William Cole 
William was born about 1227 in Of Hittisleigh, Coleton, Devonshire, England. William's father is Richard Cole. His paternal grandparents are William Cole and Yasabella. He is an only child.General Notes
The family Cole/Cola appears in Domesday Survey as the holder of muchland in Haunts, Devon, Wilts, etc., in the reign of King Edward theConfessor. The family was of high antiquity and rank in Saxon times.
In a deed from William the Conqueror in 1070 Cole is one of the Barons inHampshire and Wiltshire. The family remained seated in these counties andin Devon.
This William Cole was living 1243....
(Source: Family histories and genealogies : a series of genealogical andbiographical monographs on the families of MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord,Lynde, Digby, Newdigate, Hoo, Willoughby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin,Ogden, Johnson, Diodati, Lee and Marvin : and notes on the families ofBuchanan, Parmelee, Boardman, Lay, Locke, Cole, DeWolf, Drake, Bond andSwayne, Dunbar and Clarke, and a notice of Chief Justice Morrison RemickWaite : with twenty-nine pedigree-charts and two charts of combineddescents
unknown: Priv. print., 1892, page 619 of 1,893 pgs. )
He had a biological son named Roger.
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