Note: The following is a section of a family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. Subject numbers are HAP's originals. HAP's page divisions are shown: after subject page numbers are complete document page numbers in brackets and issue dates. The original text had generations indented in turn: here, generation numbers are added to each individual: the children of the title subject are "1/--". Subject 618. P1 (357) ROBERT COLES, The following is from "The Memorial of Samuel Hicks Seaman", by Mary Thomas Seaman: from "American Ancestry", Vol 9, pp 77-80: from Bunkers Long Island Genealogies: from "The Wright Family of Oyster Bay", by Rowland Delano Perrine, New York, 1923: from "The Jones Family of Long Island", by John Henry Jones, New York, 1907: from "Samuel Gorton", by Adelos Gorton, Philadelphia, 1907: and from the Cocks, Cock Family in America, by George William Cocks, New York, 1912. Robert Coles was born at Sudbury, Suffolk, England, about 1597, and died at Warwick, R.I., on October 18/1655. He came to Roxbury, Mass, with the Winthrops in 1630. In 1632 he was a member of the first representative body, and was made a freeman on October 19/1630. He removed to Agawan and Salem in 1633. In 1636 he was one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantations. In 1639 he was at Providence, and one of the twelve original members of the Baptist Church at Warwick, R.I., in 1648. He was a man of much prominence. He married about 1630, Mary Hawkhurst, born in England, died November 2/1684, daughter of Sampson Hawkhurst, see subject 1238. She came to New England with her brother Christopher in 1630, settled first at Ipswich, Mass., then moved to Rhode Island. After Robert's death, she married; 2nd, Matthias Harvey, and with her children, moved to Oyster Bay, L.I. Issue:- 1/1. John Coles. Died 1676. He married Anne ---, who married, 2nd, in 1683, William Loines, probably the father of William Loines who married on September 10/1726, Ann Valentine, born 1715, daughter of Obadiah and Martha (Willets) Valentine, see subject 290, pages 4-5. 1/2. Daniel Coles. Born 1642, died at Musketo Cove (now Glen Cove), November 29/1692. He married, about 1663, Maha Shalel Hasbaz Gorton, born about 1642, died before 1699, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Mayplatt) Gorton. Issue: - 2/1. Samuel Coles. He married Elizabeth Albertson, daughter of William and Barbara (Simkins) Albertson. Their son Joseph Coles married Abigail Hopkins, daughter of David and Amy (Weekes) Hopkins, see subject 304, page 4, and the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, vol 37, p 227. 2/2. Benjamin Coles. He married Phebe Simkins, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Weekes) Simkins, see subject 304, page 6. Issue: - 3/1. Joseph Coles. Will dated August 5/1768, proved January l2/l769 He married his cousin Temperance Albertson, daughter of Derrick and Dinah (Coles) Albertson, see next page. Issue:- 4/1. Joseph Coles, died 1788, a carpenter. He married about 1750, Hannah Cock, born at Brookville, L.I., April 2/1731, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Alling) Cock, and had four children. Hannah married, 2nd, in 1789, Matthew Prior, son of Matthew and Hannah (Cock) Prior, but had no children. 4/2. Albert Coles. 4/3. Derrick Coles, will dated June 24/1797, proved January 31/1798, which mentioned wife Ann and son Lawrence. 4/4. William Coles. 4/5. Benjamin Coles. 4/6. Ann Coles. She married John Weekes, son of Samuel and Anne (Carpenter) Weekes, see subject 304, page 2. Subject 618. P2 (358) 4/7. Rachel Coles. She married, perhaps, Daniel Hopkins, son of William Hopkins, see subject 304, page 4. 4/8. Jemima Coles, born 1741, died July 24/1819. She married Benjamin Rushmore, born September 4/1758, died December 15/1820, son of Thomas and Anneke (Hendrickson) Rushmore, see subject 132, page 7 for issue and further particulars. 