Elizabeth Cole

Events

Date of Baptism: 7 July 1666.

Place of Baptism: Clent, Worcestershire, England (St Leonard’s)

The baptism is given in the parish register. That Elizabeth’s father and brother identify her in their wills makes the identification of the correct family easier.

Date of Death: April 1732.

Place of Burial: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

This information comes from a monumental inscription, which states that she died at the age of 66.

Relationships

Father: William Cole (died 1711).

William names his daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Joseph Bach in his will.

Mother: Mary Scott (died 1691).

Mary’s name is given in her marriage record.

Spouse: Joseph Bach (1666 - 1757).

Joseph names his wife’s brother, William Cole, in his will. William Cole names his sister, Elizabeth Bach, and her son Benjamin Bach, in his will. Elizabeth’s father, William Cole senior, names his son-in-law Joseph Bach and Joseph’s wife Elizabeth in his will. A fine from 1714 records that Joseph Bach's wife was a Cole (Amphlett p. 425).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Benjamin Bach (about 1697 - 1792) married Sarah Foley 30 November 1716 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire.

William Bach (baptized 17 July 1705 in Bromsgrove).

Lydia Bach (buried 16 July 1772 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, St Peter’s) married (1) someone surnamed Fellows; married (2) John Corson 30 April 1733 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (St Peter’s).

Mary Bach married Richard Pritchard.

Phoebe Bach married Joseph Mason.

Evidence

A transcription of the will and inventory of Elizabeth’s brother, William Cole

In the name of God Amen I William Cole of Clent in the County of Stafford Gent make this my last Will & testament in manner following Imprimis my will & mind is that my Sister Elizabeth Bach & my Cozen George Cole of Brumhill & their heirs shall within one yeare next after my decease surrender & assure(?) All those two pieces of ground called Covey Hasells & Longfurlong lying in Ryeflefields(?) in the parish of Clent aforesd & lately by me purchased of Henry Corden to the use of Roger Waldron of Walton John Hill of the Bank in Nether Clent John Gopp of Hollowcross Gilbert Cole of Redhall & William Penn of Harberrow & to as many more trustees as my Exrs shall think fit to nominate & their heirs to the use intent & purpose that the said trustees & their heirs doe & shall yearly for ever hereafter lay out pay & distribute rents issues & profitts of the premisses to & amongst such poor people inhabitants of the parish of Clent aforesd as shall not receive weekly pay or collection from the parishioners & are the fittest objects of this my charity. The same to be distributed halfe yearly soon after the receipt of the rent of the premisses to & amongst the poor in such manner & by such shares as my said trustees shall think will doe most good And my will is that my Trustees shall in the first place recompence & reimburse themselves all fines & duties(?) due to the Lord of the Mannor for or by reason of the sd trusts & all charges & expences which my sd trustees shall suffer(?) in the Execution of the said trust (***)And if my said sister Elizabeth Bach & Cozen George or their heirs doe & shall within one year after my death surrender the premisses according to the purport of this my will then I give to the said Elizabeth & George fifty pounds apiece But in case they or either of them or their or either of their heirs refuse to surrender in manner aforesaid Then the sd sumes of fifty pounds apiece given to the sd Elizabeth & George as aforesd shall be paid to my sd trustees to be by them laid out in lands & setled upon the trusts aforesd Item I give to Ann Cresswell Dorothy Cole Richard Cole & Gilbert Cole the children of my late sister Mary Cole the sume of one Hundred & fifty pounds apiece to be to them sevrally paid at their respective ages of one & twenty yeares or marriage first hapning Item I give to Benjamin Bach the son of my sister Elizabeth Bach fifty pounds & to his Bro'r Wm Bach & his sisters Mary Bach Lydia Bach & Phebe Bach the sume of one hundred & fifty pounds apiece to be to them severally paid at their several ages of one & twenty yeares or marriage first hapning Item I give to the s'd children of my late sister Mary Cole the further sume of twenty pounds to be equally divided amongst them being the same sum as my late father gave to my said late sisters children William & Elizabeth Cole who dyed in my said father's life time Item I give to my servant man John Tayler four pounds & to all my other servants that live with me at my decease one full yeares wages besides what shall then be due to them Item I give to my workmen William Cleeve Wm Green & William Davis forty shillings apiece & to Francis Tayler of Hollowcross & his sister Catherine Tenn Shillings apiece & to my Cozen Francis Cooper of Kidderminster one Guinea Item I give to my Bro'rs in law Joseph Bach & Richard Cole tenn pounds apiece & doe hereby constitute & ordain the sd Joseph Bach & Richard Cole Executors of this my Will & testament & my friends John Spilsbury of Kidderminster & Joseph Coe of the same overseers & for their trouble I give them a Guinea apiece All my goods cattle stock and personall estate of what nature or kind soever (my debts legacies & funerall expences being first paid & satisfied I give & bequeath to amongst all the children of my sister Bach Except her eldest son & to & amongst all the children of my late sister Mary Cole Except her Eldest son to be equally divided that is to say one moyty thereof to my sister Elizabeth Bach's children & the other Moyty to my later sister Coles children Except their respective Eldest sons afores'd Each & only of the said children to receive this her & their part thereof as their severall ages of one & twenty yeares or marriage first hapning And my will is that in case any of the children of my said sister Elizabeth Bach shall happen to dye before his her or their legacy or legacies given by vertue of this my will become payable Then the part & share of him her & them soe dying shall be equally divided amongst the surviver of them if there be more then one such & if there be but one survivor then he to have the whole when & as such survivors or Survivor shall attain the age of one & twenty yeares or of them if there be more then one such & if there be but one survivor then he to have ye whole when & as such survivors or Survivor shall attaine the age of one & twenty yeares or be married And also in case any of the children of my late sister Mary Cole shall dye before his her or their legacy or legacies become payable by vertue of this my Will Then the part of him her or them dying shall be equally Divided amongst the survivors of them if there be more then one such & if there be but one survivor then he to have the whole at such time as such Survivors & Survivor shall attaine their respective ages of one & twenty yeares or be married And I doe further will & appoint that all the interest yt shall be made of the sevrall legacies hereby given until the same become payable according to the tenor of this my will shall be paid by my Executors to ye respective legatees with their legacies & as an addition to & increase of the same And I doe hereby revoake all former Wills & declare this to be my last In Wittness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale & published the same to be my last Will & testament the sixteenth day of April Anno Dni1713 & in the twelfth year of the reigne of Queen Ann over Great Brittaine et

