The second son of Thomas and Ann Cole, born 164-. He was one of the inhabitants of Salem who protested against imposts in 1668. He married (1) Mary Knight (probably daughter of William), May 28, 1667, who died before 1675. He married (2) between 1675 and 1686, Sarah Alsbee. He was a cooper by trade, and lived in Salem till about 1675 when he removed to Malden, and about 1684 to Lynn, where he died October 8, 1703, intestate. Sarah, wife of John Cole, of Lynn, was tried for witchcraft at Charlestown, and acquitted February 1, 1693. He made a will October 5, 1703, which is endorsed "Will not perfect," and was not proved. It had but two witnesses. His son, Samuel Cole, of Boxford, was appointed administrator of the estate of his widowed mother, Sarah Cole, of Bradford, May 25, 1741.
