He served as corporal Captain Joseph Washburn's Company, on Crown Point expedition, Sept. 11 to Dec. 27, 1755; also as sergeant in Captain John Clapp's Company, Colonel Dwight's Regiment, July 2 to Nov. 15, 1756; sergeant Captain Josiah Hayden's Company, Colonel Bailey's Regiment, Apl. 19, 1775; ensign same Company, commissioned May 19, 1775; first lieutenant Captain Elisha Mitchell's Company, Colonel Carey's Regiment, Feb. 21, 1776; first lieutenant Captain Henry Prentice's Company, Colonel Marshall's Regiment for the defense of Boston, July 5 to Dec. 1, 1776; captain in John Jacob's Regiment, Continental Army, Jan. 1, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779. He lived in Bridgewater.

Ernest Byron Cole, THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES COLE OF PLYMOUTH, (New York: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 57.

Per Jim Cole via e-mail 6/4/01:
More About Joseph Cole:
Fact 1: September 11, 1755, Served as Corporal under Capt. Joseph Wasburn's Co. on Crown Point expedition
Fact 2: July 02, 1756, Served as Sergeant in Capt. John Clapp's Co.
Fact 3: April 19, 1775, Served as Sergeant to Capt. Josiah Hayden's Co.
Fact 4: May 19, 1775, Same company was commisioned 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Elisha Mitchell's Co.
Fact 5: July 05, 1776, 1st Lieutenant under Col. Marshall's Reg., for the defense of Boston, Mass