CHARLES B. COLES, who is prominently identified with the business interests of the city and county of Camden, is a lineal descendant of Samuel and Elizabeth Coles, who emigrated from Coles Hill, Hertfordshire, England, and landed on the Jersey shore of the Delaware River a few miles above the site of Philadelphia, before that city was founded. Samuel Coles was a hatter in his native country, and doubtless plied his trade among the few settlers here in the primitive forests of New Jersey when he first arrived. He built a house near the spot where he landed, but soon afterward moved farther eastward, and on the 13th day of the Third Month, 1682, obtained a right of survey for five hundred acres of land on the north side of the mouth of Coopers Creek and fronting on the river. His nearest neighbor, William Cooper, about the same time settled on the opposite side of the creek, in the midst of an Indian village of Shackomaxin. Samuel Coles sold part of his land to Henry Wood and purchased five hundred acres on the south side of Pemisaukin Creek and removed there in a house already erected. He gave the name of this place New Orchard, which was situated near the head of the south branch of that stream, but has now lost its identity. He subsequently owned more than one thousand acres of land, then mostly an unbroken forest, but now many valuable farms, some of which are owned by direct and collateral branches of the family which he founded in America. Samuel Coles was & member of the Legislature in the years 1683 and 1685 and had much to do with the political trouble of the province of New Jersey, among which was the settlement in 1685 of the first boundary line between the counties of Burlington and Gloucester. About 1790 he went on a visit to England and on his way back to New Jersey the vessel on which he was sailing stopped at the Island of Barbadoes, where he was taken sick of a fever and died. Samuel Coles and his wife, Elizabeth, had two children— Samuel (who married Mary, a daughter of Thomas Kendall) and Sarah (who married James Wild). Samuel and Mary Coles’ children were Samuel (who married Mary Lippincott), Joseph (married Mary Wood), Thomas (married Hannah Stokes), Kendall (married Ann Budd), Elizabeth (married Jacob Buckman and Benjamin Cooper), Mary(married Edward Tonkins), Susannah (married William Budd), and Rachel (married Enoch Roberts). James and Sarah Wild had two children— James and Sarah. Within the bounds of the land that Samuel Coles owned at the time of his death is situated the historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, better known as the old Colestown Church, in Delaware township. Elizabeth Coles, his widow, afterward married Griffith Morgan, a mariner, of Philadelphia, December 10, 1693, whose only son, Alexander, married Hannah, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Cooper and granddaughter of William Cooper, the first settler. Kendall Coles, who married Ann Budd, was the second son of Samuel and Mary Coles and grandson of the emigrants, Samuel and Elizabeth Coles, and the great-grandfather of Chas. B. Coles, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Coles, the emigrant. Joseph Coles, the grandfather of Charles B. Coles, was married to Sarah Heulings. Their son Charles was born July 7, 1807, and died February 25, 1837; married Rachel Burrough, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Davis) Burrough, and had two children,— Joseph, who died in childhood, and Charles B. Coles, who was born on August 7, 1836, at the homestead now owned by himself, and known as the Coles Mill Farm, in Chester township, Burlington County, near the Camden line, to which place his father moved upon his marriage with Rachel Burrough, whose ancestors for six generations had owned the same property. His mother died in the Eleventh Month 29,1869, aged sixty-five years. Charles B. Coles’ father died when he was less than a year and a half old. When eight years of age he went to reside with an uncle on a farm, and in early life followed the occupation of farming. In 1864 he engaged in the active business of life and has since followed it with unabated prosperity. He has filled various positions of responsibility and trust and has always shown a great interest in the moral and material welfare of the community with which he has been identified and has been keenly alive to the greater questions of public polity. Reared an Abolitionist, he became one of the warmest supporters of the Republican party when it came into being and was one of its foremost local organizers. As a Republican he was elected to the Camden City Council in 1864, and was by far the youngest member of that body, being but twenty-eight years of age. The temperance cause had ever in him a devoted advocate and of late years he was frequently sent to the State Capital to use his influence in securing temperance legislation from his party. Becoming at length convinced of the futility of this method of procedure, he, in 1884, openly espoused the cause of prohibition and became a member of that party, the success of which he has since done all in his power to advance. In the summer of 1886 he was appointed by Supreme Court Judge Joel Parker as the representative of his party in the board of three commissioners, constituted under a recent law, to adjust the back taxes of the city of Camden. Mr. Coles was one of the incorporators and is one of the directors of the Camden National Bank and also a director in the Colestown Cemetery Company. Mr. Coles was married, on June 8,1865, to Mary M. Colson, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Lippincott) Colson, of Gloucester City. They have two children—William C. and Henry B.

