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Facts and Events
| Name |
Ryse Cole |
| Alt Name |
Rice Cole |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
1589 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Marriage |
7 Jun 1612 |
Great Bowden, Leicestershire, Englandto Arrold Dunnington |
| Immigration[11] |
1630 |
The Winthrop Fleet Ship |
| Other[7] |
1633 |
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesFreeman |
| Occupation[7] |
1638 |
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesHusbandman |
| Will[9] |
May 1646 |
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[4] |
15 May 1646 |
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesStandard Place Name |
| Probate[9] |
1 Apr 1662 |
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From Tolman, Hanks Willey published book, December 1952.
References
- 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)
Volume 1, Page 429.
COLE
RICE, or RISE, abbrev. for RICHARD, Charlestown 1630, among mem. of the ch. of Boston precedes Rev. John Eliot, and he is of those dism. Oct. 1632, to form the new ch. at C. with his w. of the odd name of Arnold, wh. does not, however, stand in the Boston list, was adm. freem. 1 Apr. 1633, and d. 15 May 1646. He was s. of Isaac, and brot. from Eng. prob. by his f. From the will of his wid. call. Harold Colles, made 20 Dec. 1661, pro. six days after, we learn, that he had s. John, and also it names gr.ch. John and Mary C. beside s. Lowden, and Pierce, wh. had, of course, m. ds. and gr.ch. John, Mary, and James L.
- Census Index Pre-1790.
Name: Cole, Rice Year: 1634
County: MIDDLESEX CO. State: MA
Page: 110 Location: CHARLESTOWN
Record Type:
Comments:
- Cole, Frank T. The early genealogies of the Cole families in America: (including Coles and Cowles) with some account of the descendants of James Cole, of Hartford, Conn., 1635-1652, and of Thomas Cole, of Salem, Mass., 1649-1672. (Columbus, Ohio: Hann & Adair, 1887)
pages 78-79, 1887.
THE CHARLESTOWN FAMILY OF RICE COLE.
RISE (or Ryce) COLE came from England in 1630, and settled at Charlestown. He was one of the few who did not remove from Charlestown to Boston. He and his wife, Arrold, were of those dismissed from the Boston Church, in October, 1632, to form the first Church of Charlestown, and their names appear on the covenant, signed November 14, 1632. (Reg. 23-190.)
He was admitted Freeman April 1, 1633, and appears on the list of proprietors of October 13, 1634, and a division in January, 1635, he obtaining four acres. He was a witness of the will of Daniel Shepherdson, blacksmith, of Charlestown, May 16, 1644. He died May 15, 1646.
His possessions in Charlestown, as shown by the land records, page 59, were:
1. One dwellling-house with garden plat situated in the middle row, abutting southwest upon the street way, northeast upon the back street, bounded on the northwest by Will Johnson, and on the southeast by the mill way.
2. Two acres of stable land, by estimation, more or less, situated in the east field, abutting southwest upon Long way, northeast upon the swamp; bounded on the southwest by William Brakenburg, and on the northwest by Daniel Shepherdson and Samuel Carter.
3. Two acres of swamp, by estimated, more of less, lying in the east field; bounded on the east by Samuel Carter, on the west by Edward Convers, and on the south by Capt. Robert Sedgwick, on on the north by Robert Cutler and William Palmer.
4. Milch cow commons, three and a quarter.
5. Four acres of arable land, by estimation, more or less, stituated in the line? field, abutting southwest upon the Cambridge line, northeast upon the common; bounded on the southeast by John Penticost, and on the northwest by John Frothingham.
6. Five acres of woodland, by estimation, more of less, situated in the Mystic field.
7. Four acres of meadow, by estimation, more or less, situatied in Mystic marsh, abutting west upon North River, east upon the woodland; bounded the south by William Brakenburg, on the north by Samuel Carter.
8. Ten acres of woodland, more or less, situated in Mystic field, abutting northeast upon John Wolrich, Prudence Wilkinson, and James Hubbard; southwest upon Thomas Carter; bounded on the northwest by John Hodges, and on the southeast by Mrs. Harvard.
9. Fifty acres of land, by estimation, more or less, situated in the water field; bounded on the northeast by Mrs. Harvard, on the east by the river, and on the southwest by John Hodges.
The will of his widow, Arrold Cole, made December 20, 1661, proved six days later, mentions three children and three grandchildren, of her daugher, Mrs. Lowden. They were all born in England. The children were:
2. i. John, b. _____ _____.
ii. _____, b. _____ _____, m. _____ Pierce. [This Pierce was probably Thomas Pierce, of Woburn, who lived first in Charlestown, and who had eleven children born in Woburn between 1644 and 1660.]
iii. Mary, b. _____, 1638, m. Richard Lowden. He was at Charlestown as early as 1618. Was admitted freeman May 18, 1642, and died there July 12, 1700, at eighty-seven. She died October 6, 1683, at sixty-five. Their children were:
(i.) John, b. May 16, 1641. (A freeman of Charlestown, 1668. Had seven children.)
