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WILLIAM COLE, farmer, of Chiddingstone (1722-1795).
William Cole was born on 11th March and baptised on March 14th 1723 at Chiddingstone, the son of John Cole, butcher, of Chiddingstone and Sarah.
Since his first son John was baptised in Chiddingstone in February 1746 William Cole presumably married his wife Ann before that, but the place is not known.
When John Cole died in 1751 his son William inherited all his property:
In 1758 he sold the properties to Thomas Hambleton of Sundridge, collarmaker, whose son Richard Hambleton married Mary, William's daughter at Sundridge in 1778.
In 1763 William Cole acknowledged to hold of the manor of Penshurst Halemote a messuage and 4 acres of land in Penshurst near Chiddingstone Causeway (or Chested) in the occupation of Samuel Chalklin (4d). This must be Great Horseshoe Mead. There is no evidence that William inherited this land from his father.
In 1752 William Cole paid 2s 4d rates to the Chiddingstone churchwardens for his own land at Little Hilders and 1s for the land at Clinton Brook occupied by widow Medhurst. In 1755 he added to this part of Salmonds (ie Great Hilders) at 15s. This also shows up in the Chiddingstone overseers' accounts. He paid 7s, rising to 13s for Little Hilders, 3s for widow Medhurst, and £2-5s-0d for part of Salmonds; the other part of Salmonds was held by Robert Saxby (£3).
In 1790 William Cole is shown on an estate map as owning Great Sheffield at Bowbeech. He also occupied Dean Lands and Newlands, also Monks (a small property in Chiddingstone), and was recorded as a ratepayer in Hever parish.
William Cole began taking parish office while his father was still alive.
There are many references to William Cole in the overseers' accounts. In 1754 Chiddingstone parish paid him for keeping Ann Card. From April 1757 there are many references to Mary Jessup. She was presumably a poor girl who William was paid to keep; for him she was an unpaid servant. The parish at various times paid for her clothes, shoes, stockings, a gown, clogs, pattens, changes (?of underwear). Later she was joined by Mary Cockerell.
Then there was a disaster.
August 1761 The parish paid Thomas Wicking, the borsholder, to go to Edenbridge to arrest William Cole of Medhurst Row, Edenbridge.
William Cole is frequently mentioned in the accounts of Henry Streatfeild, the squire of Chiddingstone. Usually it was for the purchase by William of a calf; on one occasion William sold to Streatfeild a kiln of lime.
1782 To Farmer Cole for a spotted pole cow big with calf at four years £6.
William Cole was buried at Chiddingstone on July 19th 1795, aged 73. In his will he left Little Hilders to his wife Ann for life and then to his three sons John, William and Edward. This will is mentioned in the manorial records of Sundridge Weald but has not otherwise been located. After his death his widow Ann continued to run the family farm business until her death in 1810, being buried at Chiddingstone on March 21st .
