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COIT, JOHN, (son of John and Grace, of N. L.,) b. 1720, m. Mary Pierce, dau'r of Robert and Ann, June 13, 1742. They had a dau'r Grace, b. Aug. 27, 1744. She m. Daniel Shaw or Starr. John, her father, was drowned March 26, 1744-5.
COIT, JOSEPH, JUN., son of Rev. Joseph, b. 1711, m. Mary Spalding, of Plainfield, and removed to Griswold, where he had dau'rs, viz. :
1. Elizabeth, m. E. Lord, of Preston, March 21, 1754, and Daniel Kelly, of Norwich, June 4, 1767.
2. Mary, b. 1739, d. July 21, 1741, or m. Amos Clift, Feb. 12, 1761.
Elizabeth and Mary were bap. as the children of Mary Coit,
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widow, Nov. 1, 1741. His widow, Mary, m. Gen. John Tyler, of Preston, Dec. 14, 1742, for second husband.
COIT, ISAAC, son of Rev. Joseph Coit, b. Dec. 26, 1714 ; he m. Ruth Spalding, of Plainfield, where he settled. His wife d. about 1770, and about 1773 he m. Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, widow of Rev. Mr. Webb, of Uxbridge, Mass. He d. without leaving children, April 23, 1776, aged 61. His widow m. Rev. Mr. Jones, of Weston, Mass., Nov. 30, 1779.
COIT, DANYELL, b. in 1731, son of Rev. Joseph, of Plainfield, m. Tamasore Kimball, of Methuen, Mass., and settled in"Plainfield, where he d. April 23, 1762, and left one daughter, Experience, who d. at Pomfret about 1765, and no sons. His widow, as before stated, m. Dr. Elisha Lord, of Pomfret, about 1764. (See ante.) Joseph, Isaac and Daniel, sons of Rev. Joseph Coit, left no sons.
Daniel d. at Plainfield, April 23, 1762. Estate, £610. His widow administratrix, 1762.
COIT, WM., son of Rev. Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1720 ; not known who he m. He removed before 1750 to Sheffield, Mass., and died 1776. I have searched for no children. He had a son Isaac and others.
COIT, COL. SAMUEL, b. about 1708, appears to have been the only son of Rev. Joseph, who has left sons to keep up his worthy name in Preston.
Col. Samuel m. Sarah Spalding, dau'r of Benj'n, of Plainfield, in 1730. He removed from Plainfield, and settled at Preston, (now Griswold,) where he became a colonel of militia, judge of the county court and principal influential leader in Griswold. He died Oct. 4, 1792, aged 84 years. Most of the name in Griswold, Norwich, &c., are descendants of Col. Coit and his wife Sarah. Children :
1. Benj'n, b. March 28, 1731 ; m. Abigail, dau'r of Roger Billings, of Pres- ton, Jan. 30, 1753.
2. Samuel, b. July 23, 1733; m. Mercy Clark, of Preston, May 7, 1754.
3. William, b. Feb. 13, 1735; m. Sarah Lathrop, dau'r of Ebenezer, of Nor- wich, March 21, 1759.
4. Oliver, b. Feb. 23, 1736-7; m. Zipporah Morgan, Nov. 21, 1758.
5. Wheeler, b. Feb. 24, 1738-9 ; m. Mehetabel Lester, dau'r of Timothy, of P., Dec. 26, 1765.
6. John, b. June 4, 1741 ; m. Mehitabel Tyler, dau'r of Gen. John, Feb. 6, 1766.
7. Joseph, bap. May 2, 1746; d. aged 20.
8. Isaac, d. aged three years, April 10, 1757.
Sarah, wife of Col. Samuel, d. July 11, 1776, aged 65, and Col.