(ii.) Jeremy, b. March 8, 1643, d. Feb., 1644
(iii.) Mary, b. Feb., 24, 1645.
(iv.) Samuel, b. 1650, d. Sept. 16, 1682.
(v.) Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 23, 1656.
(vi.) Martha, b. April 6, 1659, m. John Cole, who was the son of John and Hannah (Kettell) Cole, b. Jan. 20, 1653. They joined the church March 6, 1687.
- ↑ Early Records of Boston, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Volume 9, Page 170, 1855.
"Rice Cole dyed 15 (3) 1646." [15 May 1646]
- "Record-Book of the First Church in Charlestown", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Volume 23, Page 190, 1869.
The Names of those who did enter into the Covenant first.
[includes] Rice, Arrold, Cole.
These were dismissed from Boston Church the 14th of the eaight moneth 1632. [14 Oct 1632]
- Hunnewell, James F. "Illustrations of the History of the First Church of Charlestown", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Volume 24, Pge 282, 1870.
Rice Cole in list of several who "stayed and became inhabitants of this town" [Charlestown] when many removed to Boston following its settlement.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Crandall, Ralph J. and Ralph J. Coffman, "From Emigrants to Rules: The Charlestown Oligarchy in the Great Migration", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Volume 131, Page 13, 1977.
[p. 13] 1634 on committee to divide land in Charlestown
[p. 26] Chart of Charlestown's Inhabitants
Name=Cole, Rice, d. 1646 m. Arrold (Phipps?), d. 1662: see M. will 1662
Literacy=yes, 1635 pet.
Occupation=husbandman
English Origin=<blank>
Church Member=1630
Freeman=1633
Offices=<blank>
Acres 1638=77
Residence in Charlestown=1630
Other Residences=<blank>
- Court Files of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1675
1646.
Court Files of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1675
Year Record
1646 15 #15 1646.3 mo. Copy of Will of Rice Cole (as in previous pages)
1655 1655 Aug 28. Letter of Harrold Cole to son &
Dan James & Ruth Cole dated Charleston
congrtulates him on being married. loves sent
as followes "yr borther and sister John Cole and his wife
yr brother and sister Thomas Pieres and his wife
yr brother and sister Richard Sowden and his wife
sargent Hale and his wife and Elder Greene and his wife
remember their loves unit you and your wife though
1662 1662.7.16 Letter (of Arnold Cole) to loving daughter
Ruth Mood - dpeaks of Ruth's former
husband's property - signed Arnold Colles
1661 1661.7.27 Letter (of Arnold Cole) to Ruth Mudd
loving daughters Cole your letter of Mudd
1661 May 1 1661 was Red from our friend & neigh.
for John Smith - her surviving son John named
1662 1662 Dec 10 Writ. Ruth Moode vs William Dady
& Solomon Phips for detainng her
husbands land
1662 1662 ( ) 16. Henry Mudd [plain] of Stebunheath
otherwise Stepeny Middlesex Enq. Mariner &
Ruth his wife sign Power of Attorney to John
Smith of Charlestown. Witness. Henry Kindall
the Burges. John Chipp. Burges owned his sig
1662 before Richard Russell Aug 1662.
16 #16 Next page.
154
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rice Cole, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
Vol 1 p 426-9.
Will of Rice Cole, dated May 1646, probated 1 Apr 1662, mentions wife; sons Robert, John, James; two daughters, not named.
- "Colonists from Great Bowden, Leichestershire:", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
Vol 78 No. 3 p 183-4, July, 2003.
Thomas1 Dexter of Lynn, Massachusetts, Rice1 Cole of Charlestown,
Massachusetts, and Rev. Adam1 Blakeman of Stratford, Connecticut
Leslie Mahler 181
- ↑ Winsor, Justin. The memorial history of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, in four volumes. (Boston, Massachusetts: J. R. Osgood, 1822-83)
1:387.
The persons who came with Winthrop, but remained in Charlestown after his removal to Boston, were ... Rice Cole ...
| The Winthrop Fleet (1630)
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| The Winthrop Fleet brought over 700 colonists to establish a new colony at Massachusetts Bay. The fleet consisted of eleven ships: the Arbella flagship with Capt Peter Milburne, the Ambrose, the Charles, the Mayflower, the Jewel, the Hopewell, The Success, the Trial, the Whale, the Talbot and the William and Francis.
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| Sailed: | April and May 1630 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
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| Arrived: | June and July 1630 at Salem, Massachusetts
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| Previous Settlers: | The Higginson Fleet (1629)
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