Sarah Cole

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name
Sarah Cole
aka
[Sarah Holdershaw, Sarah Shaw]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Twin daughter of Joseph and Sarah Cole, born at Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1738, and probably the Sarah Cole who married John Holdershaw there in 1760. About 1787-90 the family moved to Bald Hill Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot, where they were called Shaw, and she was widowed by 1807. Probably the mother of Hope and Delilah, who married the Ellingwood brothers Richard and Ralph.
born
date
9 Sep 1738
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-eastham]
note
A twin, with her sister Mary.
residences
date
1790
place
Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1790-frankfort-ellingwood]
note
With her husband John Holdershaw at Bald Hill Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot (1790 census).
mother
id
sarah-nickerson-fl1737
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-eastham, vital-records-harwich]
note
Born to "Joseph and Sarah Cole," who married at Harwich the year before.
father
id
joseph-cole-1718
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-eastham]

"mary Cole and Sarah Cole Daughters of Joseph and Sarah Cole was born at Eastham on ye 9th day of September 1738" (record). The intention of "John HolderShaw & Sarah Cole," both of Eastham, was entered on 4 April 1760, and they married that December. John joined the Eastham church in 1773, served as a corporal and sergeant in 1775-76, and about 1787-90 took the family to Bald Hill Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot, where they dropped "Holder" and were called Shaw. He died there before May 1807, when "widow Sarah (X) Shaw" asked for an administrator of his estate. Two of their daughters, Hope and Delilah, married the Ellingwood brothers Richard and Ralph.

Through her mother she descends from Nathaniel Bassett of Yarmouth, and through her father from the Coles of Eastham and, it is believed, from Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower by way of Ruth Snow (Cape Cod ancestry of Hope Holdershaw and Hannah Brown).

That the Sarah Cole who married John Holdershaw is this Sarah, born 1738, is Ruth Gray's identification (probable): Hope's brother and sister Joseph and Mary carry the names of this Sarah's father and twin, and the families intermarried again on the Penobscot ("Rachel Cole m Joseph Holdershaw Nov 25 1790" at Orrington). The marriage is recorded on John Holdershaw's page.

Open questions

  • Her father's probate (Barnstable, 1795), or any Eastham record naming Sarah Holdershaw or Shaw as his daughter, would prove the identification.
  1. ---
  2. name: Sarah Cole
  3. aka: [Sarah Holdershaw, Sarah Shaw]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Twin daughter of Joseph and Sarah Cole, born at Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1738, and probably the
  8. Sarah Cole who married John Holdershaw there in 1760. About 1787-90 the family moved to Bald Hill
  9. Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot, where they were called Shaw, and she was widowed by 1807.
  10. Probably the mother of Hope and Delilah, who married the Ellingwood brothers Richard and Ralph.
  11. born:
  12. date: 9 Sep 1738
  13. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: proven
  16. sources: [vital-records-eastham]
  17. note: A twin, with her sister Mary.
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1790"
  20. place: Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine
  21. basis: inferred
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [census-1790-frankfort-ellingwood]
  24. note: "With her husband John Holdershaw at Bald Hill Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot (1790 census)."
  25. mother:
  26. id: sarah-nickerson-fl1737
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [vital-records-eastham, vital-records-harwich]
  30. note: Born to "Joseph and Sarah Cole," who married at Harwich the year before.
  31. father:
  32. id: joseph-cole-1718
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [vital-records-eastham]
  36. ---
  38. "mary Cole and Sarah Cole Daughters of Joseph and Sarah Cole was born at Eastham on ye 9th day of
  39. September 1738" ([record](/files/sources/vital-records-eastham/)). The intention of "John HolderShaw & Sarah Cole,"
  40. both of Eastham, was entered on 4 April 1760, and they married that December. John joined the Eastham
  41. church in 1773, served as a corporal and sergeant in 1775-76, and about 1787-90 took the family to
  42. Bald Hill Cove, Frankfort, on the Penobscot, where they dropped "Holder" and were called Shaw. He died
  43. there before May 1807, when "widow Sarah (X) Shaw" asked for an administrator of his estate. Two of
  44. their daughters, Hope and Delilah, married the Ellingwood brothers Richard and Ralph.
  46. Through her mother she descends from Nathaniel Bassett of Yarmouth, and through her father from the
  47. Coles of Eastham and, it is believed, from Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower by way of Ruth Snow
  48. (`research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md`).
  50. That the Sarah Cole who married John Holdershaw is this Sarah, born 1738, is Ruth Gray's
  51. identification (probable): Hope's brother and sister Joseph and Mary carry the names of this Sarah's
  52. father and twin, and the families intermarried again on the Penobscot ("Rachel Cole m Joseph
  53. Holdershaw Nov 25 1790" at Orrington). The marriage is recorded on John Holdershaw's page.
  55. ## Open questions
  57. - Her father's probate (Barnstable, 1795), or any Eastham record naming Sarah Holdershaw or Shaw as
  58. his daughter, would prove the identification.
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