Benjamin Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Feb 1792 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 1814 - At Sea 2
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Cole (1755-Bef 1798)
Mother: Bethiah Young (1752-1806)
Spouses and Children
1. *Polly Taylor (Cir 1796 - 21 Sep 1829)
Marriage: 1813 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Polly Taylor)
intentions. tentative IDs
Benjamin Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1716 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: in Dutchess Co, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Israel Cole (1685-1746)
Mother: Mary Emory (1677-1746)
Spouses and Children
1. *Desire Smith (8 Aug 1722 - )
Marriage: 8 Mar 1743 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
Status:
Children:
1. Desire Cole (1744- )
2. Mehitable Cole (1745- ) 4
3. Halet Cole (1747- ) 4
4. Rebecca Cole (1749-1834)
5. Benjamin Cole (1751-1804) 4
6. Dorcas Cole (1753-1806)
Benjamin Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Sep 1751 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 10 Mar 1804
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Cole (Abt 1716- )
Mother: Desire Smith (1722- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Tupper (20 Oct 1755 - 10 Mar 1804)
Marriage: 29 Dec 1774 - Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
Status:
Benjamin Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1866 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Cole (1824-After 1880)
Mother: Mary Jane Dill (1830-After 1880) 6
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Sep 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 24 Jul 1889 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 8
Cause of Death: gastritis
Events
• Alt Birth, , Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Daniel Cole (1804-1884) 9
Mother: Mercy Higgins (1808-1888) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *James Hurd (29 Nov 1825 - 8 Feb 1913) 11
Marriage: 19 Dec 1850 - Orleans, Massachusetts 12
Status:
Children:
1. Freeman Hurd (1855-1923)
2. Nancy M Hurd (1858- )
3. James W Hurd (1862-1924)
4. Lizzie B Hurd (1865-1957)
Notes
Medical:
age 57-10-1
Bethiah (Cole) Hurd
married
housekeeper
b Wellfleet, res Orleans
d/o Daniel Cole, b Wellfleet and Mercy, b Orleans [reversed towns]
7
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Aug 1778 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 Jan 1865 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham 9
Cause of Death: old age
Parents
Father: Isaac Cole (Est 1748-Bef 1787)
Mother: Apphiah Higgins (1751- ) 14
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Abraham Cole (19 Jun 1769 - Bef 1865)
Marriage: Est 1803
Status:
Children:
1. Apphia Cole (1805-1882) 15
2. Emeline Cole (1811-1882)
Notes
Medical:
age 86-3-32 [sic]
Bethiah Cole
widow
res Wellfleet, b Eastham, d/o Isaac and Apphiah, b Eastham
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Sep 1828 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cole (1783-1864) 17
Mother: Polly Atwood Snow (1785-1836) 18
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 May 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Baptism: 25 Jun 1780
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Cole (1755-Bef 1798)
Mother: Bethiah Young (1752-1806)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mark Crosby (Est 1770 - )
Marriage: 3 Jan 1798 - Orleans, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1778 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Matthias Rider Jr (25 Apr 1777 - )
Marriage: 23 Jan 1794 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
Status:
Children:
1. Asa Cole Rider (1794- )
2. Matthius Rider (1796- ) 22
3. Patty Rider (1799- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Matthias Rider Jr)
A particularly hard to decipher section.
