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COLES
The Records of the Coles family supposedly go back to Richard Colles of Pickwick, Warwickshire, who sprung from the family of Collefern, Somerset.

Robert Coles was born about 1514 and died 11 Sep 1575 in Preston, England

Nathaniel Coles was born about 1571 in Sudbury, Suffolk.

Robert Coles was born about 1597-8 in Sudbury, Suffolk, and died in 1655 in Warwick, Rhode Island. He married about 1630 Mary. She died before 1637 in Warwick,R.I. He married about 1637 Mary Hawxhurst, daughter of Sampson Hauxhurst/Hawkhurst. She was born about 1602 in Nauneton, Warwickshire, and died between 1656 and 1682 in Oyster Bay, Long Island.  That he had two wives named Mary is indicated by his son John, who on 8 Dec 1655 called his father's widow "my mother-in-law."  His second wife was identified 18 Dec 1683 when his son Nathaniel participated in a transaction in Oyster Bay with "my uncle Christopher Hoackshurst."  After Robert's death, Mary married Mathias Harvey and moved to Oyster Bay, NY where she died.

Robert came to Massachusetts Bay Colony with Governor Winthrop in 1630, and on 19 October 1630 requested to be a Freeman of Roxbury. He was made a Freeman 18 May 1631, and was member #8 of the Roxbury church. He was fined several times for intoxication. On 4 March 1633: "The court orders that Robert Coles, for drunkenness by him committed at Roxbury, shall be disenfranchised, weare about his necke and soe to hange upon his outward garment a D made of redd clothe and sett upon white; to contynue this for a yeare, and not to leave it off at any tyme when he comes amongst company, under penalty of 10 Ls. for the first offense, and V pounds for the second, and after to be punished by the court as they think meete; also he is to weare the D outwards, and in enjoyned to appear at the next general court, and to contynue thise until it be ended." With John Winthrop, Jr, he moved to Agawam (Ipswich) in 1 Apr 1633 to start the church there, to Salem in 1635, and to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1637, where he seems to have reformed in earnest and was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church along with Roger Williams and William Carpenter.  On 27 Jul 1647 he and 38 others signed an agreement for a form or government.  He purchased land in Pawtuxet, and on 2 Jan 1653 he sold his house and lot in Providence to Richard Pray. On 27 Feb 1653/4 he and his wife sold to Zachariah Roades for 80 pounds his interest in a dwelling house at Pawtuxet and other land he had purchased of his son-in-law Henry Townsend, and 27 Apr 1655 a meadow and 25 acres of upland to Nall. Whitman.  On 28 Oct 1655, the Warwick town council met to settle his estate, since he left no will.

