Generation No. 10
10. BENJAMIN10 COE (ROBERT9, HENRY8, JOHN7 COO, JOHN6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1)
50,51 was born 1628 in Boxford, Suffolk Co., England52,53, and died Bet. 1693 - 1694 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY54,55. He married ABIGAIL CARMAN56,57 Bef. 166058,59, daughter of JOHN CARMAN and FLORENCE ?. She was born Abt. 163560,61, and died Aft. 170162,63.|
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BENJAMIN11 COE 64, b. Abt. 1660, Jamaica, Long Island, NY64; d. Abt. 170765. |
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JOSEPH COE, b. Abt. 1665, Jamaica, Long Island, NY; d. Aft. 1742. |
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JOHN COE 66, b. Abt. 167066; d. Unknown. |
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WILLIAM COE, b. Abt. 1675 66; d. Unknown. |
BENJAMIN3 COE (ROBERT2, HENRY1)1 was born 1628 in Boxford,Co
Suffolk,England1, and died Bet. 1693 - 1694 in Jamaica,L.I.,NY1. He
married ABIGAIL CARMAN1 Bef. 1660 in Hempstead,LI,NY1, daughter of JOHN
CARMAN and FLORENCE FORDHAM. She was born July 16351.
Notes for BENJAMIN COE:
from: Robert Coe Puritan,1340-1911 by Bartlett
when a child of 5 years was brought to New England by his father in the
spring of 1634, and taken by him successfully to Watertown,Mass,
Weathersfield,Ct, Stamford,Ct and in 1644 to Hempstead,LI. While at the
later place Benjamin Coe attained manhood, and his nae first appears in
America as a grantee of lands there about 1648. (Printed Records of
Hempstead, vol. 1, p. 32, etc). On the settlement of Middleburg
(Newtown) in 1652 he remained in Hempstead, but joined his father in
1656 in the founding of Jamaica,LI, where he became an extensive
landholder and permanently resided the remainder of his life, a period
of 40 years.
Like his brother Capt. John Coe, Benjamin Coe was a farmer and miller,
but did not participate in public affairs, although he served as town
clerk of Jamaica in 1676. (Jamaica town records, vol 1, p. 12). On a
rate for Jamaica in 1683, Benjamin Coe was taxed for 7 cows1 horse and
27 acres of land; total value 85 lbs; one male over age in his family.
(Hist. of Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, p. 239.)
The town records of Jamaica furnish some particulars of Benjamin Coe.
At the first town meeting held 18Feb1655-6 he was granted a house lot.
(Records of Jamaica vol 1, pg 1,5,6). Sept 21 1671 the town of Jamaica
voted to give to Benjamin Coe land upon record in the town book if he
build the dam for the mill he is to set up, and the town agreed that no
other dam should be built. (Ibid. vol 1, p.50.)
On 17Mar1684-5, the town granted liberty to Benjamin Coe and John Hanson
to set up a corn mill and a fulling mill on Foster's River. (Ibid. vol
1, p. 113.) On Mar 7 1686-7, George Woolsey Sr. and his wife Rebecca,
and Benjamin Coe and his wife Abigail, all of Jamaica, conveyed to John
Mountfort 5 acres of land in Jamaica. (Ibid. vol 2,p 488.) On
27Dec1689, Benjamin Coe of Jamaica sold land to Joseph Phillips. (Ibid.
vol 2, p153.)
On 29Mar1689, Benjamin Coe of Jamaica sold 8 acres there to Daniel
Whitehead of Jamaica. (Queens Co. Deeds, vol. B1, p.171.) On Jul 2 1686
Benjamin Coe sold to John Hanson60 acres of land in Hempstead near
Foster's meadow. (Queens Co. Deeds. vol B2,p.148.) On 8Aug1692 Benjamin
Coe was allowed 60 acres from the undivided lands in Hempstead. (Printed
records of Hempstead, vol 8, p.178.) Benjamin Coe appears on a
ministerial subscription list in Jamaica, dated 1Jan1693-4, which is the
last record found of him, and he probably died during the year, although
no record of his decease can be found.
