William Cole (immigrant)

William Cole
Member of the House of Burgesses for Nutmegg Quarter, Colony of Virginia
In office
1629
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byJoseph Stratton
Personal details
Bornca. 1598
Essex England
Diedbefore 1664
Colony of Virginia
SpouseFrances
RelativesWilliam Cole (councillor) (son)
William Cole (burgess)(grandson)
Occupationplanter, politician

William Cole (circa 1598 to before 1664) emigrated from Essex, England to the Colony of Virginia in 1618, and in 1629 was one of the two men who represented Nutmeg Quarter (which later became part of Warwick County) in the House of Burgesses.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 8
  2. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1, p. 215