. 1. John Coles (c1630-1676) married Ann (c1640-before 1676) lived in Portsmouth, RI
. . . . 11. Solomon Coles
. . . . 12. Nathan Coles (c.1655-1729) married about 1690 Rachel Hopkins, lived at Oyster Bay
. . . . 13. Mercy Coles (2 Feb 1664/5) married about 1690 Timothy Carpenter
. 2. Deliverance Coles (c1632-c1671) married about 1651 Richard Townsend (c1630-1671)
. . . . 21. Dinah Townsend (c1651-1732) married Thomas Willets
. . . . 22. Leah Townsend (ca653) married John Williams
. . . . 23. Deliverance Townsend m(1) Benjamin Carman; m(2) Jonathan Lewis
. . . . 24. Hannah Townsend (c1660)
. . . . 25. Mary Townsend
. . . . 26. John Townsend (c1665-c1772) m(1) Phebe Williams; m.1707 Mercey Langdon, widow Willets
. . . . 27. Richard Townsend (1671) married Ruth Marvin
. 3. Ann Coles (c1634-after 1695) m.1648 Henry Townsend (1619-1695)
. . . . 31. Henry Townsend (1649-1718) m.c1677 Deborah Underhill (1659-1698)
. . . . 32. Mary Townsend married John Wright
. . . . 33. John Townsend (c1655) called "Mill John" m(1) Joanna; m(2) Esther Smith
. . . . 34. Susanna Townsend (c1655) married Aaron Furman/Forman
. . . . 35. Rose Townsend married Joseph Dickenson
. . . . 36. Elizabeth Townsend (d.13 Sep 1680) unmarried
. . . . 37. Robert Townsend (1667-c1687) unmarried
. 4. Daniel Coles (c1637-29 Nov 1692) married about 1665 Mahah Shalal Hasbaz Gorton
. . . . 41. Samuel Coles (c1665-1723) m.1693 Elizabeth Albertson (c1665-1723)
. . . . 42. Benjamin Coles (1667) married Pheebe Simpkins
. . . . 43. Elizabeth Coles (1671) married Derrick Albertson
. . . . 44. Susanna Coles (c1673) married Josias Latting
. . . . 45. Joseph Coles (1675-1767) married Temperance Albertson
. . . . 46. Sarah Coles (1676) married Ichabod Hopkins
. . . . 47. Ann Coles (c1678)
. . . . 48. Mary Coles (c1680) married a Downing
. . . . 49. Joseph Coles (29 Jun 1717-1780) m.1736 Freelove Weeks (1719-1788)
. 5. Sarah Coles (1636-c1692) married about 1664 Thomas Townsend (1645-1715)
. . . . 51. Temperance Townsend (4 Jul 1665-19 Aug 1682) 
. . . . 52. John Townsend (28 Apr 1672-6 Nov 1709) m.(1) Rebekah Almy; m.1706 Rose Wright (c1670)
. . . . 53. Freelove Townsend (29 Dec 1674-July 1726) m.1695 Thomas Jones (1665-1713) 
. . . . 54. Sylvanus Townsend (1676) moved to North Salem, NY, in 1740 [OR - 28 Aug 1667-8 Oct 1680]
. .. .  55. Sarah Townsend (10 Jun 1679-1731) m.1702 Abraham Underhill (1679-1713)
. . . . 56. Mary Townsend (14 Nov 1681)
. . . . 57. Phebe Townsend (d.26 Dec 1726)
. 6. Nathaniel Coles (c1637-c1678) m.1667 Martha Jackson (c1648-1668); m.c1669 Deborah Wright
. . . . 71. Nathaniel Coles (1668-1705) m.1691 Rose Wright [who m(2) John Townsend above]
. . . . 61. Caleb Coles (c1670) married Hannah Carpenter
. . . . 62. Harvey Coles (c1672)
. . . . 63. Martha Coles (c1674) married Samuel McCoun
. 7. Robert Coles (c1644-16 Apr 1715)  m.1670 Mercy Wright (1641-1708)
. . . . 71. Nathan Coles (18 Mar 1672) m.21 Feb 1691 Rachel Hopkins
. . . . 72. Tamar Wright Coles (18 May 1673-1730) m.1690 Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter (1668-1730)
. . . . 73. Dorcas Coles (15 May 1675)
. . . . 74. Robert Coles Jr (9 Apr 1677-12 Jun 1703 married Deborah Carpenter
. . . . 75. John Coles (15 Nov 1678) married Sarah Ann Feake, and moved to New Rochelle about 1730
. . . . 76. Charles Coles (4 Mar 1679)
. . . . 77. Freegift Coles (1682-1683)
. . . . 78. Mercy Coles (1684-1746) m.1704 Capt. Benjamin Carpenter (c1676-1768)
. . . . 79. Mary Coles (30 Mar 1686) married William Thorneycraft

Sarah Coles (1636-16 May 1684?) married about 1664 Thomas Townsend (bapt.9 Apr 1645-26 Sep 1715), he married secondly Mary Unthank, widow of Col. Job Almy (d.1684) and daughter of Christopher and Susanna Unthank.  Thomas was Town Clerk of Oyster Bay, moving to Rhode Island about 1692.  He died in Portsmouth, RI.
. . 1. Temperance Townsend (4 Jul 1665-19 Aug 1682) 
. . 2. John Townsend (28 Apr 1672-6 Nov 1709) m.1 Apr 1692 Rebekah Almy (26 Jan 1671-24 Feb 1703);
. . . . .m.1706 Rose Wright (c1670)
. . 3. Freelove Townsend (29 Dec 1674-July 1726) m.1695 Thomas Jones (1665-1713)
. . 4. Sylvanus Townsend (1676) moved to North Salem, NY, in 1740    [OR - 28 Aug 1667-8 Oct 1680]
. . 5. Sarah Townsend (10 Jun 1679-1731) m.1702 Abraham Underhill (1679-1713)
. . 6. Mary Townsend (14 Nov 1681)
. . 7. Phebe Townsend (d.26 Dec 1726)

Freelove Townsend (1674-1726) m.1695 Thomas Jones (1665-1713)

 Freelove Jones (1700-bef1768)  m.1719 Jacob Smith (1690-1757)

Isaac Smith (1722-1795) m.1744 Margaret Platt  (1728-1791)

Mary Smith (1744-1809) m.1762 Maurice Smith (d.1779)

Margaret Smith (1763-1821) m.1780 Morgan Edwards (c1750-1798)

Margaret Edwards (1789-1864) m.1821 Thomas Tate (1775-1838)

Thomas Edwards Tate (1821-1914) m.1845 Mary Vernon Cutrer (1825-1892)

Frances Mary Tate (1852-1881) m.1871 Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928)

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews (1874-1948)

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951) (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)


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