Signed Sealed & published by the Testator in _____ of us who observed ye word Harberrow interlined first & two lines crossed out in the first side and some part of a line blotted out in the second side

James Thompson Joseph Creswell Joseph Cox

23 die Decembris 1713 Que Die _______ ___foraliter Executores internominati in debite juris forma jura___ fuit _______ Guil: Betterlegh(?)

September 23d Anno Dom 1713

An Inventory was then taken of all the Goods Cattle Chattels & Credits of William Cole junr late of Clent dated by us whose names are hereunto subscribed as followeth

Imprimis his wearing Apparrell 05-0-0

In the Hall a Table, fo___Screen and other odd things 02-0-0

In the Kitchen brass pewter & other things 04-0-0

In the best Chamber a Bed Chest Cubbert & Chaires etc 05-0-0

In the Hall Chamber a Bed hanging prese 04-0-0

In the Chamber adjoyning two Beds one Chest 02-0-0

In the little Chamber one bed & other small things 03-0-0

In the parlour a Table press & Cubbert 02-0-0

Twelve pair of sheets & other Linen 05-0-0

Five Horses with their Gearing 28-0-0

Fourteen Cow Beasts at 42-18-0

All manner of husbandry Implemts 20-0-0

One hundred sheep old and young at 15-0-0

Wool in the house at 30-0-0

Piggs of all sorts 06-0-0

Corn of all sorts 45-10-0

Old Corn at 10-0-0

Flax at 7-0-0

Hay and Clover at 14-0-0

Ready money and money at interest part of which is doubtfull or desperate 800-0-0

Things forgotten and not seen 010-0-0 (or 0-10-0)

In all 1090-10-0

Aprized by us Nicholas Pearman Gilbert Cole

References

Amphlett, John. An Index to Worcestershire Fines 1649-1714. (1896).

Clent, Worcestershire parish registers, FHL film 1042160, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.