Do any of the above names connect? This is the ancestry of Jesse JAMES' mother Zerelda E. COLE (27 Jan. 1825, Woodford Co., KY - 10 Feb. 1911, bu. Kearney, MO). Zerelda's parents were first cousins, via siblings Richard & Alice COLE, children of Richard COLE & Ann HUBBARD.

James COLE (8 S 1804 - 1827), m. 1824, Sarah LINDSEY, b. 15 Apr. 1803.

Richard COLE (23 Apr. 1763, VA - 9 July 1839, bu. Cole Cem., Midway), m. Sarah "Sally" YATES (1 Oct. 1763 - 8 Nov. 1836, bu. Cole Cem., Midway).

Richard COLE (ca. 1730 - 21 Nov. 1814, w. pr. Woodford Co., KY) m. Ann HUBBARD, who d. 11 Feb. 1795, bu. Cole Cem., Midway).

John COLE, w. pr. Mar. 1757, Culpeper, VA) m. Susanna, whose will was pr. 20 N 1761, Culpeper, VA.
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Sarah LINDSEY, above, b. 1803, was dau/o Anthony LINDSEY (14 Feb. 1767, MD - 11 Apr. 1831) & Alice "Alsey" COLE (20 Je. 1769 - 7 July 1813 or 1818?), d/o Richard COLE & Ann HUBBARD, above.

Anthony LINDSEY/LINDSAY (1736, Baltimore Co., MD - 180_, Scott Co., KY) m. Rachel DORSEY, d/o Nicholas DORSEY & Sarah GRIFFITH (13 May 1718 - 1 S 1794).

For further background in Maryland, see "Dorsey Family" by DORSEY & NIMMO, "Balto. Co. Families 1659 - 1759," by BARNES, & "Anne Arundel (Co., MD) Gentry," by NEWMAN.