I am descended from John Cole, and possibly related to Mark Evans. These two were part of an early company of 43 that came to Augusta County. I have been given two different dates for their arrival. One in 1739, the other in 1743. John Cole ultimately settled in Culpeper count, Mark Evans in what is now Botetourt County. This group came from the "Welsh Tract," a thirty-thousand acre tract right on the place where Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland join together. It was given to the Welsh Baptists. Bob Evans