Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 102

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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"Here's one who lived in peace on earth And here's her sleeping dust. The soul we trust in Heaven is And reigns among the just."

He married (third) Frances, widow of John Nightingale, daughter of Captain Moses Brack- ett. She died July 3, 1846, aged eighty years. Children of first wife: I. Mary, born October 20, 1765, died October 9, 1813; married, July 15, 1792, Ebenezer Adams. 2. Judith, born May 19, 1767, died May 5, 1795; married, October 17, 1793, Josiah Bass. 3. Seth, born February 17, 1769, died young. 4. Sarah, born January 17, 1770, died September 9, 1795; married, September 30, 1791, Henry Hardwick. 5. John, born October 3, 1771 ; married, May 15, 1796, Mary, daughter of Joshua Hobart. 6. Abigail, born May 24, 1773, died young. 7. Elijah, born January 27, 1775, died September 14, 1833; married, April 13, 1800, Susanna

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Baxter. 8. Seth, born January 12, 1777, died May 28, 1799. 9. Dorothy, born September 16, 1778, died January 30, 1822; married, May 31, 1804, Joseph Blanchard. 10. Elizabeth, born October 22, 1780, died August 5, 1795. II. Lucy, born February 20, 1783 ; married, Janu- ary 25, 1809, Elisha Marsh. 12. George, born January 25, 1785 ; mentioned below. 13. Luther, born June 13, 1787; married, December 17, 1807, Esther, daughter of Deacon Samuel Savil. Children of second wife: 14. Maria Bowen, born April 20, 1789, died May 3, 1819. 15. Sophia, born December 1, 1790, died August 29, 1827 ; married, June 13. 1811, Jonathan Marsh. 16. Abigail, born July 29, 1793 ; mar- ried, April 11, 1819, Charles Gleason. 17. Louisa, born September 18, 1795; married, May 22, 1814. George Nightingale. 18. Alpheus, born December 8. 1796, died May 4, 1847; married, March 21, 1819, Ann Adams. 19. Lemuel, born March 4, 1798, died March 20, 1839 : married, December 14, 1823, Velera Wat- son.

(V) George, son of Lieutenant Seth Spear, was born January 25, 1785, and died in Quincy, at the age of ninety years. He was a prominent citizen of Quincy, and a farmer. He was brought up in the orthodox faith, and was a great student of the Bible. Late in life he became a Universalist. He married, December 20, 1809, Ann Savil, daughter of Deacon Sam- uel Savil. Children : 1. George W., born Octo- ber 30, 1810; see forward. 2. Sarah A., No- vember 5, 1811, died July 11. 1813. 3. Lucretia S., born January 29. 1813; married Charles Pierce, and died aged ninety years. 4. Elisha, born January 29, 1815, died September 10, 1817. 5. Edward A., born December 7, 1816; captain in civil war; settled in Quincy, where he was superintendent of cemeteries. 6. Elisha, born September 2, 1818; a shoemaker : served in army during civil war: lived in Missouri, where he died. 7. Albert F., a shoemaker ; settled in North Weymouth. 8. Lebbeus C., born March 20, 1822, died October 17, 1823. 9. Lucy A., born January 27, 1824; married Frederick Garfield, and died at an advanced

age. 10-11. John and Mary, twins, born March 9, 1826; John died March 10, and Mary died March 14. 1826. 12. Mary E., born August 9, 1829; died unmarried, at an advanced age. 13. Granville A., born June 11, 1831 ; a shoe- maker ; married in Indiana, went to California. and later returned to Indiana, where he died. 14. Emily F., born August 23, 1834.