Benjamin Coe left no will, there was no administration or division of
his estate recorded, no deeds are recordedby which he conveyed lands to
any of his children, no vital records of Jamaica ever existed, the early
church records are lost, no private register of his family is known to
exist; nor have any records whatever been found directly stating he had
children, except the rate of 1683 mentions one male of age in his
family. But about 1700 several Coe's appear in Jamaica who must have
been his descendantsas it is certainthey are not descended from the
other sons of Robert Coe. Early in the 18th century this branch of the
family removed from Long Island to New Jersey where ome descendants
still remain, and whence other descendants about the time of the
Revelution removed to western Penn. and thence spred throughout the
United States. Most of the descendants of Benjamin Coe have been
Presbyterians, of whom many have been ministers and elders or otherwise
prominent in that denomination.
Benjamin Coe married before 1660, Abigail Carman born about 1635,
daughter of John and Florence Carman, early settlers of Hempstead, LI in
1644. On 7Apr1661, John Carman and Caleb Carman and" Benjamin Coe
husband of Abigail Carman" petitioned the government of New Amsterdam
that John Hicks, who had married their mother, render an account of her
estate. (Calendar of Dutch Mss. of NY.,p.223.) From the following deed
it seems likely that Abigail the widow of Benjamin Coe married second,
as his second wife, Maj. Daniel Whitehead, a promenent resident of
Jamaica: "5May1701, Daniel Whitehead sends greeting;whereas there was of
late(8Aug1692) granted to Benjamin Coe late of Jamaica, deceased, by the
town of Hemstead, 60 acres which is now by order made over to me, now I
the said Whitehead and Abigail my now wife convey sameto John Cornwell,"
etc. (Queens Co. Deeds vol B-1, p.440.)
Benjamin Coe doubtless had several daughters, although no evidences of
them can be found; and the following were probably his sons born at
Jamaica,L.I.
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from: The Great Migration
Begins,1620-1633
Sketches of;
JOHN CARMAN
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
REMOVES: Hempstead 1643
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Roxbury church as member #24,
which would be in 1632: "John Carman. He came to N.E. in the year 1631.
He brought no children." This is followed by birthdates of three
children [RChR 74-75].
ESTATE: Presumably he received a normal sequence of
proprietary grants in Roxbury, but since the inventory of Roxbury lands
was made about a decade after his departure, no trace of any such grants
has survived.
John Carman and Robert Fordham were the purchasers of
Hempstead from the Indians in 1643 [HempTR 1:228, 312-13].
By 1659 Richard Gildersleeve had acquired "Mr. Carman's
right at Merocke" in Hempstead [HempTR 1:115, 455].
In a 1659 list of "lands taken up without grant which is
questionable whether it be just or no" is a parcel of "50 acres taken
up by John Carman and sold to Will Smith"; this could be the immigrant
or his son [HempTR 1:117].
In the Calendar of Dutch Manuscripts, Volume 9, is an
abstract of a petition dated 7 April 1661: "John Carman, Caleb Carman
and Benjamin Coe, husband of Abigail Carman, praying that John Hicks,
who married their mother, may be obliged to render an account of the
estate" [p. 223]. Edith Carman Hay took note of this document, including
the additional information that the three principals were "representing
their minor brother Joshua"
[NYGBR 70:335]. The original of this document was damaged in
the Albany fire of 1911; the surviving portion does show that brother
Joshua was named, but also includes a reference to their mother
"Florentje Carman" [Council Minutes 9:574].
BIRTH: By about 1608 based on birth date of eldest child.
DEATH: Hempstead by 29 May 1654 (At New Haven court on that
date William Leveridge of Oyster Bay "declared that he had bought a
certain debt of Mrs. Carman of Hempstead, due from Capt. Silvester,"
implying that the husband of Mrs. Carman was deceased by that time [NHCR
2:89]).
MARRIAGE: Wife Florence, joined Roxbury church after husband;
since first child was born in July 1633, they could have married in New
England. Normally Eliot, when giving more than the name of the head of
the family upon admission, would say that he brought a wife with him.
Since "Florenc[e] Carman the wife of John Carman" was admitted many
places after John Carman (member #62), and among a number of persons who
came in 1632, it is likely that she arrived in that year and married
Carman very soon [RChR 77]. After her husband's death she married, as
his second wife, John Hicks of Hempstead.
