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GENEALOGY OF THE COLES: DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN COLE I REUBEN
COLE was said
to have been from Ireland, and brought to America by the British to fight the
Colonists in the American Revolution, along with his brother. In a skirmish some of the British soldiers were chased out
onto the stringers of a bridge, where
most were shot by the Americans. Reuben
Cole escaped and went to the Mohawks. Later
he fought on the American side. He
married a Dutch-Mohawk woman, Lydia HUYCK (HUKS, HICKS) (After he died
she md. 2nd at Aberdeen, Brown Co., OH on 22 Sep 1822 Rausel Chatfield as his
second wife. He was b. ca 1762/63 in Saratoga Co., NY; d. after 1839.
For his son Jesse see below).
Reuben and Lydia had three sons and at least two daughters.
He lived in Truxton, Cortland Co., NY, then Canadice, Ontario Co., NY
around the War of 1812 and apparently went on to live in Allegany, NY later.
Reuben died of Typhus in Cincinnati
in 1815. (This information
is from Asa Cole as told to Ruth <Cole> Stacy, and from A History of
Canadice <Ontario Co. NY>.) SECOND GENERATION Children
of Reuben COLE and Lydia HUYCK: 1)
JOHN. b. 9 Oct 1788
at Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY. He was a War of 1812 soldier.
He moved with his parents to White Hall, NY while still a small boy.
He married there in the
1830's Katherine FRINCISCO
(b. ca. 1789 Orange Co., NY; d. 29
Aug 1882 Monroeville, Huron Co., OH
-- dau. of Henry Francisco). They
moved to Buffalo, and lived there for 25
years. He was a mason. He moved to
Michigan in 1852, settling in
Oakland Co. until 1860,
after which he was living with his nephew Ransom, after Ransom's death he lived
with Morgan Cole. He died 26 Feb
1886 and
was bd. in Greenwood Cem.,
Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale Co. MI. He
was said to have had two wives and ten children.
2)
HEZIKIAH. Moved in
1815 from Truxton to Honeyoye, NY and bought a farm from his brothers John and
Reuben. He lived in Ontario County
until at least 1830. Three
children. 3)
BETSEY. b. 14 Oct 1790.
md., prob in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY on 4 Dec 1808 to David COOMER (b.
Lanesboro MA.; d. Farmington, Oakland Co., MI 3 June 1865--son of Benjamin and
Ruth <Goff> Coomer). They
lived in Pompey, then briefly in Gorham, Ontario
Co. NY; to Middlesex, Yates Co., NY for 10 to 12 years.
In 1827 they moved to Newfane, Niagara Co., NY, then on to Farmington MI
in 1829. They had ten children.
She d. 2 July 1870 at Springport, Jackson Co. MI. 4)
REUBEN II was born on 2 Nov 1792 in Half Moon Point (now Waterville),
Saratoga Co., New York. On 19 Dec 1813 he md. Ruth BULLOCK (b. 13 Oct 1797,
Schenectady, NY, d. 22 Oct 1846--dau. of Elijah and Rachel <Coomer>
Bullock She was
a niece of
David Coomer, husband of Betsey Cole).
They had fourteen known
children, probable had about six others which died
young. They lived in
Canadice and Gorham Twps., Ontario
County, NY, then went to Newfane, Niagara Co., NY.
He was a veteran of the War of 1812.
He claimed a pension for neck and shoulder paralysis incurred in the war,
but his claim was rejected (See pension records, National Archives).
In the 1830's
they moved to Michigan, first living in
Farmington, Oakland County then settling in Lapeer, Lapeer Ruth Bullock Cole
died in 1846 and in 1847, at age 54, he remarried, to a woman age seventeen,
Fanny RUTHERFORD (b. ca.1830 VT --
dau. of Andrew and Eliza <Leonard> Rutherford).
They lived in Goodland Twp, Lapeer Co.
Six children are known by name. Reuben
II claimed 27 children and another was born after his claim.
Reuben Cole II died on 1 Mar 1868 in Hillsdale Co.
