Bpt: ‘William, Arthur, Franncis, sonnes of Wm Pole, Esq., baptised Dec 4’ from Shute Register - quoted under Arthur’s burial entry261.
‘William Pole .. was mat. at Oriel College, Oxford, March 24, 1609-10, a. 16; B.A. Nov. 3, 1612; student of the Inner Temple, 1616, as of Colyton, gen. (Foster's Alumni Oxonienses, vol. 3, p. 1176). He and his sister Elizabeth came to New England as early as 1637. He settled at Dorchester, but after a short stay there removed to Taunton. He returned to Dorchester as early as 1660, and died there Feb. 25, 1674-5, aged 81. A biographical notied of him, by William B. Trask, A.M., is printed in the Dorchester Antiquarian Society's History of Dorchester, pp. 487–9.—Editor.]
[This William Pole is mentioned prominently in the early days of Taunton, 1939, as Capt. William Pole. He was deputy of Taunton to Plymouth in that and other years, and was also member of the Council of War. He moved to Dorchester in 1660, where his son Theophilus was born 27 May that year. He held the offices of clerk of the write and schoolmaster in Dorchester, where he died 24 Feb. 1674-5. On his tomb was engraved an epitaph of his own composition. Jane, his wife, survived him. From depositions in the Suffolk and Bristol County records, there seems to be a relationship with the Farwell family at Taunton, through it may be through William Pole rather than his wife. Jane, widow of William, died 9 Sept. 1690. Her will, dated 29 Aug. 1690, mentions son John and his wife, daughters Bethesda Filer (wife of John Filer) and Mary Henchman (wife of Daniel Henchman), a grandson, John Pole (who died before 1711), and his sister Jane (who married Timothy Lindall). The two children of William and Jane Pole were: John, b. 1639, d. 1711; Nathaniel, living in 1654; Timothy, drowned at Taunton 1667; Mary, m. Daniel Henchman; Bethesda, m. 1686, John Filer; William, bapt. 1658, d. 21 April, 1687; Theophilus, b. 1660.—W. K. Watkins.]
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1894, vol. 48, pp. 490–9 (William's will and family details); and 1851, vol. 5, p. 262 (Elizabeth's will)
• Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620–1691, Part One: Chronological Histories, Chapter 3: The Founding of Towns (1633–1643), Taunton
• Hurd, D. Hamilton; History of Bristol County Massachusetts with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Illustrated, Philadelphia, J.W.Lewis & Co.,1883; found at http://www.mdhervey.com/archives/hervey/bristol.pdf, October, 2002

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