Mary Hawxhurst, sister of Christopher Hawxhurst; she d. 1656. After marrying Matthias Hervey, she went to Oyster Bay, as did her sons, Nathaniel and Daniel, as well as her daughters who married Townsends.
Married about 1630, Robert Coles, who was of a good English family. He was b. about 1597-8, at Sudbury, Suffolk Co., Eng., and came to this country with Governor Winthrop to Salem, Mass., Oct. 19, 1630; at Roxbury, Mass., requested to be made a "Freeman." Was admitted May 13, 1631. In March, 1633, with John Winthrop, jr., and twelve others began the plantation at Ipswich, where he lived for a time; was at Providence, R. I., 1634, and where he was one of the twelve original members of the First Baptist Church. July 27, 1647, he and thirty-eight others signed an agreement for a form of government. He subsequently lived at Shawomet, June 5, 1648, was recorded as an inhabitant of Warwick, R. I. Feb. 27, 1654, he and wife Mary sold to Zachariah Rhodes, for ;£8o dwelling house at Pawtuxet and certain land. Oct. 25, 1655; Inventory of his estate, ^501; wife Mary, administratrix. [1]
