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In the process of researching the house on Lot 42 in Yorktown, Virginia, I prepared the below timeline for Cole Digges as a parallel to a timeline I had prepared for Thomas Pate. Thomas Pate originally built a home on Lot 42 in 1699, and it bore his name for many years. Then, in recent years, the National Park Service claimed that house was torn down and another built on the lot by Cole Digges, thus the current designation as the Cole Digges House.
Thinking it may be of interest to some on this board, I am posting the timeline below (unsure how the format will appear). If the formatting is distorted, you can request a PDF copy of the timeline by email to me.
The information presented is fully documented.
A. J. Pate
Houston, Texas
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Timeline for Cole Digges and Associated Persons
1671 On November 20, John Pate sworn in as member of the Council of State by
Gov. William Berkeley. Served on Council with Edward Digges and Nathaniel
Bacon. Edward Digges was grandfather of Cole Digges.
1691 Birth of Cole Digges. Likely born and raised on the Edward Digges Plantation,
which was managed by his father Dudley Digges.
1691 Yorktown established by the Act for Ports.
1694 On March 24, Thomas Pate granted license to operate ferry and "keep an
ordinary" at Yorktown.
1699 Virginia capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
1699 College of William and Mary founded.
1699 On September 25, William Digges, son of Edward, sold the E. D.
Plantation (1350 acres) to his uncle Dudley Digges, father of Cole.
1699 On August 11, Thomas Pate purchased Lot 42 in Yorktown from the trustees.
1699 In December (or early 1700), Thomas Pate built his house on Main Street at
the corner of Read.
1703 Thomas Pate died between April and November, about age 53, and home was
gifted to Joane Lawson. In 1705, she sold Lot 42 to John Martin.
1710 Cole Digges inherited the Edward Digges Plantation (1350 acres) in York
County upon his father Dudley's death.
1713 In January, Cole (age 22) purchased Lot 42 from John Martin for 90 pounds.
1714 Cole inherited Newport News Plantation (4626 acres) in Warwick County upon
his mother's death.
1715-20 Cole was a member of the House of Burgesses representing Warwick County.
Assembly met for one month in 1715 and about two months in 1718. Cole
re-elected for 1720 but appointed to Council of State before serving.
1716 On June 13, Cole (age 25) became governor of College of William and Mary.
c. 1718 Cole married Elizabeth Power of York County.
1719 Cole appointed to Council of State on December 9, serving for next 24 years.
1723 On November 16, Cole purchased Lots 18 and 19 with a large home in
Williamsburg from Thomas Ravencroft, about midway between the Capitol
and College of William and Mary on Duke of Gloucester Street. Paid 200
pounds sterling.
c. 1724 Sons Dudley and William born.
1729 On June 12, the Council of State granted Cole the right to build a larger
warehouse and extend a wharf into the river at Yorktown.
1744 Cole died about age 53 and left Lot 42 to son Dudley. Cole buried at Edward
Digges Plantation which he left to his eldest son Edward. Cole had managed
plantation operations until shortly before his death. Newport News
Plantation likely left to son William. Both Dudley and William were under
age 21.
1744 Son Dudley also inherited Lots 18 and 19 in Williamsburg, perhaps after
his mother’s death in 1750, which he sold to William Withers sometime
from 1755 to 1760.
1744-84 House on Lot 42 rented and used as warehouse. In 1784, son Dudley sold Lot
42 to David Jameson for 175 pounds (including two additional shops). House
described as "old brick storehouse".
c. 1755 Son Dudley built home on Lot 77 in Yorktown.
1770 James Anderson bought the former home of Cole Digges in Williamsburg
(today known as the “James Anderson House”). In a strange twist of fate, his
mother, Sarah Pate, daughter of Matthew and granddaughter of Thomas
Pate, died in this home in 1778. Ironically, Sarah’s brother, Thomas Pate
born 1728, had been a witness on the deed when the home was purchased.
by A. J. Pate
Houston, Texas
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