MI (where he
had gone to visit
his son Ransom). Fanny remarried in
May of 1870. Her second husband was
Amos TYLER (b. ca. 1825 NY). He had already had a child, Amy (b. ca 1867
MI). Alice Jennie TYLOR (b. ca. 1872 MI) was the daughter of
Fanny and Amos (Alice taught school
at Mt. Vernon MI). Fanny d. at her
daughter Amanda's place in Estey, Gladwin Co., MI. 5)
(NAME UNKNOWN).
She md. Jesse CHATFIELD (son of Rausel Chatfield and his first
wife. Rausel md. 2nd Lydia <Huyck>
Cole). (from History of Canadice.)
Three children.
THIRD GENERATION Children of
John COLE and Katherine FRINCISCO: 1)
ARRUA. b. 1812
Buffalo, NY. md. ca. 1827 Augustus TODD.
Two children known. She
md.(2) Lewis WARD. 2)
SALLY ANN. b. 15 Sep 1827 Buffalo, Erie Co., NY. md. 3 Dec 1844 John Condit LOSEY (b. 19 Apr 1811
Orange, Essex Co., NJ; d. 13 Aug 1898 Monroeville, Huron Co., OH
-- son
of Ichabod and Sarah <Condit> Losey).
Eight children. She d. 6
July 1903 Grant Twp., Cheboygan Co., MI, and was bd. 20 July 1903 at
Monroeville. Children of
Hezekiah COLE and
( -- ): 1)
CLARA. 2)
HARVEY. 3)
SOPHRONIA. Children
of Betsey COLE and David COOMER: 1)
ARNOLD HIX. b. Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY 19 Feb 1810.
md. in Newfane, Niagara Co.,
NY Jane E. COOLEY (d. 10 Oct 1871
-- dau. of Noah and Jane <Southerland> Cooley).
He md. (2) Semantha HART (d. 1886 Morenci MI).
He d. on 21 Oct 1883 in Morenci MI. 2)
DAVID, JR. b. 1811 Pompey NY, died in infancy. 3)
DIANA. b. 29 Apr 1813 Pompey NY.
She md. Peter MILLS. Two
children. She died 3 Oct 1833. 4)
ERVILLA. b. 17 Apr 1815 Gorham, Ontario Co., NY. She md. in Farmington, Oakland Co., MI 16 Feb 1837 John
BASSETT (b ca.
1816 NY -- son of Samuel and
Mary "Polly" <Caywood>
Bassett). They lived in Novi,
Oakland Co. MI. Thirteen children.
She d. 28 Feb 1887. 5)
LOUISA. b. 24
July 1817 Middlesex, Yates Co. NY. She md. on 6
July 1836 Asahel BRYAN (b. ca. 1815 NY).
They lived in Farmington, Novi, Richfield, and Tompkins MI. Eight kids. 6)
POLLY. b. Middlesex, Yates Co., NY 1 Mar 1819. md. in Farmington, Oakland Co., MI 12 Apr 1837 William
S. WARNER. They moved to
Wisconsin in 1844; had four children. She
died at Appleton, WI on 14 Aug 1884. 7)
BENJAMIN GOFF. b.
Middlesex, Yates Co, NY 27 Feb 1822. He
lived two years in Newfane, NY. came to Michigan on a
Lake Erie steamboat, the "Superior".
He lived in Franklin,MI. He
md.(1) on 21 Feb 1847 at Pittsford, Hillsdale
Co., MI Mary Isabella COOLEY
(b. 21 Feb 1823 Lockport, Niagara Co. NY; d.
1 Nov 1851 -- dau. of Noah and Jane <Southerland> Cooley).
Two sons. He md.(2)on 15 Apr
1854 Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI Mrs. Harriet E. <Stilson> RILEY (b.
14 June 1823 Gorham NY; d. 14 Feb 1885 of a stroke -- she was the widow of
Archibald Riley and Dau. of Salmon and Betsey
<Harris> Stilson). They had
four daughters. He md. (3) on 10
Aug 1886 Franklin MI by Rev. S.A.