23
Bethiah Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Oct 1769 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Cole (1732- )
Mother: Mary Higgins (1735-1769) 25
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathan Cole (23 Jul 1760 - ) 26
Marriage: Aug 1801 - Eastham, Massachusetts 27
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nathan Cole)
tentative identifications of both
Betsey Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Jan 1783 - Malden, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Charles Cole (1750- )
Mother: Rhoda Cox (1755- ) 29
Betsey Cole
Sex: F
AKA: Betsey Cole 31
Betty Cole 32
Betsey Young
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jul 1775 - Eastham, Massachusetts 33
Baptism:
Death: 28 Sep 1849 - Charlestown, Massachusetts 34
Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts 34
Cause of Death: paralysis 34
Events
• Alt. Birth, , Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: David Cole (1741- ) 35
Mother: Betty Doane (1742-Bef 1777) 36
Spouses and Children
1. *Robert Young (27 Feb 1760 - 4 Mar 1798) 37
Marriage: 5 Nov 1795 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
Status:
Children:
1. Joanna Young (1796-1822) 38
2. Ephraim Covell Stubbs (19 Jun 1774 - Bef 1849) 39
Marriage: 19 Sep 1802 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
Status:
Children:
1. Diana Cole Stubbs (1799-1890) 41
2. Abigail Cole Stubbs (1804-1892) 42
3. Robert Young Stubbs (1807-1867) 42
Notes
Medical:
age 74-2
widow
b Wellfleet
Wellfleet VR:
Betsey Stubbs, widow, 74, b Wellfleet, died in Boston, unknown cause, parents unknown
Betsey S Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Feb 1854 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 43
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abraham Lewis Cole (1816-1896) 44
Mother: Betsey Snow (1821-1899)
Betsy Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jun 1791 - Gerry, Massachusetts 46
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elkanah Cole (1753-1823)
Mother: Elisabeth Merrick (1763- ) 47
Betty Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1772 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jephthah Young (Est 1770 - )
Marriage: 1793 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Carmy Franklin Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Oct 1838 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 48
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain David Cole (1809-1841) 49
Mother: Sarah Atwood (1815-1885) 50
Notes
General:
first name is unclear in birth record
Caroline Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1838 - March, Cambridgeshire, England 52
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Rev. Samuel Fairley (Abt 1825 - 19 Aug 1881)
Marriage: 1861
Status:
Children:
1. Rev Joseph William Fairley (1857-1918)
2. Grace Elizabeth Fairley (1862-1927)
3. Rev Edwin Fairley (1864-1941)
4. Rev James Alexander Fairley (1865-1951)
5. Annie Louisa Fairley (1868- ) 53
6. Samuel Cole Fairley (1869-1952)
Notes
General:
"She was the daughter of William Herrenden Cole, a Farmer, and his first wife, whose name I have not yet been able to find out. She was born in March, Cambridgeshire in 1838. In 1841 she lives Wimblington Toll, Wimblington, Cambridgeshire with her father, stepmother and brother. In 1861 she is working as a Milliner and Shopwoman at 1 Market Place, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. She marries in the North Witchford district, Cambridgeshire (which contains March) Samuel Fairley (Minister of Independent Chapel, March, Cambridgeshire in Jul/Aug/Sep 1861 and lodging with Caroline's stepmother Rebecca Cole in High Street, March, Cambridgeshire at time of 1861 census)." - Mark Newman 54Marriage Notes (Rev. Samuel Fairley)
1870 US census, Wellfleet:
house 192, family 215
Fairley, Samuel, age 45, clergyman, no $ valuations listed, born Ireland, US citizen
Fairley, Caroline, 31, keeping house, born England
Fairley, Joseph W, 12, attending school, born England
Fairley, Grace E, 7, attending school, born England
Fairley, Edwin, 6, attending school, born England
Fairley, James A, 4, at home, born England
Fairley, Anna L, 2, at home, born Penn
Fairley, Samuel C, 8/12, born Mass
Rich, Elizabeth D, 16, servant, born Mass
1880 US census, Falmouth MA:
The Fairleys were all in Falmouth. 55
Carrie Newcomb Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Mar 1872 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Apr 1914 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 56
Burial: in North Eastham, Massachusetts 57
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Cole (1830-1895) 58
Mother: Caroline G Moore (1834-1872) 59
Spouses and Children
1. *Eben Tilton Atwood Jr (21 Oct 1874 - )
Marriage: 29 Nov 1899 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Atwood (1901-1901) 60
2. Margaret Atwood (1904- )
3. Geraldine Atwood (1908- )
Notes
General:
1895, single, in OrleansMedical:
obit
long-time invalidMarriage Notes (Eben Tilton Atwood Jr)
age 42-1
1912 children Marguerite and Geraldine
Charity Cole
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 May 1717 - Eastham, Massachusetts 61
Baptism:
Death: in Kittery, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Cole (Abt 1669-1725)
Mother: Lydia Remick (1676- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Moses Fernald (Cir 1713 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Charles Cole
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Dec 1778 - Malden, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Charles Cole (1750- )
Mother: Rhoda Cox (1755- ) 29
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