(V1) George W., son of George Spear, was born in Quincy, October 30, 1810. He learned

the trade of blacksmith, and was engaged in that business in Quincy for some time. He became foreman for Gridley Bryant, a promi- nent architect of Boston, and worked in South Boston and Medford. Here he met with a serious accident in a quarry, a premature ex- plosion, by which he lost an eye and was made a cripple for life. He returned to Quincy, where he was accidentally killed by being caught in a bevel gearing of a machine which he was operating. He was a good citizen, and an industrious man. He married, in Quincy, Eliz- abeth Thayer, born April 3, 1814, died July 8, 1893, daughter of Elihu and Elizabeth Thayer ; her father was a carpenter of Quincy. Chil- dren: 1. George A., born November 14, 1836; mentioned below. 2. Edward, born December 15, 1838. 3. Christopher A., born December 25. 1839, died March 14, 1905 ; was in the civil war, and afterwards seven years purser in the United States navy. 4. Ann E., born Novem- ber 1, 1841 ; married William S. Pierce, who was in the civil war, and is now a clerk em- ployed by the city of Boston. 5. Walter F., born October 24, 1843, died December, 1897 ; married Amanda Guild ; carpenter. 6. Hiram Austin, born February 28, 1846; carpenter, living in Middletown, Connecticut. 7. Angeline M .. born September 28, 1848; died unmarried. 8. Francis A., born May 15, 1854; probation officer, city of Quincy. 9. Elihu T., born Au- gust 18, 1851 ; head engineer of Metropolitan Works, Quincy ; married Mrs. Abbie Newcomb. 10. Lucy G., born September 15, 1858; married James Walker ; lives in Quincy. II. Herbert, born January 10, 1861 ; officer on a revenue cutter in the navy ; married Laura Jernegan, of Edgartown, Massachusetts.

(VII) George A., son of George W. Spear, was born November 14, 1836. He received his education in the public schools of Quincy, and in 1852, at the age of fifteen, went to West Roxbury and was apprenticed to his uncle, Hiram Thayer, to learn the trade of carpenter. After a few years as a journeyman he estab- lished himself in business as a carpenter and builder. He soon established a reputation for careful, practical and honest work, and his business increased rapidly. He erected many private houses in West Roxbury and other suburbs of Boston. He was always interested in the growth and development of his native town, and is a worthy and respected citizen. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a liberal. He married, November, 1860, Anetta Harper, born in West Roxbury, 1839, died February 22, 1874, daughter of Joseph and

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Abigail ( Bragg) Harper. Her father was a native of Dorsetshire, England, who came to New England and settled at West Roxbury as a farmer. Children: 1. Sarah C., born Janu- ary 16, 1862; married Albert P. Langtry (see Langtry). 2. Alvin, born October 30, 1869; mentioned below. 3. George Harper, died young.

(VIII) Alvin, son of George A. Spear, was born in West Roxbury, October 30, 1869. He is a successful stone mason and contractor, having constructed many foundations and sub- stantial buildings in that section. He married, December 1, 1895, Louisa Agnes Lutz, born in Roxbury. September 13, 1871, daughter of George C. and Pauline M. (Roher) Lutz, both of German birth. Children : I. Ruth, born November 3, 1896. 2. Helen, January II, 1898. 3. George A., November 29, 1900. 4. Earl Langtry, April 18, 1903.

The name Washburn is de- WASHBURN rived from two simple words -wash-which applies to the swift moving current of a stream, and burn or bourne, a brook or small stream. It has been said of the family, whose origin is in England, that the posterity of John Washburn, the first immigrant of the name to locate in New Eng- land, "will seldom find occasion to blush upon looking back upon the past lives of those from whom they have descended. Fortunate indeed may the generations now in being, esteem them- selves, if they can be sure to bequeath to their posterity an equal source of felicitation." In this illustrious family have been found some of our nation's greatest characters, in public and private life, statesmen and military men in all of the American wars. Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Wisconsin have all had gov- ernors from the Washburn family, and three brothers served as congressmen from three states at the same time, and all with much abil- ity. Authors and college graduates may be found to a score or more, who have left their impress upon the world. In England a John Washburn was the first secretary of the Council of Plymouth, and was succeeded in office in 1628 by William Burgess; but it is not known that he was identical with John Washburn, of Duxbury, in 1632; nor is it known that the New England Washburns, the descendants of John, were of kin to William, Daniel and John Washburn, who had land upon Long Island as early as 1653, but whose names soon afterwards disappeared from the records there.

(I) Sir Roger, of Little Washbourne, county

Worcester, England, flourished in the latter half of the thirteenth century. He is men- tioned in the inquisition of 1259 and was living in 1299. He married Joan

(II) Sir John, son of Sir Roger, was known during the lifetime of his father as John de Dufford. He was knight of the shire and died before Michaelmas, 1319. He married Isa- bella

(III) Sir Roger (2). son of Sir John, mar- ried, as early as 1316, Margaret He was Lord of Washbourne.