Long to Mrs. Nancy Desire <Sabin> LAWRENCE (b. 10 July 1823 Berlin,
Rensselaer Co., NY; d. 14 Feb 1892; bd. Southfield Cem. -- she was the widow of
Cornelius Lawrence of Southfield MI and the dau. of Ezekiel H. and Eunice M.
<Jones> Sabin). Benjamin Goff
Coomer was the compiler of the Coomer Genealogy (1892). 8)
LYDIA NANCY. b.
Middlesex, Yates Co. NY 22 Feb 1824. md.
2 May 184_ at Sheboygan WI Samuel P. BLAKE (d. 11 Sep 1889 at Red Oak,
Montgomery Co., IA when hit by a train). They
had seven children. 9)
JONATHAN. b. Middlesex, Yates Co., NY 15 Feb 1827.
md. in Richfield, Genessee Co., MI on 2 May 1842 Roselynda HILL
(b. July 1828 NY). Civil War
soldier (1st Reg. MI Eng. & Mech). Six
children. 10)
RUTH ANN. b. Newfane, Niagara Co., NY on 7 Aug 1829.
She d. on 2 Aug 1835. Children
of Reuben COLE II and Ruth BULLOCK: 1)
RANSOM. b. 22 Oct 1814 NY. md.
at Farmington, Oakland Co., MI, 27 Dec 1838 Araminta MANSFIELD (b. 22 Mar
or 24 Apr 1820 at Gainesville, NY; d. 9 Nov 1903 Jefferson, MI -- dau. of Samuel
and Olive <Tomblin> or <Tambling> Mansfield). 2)
MORGAN WELCOME.
b. 11 May 1817 Middlesex, Yates Co., NY.
md. Araminta <Mansfield> COLE (Ransom's widow) by Rev. J.H. Burk.
No children. He d. on 12 May 1902
Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., MI 3)
HESIKIAH. 4)
ASA. b. 14 Jan
1819 Newfane, Niagara Co., NY & md. on 25 Oct 1840 Lapeer, MI Jane TRIPP (b.
1 Nov 1821; d. 28 Sep 1881 -- dau.
of Gideon and Zada <Davids> Tripp).
They had nine children. He
died 22 June 1892 Bower, Nebraska. 5)
JOHN. d.
26 Feb 1886 or 1888.
Buried Greenwood Cem.
Veteran of Civil War or Mexican War. 6)
AMBROSE B. b. 16 Aug 1822, NY. md.
26 Nov 1848 Boone Co., IL Mary TRIPP
(b. ca. 1827 NY). Five children. md. 28 May 1856 Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI to Julia
Elsie WYMAN.
One child. He d. 10 Dec 1864 of diarrhea in Vicksburg, MS, while a
soldier in the Civil War. 7)
REUBEN III. b. May 1824 Newfane, Niagara Co., NY. No kids. 8)
MARVIN. b. 21 Sep 1828 Newfane, Niagara Co., NY.
md. Rena Ophelia TRIPP (b. 1824 Nassau, Renssalaer Co., NY; d. 14
Jan 1914 -- dau. of Gideon and Zada <Davids> Tripp).
They had five children. 9)
DANIEL. b. 1 June 1830 Newfane, NY.
He md. Orpha LAKE. Two
children. md. Tennessee BATES.
Two daughters. 10)
OLIVE DIANTHA.
b. 20 Jan 1834. md.
Abner C. FOLSOM, who died on
1 May 1902. They had six children.
She died on 14 Sep 1920. 11)
RUTH ANN. b. ca. 1837,
MI. She md. (1) Marshall HODGSON.
Twelve children. She md.
(2) on 3 July 1883 Allen GRAY. 12)
JOEL. b. 18 Mar 1838
Oakland, MI. md. Savilla CLOUGH
or CROSSMAN. Four
kids. He d. 19
March 1907 Postville, Alamakee Co, IA. 13)
GEORGE W. b. 4 Aug 1839,
Michigan. md. Sarah ( -- )(b. ca.
