William COOLEDGE

                       PROBABLY   ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF WATERTOWN IN 1630.
    NEW   ENGLAND HISTORY AND GENEALOGICAL REG. VOL. 77 p 270.
    GENEALOGY   & HISTORY OF WATERTOWN, MASS. (MASS W 18) VOL. I-165.
    JOHN   COOLEDGE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN 25 MAY 1636.  ONE OF THE EARLIEST
    PROPRIETORS   1636/37.  WAS A SELECTMAN OF WATERTOWN, MANY TIMES BETWWEEN 1636
    AND   1677, WAS REP. 1658 AND HE WAS OFTEN EMPLOYED IN WITNESSING WILLS TAKING
    INVENTORIES   AND SETTLING ESTATES.  THE DATE OF HIS ARRIVAL HAS NOT BEEN
    ASCERTAINED  , BUT IT IS PROBABLY THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN 1630.
    HIS   WILL, DATED 19 NOV. 1681, AND PROVED 16 JUN.1691, MENTIONS WIFE, MARY,
    SONS  , JOHN, STEPHEN, SIMEON, NATHANIEL AND JONATHAN.  THE COOLEDGE FAMILY
    SEEMED   TO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CAMBRIDGE, ENG., FROM A VERY REMOTE PERIOD.

ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS:
    COALYAG, COALIDG, COLYNGE, COOLADGE, COOLIDGE.
    THE   NAME FIRST APPEARED IN SUBSIDY ROLLS FROM 1327 WHERE WALTER AND RALPH
    COALYNG   WERE ASSESSED FOR LANDS IN WINPOLE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE,ENG., IN THE TIME OF
    HENRY   VIII.  THE FAMILY WAS SEATED IN ARRINGTON AND JUDING FROM THE WILLS, WERE
    AT   THAT TIME WEALTHY AND GREATLY RESPECTED, BELONGING TO THE GENTRY.

    NEW   ENG. HIST. GEN. REG. SAYS ELIZABETH WAS PROBABLY HIS DAUGHTER.  SHE
    MARRIED   2ND, 26 MAR. 1673, RICHARD ROBBINS, DIED 8 FEB. 1690/91.