(IV) John (2) Washburn, son of Sir Roger, was a younger son. He had an elder brother, also named John, who died without issue, and consequently the estate and manor of Washbourne was confirmed to the younger son by his father, Sir Roger. He married Isabelle

(V) Peter Washborne, son of John (2) Wash- burn, married Isolde Hanley in the twenty- ninth year of the reign of Edward III. Had sons John, mentioned below, and William.

(VI) John (3) Washborn, son of Peter Washborne, married (first) Joan Musard, and ( second) Margaret Poher, or Powre, of Wich- enford. He was knight of the shire, escheator, and vice-comes. He was the last of the name to own Stanford, and the first in Wichenford, and was living in July, in the fifth year of the reign of Henry VI. Children: Isolde (by first wife), Norman, John, Elynor.

(VII) Norman Washburn, son of John (3) Washborn, married Elizabeth Knivton. As son and heir he had a grant of the manor of Washborne from his father in the fifth year of the reign of Henry VI. He died before 1479. Children : John, mentioned below ; Ele- anor ; other daughters.

(VIII) John (4), son of Norman Wash- burn, died in May, 1517. He was probably born as early as 1454. He was a commissioner. He married (first) Joan Mitton, of Weston, county Stafford, and (second) Elizabeth Mon- ington, of Butters, county Hereford, who was buried at Bosbury. His will was dated May 3, 1517, and he died May 6 following. He was buried in Wichenford church. Children of first wife: I. Robert, died in the lifetime of his father. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Wal- ter, executor of his father's will. 4. Francis. Children of second wife: 5. Anthony, of Bos- bury. 6. Richard.

(IX) John (5), son of John (4) Washburn, was founder of what is known as the Benge- worth branch, and married Emme --- , who lived at Bengeworth, a few miles distant from

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Little Washbourne. His will was dated De- cember 27, 1546, and he died soon afterward. His wife made her will May 1, 1547. Chil- dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. William, married Margaret Harward.

(X) John (6), son of John (5) Washburn, of Bengeworth, married, in 1542, Jone Bushell. He married (second) in 1561, Jone White- head, who was buried in 1567. He was buried in 1593. Children : 1. John, mentioned below. (XI) John (7), son of John (6) Washburn, was of Bengeworth, and married, in 1596, Martha Stevens, whose will was proved in 1626. He was buried in 1624. His will was dated August 3. 1624. Children: I. John, baptized July 2, 1597; mentioned below. 2. Jane, baptized December 2, 1599. 3. William, baptized November 9, 1601. 4. Jone, baptized April 11, 1604, buried 1636.

(XII) John (8). son of John (7) Wash-, burn, was baptized in Bengeworth, England, July 2, 1597. He was the immigrant ancestor. He settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1632. Two of his sons, John and Philip, came with him, and also his wife. In that year he had an action in court against Edward Doten, and he was a taxpayer in 1633. In 1634 he bought of Edward Bompasse a place beyond the creek, called Eagle's Nest. He and his sons above mentioned were on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He and his son John were among the original fifty-four proprietors of Bridgewater in 1645. They bought the lands of the old Sachem, Massasoit, for seven coats of one and one half yards each, nine hatchets, twenty knives, four moose skins, ten and a half vards of cotton cloth. The transfer was wit- nessed by Captain Myles Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth. He died at Bridgewater in 1670. He married Margery Moore, who was baptized in 1588. Children : 1. Mary, baptized 1619. 2. John, born 1620; mentioned below. 3. Philip, baptized and buried June, 1622, at Bengeworth. 4. Philip, went to America with his father.