1840). Five children. 14)
BENJAMIN. He could be Ambrose B. Children
of Reuben COLE II and Fanny RUTHERFORD: 21)
LEANDER. b. Dec 1849, Michigan. 22)
( -- ). prob. d. y. 23)
ELLEN. b. 4 Dec 1852, the first white child to be born in
Goodland Township, Lapeer County,
Michigan. As a young woman, Ellen
worked for a family in Almont, MI. This
family was Baptist and she became
one too, though her parents and
siblings were Methodists. She md.
on 17 Oct 1877 Goodland by Rev.
Emri Steele Ruben J. REMINGTON (b. ca. 1849 Ray, Macomb Co., MI; d. age
93--son of Norman and Deborah <Gass>
Remington). They moved to Ray, Macomb County, Michigan,
and had five children. She
died on 29 Nov 1905 and is buried in Preston Cem., Macomb Twp, Macomb Co. MI. 24)
( -- ). Prob. d. y. 25)
ALBERT BUEL.
b. 1855, MI. He md. on 2
June 1879 Lois Lovenia HOTCHKISS (b. 1854 Dryden, Lapeer Co., MI; d. 17
May 1933 Pontiac, MI; bd. Oak Hill Cem. --
dau. of Andrew Jackson and Keturah "Kezia" <Gillings>
Hotchkiss). Five children.
He d. 18 Feb 1897 Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI;
bd. Oak Hill Cem., Pontiac. 26)
SAMUEL. b. ca. 1857, MI. md.
Alice D. ( -- )(b. ca. 1860, MI).
Two children known. 27)
AMANDA. b. ca. 1858, MI. md.
Will WORGES. They had a
hotel in Estey, Gladwin Co. MI. One son. 28)
WILLIAM H. b. ca. 1862, MI. He
was often at odds with the rest
of the family. He came home one day, demanded
to be given the family bible
(to be used for identification), took it west with him and was never heard of
again. Children
of Jesse CHATFIELD and
( -- ) COLE: 1)
STEPHEN. b. 7 June 1815 in Ontario Co., NY. He md.(1) on 26 July 1836 Margaret WALKER.
He md. (2) on 25 July 1844 Nancy MILLER.
Six children. He md. (3) 2 Dec 1851
Elizabeth CHATFIELD (b. 24 Dec 1832 -- dau. of David and Susannah <Belknap>
Chatfield). Six children.
2)
REUBEN. 3)
ARMINA. b. 11 Sep 1813. She
md. 11 July 1832 James SHOAP.
CENSUS LIST Reuben
COLE II.
1840 Census: Lapeer
Twp., Lapeer Co., MI, Eleven people in the household.
1850 Census: Lapeer,
Lapeer Co., MI. p. 806. Also
Fanny; Ruthe; George; Leander.
1860 Census: Goodland
Twp., Lapeer Co., MI., p. 33. Also
Fanny; Ellen; Buel; Samuel; and Amanda. Fanny
(COLE) TYLOR. 1870 Census:
Goodland Twp., Lapeer Co., MI. p. 13-14,
house # 104. With Amos and Amy
TYLOR; and Albert B.; Samuel; Amanda; and William COLE.
1880 Census: Shelley
Twp., Macomb Co., MI; ED 211, Sheet 21, lines 47-52.
Also Henry W. KIRKLAND (57--b. VT); Amanda GINNAN (28--Canada); Hattie B.
GINNAN (8/12--b. MI); William H. COLE; and Alice Jennie TYLOR.
Samuel
COLE. 1880 Census: Goodland
Twp., Lapeer Co, MI, ED 167, Sheet 17. Also Alice D.; Samuel E.; and Fanny. A.
Buhl COLE. 1880 Census:
Goodland Twp.,Lapeer Co., MI, ED 167, Sheet 17, lines 48-50.
Also Lois and Mary. Ellen
A. (COLE) REMINGTON.
1880 Census:
Ray Twp., Macomb Co.,
MI. Sheet 7, lines 30-33,
Vol. 16, E.D. 209. Rufus (Ruben), his father Norman, Ellen, and Leroy.
1900 Census: Ray
Twp., Macomb Co, MI. Vol. 47, E.D. 63, Sheet 10, lines 87-92. Ruben, Ellen,
Nellie, Hugh, Jennie, and Lottie. ("5 children, four now alive").
