Generation No. 12
Descendants of Benjamin Coe
Generation No. 1
1. BENJAMIN5 COE (JOSEPH4, BENJAMIN3, ROBERT2, HENRY1)1 was born Abt.
1709 in Jamaica,LI,NY1, and died Abt. 1800 in Alleghany Co.,Pa. He
married RACHEL PRUDDEN1 Abt. 1735, daughter of JOSEPH PRUDDEN and JOANNA
LYON. She was born Abt. 1718 in Morristown,Morris,NJ1, and died
December 20, 1776 in 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 (