(XIII) John (9), son of John (8) Wash- burn, was baptized in Bengeworth, England, in 1620, and came to New England with his father. In 1645 he married Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Experience Mitchell, as shown by a letter written by her nephew, Thomas Mitchell, to his uncle, Experience, dated at Amsterdam, July 24, 1662. This letter has been preserved. John Washburn in 1670 sold his house and lands at Green's Harbor, Duxbury, which his father had given him. He made his will in 1686. His sons John and Samnel were exe-

cutors and his brother-in-law, Edward Mitchell, and his kind friend, John Tomson, were made trustees and overseers. Children: 1. John, married Rebecca Lapham. 2. Thomas, mar- ried (first) Abigail Leonard; (second) De- liverance Packard. 3. Joseph, married Han- nah Latham and resided in Bridgewater. 4. Samuel, born 1651 ; mentioned below. 5. Jon- athan, married Mary Vaughan. 6. Benjamin, died on the Phipps expedition to Canada. 7. Mary, born 1661 ; married, 1694, Samuel Kins- ley. 8. Elizabeth, married ( first) James How- ard : (second) Edward Sealy. 9. Jane, married William Orcutt, Jr. 10. James, born 1672; married Mary Bowden. II. Sarah, married, 1697. John Ames.

(XIV) Sergeant Samuel, son of John (9) Washburn, was born in Duxbury in 1651, died in 1720. He married Deborah Packard, daugh- ter of Samuel Packard. His will was made in 1720, and shows that his sons Noah and Israel were dead at that time. Children: 1. Samuel, born 1678. 2. Noah, 1682: mentioned below. 3. Israel, 1684. 4. Nehemiah, 1686. 5. Benja- min. 6. Hannah, married John Kieth.

(XV) Noah, son of Sergeant Samuel Wash- burn, was born in 1682, and died in 1717. He married, in 1710, Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Joseph Shaw, and sister of Rev. John Shaw. She married (second) in 1719, Isaac Harris. Noah resided at East Bridgewater. Children : I. Eleazer. 2. Noah, mentioned below.

(XVI) Noah (2), son of Noah (1) Wash- burn, married, in 1739, Mary Staples, and lived in East Bridgewater. He settled in Williams- burgh and owned the house lately occupied by Lauriston Washburn. Children: I. Elizabeth, born 1739. 2. Noah, 1741. 3. Nehemiah, 1743; married, in 1770, Ruth Edgerton. 4. Stephen, 1748: mentioned below. 5. Huldah, 1750. 6. Mary, 1756.

(XVII) Stephen, son of Noah (2) Wash- burn, was born in East Bridgewater in 1748. He married, in 1770, Sarah Faxon, and settled in Williamsburgh. He was a farmer. Chil- dren: 1. Amos, mentioned below. 2. Polly, married Gross Williams. 3. Sally, married (first ) Eleazer Hillman; (second) Seth John- son, of Dana, Massachusetts. 4. Ruth, married Rev. Hosea Ballou, the distinguished Universal- ist minister.

(XVIII) Amos, son of Stephen Washburn, wasbornat Williamsburgh. Hemarried Amanda Root. Children, born at Williamsburgh : Lauris- ton, Nehemiah, William L., Charles, Sarah, Edward G. ; the three latter were triplets.

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burn, was born in Williamsburgh, June, 1819, died in Springfield, May 22, 1889. He was one of triplets, Edward G., Charles and Sarah, and was brought up by Fenton Dutchertown, who was a teacher of the violin, which he taught Mr. Washburn, who thus became an accomplished violinist and played in orchestras all his life. He first learned the trade of orna- mental wood carver, and after working at that some years went to Springfield, where he was employed as a wood worker in the armory until 1865. October 2. of that year he bought out the undertaking business of Wells P. Hodgett, and carried that on until his death. He was also engaged for a time in the manufacture of planes. He was a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons, and attended St. Paul's Universal- ist Church. In politics he was independent. He married. 1839, Sylvia Briggs Cheney, born in 1823, died in Springfield. 1894. She was the daughter of Levi and Plotina (Metcalf) Cheney, of North Orange. There were three children of this marriage: Homer M., born 1846, died December 1I, 1898: Edward Corral, 1850, died July 1, 1897; Cheney Davidson, next mentioned.

(XX) Cheney Davidson, only living son of Ed- ward Gardner Washburn, was born in Spring- field. September 24, 1856, and was educated in the public schools and Burnett's English Classi- cal Institute on Court street. He was in the employ of his father until the death of the latter, May 22, 1889, when he succeeded to the business which he has since carried on success- fully. He is an independent Republican in politics, and attends the South Congregational Church. He is a member of Springfield Free and Accepted Masons, and Hampden Lodge and Agawam Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Also of the Nayasset and Win- throp clubs. He married, December 3, 1877, Mary W. Titus, born December 3, 1856, daugh- ter of Arthur F. and Waity W. ( Aldrich) Titus, the former born in South Scituate, and latter of North Scituate, Rhode Island. Mrs. Washburn is a member of the Londmeadow Woman's Club, and the Tuesday Morning Music Club. There is one child of this marri- age, Stanley Titus, born February 14, 1885.

The surname Farrington FARRINGTON is old English, the family taking its name from the place called Frendon, meaning Fearn Hill. There is an ancient town of Farrington in Berkshire, England. west of London, and a town of Far- rington in Lancashire. The family of Farring-

ton, or Ffarrington, of Warden, and Frarring- ton of Woodvale, were lineal descendants of John de Farrington, of the time of Henry III., whose will was dated in 1549. The family motto is : "Domat omnia virtus." Sir Anthony Farrington was knighted in 1766.

(I) John Farrington, immigrant ancestor, was in New England as early as 1639, as De- cember 3 that year he gave bonds before the general court for Isaac Deesbro. He was a proprietor of Dedham, a townsman there Janu- ary I, 1646, and died there April 27, 1676. He married, in 1649, Mary, daughter of William Bullard. He was a freeman, and joined the church March 9, 1667. His wife Mary joined in May, 1652. Administration of his estate was granted his widow and son John, July 28, 1676. Distribution was made July 3, 1704, after her decease, to other children, namely, Nathaniel, Daniel and Benjamin Farrington ; Sarah Witherly ; Abigail Hoadley ; Mary Ken- ney, daughter of Mary ( Farrington ) ; and John Abbot, son of Hannah (Farrington). Chil- dren, born at Dedham: 1. Mary, January 26, 1650: married (first) April 27. 1667. John Pidge ; (second) Kenney. 2. Sarah, July I, 1652; married Witherly. 3. John, February 25, 1654; married, September 24, 1677, Mary James. 4. Nathaniel, born June 6. 1656 : mentioned below. 5. Eleazer, Febru- ary II, 1660. 6. Hannah, July 22, 1662 ; mar- ried Abbot. 7. Daniel. April 10, 1664; married, October 5, 1691, Abigail Fisher ; re- sided at Wrentham ; ancestor of Maine branch of the family. 8. Judith, June 1, 1666; died March 3. 1676. 9. Abigail. April 30. 1668; married Hoadley. 10. Benjamin, June 15. 1672.

(II) Nathaniel, son of John Farrington, was born in Dedham, June 6, 1656, and died there May 8, 1723. He married Sarah

Children, born at Dedham: I. Sarah, January 3, 1683. 2. Nathaniel, July 24, 1685 ; died No- vember 20, 1707. 3. Hannah, August 17, 1687. 4. Abigail, October 16, 1689. 5. Jonathan, born November 5. 1699 ; mentioned below. 6. Mary. born April 16, 1704. (Very few births are recorded between 1689 and 1699, and no doubt he had children during that time ).

(III) Jonathan, son of Nathaniel Farring- ton, was born at Dedham, November 5. 1699. He resided at Dedham, and married, August 10, 1727, Prudence Childs, of Brookline. Chil- dren, born at Dedham: I. Jonathan, May 5, 1728 : mentioned below. 2. Nathaniel, Decem- ber 17, 1730; died young. 3. Joshua, August 22, 1732. 4. Ebenezer, May 13. 1734. 5. Na-

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. thaniel, March 15, 1735-6. 6. Sarah, January 8, 1739-40. 7. Abigail, August 15, 1741. 8. Stephen, April 3, 1744. 9. Benjamin, born March 20, 1745.

(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Farrington, was born at Dedham, May 5, 1728. His son Jonathan was in the revolution, on duty at Rhode Island, in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment, in 1778-9; on guard duty at Boston from Janu- ary to May, 1779, in Captain Abner Crane's company : in Rhode Island the same year under Captain Joseph Richards. Jonathan Farring- ton, of Stoughton, probably the father, was in Captain Asahel Smith's company, Colonel Lem- uel Robinson's regiment, and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He married (second) at Stoughton, April 15, 1756 (inten- tions dated April 1) Mary Puffer. Children : I. Mary, born at Dedham, March 7, 1752 (by first wife). 2. Jonathan, born at Stoughton, baptized March 2, 1757. 3. Abel, mentioned below. Other children.