CHILDREN:
i JOHN, b. Roxbury 8 July 1633 [RChR 75]; m. by
about 1660 Hannah _____. In his will of 14 September 1684 he ordered two
of his sons "to take my brother Joshua Carman's estate into their hands
and to provide for him, if he wishes" [NYGBR 65:115].
ii ABIGAIL, b. Roxbury July 1635 [RChR 75]; m. by
about 1660 Benjamin Coe.
iii CALEB, b. Roxbury 1 March 1639[/40?] [RChR 75];
m. by about 1666 Elizabeth _____.
iv JOSHUA, b. Hempstead 9 January 1645/6 [NYGBR
70:335 (this date is seen in other secondary sources, but an original
source has not been found]; alive on 14 September 1684, apparently
infirm.
COMMENTS: Two men of the same or very similar name have been
frequently confused in the genealogical literature: John Carman of
Roxbury and Hempstead; and John Kirman/Carman of Cambridge, Lynn and
Sandwich.
In an article published in 1939, Edith Carman Hay thoroughly
mixed the records of these two men [NYGBR 70:332-336], and the purpose
of this note is to show why there must be two men; additional details in
this argument will be found in the sketch of JOHN KIRMAN. (See also GMN
2:9-10, 16.)
First, the entry in Eliot's church record says that Carman
arrived in 1631, and had children born in Roxbury in 1633, 1635, and
1639 (presumably 1639/40); there is a clear indication that his
residence was continuous over that stretch of time at least.
Second, a John Kirman is among the deputies to the General
Court of 4 March 1634/5. At that time, each town was permitted three
deputies, and three representatives of Roxbury are easily identified at
this court: Lt. Richard Morris, Mr. William Dennison and John Johnson.
Further analysis of this whole list of deputies shows that John Kirman
must have represented Lynn. Similarly, on 3 September 1634 the General
Court appointed a committee to settle disputes over boundaries between
towns; these committees frequently had one member from each town, an
arrangement especially appropriate for this committee. John Kirman was
one of the members, and again analysis of the committee shows that he
must have represented Lynn [MBCR 1:125].
Third, John Carman was one of the "ten men of Saugus"
given permission by the Plymouth Court on 3 April 1637 to settle
Sandwich. He appears also in Plymouth records, as of Sandwich, in 1638
and 1640 [PCR 1:57, 98, 147, 150,156, 157].
For these records to be for one man would require him to
be shuttling constantly between Roxbury and Lynn or Sandwich, a state of
affairs which simply did not exist at that time. A man with wife and
children in Roxbury would not have been deputy from Lynn. Thus:
1) The Roxbury man is not the Lynn or the Sandwich man.
2) The Lynn man is the Sandwich man [PCR 1:57].
3) The Roxbury man is the Hempstead man (both have
children of the same name and both have wife Florence).
In a letter to Governor John Winthrop of "4th 4th Mo.
1644" Henry Walton of Flatlands in New Netherland described an Indian
assault on "Mr. Fowrdam's plantation" [Hempstead] in which "three men
have been cut off at their work and one of Goodman Carman's children
almost massacred and another carried away" [WP 4:460].
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More About BENJAMIN COE:
Baptism: October 18, 1628, Boxford Co,Suffolk,England1
Notes for ABIGAIL CARMAN:
The Great Migration Begins
Sketches
JOHN CARMAN
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
REMOVES: Hempstead 1643
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Roxbury church as member #24,
which would be in 1632: "John Carman. He
came to N.E. in the year 1631. He brought no children." This
is followed by birthdates of three children [RChR
74-75].
ESTATE: Presumably he received a normal sequence of
proprietary grants in Roxbury, but since the inventory of
Roxbury lands was made about a decade after his departure, no
trace of any such grants has survived.
John Carman and Robert Fordham were the purchasers of
Hempstead from the Indians in 1643 [HempTR 1:228,
312-13].
By 1659 Richard Gildersleeve had acquired "Mr. Carman's
right at Merocke" in Hempstead [HempTR 1:115, 455].
In a 1659 list of "lands taken up without grant which is
questionable whether it be just or no" is a parcel of "50
acres taken up by John Carman and sold to Will Smith"; this
could be the immigrant or his son [HempTR 1:117].
In the Calendar of Dutch Manuscripts, Volume 9, is an
abstract of a petition dated 7 April 1661: "John Carman,
Caleb Carman and Benjamin Coe, husband of Abigail Carman,
praying that John Hicks, who married their mother,
may be obliged to render an account of the estate" [p. 223].
Edith Carman Hay took note of this document,
including the additional information that the three
principals were "representing their minor brother Joshua"
[NYGBR 70:335]. The original of this document was damaged in
the Albany fire of 1911; the surviving portion does
show that brother Joshua was named, but also includes a
reference to their mother "Florentje Carman" [Council
Minutes 9:574].
BIRTH: By about 1608 based on birth date of eldest child.
DEATH: Hempstead by 29 May 1654 (At New Haven court on that
date William Leveridge of Oyster Bay "declared
that he had bought a certain debt of Mrs. Carman of
Hempstead, due from Capt. Silvester," implying that the
husband of Mrs. Carman was deceased by that time [NHCR
2:89]).
MARRIAGE: Wife Florence, joined Roxbury church after husband;
since first child was born in July 1633, they
could have married in New England. Normally Eliot, when
giving more than the name of the head of the family
upon admission, would say that he brought a wife with him.
Since "Florenc[e] Carman the wife of John Carman"
was admitted many places after John Carman (member #62), and
among a number of persons who came in 1632, it is
likely that she arrived in that year and married Carman very
soon [RChR 77]. After her husband's death she
married, as his second wife, John Hicks of Hempstead.
CHILDREN:
i JOHN, b. Roxbury 8 July 1633 [RChR 75]; m. by
about 1660 Hannah _____. In his will of 14 September
1684 he ordered two of his sons "to take my brother
Joshua Carman's estate into their hands and to
provide for him, if he wishes" [NYGBR 65:115].
ii ABIGAIL, b. Roxbury July 1635 [RChR 75]; m. by
about 1660 Benjamin Coe.
iii CALEB, b. Roxbury 1 March 1639[/40?] [RChR 75];
m. by about 1666 Elizabeth _____.
iv JOSHUA, b. Hempstead 9 January 1645/6 [NYGBR
70:335 (this date is seen in other secondary
sources, but an original source has not been found];
alive on 14 September 1684, apparently infirm.
COMMENTS: Two men of the same or very similar name have been
frequently confused in the genealogical
literature: John Carman of Roxbury and Hempstead; and John
Kirman/Carman of Cambridge, Lynn and Sandwich.
In an article published in 1939, Edith Carman Hay thoroughly
mixed the records of these two men [NYGBR
70:332-336], and the purpose of this note is to show why
there must be two men; additional details in this argument
will be found in the sketch of JOHN KIRMAN. (See also GMN
2:9-10, 16.)
First, the entry in Eliot's church record says that Carman
arrived in 1631, and had children born in Roxbury in
1633, 1635, and 1639 (presumably 1639/40); there is a clear
indication that his residence was continuous over that
stretch of time at least.
Second, a John Kirman is among the deputies to the General
Court of 4 March 1634/5. At that time, each town
was permitted three deputies, and three representatives of
Roxbury are easily identified at this court: Lt. Richard
Morris, Mr. William Dennison and John Johnson. Further
analysis of this whole list of deputies shows that John
Kirman must have represented Lynn. Similarly, on 3 September
1634 the General Court appointed a committee to
settle disputes over boundaries between towns; these
committees frequently had one member from each town, an
arrangement especially appropriate for this committee. John
Kirman was one of the members, and again analysis of
the committee shows that he must have represented Lynn [MBCR
1:125].
Third, John Carman was one of the "ten men of Saugus"
given permission by the Plymouth Court on 3 April 1637
to settle Sandwich. He appears also in Plymouth records, as
of Sandwich, in 1638 and 1640 [PCR 1:57, 98, 147, 150,
156, 157].
For these records to be for one man would require him to
be shuttling constantly between Roxbury and Lynn or
Sandwich, a state of affairs which simply did not exist at
that time. A man with wife and children in Roxbury would
not have been deputy from Lynn. Thus:
1) The Roxbury man is not the Lynn or the Sandwich man.
