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Stricker Family Tree - James Cole, Shoemaker and Innkeeper.

James Cole, Shoemaker and Innkeeper
Family Connection - 9th Great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker


Memorial Plaque for James Cole at Cole's Hill

James Cole was born in about 1600 in Barnstable, Devon, England. On May 1, 1625, he married Mary Tibbes. They had at least four children:

            James         b. 1626        d. 1698
            Hugh          b. 1628        d. 1699
            John           b. 1630        d. 1677    
            Mary          b. 1632        d. after 1677, exact year unknown

James, Mary, and the four children immigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1633. He was made Freeman sometime before January 1, 1634. 

James was a shoemaker and innkeeper by trade. He and his family were the first to settle on what is now known as Cole's Hill in Plymouth. 

After being granted Freemanship, James opened an inn and public house - an "ordinary" was the term used at that time. He was often outside the boundaries of law. He was fined ten shillings in June 1637 for shorting customers - giving them less ale than what they paid for. In May 1640, he was banned from serving any "wine or strong water " until the next General Court, when he was required to get a special license. In June 1640, court records indicate that his Inn was in modern terms "trashed", with furniture broken and thrown about. Several other court records indicate general lawlessness and disorder. 

In 1653, the town of Plymouth ruled he would be paid by the town to keep his ordinary functioning. In 1659, the town paid him £10 for repairs. 

He was fined multiple times for "selling strong liquors to Indians", and for allowing drunkenness in his establishment. He was also charged with and fined for allowing townspeople to drink on the Sabbath. 

He served several times on juries, and was elected Constable twice (really?). He was pressed into service during the Pequot War, and a boat he owned was pressed into service to transport soldiers in June 1654. 

James Cole's wife Mary died in 1668. James exact year of death is unknown, but it was after October 1678. Some chroniclers suggest he died in 1692, but there does not appear to be any documentary evidence. 

James and Mary were buried in Burial Hill burying ground. No marker exists for either of them. 

Burial Hill was the second graveyard for Plymouth. The fifty-plus Plymouth settlers who died during the winter of 1620-1621 were buried on Cole's Hill. Later, when Cole's Hill was excavated, the remains unearthed were placed in a sarcophagus on site. 

Cole's Hill Sarcophagus

James Cole > Hugh Cole > Martha Cole > Susanna Sweeting > Sarah Hunt > Lucy Knox > Sarah Abbey > Polly Ann Brown > Lucy M Windsor > Lillian May Grover > Gertrude Myra Newland > 
Roy Ellsworth Stricker   Charts S-I and S-Main





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