Brief Life History of John
When John Cole was born about 1718, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, his father, Thomas Cole, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Smith, was 24. He married Mary Constant on 24 October 1743, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- John Cole, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Spouse and Children
1718– Male
1722– Female
Parents and Siblings
1691–1748 Male
1695– Female
Siblings (6)
1718– Male
1720–1803 Female
1722– Female
1723– Female
1726– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (7)
1720 · South Sea Bubble
Age 2
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
Age 34
1754 · Seven Years' War
Age 36
Name Meaning
English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).
English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).
English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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