2) The Lynn man is the Sandwich man [PCR 1:57].
3) The Roxbury man is the Hempstead man (both have
children of the same name and both have wife
Florence).
In a letter to Governor John Winthrop of "4th 4th Mo.
1644" Henry Walton of Flatlands in New Netherland
described an Indian assault on "Mr. Fowrdam's plantation"
[Hempstead] in which "three men have been cut off at
their work and one of Goodman Carman's children almost
massacred and another carried away" [WP 4:460].
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Children of BENJAMIN COE and ABIGAIL CARMAN are:
2. i. BENJAMIN4 COE, b. Abt. 1660, Jamaica,L.I.,NY; d. Abt. 1707,
Jamaica,L.I.,NY.
3. ii. JOSEPH COE, b. Abt. 1665, Jamaica,Long Island,NY; d. 1743.
iii. JOHN COE1, b. Abt. 1670, Jamaica,Long Island1; m. ELIZABETH
ROADS1, June 30, 1697, Rehoboth,Delaware1.
Notes for JOHN COE:
John ?, b. abt 1670 (?). It seems likely that the following individual
was son of Benjamin Coe although proof has not been found.
John Coe bought of James Askew on 6Feb1697-8, one hundred and forty
acres of land in Sussex Co., Delaware, which he sold to Joseph Niell 4
Sep1699. (Some records of Sussex Co.,Delaware, p.25.) On 22Mar1708,
John Coe was a witness to a will of ThomasFenwick of Lewes, Sussex
Co.,Delaware; and at a court held in Lewes3May1715, Henry Draper
acknowledges conveyance to John Coe of Kent Co. of 600 acres called
Martin's Vinyard in Sussex Co. ("Allied Familys of Delaware,"
pp.65,66,120.) (John Smith,b. abt 1634, stepson of Robert Coe and
step-brother of Benjamin Coe and several other persons in Jamaica,LI
settled in Kent Co. and Sussex Co.Delaware, before 1690. See ante p.76)
John Coe,"batchelor," m. Elizabeth Roads, spinster, at the house of
Mrs. Comfort Scott (her mother) at Rehoboth,Delaware, June 30,1697.
(Some records of Sussex Co. Delaware," p.136.) Further information of
this John Coe has not been secured, but perhaps he was the father of
Daniel Coe who before 1740 sold land in Sussex Co.,Delaware to Richard
Hinman. (See Avery Genealogy, p.47.) It is possible that the Coe's of
Fredrick Co.,Maryland, descend from this line.
iv. WILLIAM COE1, b. Abt. 16751.
Notes for WILLIAM COE:
William (?), b. abt 1675 (?). A William Coe witnessed the marriage at
Lewes,Sussex Co.,Delaware in 1705 of George Ely and Jane Pettit whose
family were in Jamaica,LI (see "Some records of Sussex Co.,Delaware,"
p.149.)
Generation No. 2
2. BENJAMIN4 COE (BENJAMIN3, ROBERT2, HENRY1)1 was born Abt. 1660 in
Jamaica,L.I.,NY1, and died Abt. 1707 in Jamaica,L.I.,NY1. He married
(1) MARY EVERETT Abt. 1684. He married (2) MARY EVERETT1 Abt. 1700 in
Jamiaca,LI,NY. She was born Abt. 1679 in Jamaica,L.I.,NY, and died
January 01, 1763 in Newark,NJ.
More About BENJAMIN COE:
Burial: #9
Children of BENJAMIN COE and MARY EVERETT are:
i. DANIEL5 COE, b. Abt. 1685.
ii. JOHN COE, b. Abt. 1687.
Children of BENJAMIN COE and MARY EVERETT are:
iii. BENJAMIN5 COE1, b. April 04, 1702, Jamaica,L.I.,NY; d. December
21, 1788, Newark,NJ; m. (1) ABIGAIL ?1; b. February 1707/08; d. December
04, 1761, Newark,NJ; m. (2) RACHEL ?1; b. Abt. 1709; d. 1779; m. (3)
MARY YOUNG1, January 19, 1766, At Old Dutch Church,NYC,NY; b. Widow.
iv. PATIENCE COE1, b. Abt. 1707, Jamaica,L.I.,NY; d. January 07, 1785,
Morristown,NJ; m. BENJAMIN PIERSON1, Abt. 1726; b. Abt. 1701, Newark,NJ;
d. August 02, 1783, Morristown,NJ.
v. ELIZABETH COE1, b. Unknown.
3. JOSEPH4 COE (BENJAMIN3, ROBERT2, HENRY1)1 was born Abt. 1665 in
Jamaica,Long Island,NY1, and died 1743. He married JUDITH---1 Abt.
17031.
Notes for JOSEPH COE:
born in Jamiaca,Long Island probably about 1665, first appears on
records on 20Aug1696 when he sold to Eldered Lucas 10 acres of land in
Jamaica. (Records of Jamaica, vol. 1, pg 276). On 5Apr1707, Joseph Coe
and Samuel Higbee made a division of land they had bought of Johnathon
Whitehead. (Ibed. vol.2, pg 23.) On the rate list of Jamaica dated
4Feb1708-9, Josepf Coe was taxed 5 sh. 3d. 1q 3w. (Hist. of the
Presbyterian Church at Jamaica, p.243.) On 1May1714, Joseph Coe and
"Judah" his wife of Jamaica, for 230 lb. conveyed to Yeary Rider, a
house and 63 acres of land there, at a place called "Springfield"
(Records of Jamaica, vol.2, p.157.)
Having disposed of his homestead in Jamaica, he removed to Hanover,NJ
near Morristown,NJ and appears as a freeholder of Hanover lists in 1724
and 1727. In 1718 a Presbyterian Church was organized at Hanover,NJ, of
which Josepf Coe and wife Judith were early members; in 1733 there was
dissension in this church resulting in a large withdrawal of a large
number of it's members to form a new church in Morristown, and among the
seceders appear Josepf Coe, Joseph Coe Jr.,and Benjamin Coe. (The record
of Morristown Church, p.48) Joseph Coe was living in 1742, but no
record of his death or settlement of his estate is to be found,(1910)
He married about 1703 Judith------. No record of their family has been
preserved; doubtless they had several daughters in addition to their
sons.
More About JOSEPH COE:
Lived: in 1742 butNo record of death or estate found
Children of JOSEPH COE and JUDITH--- are:
i. JOSEPH5 COE,ELDER1, b. December 11, 1704, Jamaica,LI,NY1; d.
November 22, 1760, Middlesex Co.,NJ1; m. ESTHER----1, Abt. 17271; d.
June 24, 1760, Middlesex Co.,NJ1.
Notes for JOSEPH COE,ELDER:
Re: COE Family of NJ
Posted by: Robert L. Coe
Date:
November 30, 1998 at 17:37:41
In Reply to: Re: COE Family of NJ by Letha Holmes of 1228.
According to my source, identified below, your Joseph Coe appears to be
also known as "Elder Joseph Coe," great grand-son of Robert Coe, who was
born on October 26, 1596, at Thorpe-Morieux, a small rural parish in
Suffolk County, England.
"Elder Joseph Coe ... was born at Jamaica, Long Island, Dec 11, 1704,
according to a family record in possession of descendants, was taken to
New Jersey in childhood by his parents who removed thither about 1715.
He was among the seceders from the Hanover Church in 1733 who formed the
Morristown Church, of which he was elected an elder on Mar. 1,1748, and
appears on the records of the sessions to Nov. 8, 1759. He died in
Middlesex Co., N.J., Nov. 22, 1760, and on May 4, 1761, administration
of his estate was given to his only son, Joseph (5) Coe. (New Jersey
Admons., vol. G., p. 373.)
"He married about 1727, Esther ----, who died June 24, 1760.
Children born at Hanover, N.J.:
i. Ruth (5), b. Sept. 21, 1728, d. Feb. 10 1763; m. Oct. 20, 1745,
Capt.Peter Dickerson, b. at Southold, L.I. about 1726, d.May 10,
1780,aged fifty-four years, son of Thomas and Abigail (Reeve) Dickerson.
