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Facts and Events
He appeared frequently in Plymouth Court, sometimes for rather colorful reasons: on 2 Jan 1637/8, he was noted as drinking excessively at Mr. Hopkins; in 1652, Robert Willis spent the night at James' house drinking before he went out fishing and drowned; in Oct. 1653, he was presented for "entertaining townsmen in his house." He was also fined repeatedly for "drawing wine without a license." In 1669, he was fined 5s. for selling wine to the Indians and allowing several women to drink on Sunday. Despite the rowdiness of his establishment, he earned enough money to loan money to others in the area. In 1670, his son James took over the ordinary. The place apparently quieted down, though in early 1671, John Sprague was fined for misbehavior which included riding his horse into the parlor.
As a more respectable member of society, he served on several juries from 1637 to 1648, as constable in 1642 and 1644, and as surveyor of highways 1641, 1642, 1651 and 1652. (Source:Great Migration)
References
- James Cole, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).
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ORIGIN: Barnstaple, Devonshire MIGRATION: 1633 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
BIRTH: By about 1600 based on date of marriage.
DEATH: After October 1678 (his son sold land as "James Cole Junior" [ PCLR 4:226]). (Savage states that "he was living in 1688, very aged.")
MARRIAGE: Barnstaple, Devonshire, 1 May 1625 Mary Tibbes [Thomas Wainwright, ed., Barnstaple Parish Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538 A.D. to 1812 A.D. (Exeter, 1903), cited herein as Barnstaple PR, p. 21]; she died after 7 March 1659/60 [ PCR 3:181].
[Note no parents listed and Anderson remarks that nothing is known of his life in England. So parents have been removed until evidence to support his relationship to them is established].
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
1:427.
JAMES, Plymouth 1633, first occup. of the little hill, where the early pilgrims had been bur. was that yr. at Saco, perhaps, as in Haz. Coll. I. 326, or Folsom, 33, 125; by w. Mary, had James; Hugh, b. a 1632, bef. ment.; John; Mary, wh. m. John Almy. He kept an inn from 1638 to 1660, and he was liv. in 1688, very aged.
- Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: an Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent. (Pleasant Valley, New York: F.J. Doherty, c1990-)
Vol 3 532.
link Some of his descendants can be traced in the Beekman Patent.
- The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
81:122-32, 238-45, 83:258.
- Cole - Lobel, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
115:255-56.
link It is obvious that the mariage of Jacques Coole and Louye de Lobel does not refer to the Plymouth settlers.
- Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, Massachusetts). Winthrop papers. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1986)
Volume 4, .
John Browne to John Winthrop Cohannett the 3th of November 1640 James Cole I haue deliuered but haue noe hope of getting Any money of him
James Cole to John Winthrop From plemoueth nouember second day of the moneth 1640 I desier you to forbear me in regard that mony is so carse, and the wine which I had of goodman luxford I had a hard bargaine of it I lost thre hoegsets of it by the resonn of rotinge Caske that it was in
Mary Cole to John Winthrop groton this 2 of maye 1640 I neuer had more need of good counsell and incouragement then now: for I am often in a conflicting condition: I cannot yet attayne to full asurance of my salluation, but still am doubting: I still find sutch a corupt hart, and strong inclinations to sinne, and weaknesse to resist temptation that vpon euery new asault I haue new fears
- Pulsifer, David (editor), and Nathaniel B. (editor) Shurtleff. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. (Boston, MA: William White, 1855-1861).
1:153 On 5 May 1640, "James Cole, of Plymouth, is prohibited by the Court to draw any wine or strong water until the next General Court, nor then neither without special license from the Court"
1:156 On 2 June 1640, John Kerman deposed that "there was such disorder in James Cole's house, by throwing stools, & forms, & fire, until within a hour of day, or thereabouts, that they could hardly sleep, and in the morning he found them on sleep by the fire"
3:38 It was ordered 9 June 1653 that "James Cole, the ordinary keeper of Plymouth," be paid "for what he expendeth in keeping the ordinary"
3:207 fined 10s. for selling wine to the Indians
5:15 2 March 1668/9, James Cole, senior, and Mary, his wife, were presented for selling strong liquors to an Indians, and for allowing James Clarke, Phillip Dotterich, Mary Ryder and Hester Wormall to drink on the Lord's Day
5:53 On 8 March 1670/1, John Sprague was fined for "highly misdemean[ing]" himself at the house of James Cole, including riding his mare into the parlor (!)
5:61 5 June 1671, "James Cole, Senior," was fined "for being found drunk the second time"
3:15 5 Oct 1652 Inquest into Robert Willis who drowned while fishing after drinking with James Cole
Lots of similar episodes... PCR indicate he was an Inkeeper, shoemaker, sailor, constable and surveyor. He was allowed to bear arms and willing to fight in the Pequot war. His boat was impressed to transport soldiers
3:326 March 1668, James Cole Sr. of Plymouth, yeoman, gave to "my beloved son-in-law Mr. John Almey of ... Portsmouth in Rhode Island" his entire right at Punckateeset
3:310 31 October 1673, James Cole Sr. of Plymouth "for natural love and affection" granted to "my son Hugh Cole of Swansea"
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