3/2. Freelove Coles. She married Wright Frost, born 1706, died June 7/1759, son of Wright and Mary (Underhill) Frost: 6 childrn 3/3. Jemima Coles, born February 22/1714, died June 7/1759. She married, as his second wife, William Frost, born August 29/1702, died September 29/1782, son of William and Hannah (Prior) Frost, who had married, 1st, on December 20/1730, Susanna Coles, who died February 27/l736, daughter of Charles and Sarah (---) Coles, see page 5, and had two children by her. William and Jemima had three children. 2/3. Joseph Coles, born at Musketa Cove about 1675, died May 20/1767, 92 years or age. He married in 1704, Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Dickenson) Wright. Issue:- 3/1. Joseph Coles. He married, 1st, Charity Valentine, born April 30/1717, daughter of David and Charity (Coles) Valentine, see subject 290, page 3. He married, 2nd, Freelove Weaken, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Carpenter) Weekes, see subject 304, page 2. For their issue, see the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 36, p 61. 3/2. Daniel Coles. He married Anna Carpenter. Issue:- (may not be complete) 4/1. Isaac Coles. He married, 2nd, Anne Cock, daughter of Henry. 4/2. Jacob Coles, born March 3/1743, died June 3/1808. He married on July 4/1765, Sarah Cock, born March 6/1749, died of yellow fever on September 18/1798, see subject 132 page 3 for issue and further particulars. 3/3. Caleb Coles. 3/4. Penelope Coles. 3/5. Zipporah Coles. 3/6. Elizabeth Coles. 3/7. Anna Coles, born 1708, died September 28/1803. She married George Frost, born September 15/1704, died May 16/1760, and had two children, one of whom, Elizabeth, married Benjamin Townsend, see subject 308, pages 2 and 3 for issue. She married, 2nd, on January 11/1764, Micajah Townsend, see subject 616, page 4. 3/8. Solomon Coles. 2/4. Susanna Coles. She married in 1693, Josias Letting, son of Jonas and Sarah (Wright) Letting and had six children, see the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, vol 2, p 14. 2/5. Anne Coles. She married on February 20/1702, Thomas Wickes, son of John and Rose (Townsend) Wickes, see subject 308, page 8, and they had eleven children for whose names see the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 736, page 61, and the Gorton Genealogy, page 168. 2/6. Mary Coles, born 1674, died before 1695. She married in 1692-3, George Downing, born 1665-70, died 1735, see subject 290, page 2, for their issue and further particulars. 2/7. Dinah Coles. She married Derrick Albertson, son of William and Barbara (Simkins) Albertson Issue:- (may not be complete) 3/1. Temperance Albertson. She married Joseph Coles, her cousin, who died 1768, son of Benjamin and Phebe (Sinking) Coles, see previous page. 3/2. Albert Albertson, died 1730. He married Rachel (Weekes) Wright, daughter of Job and Phebe (Townsend) Wright, see subject 154, page 3, and widow of Nicholas Wright. 2/8. Sarah Coles, born 1660, died 1725. She married Ichabod Hopkins, born 1660, died January 25/1730. Issue:- 3/1. Thomas Hopkins. He married in 1736, Margaret --- and lived at North Castle, Westchester County, N.Y. 3/2. Daniel Hopkins born 1715, died 1763. He married Amy Weekes, born about 1716, died February 20/1775, daughter of Joseph Weekes, see subject 304, page 3 and 4 for their children. 3/3. Elizabeth Hopkins, born about 1717. She married on February 21/1734, as his second wife, Benjamin Birdsall of Rye, N.Y., born March 15/1691, died November 27/1754, who had married, 1st, Martha --- by whom he had eight children. See subject 600, page 3 for his parents Benjamin and Mercy (Forman) Birdsall. 3/4. Sarah Hopkins, born 1719, died 1815, aged 96 years. She married in 1736, Michael Mudge born 1713, will dated March 12/1795, proved November 23/1805, son of William and Ann (Coles) Mudge, see next page, and had six children. 