They lived at Morristown, N.J. Children:Mary, Jonathan, Jesse d.y.,
Phebe, Jesse, John, Esther, Nancy. Peter Dickenson m. (2), Nov. 7, 1763,
Sarah (Armstrong) O'Hara, b. about 1729, d. Aug. 18, 1798, daughter of
John and Mary Armstrong and widow of John O'Hara. Children: Peter, Ruth,
Joseph, William.
ii. Rachel, b. May 28, 1731, d. Sept. 24, 1794; m. May 14, 1748, Henry
Gardiner, b. about 1724, d. Nov. 22, 1796, aged seventy-two years. They
resided in Morristown, N.J. Children: Jemima, Hannah, Joanna, Daniel,
Joseph, Ruth, Rachel, Henry,las, Catherine, Esther, Abigail.
iii. Joseph, b. Sept. 30, 1738."
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The above comes from "Robert Coe, Puritan -- His Ancestors and
Descendants 1340-1910," pp 103-4. It was written by J.Gardner Bartlett
(with help from lots of the Coes back then) and published privately in
Boston in 1911."
This book has been in my family since its publication and gets handed
down from generation to generation. I'm the 10th generation from Robert
(The Puritan); my great grandfather was George Stevens Coe, pp 227-8.
I'd love to have the time to put the information on the web, because
some of our ancestors are fascinating and there seems to be a lot of
interest in the Coe family. Did you know, for example, that there is a
Coe coat-of-arms? The story of John Coe and how he earned his knighthood
in the mid-1300's is fascinating.
I have tried to get extra copies through various book searches, but
have been unsuccessful to date. I have seen a copy in the library of the
Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Frankly speaking, I'm not a bug on genealogy, but this is something
that has been treasured in the family for many years and I'm glad to
have the opportunity to share some of it with you.
-- Bob Coe
ii. BENJAMIN COE1, b. Abt. 1709, Jamaica,LI,NY1; d. Abt. 1800,
Alleghany Co.,Pa; m. RACHEL PRUDDEN1, Abt. 1735; b. Abt. 1718,
Morristown,Morris,NJ1; d. December 20, 1776, Morristown,Morris,NJ 58
years old1.
Notes for BENJAMIN COE:
from; Robert Coe,Puritan 1340-1911 by Bartlett
born in Jamica,LI about 1709, went in childhood about 1715 to
Hanover,NJ, and first appears in 1733 when he was one of the suceders
from the Hanover Church who soon after organized the Presbyterian Church
of Morristown,NJ. On 8Sep1756, a corporation charter was granted to the
Morristown Church by Gov. Belcher and Benjamin Coe was named as one of
17 charter trustees, and his name appears on the records of their
meetings down to 12Sep1777 when he was dismissed to the Redstone
Presbytery in Westmoreland,(now Fayette Co) Pa.
On Dec 20,1782 Benjamin Coe registered in Westmoreland Co,Pa, a slave
named Titus who had been baptized in Morristown,NJ as a member of his
family 30Aug1767. In a rate for Huntington Township, Westmoreland Co,Pa
in 1783 Benjamin Coe Sr. was taxed for 2 horses, 2 cattle and 1 sheep.
After the Revolution Benjanin Coe crossed the Allegheny River into the
wilderness of the "indian Country", and built a stockade on the river
about 20 miles north of Pittsburg near the present town of Tarentum,
which was called "Coe's Station", his name appearing in the 1790 US
Census as located in the "Depreciation Tract" Alleghany Co,Pa., as head
of household with 5 males over 16, 4 males under 16 and 4 females. (this
enumeration evidently includes the families of his 2 sons Ebenezer Coe
and Benjamin Coe who do not appear anywhere themselves as heads of
families in that census.) The patriarch of the wilderness was then 4
score years of age and no furthur record of him has been found. (The
book was written in 1911).
As no records of the Morristown Church before 1742 are in existence,
his marriage and the baptisms of his elder children are not of record.
The baptisms of 10 children are recorded 1743-1761, and the family bible
of Aaron Williams, who married one of the daughters, Elizabeth Coe,
states she was the youngest child of 14 children.