1910 Census: Romeo, Macomb Co., MI.
Vol. 52, E.D. 84, Family #129, Sheet 5A,lines 23-27.
Arthur Parker, Nellie, Vivian; Reuben Remington, Lottie B.
Arthur was a laborer in a sash and door factory. Other
Sources:
Pension Files:
Reuben
Cole applied for a
War of
1812 pension but it was
denied (Pension records, National
Archives, Washington, DC).
Marriage: Ellen A. Cole
and Reuben Remington, Oct 17, 1877. Witnesses were Ruth Metcalf of Imlay City and Bud Cole of
Almont. Source:
Rev. E. Steel's Marriage Book, Reel #927,472-DAR records at LDS
Genealogical library in Salt Lake City.
Lapeer County Court House, Record
of Lease--p.66.
Reuben Cole leased 1/2 acre of land to Goodland School District #1 on 30
September 1861 on which to build what became
known as "Cole School", the first school in Goodland Twp. It was located at the NW corner of Sec. 30, Twp 8 N, R 12 E.
The lease was for ninety-nine years, with
an annual rent of 25 cents, to be paid four years in advance.
The lease was signed Reuben Cole, C. Maxon, and Abner C. Folsom.
Witnesses were William Mead and Nancy Larnpein.
Notes dated Nov. 2, 1920,
written by Rosepha E. Cole McCaul state that Daniel Cole's first two children were dead by
then, the second two were living. Joel
Cole had three kids, two alive. Ruth
Ann Cole Hodgdon had ten children, all dead.
George Cole and wife Mary had one daughter living.
Asa Cole had ten children, five still living.
LAND ENTRIES of Lapeer Twp., Lapeer County: Ransom
Cole
Jan 4, 1836
Sec 14, Twp 7 N, R 10 E Reuben
Cole
Jan 4, 1836
Sec 14, Twp 7 N, R 10 E
Also on the same day land was claimed by: Israel
W. Bullock Jan 4, 1836
Sec 15, Twp 7 N, R 10 E Asa
Cole
June 27, 1838
Sec 12, Twp 7 N, R 10 E Gideon
Tripp July
21, 1837 Sec
27, Twp 7 N, R 10 E
Several other Tripps and Bullocks settled in this township.
LAND ENTRIES of Goodland Twp., Lapeer County: Reuben
Cole
May 31, 1853
Sec 19, Twp 8 N, R 12 E Reuben
Cole
Apr 27, 1853
Sec 30, Twp 8 N, R 12 E History
of the Town of Canadice, Ontario County, NY,
by D. Byron
Waite, Springwater, NY 1908, says about the Coles:
"In the same year Jehiel Spicer built a house near the barn on the
farm of John Salter, staid there a few weeks, sold to Jesse Chatfield and built
another on the farm of Noah Tibbals. Ruben
Cole built another the same year on the knowll north of the old house now
standing, and both Ruben and his son-in-law, Chatfield, sold to Uriel
Spencer, a Methodist preacher from Atlanta... The Coles came from Truxton, Cortland County and went to
Allegany. (p. 92)
"We said the Coles came from Cortland county.
There were 4 of them who settled in this neighborhood, viz.; Reuben, and his sons Reuben,
Jr., Hezekiah and John. As the two
farms north of this were settled the
same time, we will wend our way in
that direction. Jehiel Spicer's cabin on the Tibbals farm was of
the one-sided roof pattern, and situated west of the present
house, and was but a temporary cabin, which was soon followed by one
on the east side of the
road, nearly opposite the residence of the present owner.
David Tibbals, from Scipio, took the place of Spicer in 1818,by purchase,
lived and died there.... (p. 93)
"John Cole, also in the same year, built a hut near the barn, and
Reuben, another near the north-east corner of the old Ingraham farm.
In 1815, they sold to the brother 'Kiah, who came from the same place.
The farm afterwards was owned by Silas Reynolds, Benj. Green, Orlando
Wetmore, Joseph S. Secor, and Walling Coykendall, previous to Ingraham, who met
an accidental death in 1874, when
the heirs came into possession. The
children of Hezekiah were, Clara, Harvey and Sophronia. (p. 94)
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