3/5. Dinah Hopkins. She married Nehemiah Merritt, born 1715 died 1794, son of Thomas Merritt. They had four children and moved to Dutchess County, N.Y. 3/6. Ann Hopkins. No data, 1/3. Nathaniel Coles. Born at Oyster Bay, L.I., in 1640, died between 1707-1709. He married, 1st, on August 30/1667, Martha Jackson who died February 16/1668-9, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Washburn) Jackson of Hempstead, L.I. He married, 2nd, between 1660 and 1670, Deborah Wright, daughter of Nicholas and Ann (---) Wright. He married, 3rd, in 1695 Sarah Harcourt, born 1664, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Potter) Harcourt, see subject 306, page 2. Issue;- (by his first wife Martha Jackson) 2/1. Nathaniel Coles, born August 24/1668, died September 28/1705. He was a merchant and a Justice of the Peace. He married in 1690-1, Rose Wright, born 1685, died December 13/1754, daughter of John and Mary (Townsend) Wright, see subject 616, page 4. After Nathaniel's death, Rose married, 2nd, on February 2/1706, as his second wife, John Townsend, born August 28/1662, died November 6/1709 of smallpox, son of Thomas and Sarah (Coles) Townsend, see pages 5 and 6. Rose married, 3rd, in 1713, as his first wife, Samuel Birdsall, born 1687, died March 9/1761, son of Benjamin and Mercy (Forman) Birdsall, see subject 600, page 3 for their issue. Issue:- (from his will and the right genealogy) 3/1. Rosannah Coles, born October 2/1691, died June 19/1757. She married on March 8/1711, George Townsend, born October 18/1687, died May 11/1762, son of George and Mary (Hawkhurst) Townsend, see subject 154 for issue and further particulars. 3/2. Freelove Coles, born 169-. She married, John Dickenson. 3/3. Martha Coles, born May 12/1701, died July 23/1723. She married 1st, Jotham Townsend, who died in Oyster Bay in 1752, son of John and his second wife Esther (Smith) Townsend, see subject 616, page 3 for their issue and further particulars. Subject 618. P4. (360) 3/4. Wright Coles, born September 20/1704, died February 23/1765. He married on November 8/1730, Sarah Birdsall, born September 11/1712, died May 18/1799, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wright) Birdsall, see subject 600, page 3. Issue:- 4/1. Freelove Coles, born November 5/1731. She married, 1st, the Reverend Caleb Wright, born October 10/1730, died October 27/1752, a Baptist minister whose death occurred the day of his ordination. She married, 2nd, on August 4/1761 Nathan Horton who died November 2/1793, son of Joseph and Rachel (Coles) Horton, see next page. They had one son Isaac, born August 23/1751, died September 26/1752. 4/2. Nathaniel Coles, born 1734, died 1814. He married Hannah Butler who died in 1838. Issue: (by his second wife Deborah Wright) 2/2. Caleb Coles, died 1729. 2/3. Harvey Coles, died 1719. He married Mary Cooper, widow of Edward White. 2/4. Martha Coles. She married Samuel McCoun. 2/5. Berak Coles, died 1740. 2/6. Robert Coles, born 1670, died 1725. He married in 1712, Mary Harcourt, born 1674, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Potter) Harcourt, and widow of Maurice Shadbolt, whom she had married in 1703, and who died in 1712, see subject 306, page 1. 1/4. Robert Coles. Born 1630, probably the eldest son, died April 16/1715 at Musketa Cove. He married on January 1/1670, Mercy Wright, born June 4/1651, died October 21/1708, daughter of Nicholas and Anna (Carpenter) Wright. Issue: - 2/1. Nathan Coles, born March 18/1671-2. He married on February 21/1691, Rachel Hopkins, born April 12/1672. Issue:- 3/1. Anne Coles, born December 3/1692. She married, 1st, William Mudge, who died in 1713, son of Moses and Mary Mudge. The Jones Genealogy says she married, 2nd, Samuel Cheesman of Westchester County, N.Y., whose will was dated 1722, son of Thomas and --- (Valentine) Cheesman, see subject 144, but it doesn't say that she had married, 1st, William Mudge, nor whether she had any children by Samuel Cheesman. Issue:- (by her first husband William Mudge) 4/1. Coles Mudge, born 1711. He married Dorothy Coles and had a daughter Jean Mudge. 