My source for Kendall who married Ann Budd is "Genealogy of the Stokes Family" published by Richard Haines, 1903. It gives the surname as "COLE." I searched the WorldConnect database and it appears evenly divided between COLE and COLES -- though few in that database give their source(s). FYI, the Stokes genealogy is online at http://home.supernet.com/~jlstokes/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Malcolm Schalick Sharp http://sharp.rootsweb.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent Summers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: [NJCAMDEN] Charles B. COLES > CHARLES B. COLES, who is prominently identified with the business > interests of the city and county of Camden, is a lineal descendant of > Samuel and Elizabeth Coles, who emigrated from Coles Hill, > Hertfordshire, England, and landed on the Jersey shore of the Delaware > River a few miles above the site of Philadelphia, before that city was > founded. Samuel Coles was a hatter in his native country, and doubtless > plied his trade among the few settlers here in the primitive forests > of New Jersey when he first arrived. He built a house near the spot > where he landed, but soon afterward moved farther eastward, and on the > 13th day of the Third Month, 1682, obtained a right of survey for five > hundred acres of land on the north side of the mouth of Coopers Creek > and fronting on the river. His nearest neighbor, William Cooper, about > the same time settled on the opposite side of the creek, in the midst > of an Indian village of Shackomaxin. Samuel Coles sold part of his > land to Henry Wood and purchased five hundred acres on the south side > of Pemisaukin Creek and removed there in a house already erected. He > gave the name of this place New Orchard, which was situated near the > head of the south branch of that stream, but has now lost its > identity. He subsequently owned more than one thousand acres of land, > then mostly an unbroken forest, but now many valuable farms, some of > which are owned by direct and collateral branches of the family which > he founded in America. Samuel Coles was & member of the Legislature > in the years 1683 and 1685 and had much to do with the political > trouble of the province of New Jersey, among which was the settlement > in 1685 of the first boundary line between the counties of Burlington > and Gloucester. About 1790 he went on a visit to England and on his > way back to New Jersey the vessel on which he was sailing stopped at > the Island of Barbadoes, where he was taken sick of a fever and died. > > Samuel Coles and his wife, Elizabeth, had two children- Samuel (who > married Mary, a daughter of Thomas Kendall) and Sarah (who married > James Wild). Samuel and Mary Coles' children were Samuel (who married > Mary Lippincott), Joseph (married Mary Wood), Thomas (married Hannah > Stokes), Kendall (married Ann Budd), Elizabeth (married Jacob > Buckman and Benjamin Cooper), Mary(married Edward Tonkins), Susannah > (married William Budd), and Rachel (married Enoch Roberts). > > James and Sarah Wild had two children- James and Sarah. Within the > bounds of the land that Samuel Coles owned at the time of his death > is situated the historic St. Mary's Episcopal Church, better known > as the old Colestown Church, in Delaware township. Elizabeth Coles, > his widow, afterward married Griffith Morgan, a mariner, of > Philadelphia, December 10, 1693, whose only son, Alexander, married > Hannah, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Cooper and granddaughter > of William Cooper, the first settler. > > Kendall Coles, who married Ann Budd, was the second son of Samuel > and Mary Coles and grandson of the emigrants, Samuel and Elizabeth > Coles, and the great-grandfather of Chas. B. Coles, who is the > great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Coles, the emigrant. Joseph > Coles, the grandfather of Charles B. Coles, was married to Sarah > Heulings. Their son Charles was born July 7, 1807, and died > February 25, 1837; married Rachel Burrough, daughter of Joseph and > Martha (Davis) Burrough, and had two children,- Joseph, who died in > childhood, and Charles B. Coles, who was born on August 7, 1836, at > the homestead now owned by himself, and known as the Coles Mill Farm, > in Chester township, Burlington County, near the Camden line, to which > place his father moved upon his marriage with Rachel Burrough, whose > ancestors for six generations had owned the same property. His mother > died in the Eleventh Month 29,1869, aged sixty-five years. > > Charles B. Coles' father died when he was less than a year and a half > old. When eight years of age he went to reside with an uncle on a > farm, and in early life followed the occupation of farming. In 1864 > he engaged in the active business of life and has since followed it > with unabated prosperity. > > He has filled various positions of responsibility and trust and has > always shown a great interest in the moral and material welfare of > the community with which he has been identified and has been keenly > alive to the greater questions of public polity. Reared an > Abolitionist, he became one of the warmest supporters of the > Republican party when it came into being and was one of its foremost > local organizers. As a Republican he was elected to the Camden City > Council in 1864, and was by far the youngest member of that body, > being but twenty-eight years of age. The temperance cause had ever > in him a devoted advocate and of late years he was frequently sent > to the State Capital to use his influence in securing temperance > legislation from his party. Becoming at length convinced of the > futility of this method of procedure, he, in 1884, openly espoused > the cause of prohibition and became a member of that party, the > success of which he has since done all in his power to advance. In > the summer of 1886 he was appointed by Supreme Court Judge Joel > Parker as the representative of his party in the board of three > commissioners, constituted under a recent law, to adjust the back > taxes of the city of Camden. Mr. Coles was one of the incorporators > and is one of the directors of the Camden National Bank and also a > director in the Colestown Cemetery Company. Mr. Coles was married, > on June 8,1865, to Mary M. Colson, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah > (Lippincott) Colson, of Gloucester City. They have two > children-William C. and Henry B. >