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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Marianne E. Julienne and Sara B. Bears, "Cole, William (1638-1684)" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: Library of Virginia 2006) pp.355-356, also available at https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/cole-william-1638-or-1639-1694/
- ↑ Martha W. McCartney, Jamestown People to 1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Press ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1) p. 121
- 1 2 John Frederick Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person: 1607-1624/5 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004; 4th edition) pp. 716-718
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. xx