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ID: I0592
Name: Benjamin Coe 1 2 3
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1709 in Jamaica, Queens Co., Long Island, NY 1 2 3
Death: AFT. 1790 in "Coe's Station", (near Tarentum), Allegheny Co.,
PA.r 4 2
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Reference Number: 592
Note:
In 1715, he moved with his father, Joseph Coe, to Hanover Co., NJ
Benjamin and Rachel were devout Presbyterians all their lives..
In 1733, he moved to Morristown, (now Morris Co., NJ. He had been
one of the seceders from the Hanover
Presbyterian Church on Long Island and soon after organized the
Presbyterian Church at Morristown, NJ. as one
of 7 Trustees named in its charter.
Benjamin Coe and Rachel Prudden had 14 children.
In 1776, Rachel Prudden Coe, died near Morristown.
On Sept. 12, 1777, he moved to Redstone Presbytery, Westmoreland
Co., (now Fayette Co.) PA, south of
Pittsburgh, with all his surviving children, including his
daughter, Jane Coe.
During 1778 to 1783, he was a ranger on the frontier in western
Pennsylvania, in Moses' Coe Company,
Rangers..
After the Revolution, he crossed back east over the Allegheny River
and built a stockade, near present-day
Taruntum (in now-Allegheny Co.) PA called 'Coe Station'.
The following miscellaneous notes were found among the papers of
aunt Jessie Lamb Townsend--
1)." Colonel Broadhead kept his Scouts out along the upper
Allegheny. Indian massacres. Old Westmoreland.
History Of Western Penns. Durmy the Rev. Hassler."
2). "Thomas McMullin, Rangers on the frontier 1778-1783. Pa.
Archives, series 3, vol.23, page 206."
From the 'History of the Fulton Family' by R.E.F.Linn (File Case,
DAR Library):
"The Coes were all singers, many stories coming down to us of their
triumphs in the exercise of that gift. One
Bejamin Coe, member of the Redstone Presbytery, was always counted
on to lead the singing at their meetings,
At one of the meetings of the Presbytery, a rumpus was narrowly
averted when Dr. West, a loud-mouthed
bellower burst in, before Mr. Coe could begin, and raised the
tune!.
"At a meeting, which Miss Coe attended, the whole congregation quit
singing and she found herself singing alone,
all were listening to her lovely voice. My earliest recollections
are of Ben Coe Critchlow's singing classes."
Father: Joseph Coe b: ABT. 1665 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY
Mother: Judith ? b: UNKNOWN in Jamaica, Long Island, NY
Marriage 1 Rachel Prudden b: 1718 in Morristown, Morris Co., NJ.
Married: ABT. 1735 in Morristown, (now) Morris Co., NJ 4 3
Children
1. Ebenezer Coe b: ABT. 1736 in (near)Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
2. Abigail Coe b: ABT. 1738
3. Sarah Coe b: 17 JAN 1739/40 in (near)Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
4. Phillip Coe b: ABT. 1742 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
5. Phoebe Coe b: 1743 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
6. Patience Coe b: 1745 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ. She
died in infancy.
7. Uzal Coe b: 1747 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
8. Benjamin Coe , Jr. b: 1748 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
9. Moses Coe b: 7 OCT 1750 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
10. Peter Coe b: 1753 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
11. Patience Coe b: 1755 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
12. Rachel Coe b: 1757
13. Jane Coe b: 22 APR 1759 in Hanover, Morris Co., NJ
14. Elizabeth Coe b: 1761 in (near) Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
Sources:
1.Title: Robert Coe, Puritan.His Ancestors and
Descendants.J.G.Bartlett, Boston. 1911
Author: J. Gardner Bartlett, Member of the New England Historical
Genealogical Society.
Publication: Published For Private Circulation By The Author.
Note: Encompasses his ancestors and descendants from 1340 to 1910.
Gives details and short biographical sketches
throughout the generations.
Note: Excellent.
Repository:
Note: Boston, MA. 1911
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p.90, 104
2.Title: Staley Family History. Miles E. Staley, son of Glenn Lamb &
Ethel Graves Staley.1998.
Author: Miles Erdman Staley, derived from research in various
libraries,his parents and siblings.
Publication: Unpublished. It is formatted on Family Group Sheets
and Research Forms...
Note: Numerous data was derived from his cousin, Jeffrey L.
Staley's 'Staley Family History', which can be viewed on
the Internet (