(\') Abel, son of Jonathan (2) Farrington, was born at Stoughton, about 1775. He re- sided at Stoughton, and married (first) Han- nah -: (second) Sally

Children of first wife: I. Abel, born November 17, 1800; married Louise Spaulding. 2. Nancy, born November 3, 1802; married John Fisher, of Dedham. 3. Enoch, born November 14, 1805 : mentioned below. 4. Samuel, born Octo- ber 19, 1807. Children of second wife: 5. Elizabeth, born December 20, 1811. 6. Elijah, November 2, 1813. 7. John B., October 20, 1815. 8. Sarah, June 10, 1817. 9. Hannah, February 29, 1820; died January 25, 1823. 10. Mary, born July 1I, 1822. II. Jairus, June 6, 1825. 12. Hannah, July 12, 1827.

(VI) Enoch, son of Abel Farrington, was born at Stoughton, November 14, 1805, and died February 21, 1888. He married Elizabeth Thayer, born September 1, 1815, at Stoughton, (lied July 12, 1897. As a young man he worked in a shoe shop ; then in Canton, as a butcher ; then drove a meat wagon in Dedham; then worked in mill of Henry Capen, and later was employed in different kinds of business until he retired. Child, Charles Wentworth, men- tioned below.

(VII) Charles Wentworth, son of Enoch Farrington, was born in Canton, December 19, 1835, and died at Stoughton, April 12, 1903. He came to Stoughton when he was about eight years old, and attended the public schools of that town. He learned the trade of boot- maker, at which he worked for a time. In his

later years he was a small farmer at Stoughton and then retired. He was a prudent and hard- working man, and succeeded in accumulating a competence. He was quiet and domestic in his tastes, loving his home and family and seeking no public honors. He was not without interest in public affairs, however, and by ex- ample assisted in the temperance movement. In politics he voted the Republican ticket, or for the best man. He married, September 9, 1873, Mary Emeline Harris, born January 27, 1843, at Stoughton, daughter of Theophilus Curtis Harris, born November 14, 1800, at Abington, Massachusetts, died July 23, 1880, at Stoughton, and Mary ( Belcher) Harris, born May 29, 1809, at Sharon, and died June 3. 1878, at Stoughton. Her father was a car- penter at Stoughton ; was an attendant of the Congregational church. Oliver Harris, father of Theophilus Curtis Harris, lived at Stough- ton, married Elizabeth Leach; children: i. Simeon Harris; ii. Oliver Harris; iii. Theo- philus Curtis Harris, mentioned above; iv. Vashti Harris ; v. Relief Harris; vi. Charlotte Harris: vii. Emily Harris; viii. Elizabeth Harris : ix. Adeline Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Farrington had no children.

COLE The surname Cole is derived from an ancient personal name of un- known antiquity. Coel, as the name was formerly spelled, was the founder of Col- chester, one of the early kings of Britain. Justice Cole lived in the reign of King Alfred. Another Cole defeated Sweyne, the Danish chieftain in 1001 at Pinhoe. William Cole and wife Ysabella are named in Assize Roll of the county of Cornwall in A. D. 1201, showing that Cole was at that time established as a sur- name. Various branches of the English Cole family bear coats-of-arms, all indicating rela- tionship by the similarity of the device. The Hertfordshire' family, to which the American is believed to belong, bears: Party per pale or and argent a bull passant within a bordure sable on a chief of the third three bezants. Crest : A demi-dragon vert bearing in his dexter paw a javelin armed or, feathered argent.

(1) James Cole, immigrant ancestor of this family, was living in Highgate, a suburb of London, England, in 1616. He is spoken of as a great lover of flowers. He married, in 1624, Mary Lobel, daughter of the noted botan- ist and physician, Mathieu Lobel. Her father was a physician to James I., and was a great student and the anthor of a number of books on medicinal plants ; he discovered the medi-

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 102

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924