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William Cole, son of James Cole, weaver and Elizabeth Cole [Browne]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
c October 1744
Born
In the Parish of Westerham, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
9th October 1744
Christened
At St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Westerham, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
c 1776
Birth of a son
William
Lionel Cole's records
 
1777
Birth of a son
John in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1778
Birth of a daughter
Sarah in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1780
Birth of a daughter
Mary in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1781
Birth of a son
Thomas in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1785
Birth of a daughter
Ann in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1788
Birth of a daughter
Kitty in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
1790
Birth of a son
Henry in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records
 
July 1822
Died
In the Parish of Brasted, Kent; aged 77 years
Lionel Cole's records
 
12th July 1822
Buried
At St. Martin's Church in the Parish of Brasted, Kent
Lionel Cole's records


Lionel Cole's records

WILLIAM COLE of Brasted (1744-1822)

William Cole was baptised on 9th October 1744 at Westerham, the son of James Cole of Edenbridge, weaver, and his wife Elizabeth Brown.

In 1761 William seduced Mary Jessop, a pauper girl who lived with William Cole of Little Hilders, Chiddingstone. This resulted in his arrest, and the signing of a bond by William and James Cole, William's grandfather and father respectively. It is not clear what happened to the child, but Mary Jessop eventually moved to Brasted where she died in 1800.

In 1775 William Cole of Brasted married Sarah Mills of Brasted at Brasted on October 20th. When he died in 1822 he was aged 77, which confirms that it was our William who moved from Edenbridge to Brasted. Between 1775 and 1779 William Cole was a ratepayer in Brasted Town. He disappears from the ratepayers' list in 1780 but the records of the manor of Westerham confirm that he was still living in Brasted Town from 1779 to 1786. From 1796 to 1803 he is again a ratepayer.

In 1775 Edward Lambart and Cole were paid £1-1s for going after Edward Nettlefield. This could be William Cole. In 1776 Brasted parish paid William Cole for looking after Ann Mills, who presumably had an illegitimate child. In 1781 William Cole was paid for looking after a second illegitimate child of Ann Mills, presumably related to his wife, and who had been on relief. From 1780 to at least 1798 and not later than 1802 William Cole paid Land Tax as a tenant of Richard Longhurst, initially with Thomas Norton and after 1787 with Thomas Barton. Thomas Barton was licensed in 1783-4 and Henry Norton in 1775-79. There is a suggestion therefore that William Cole was involved in the victualling trade in some way.

During the 1780s William Cole several times received substantial amounts of relief. In 1791 he received £1-4s for the burial of his daughter Kitty who died age 3 from smallpox. For the rest of his life William continued to receive some support, but the impression is that he drew less on the parish than some of the younger Coles. In 1796 the parish paid his rent to Mr Holmes. In 1798 they paid 6s 3d for clothing for William's daughter Ann, aged 13. When Sarah his wife was buried on December 15th 1814 (aged 62) the parish paid the funeral expenses.

William Cole was buried at Brasted on July 12th 1822.

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Cole, Coale, Coal, Coles family records
The ancestral pedigree of William Cole
   
2nd marriageAndrew Colem: c 1520Agnes (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
         
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
1st marriageJohn Cole
butcher
m: c 1545Mrs 
 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
        
Great-
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 Andrew Cole
butcher
m: 29th May 1571 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, KentJoane 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
        
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 William Cole
butcher
m: c 1600Martha 
 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
       
Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 William Cole
butcher
m: c 1635Elizabeth 
 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
            
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 Robert Cole
linen weaver
m: 5th Jan 1673 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, KentElizabeth Seares 
 b: 1644 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 23rd May 1644 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: 1716
  b: c 1645
d: Jan 1710 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 13th Jan 1710 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 
  
       
 William Elizabeth Robert Anne Robert William Anne
 b: 1674 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 28th Feb 1674 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Mar 1674 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 3rd Mar 1674 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1675 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 19th Feb 1675 St. Peter and St. Paul
 b: 1677 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 30th Jun 1677 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Jul 1677 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 4th Jul 1677 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1678 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 1st Nov 1678 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Mar 1683 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 7th Mar 1683 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1684 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 31st Mar 1684 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Sep 1689 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 12th Sep 1689 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1687 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 3rd Mar 1687 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Feb 1762 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 24th Feb 1762 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1690 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 16th Apr 1690 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Mar 1693 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 21st Mar 1693 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
          
Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 William Cole
linen weaver
m: 12th Jun 1709 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, KentHannah Wallis 
 b: 1687 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 3rd Mar 1687 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Feb 1762 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 24th Feb 1762 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
  b: c 1690
d: Jan 1761 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 24th Feb 1761 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 
  
     
 Hannah Robert John James Hannah
 b: 1710 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 20th Apr 1710 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Nov 1726 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 8th Nov 1726 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1712 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 10th Feb 1712 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Sep 1755 Westerham, Kent
bur: 3rd Sep 1755 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent
 b: 1715 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 24th Nov 1715 St. Peter and St. Paul
 b: 1720 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 16th Apr 1720 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Dec 1795 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 9th Dec 1795 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1727 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 25th Feb 1727 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Mar 1727 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 27th Mar 1727 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
        
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 James Cole
weaver
m: 24th Sep 1744 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, KentElizabeth Browne 
 b: 1720 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 16th Apr 1720 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Dec 1795 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 9th Dec 1795 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
  b: c 1725
ch: 19th Mar 1725 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent
d: Apr 1796 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 27th Apr 1796 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 
  
        
William Elizabeth James John Hannah James George Edward
b: c Oct 1744 Westerham, Kent
ch: 9th Oct 1744 St. Mary's Church
d: Jul 1822 Brasted, Kent
bur: 12th Jul 1822 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 b: 1747 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 11th Mar 1747 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Before 19th Mar 1747 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 19th Mar 1747 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1748 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 17th Apr 1748 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Nov 1752 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 11th Nov 1752 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1752 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 29th Oct 1752 St. Peter and St. Paul
 b: 1755 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 20th Apr 1755 St. Peter and St. Paul
 b: 1757 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 1st Jan 1758 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: 1835 Hever, Kent
bur: 1st Sep 1835 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
 b: 1761 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 19th Jul 1761 St. Peter and St. Paul
d: Nov 1823 Edenbridge, Kent
bur: 12th Nov 1823 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
 b: 1764 Edenbridge, Kent
ch: 22nd Jan 1764 St. Peter and St. Paul
          
Parental
record
   
   
   
 William ColeNot marriedSarah Mills 
 b: c Oct 1744 Westerham, Kent
ch: 9th Oct 1744 St. Mary's Church
d: Jul 1822 Brasted, Kent
bur: 12th Jul 1822 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
  b: c 1752
d: Dec 1874 Brasted, Kent
bur: 15th Dec 1874 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 
  
  
 William 
 b: c 1776
d: Nov 1860 Brasted, Kent
bur: 4th Nov 1860 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 
   
Family
record
   
 William Colem: 20th Oct 1775 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, KentSarah Mills 
 b: c Oct 1744 Westerham, Kent
ch: 9th Oct 1744 St. Mary's Church
d: Jul 1822 Brasted, Kent
bur: 12th Jul 1822 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
  b: c 1752
d: Dec 1874 Brasted, Kent
bur: 15th Dec 1874 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 
  
       
 John Sarah Mary Thomas Ann Kitty Henry
 b: 1777 Brasted, Kent
ch: 6th Apr 1777 St. Martin's Church
d: Apr 1782 Brasted, Kent
bur: 28th Apr 1782 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 b: 1778 Brasted, Kent
ch: 25th Oct 1778 St. Martin's Church
 b: 1780 Brasted, Kent
ch: 11th Jun 1780 St. Martin's Church
 b: 1781 Brasted, Kent
ch: 30th Dec 1781 St. Martin's Church
d: Mar 1864 Sevenoaks Union Workhouse, Sundridge, Kent
bur: 14th Mar 1864
 b: 1785 Brasted, Kent
ch: 19th Jun 1785 St. Martin's Church
d: Dec 1814 Brasted, Kent
bur: 15th Dec 1814 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 b: 1788 Brasted, Kent
ch: 31st Aug 1788 St. Martin's Church
d: Jun 1791 Brasted, Kent
bur: 12th Jun 1791 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
 b: 1790 Brasted, Kent
ch: 22nd Aug 1790 St. Martin's Church
d: Feb 1874 Brasted, Kent
bur: 7th Feb 1874 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
            

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