2nd marriage | Andrew Cole | m: c 1520 | Agnes (Annys) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1480 d: 1546 Edenbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | Johane | Julyan | Richard | George | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1520 d: c 1585 Edenbridge, Kent | b: Before 1525 | b: Before 1525 | b: 1525 to 1546 | b: 1525 to 1546 d: Feb 1551/52 Tonbridge, Kent bur: 20th Feb 1551/52 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1525 to 1546 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st marriage | John Cole butcher | m: c 1545 | Mrs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1520 d: c 1585 Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johanna | Juliana | James | John | Andrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1547 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 14th Aug 1547 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1550 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 30th Jan 1550 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1554 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 25th Jun 1554 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jan 1560 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 16th Jan 1560 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1555 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 30th Apr 1555 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1556 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 7th Mar 1556 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Sep 1584 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 20th Sep 1584 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Cole butcher | m: 29th May 1571 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | Joane Basset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1556 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 7th Mar 1556 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Sep 1584 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 20th Sep 1584 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agnes | James | William | Andrew | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1572 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 10th Aug 1572 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1575 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 26th Jun 1575 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1578 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd Mar 1578 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Feb 1647 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 10th Feb 1647 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1580 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 13th Apr 1580 St. Peter and St. Paul d: 1657 Westerham, Kent bur: 3rd Jan 1657 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cole butcher | m: c 1600 | Martha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1578 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd Mar 1578 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Feb 1647 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 10th Feb 1647 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1580 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | William | James | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1602 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1602 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 5th Sep 1602 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1605 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1671 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 26th Sep 1671 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1607 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1672 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 2nd Sep 1672 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cole butcher | m: c 1635 | Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1605 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1671 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 26th Sep 1671 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1610 d: Aug 1669 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 31st Aug 1669 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anne | William | Andrew | Robert | Richard | Jane | John | Frances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1636 Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1638 Edenbridge, Kent d: Dec 1716 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 18th Dec 1716 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1641 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 9th Aug 1641 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Aug 1699 Hever, Kent bur: 29th Aug 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1644 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd May 1644 St. Peter and St. Paul d: 1716 | b: 1646 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 4th Jan 1646 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jul 1673 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 17th Jul 1673 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1648 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 4th Apr 1648 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jul 1648 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 8th Jul 1648 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1649 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 16th Oct 1649 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1649 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 16th Oct 1649 St. Peter and St. Paul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cole butcher | m: c 1665 | Martha Chapman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1638 Edenbridge, Kent d: Dec 1716 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 18th Dec 1716 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1639 Westerham, Kent ch: 14th May 1639 St. Mary's Church d: Dec 1701 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 10th Dec 1701 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth | William | John | William | Mary | William | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1667 ch: 10th Feb 1667/68 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1669 d: Jun 1672 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 2nd Jun 1672 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1671/72 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 21st Mar 1671/72 St. Mary's Church d: May 1751 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 10th May 1751 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1673 | b: 1677 | b: 1678 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Cole butcher | m: 29th Jun 1719 St. Martin of Tours Church, Ashurst, Kent | Sarah Hayward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1671/72 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 21st Mar 1671/72 St. Mary's Church d: May 1751 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 10th May 1751 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: c 1685 d: Jan 1745 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 13th Jan 1745 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | William | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c Oct 1719 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 27th Oct 1719 St. Mary's Church d: 12th May 1731 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 25th May 1731 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 11th Mar 1722/23 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 14th Mar 1722/23 St. Mary's Church d: Jul 1795 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 18th Jul 1795 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cole farmer | m: 1st May 1745 St. Mary's Church, Leigh, Kent | Ann Waite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 11th Mar 1722/23 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 14th Mar 1722/23 St. Mary's Church d: Jul 1795 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 18th Jul 1795 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1725 Leigh, Kent ch: 2nd Aug 1725 St. Mary's Church d: Mar 1810 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 21st Mar 1810 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | Anne | Sarah | Mary | Edward | Richard | George | Martha | b: 1746 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 15th Feb 1746 St. Mary's Church d: Apr 1812 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 17th Apr 1812 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1st Sep 1749 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 17th Sep 1749 St. Mary's Church d: Sep 1786 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 9th Sep 1786 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1754 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 3rd Apr 1754 St. Mary's Church d: 1815 | b: 1759 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 18th Mar 1759 St. Mary's Church | b: 1761 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 20th Sep 1761 St. Mary's Church d: Jan 1847 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 10th Jan 1847 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 17th Oct 1763 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 20th Nov 1763 St. Mary's Church d: Apr 1840 Sevenoaks Union Workhouse, Sevenoaks, Kent bur: 25th Apr 1840 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 23rd Feb 1765 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 17th Mar 1765 St. Mary's Church | b: 1766 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 25th May 1766 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William | Mary | Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1747 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 17th Apr 1747 St. Mary's Church d: 1st Jul 1816 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 16th Jul 1816 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1752 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 18th Mar 1752 St. Mary's Church | b: 9th Aug 1757 Chiddingstone, Kent ch: 31st Aug 1757 St. Mary's Church d: Jun 1835 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 5th Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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