The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Cole · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Nathaniel Cole

Born about 1678, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Died 1743, Christian Lane Cemetery, Kensington, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Nathaniel Cole (about 1678 – 20 June 1743) was an early settler of the Great Swamp, the district of Farmington, Connecticut, that became Kensington and Berlin. He was the sixth great-grandfather of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), through his daughter Lydia Cole (1709–1776).

He was probably born at Farmington; a Cole family genealogy makes him a son of John Cole (1639–1689) and Rachel Hart (1642–1684). The family were among the first settlers of the Great Swamp and members of the Great Swamp Society, the church society formed there; the Cole name is among those cut into the boulder at the entrance to Christian Lane Cemetery. He married Elizabeth Woodford (1682–before 1739) at Farmington on 11 June 1707, and after her death a second wife, Lydia, whose surname is not recorded. His will, dated 20 March 1738/9, names Lydia, his daughters Eunice Cole and Rachel Boardman, and his sons Nathan, Job, Nathaniel and Elisha.

He died in June 1743 and was buried in Christian Lane Cemetery at Kensington, where his gravestone remains legible. The cemetery lay untended for many years until the Daughters of the American Revolution raised a fund for its upkeep in 1900; many of his descendants lie in the burying grounds of Kensington and Berlin.

Notes

Birth

The sources give his birth as about 1678 at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony. These are printed works, not a record of his own birth. The main source is The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America, which lists “iv. Nathaniel, b. 1678” among the children of John and Rachel Cole; an archive copy of the same book gives him as born at Farmington in 1678. A second source is Henry R. Stiles’s The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut. Its reading of the Kensington gravestone would put his age at death at 65, which agrees with 1678, but the printed age is garbled in the digitised text at that point, so that reading is uncertain. The earlier date of 1682 had no source and is no longer used.

Family time line

◉ Nathaniel Cole abt 1678–1743
◉ Elizabeth Woodford 1682–bef 1739
Married 11 Jun 1707, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Farmington, Connecticut Colony
◉ Lydia Cole 1709–1776
○ Nathan Cole 1711–
○ Rachel Cole 1713–
○ Job Cole 1714–
○ Nathaniel Cole 1716–
○ Elisha Cole 1718–
○ Eunice Cole 1722–

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth abt 1678 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America from a compiled source
Burial Jun 1743 Christian Lane Cemetery, Kensington, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America not yet documented
Death 20 Jun 1743 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America on record
16781743 16901700171017201730

Sources

  • Stiles, Henry R., The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut (1904) - Kensington (Berlin) burying-ground inscriptions: Nathaniel Cole and his wives — Birth
  • The Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America — Birth
  • Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, vol. III p.394 — Nathaniel Cole of Kensington, will 20 Mar 1738/9 — Death, about this person, family with Elizabeth Woodford
  • Elizabeth Woodford, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850" — about this person
  • Genealogical Notes On the Founding of New England, 1629-1640 — about this person
  • Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation — about this person
  • Nathaniel Coal in entry for Elisha Coal, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Coal in entry for Nathaniel Coal, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Cole in entry for Lydia Cole, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Cole in entry for Nathaniel Cole, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Cole, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Cole, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850" — about this person
  • Nathaniel Cole, "Find a Grave Index" — about this person
  • Nathaniel in entry for Lydia, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Nathaniel in entry for Nathaniel, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" — about this person
  • Various ancestral lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1700 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Lydia Cole 1709–1776
    1. Elizabeth Curtis 1737–1801
    2. Thomas Curtis 1739–1776 ⚔
      1. Mary Curtis 1774–1867
        1. Reuben Gaylord 1812–1880
    3. Marcy Freeman Curtis 1740–
    4. Job Curtis 1745–1807
    5. John Curtis 1748–bef 1790
      1. Jeremiah Curtis 1770–aft 1810
        1. John Curtis 1792–1792 ✧
        2. Waterman Curtis 1793–1859
        3. Junia Curtis 1795–1809 ✧
        4. Truman Curtis 1804–1885 ⚭
        5. Electa Curtis 1811–1888
      2. Huldah T. Curtis 1772–1872
      3. Junia Curtis 1774–1831
        1. Jacob L. Curtis 1794–1889
        2. Harriet Curtis 1799–1890
        3. Alonzo Curtis 1810–1860
        4. Lewis Leroy Curtis 1813–1904
      4. Lorrain Curtis 1775–1850
      5. Thomas Curtis 1778–abt 1848
      6. Mary Mercy Curtis 1779–
      7. Remembrance Curtis Sr. 1781–1840
        1. Susan Curtis 1805–1831
        2. Lorena Curtis 1808–1879
        3. Remembrance Curtis 1818–1890
    6. Lydia Curtis 1751–1820
  2. Nathan Cole 1711–
  3. Rachel Cole 1713–
  4. Job Cole 1714–
  5. Nathaniel Cole 1716–
  6. Elisha Cole 1718–
  7. Eunice Cole 1722–