Colonel Thomas and Sarah Coles - Swan Point

Col. Coles was by birth 

an Englishman; 

 he came to this Country before 

the Revolutionary Period, 

and served 

in various Military Capacities 

throughout the War of 

INDEPENDENCE. 

He was for twenty years Collector 

of the Port of Providence. 

He was a man of firmness, 

and integrity, 

and of consequence universally 

respected.

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Col. Thomas Coles

Born Dec. 9th, 1752

Died Dec. 13th, 1814

Sarah Coles, his wife

Born Dec. 17th, 1761

Died Aug. 6th, 1837

Thomas and Sarah Coles - Swan Point

Col. Thomas Coles

Born Dec. 9th 1752

Died Oct. 13th, 1844

Col. Coles was by birth

an Englishman;

he came to this Country before

the Revolutionary Period,

and served

in various Military Capacities

throughout the War of

INDEPENDENCE.

He was for twenty years Collector

of the Port of Providence.

He was a man of Firmness

and Integrity,

and of consequence universally

respected.

Sarah Coles, his wife

Born Dec. 17th, 1761

Died Aug. 6th, 1837

Sarah Coles

was the daughter of

Ephraim and Priscilla Walker

Her kindness and affection

are held in sweet remembrance

by her friends and relatives.

A cheerful and beneficent spirit

influenced her to the

close of life.