4/2. Michael Mudge, born 1713, will dated March 12/1795, proved November 23/1805, 92 years old. He married in 1736, his cousin Sarah Hopkins, born 1719, died 1815, 96 years old, daughter of Ichabod and Sarah (Coles) Hopkins, and had six children, see page 3. 3/2. Charity Coles, born September 1/1695. She married in April 1716, David Valentine, born 1689, died 1743, son of Richard and his second wife Sarah (Halstead) Valentine, see subject 290, page 3 for issue and further particulars. 3/3. Deborah Coles, born January 11/1697-8, died 1774. She married in 1720, her cousin Benjamin Carpenter, born at Cedar Swamp, L.I. about 1696, died 1749, son of Nathaniel and Tamar (Coles) Carpenter, a weaver, see below. Subject 618. P5 (361) Issue:- 4/1. Rachel Carpenter, born 1721. 4/2. Coles Carpenter, born 1735. 3/4. Content Coles, born April 25/1700. 3/5. Rachel Coles, born January 15/1703-4. She married Joseph Horton, born 1705, of Westchester County, N.Y. Their son Nathan married Freelove Coles, see previous page. 3/6. Martha Coles, born November 4/1706. She married at Hempstead on April 4/1726, John Latting, son of Richard and Mary (Wright) Letting, a farmer: they had two children. 2/2. Tamar Coles, born May 18/1673, died 1723. She married on November 5/1690, Nathaniel Carpenter, born about 1668, living in 1730, son of Joseph and Hannah Carpenter) Carpenter. Tamer's father, in his will, gave Nathaniel a 50 acre farm: he had altogether 220 acres. They had six children. 2/3. Dorcas Coles, born May 15/1675. 2/4. Robert Coles, born April 9/1677, died June 12/1703. He married in 1701, Deborah Underhill, born February 11/1682, daughter of John and Mary (Prior) Underhill. After Robert's death, Deborah married, 2nd, on July 16/1706, Thomas Willets. Issue:- 3/1. Mary Coles, born November 2/1702, died October 10/1758. She married Joseph Wood of Huntington, L.I., who died March 3/1774. 2/5. John Coles, born November 15/1678. 2/6. Charles Coles, born March 4/1679, died October 17/1738. He married Sarah ---, and had a daughter Susanna who married on December 20/1730, William Frost, see page 2. 2/7. Freegift Coles, born 1682-3. 2/8. Mary Coles, born March 30/1686. She married William Thornicraft. 2/9. Mercy Coles, born March 24/1683-4. She married in 1704, Benjamin Carpenter, born about 1676, son of Joseph-and Ann (Weekes) Carpenter and had seven children, see subject 304, page 7. 1/5. Anne Coles. She married prior to February 27/1653-4, Henry Townsend, who died February 6 or March 30/1695, son of Thomas Townsend, see subject 616, page 1 for issue and further particulars. 1/6. Elizabeth Coles. She married, 1st, a Mr. Montgomery: 2nd, John Townsend who died in 1668-9, son of Thomas Townsend, see subject 616, page 1, and subject 308 for issue and further particulars. 1/7. Deliverance Coles. She married Richard Townsend, who died at Jericho L.I,, about 1677, son of Thomas Townsend, see subject 616, page 3 for issue and further particulars. After Deliverance's death, Richard married, 2nd, Elizabeth Wickes of Warwick, R.I., daughter of John and Mary Wickes. 1/8. Sarah Coles. The Jones genealogy says she married Captain Thomas Townsend, perhaps the second son of Thomas Townsend, who was said to have died in England, see subject 616, page 2. Issue:- (may not be complete) 2/1. John Townsend, born August 28/1662, died November 6/1709. His first wife's name is unknown: he married, 2nd, on February 2/1706, Rose Wright, born 1685, died December 13/1754, daughter of John and Mary (Townsend) Wright, and widow of Nathaniel Coles, see page 3. After John's death, Rose married, 3rd, as his first wife, Samuel Birdsall, born 1687, died 1761, son of Benjamin and Mercy (Forman) Birdsall, see subject 600, page 3 for their children.