632. Hannah died between 02 Jan 1677 and 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary SNOW on 03 Apr 1650/1. Mary (daughter of Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS) was born about 1630 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 28 Apr 1704 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]