Benjamin COLE

1762 - 1825  (63 years)

• Name	Benjamin COLE  [1]
  Birth	1762	,, New England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Note	Benjamin Cole probably came to the Island of St. John with his mother and his stepfather, George Penman, who had been Paymaster of the British Forces under Lord Rollo when Rollo occupied the Island in 1758. George Penman and his family were living in the Port Hill area of Prince Edward Island prior to 1783.
  Death	1825	, Lower Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island   [2]
  Person ID	I73609	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F35214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella ROBINS,   b. 1768, the area of, Amboy, New Jersey d. 27 Aug 1855, , Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  	married by license issued October 13, 1787.
  Marriage License	13 Oct 1787  [4]
  	Benjamin Cole, farmer, Richmond Bay, and Isabella Robins, spinster, Bedec (sic). Fees paid 10.
  Children	1. Elizabeth COLE,   b. 1788, , Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 10 Jun 1866, ,, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 78 years)   2. James COLE,   b. 22 Apr 1792   d. 22 Feb 1873 (Age 80 years)   3. Sarah COLE   4. Ann Nancy COLE,   b. 9 May 1794   d. 2 Dec 1866 (Age 72 years)   5. Mary COLE   6. Christiana COLE,   b. 1796, , Lower Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 1869, , the home of her daughter Isabella, Cascumpec, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 73 years)   7. Isabella COLE,   b. 1800, , Lower Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island d. 20 Apr 1867 (Age 67 years)   8. Benjamin COLE,   b. 1803   d. 10 Apr 1875, ,, Prince County, Prince Edward Island (Age 72 years)   9. Richard COLE   10. Margaret COLE,   b. Abt 1807   d. 27 Mar 1883 (Age ~ 76 years)   11. Amelia COLE
  Family ID	F17132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 2). [S362] Harold Cairns, personal communication, 362. (Reliability: 2). [S3838] Marriage License - Cole/Robins, 3838. (Reliability: 3).