9. ROBERT⁹ COE (HENRY⁸, JOHN⁷ COO, JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹)^23,24 was born 1596 in Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk Co., England^25,26, and died 1689 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY²⁷. He married (1) MARY ?^27,28 Abt. 1623 in England²⁹. She was born Unknown, and died 1628 in Boxford, Suffolk Co., England^29,30. He married (2) ANN DEARSLEY³¹ April 29, 1630 in ?³¹. She was born 1591³¹, and died Unknown. He married (3) JANE ROUSE³² February 15, 1674/75³². She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT COE:
Burial Records of Boxford Church, Suffolk Co., England,state Mary's name as "Marie, wife of Robert Coe".
She was the mother of all the children of Robert Coe.
He was raised under Puritan influences and became imbued with their faith and desire for religious liberty.
On April 18, 1625, he was chosen Overseer Of Cloth and in 1629 'Questman' (the Sideman of the Boxford Church).
In 1625, Robert Coe was living in Boxford--about 8 miles south of Thorpe-Morieux--where he lived until he emigrated (at age 38) to New England in 1634 with his 2nd wife, Anne Dearsley (age 43) and children John (age 8), Robert (age 7), and Benjamin (age 5).
On April 30, 1634, they appeared in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, and boarded the ship 'Francis' bound for New England, being among the many who--desiring liberty from the prevailing religious oppression--set sail for the primitive wilderness of America to brave the hardships of pioneer life.
He was one among the some 25,000 who emigrated from England (2/3 of whom had resided in counties Essex and Suffolk) to New England between 1620 to 1643, mostly Puritans who escaped the Established Church to find religious liberty in the new land. He was the earliest immigrant of the name Coe. (Note--after the success of the Puritan revolution in 1643, emigration declined to a trickle).
Probably arriving at Boston, after a voyage of about 10 weeks, he immediately went to Watertown--a suburb of Boston--and was admitted as a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (A Freeman was entitled to be a citizen, entitled to vote and to hold public office).
After living less than a year at Watertown,he joined a group who migrated--again--to Wethersfield, CN, to found a new 'plantation' there. After about 5 years farming there, in 164l he moved to Stamfield, CN, being--also--one of the founders of that 'plantation', and in 1644 moved, again, to Hempstead, Long Island, New York, where he became Magistrate under the Dutch government of the New York colony. After 8 more years, in 1652 he moved to Newtown--eight miles west of Hempstead--on land that was bought from the Indians--and then moved (with his youngest son, Benjamin) to the area south of Newtown to found the town of Jamaica (then called 'Rustdorp'), (which land was also bought from the Indians). In 1658, he was appointed Magistrate of that town by the Dutch government.
In 1663, the English settlers in the Dutch colony revolted, which afterwards was named New York and came under the jurisdiction of the English Connecticut colony. And, Robert Coe became the Commissioner (or Magistrate) of Jamaica, responding to the government of Connecticut. After Long Island was returned to the jurisdiction of New York, Becoming a county called 'Yorkshire', he held other offices and retired--in 1671, at age 75 after holding the office of High Sheriff.
In 1675, he married his 3rd wife, Jane Rouse, at 79 years of age. (She was almost 10 years younger).. He died at about 92 years of age in about 1689.
. No record of his death and burial exist.

"....we see in him a fine example of the Puritan of his day; a man of vigorous physique, restless energy, strict integrity, strong convictions, and great force of character; and these characteristics have remained impressed on his descendants for generations."

His life, in more detail, can be read about in 'Robert Coe, Puritan, His Ancestors and Descendants', J. G. Bartlett, pp. 68-77.




More About ROBERT COE:
Occupation: Farmer, Magistrate, Commissioner, Sheriff.
Religion: Puritan

Children of ROBERT COE and MARY ? are: