William Coldwell/Coaldwell (b 1695 southern England, d 1802 Horton (Kings) Nova Scotia) is my ancestor. Wife was Jane Jordan (1717-1796). They were married about 1733 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. They are buried in Gaspareau Cemetery, Gaspareau (Kings) Nova Scotia. The family lived in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They had 10 children. The family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut about 1745, then to Nova Scotia about 1758 except for my ancestor, Ebenezer Coldwell/Caldwell, who stayed in Massachusetts because of disagreement with his father's political leanings (Loyalist). I have not seen DNA results for anyone in this family. Unfortunately, my family "daughtered" out long ago, so no direct male descendent in my line to test. I have much information on this family.

Horton, Nova Scotia, Nov 2, 1802

William Coldwell died at this place October 28, 1802, in the 108th year of his age. He was a native of England, and remembered the coronation of Queen Anne. He served in the British Navy upward of ninety years ago; afterwards he became a settler in New England, and was one of the first adventurers on the Isle of Sable for the relief of the distressed castaway there. He was one of the first settlers here in 1760. He left behind him a numerous progeny, upward of one hundred of which, to the degree of great-grandchildren, reside in this place. He generally retained his health and bodily strength to that degree that he could cut wood and walk to his neighbors without a staff till last year, and till his death retained all his mental faculties to a surprising degree, and, as he lived the life of a Christian, so at death he testified his confidence in a blissful immortality.