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Coit m. Mrs. Jemima Hall, for second wife, March 22, 1779. He d 1792 .*
COIT, WILLIAM, b. Jan. 25, 1675, (son of Deacon Joseph, of N. L., and Martha Harris, of Wethersfield, his wife,) m. Sarah Chandler, (sister of his brother John Coit's wife, ) June 9, 1697, and d. at N. L. May 7, 1703, aged 27 years. His widow, Sarah, m. John Gardiner for her second husband. William left three children :
1. Daniel, b. Oct. 25, 1698. He became a business man in N. London, town- clerk, &c .; had three wives and several children ; but no male descendants of his are now found there.
2. Elizabeth, b. in 1700, d. young.
3. William, b. 1701-2 ; also d. yonng.
COIT, SOLOMON, b. Nov. 29, 1679, son of Deacon Joseph and grandson of John, Sen., of N. L., m. Mary Stow, Dec. 24, 1706, and had issue :
1. Solomon, b. 1710, probably died young.
2. Mary, b. June 30, 1713 ; m. G. Lucas, Aug. 18, 1733.
3. Nathaniel, birth not certain; had a large family in N. L., of whom there are now few descendants of the namne.
Mary, wife of Solomon, d, July 7, 1713.
Solomon m. second, Elizabeth Short, Aug. 18, 1714, and after-
* NOTE. Several of this family were conspicuous whigs during the War of the Revolution. One of the Capt. Coits distinguished himself at the battle of Bunker Hill, with Knowlton and many others from Connecticut. Capt. William Coit was appointed captain of the ship of war Oliver Cromwell, which was built at Saybrook by Connecticut in 1776. He was appointed cap- tain of said ship of war then building, July 11, 1776, and on July 31, the governor and council appointed Azariah Whittlesey, master of the colony ship under Capt. Coit, and allowed £250 to enlist his men ; and Capt. Coit continued her captain until April 11, 1777, when Seth Hard- ing, Esq., was appointed captain of the Oliver Cromwell, and Capt. Coit considered discharged, after the 14th of April, 1777. This ship did good service during that war. (See The doings of the Governor and Council of Connecticut in 1776, '77, and pp. 578, '79, '80, '81, Appendix Hin- man's Hist. of Revolution.)
Col. Samuel Coit held an exalted rank in Connecticut for many years before, during and after the war, as a man of excellent judgment, on the bench of the court, in society, or in the battle- field. He had become somewhat aged when the war commenced, but in 1776 was colonel of a regiment of the militia of Connecticut, and the committee of war, Sept. 6, 1776, directed that the vacancy made in Col. Wolcott's regiment should be supplied by men from Col. Coit's and Saltonstall's regiments of militia. Col. Samuel Coit, by his age and infirmity, (not his good will for the cause,) was excused from service in the expedition to New York, by the governor and council of Connecticut, Sept. 18, 1776.
An interesting coincidence is related by Judge N. Shipman, late of Norwich, viz .: "Samuel Coit, of Preston, was Lieut. Col. and Judge of the County Court, at the same time Hezekiah Huntington, of Norwich, was Lieut Col. and Judge of the County. Each was the father of nine children, who arrived at the age of maturity. In 1835, all that remained of the blood of Col. Huntington was contained in the veins of the five children of Hon. Frederick Wolcott, of Litchfield, while the descendants of Col. Coit numbered over five hundred."
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ward supposed to have m. Margaret --. The history of this household needs further investigation. Elizabeth, second wife of Solomon, d. March 25, 1715.
COIT, JOSEPH, b. 1728, son of John and Grace, m. Miss Mosier of Montville, and perhaps had sons Joseph and Richard.
COIT, NATH'L, son of Solomon, m. Margaret Douglass, dau'r of Richard, Nov. 6, 1735, and had issue :
1. Sarah, b. July 18, 1736 ; m. Samuel Belden, June 17, 1759.
2. Nath'l, Jun., b. Dec. 1, 1738 ; m. Baradil Latimer, dau'r of Jno., July 5, 1764.
3. Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1740 ; d. 1742-3.
4. Margaret, b. Feb. S, 1742-3; d. 1746.
5. Solomon, b. Feb. 15, 1744-5; m. Hannah Jordan, Feb. 26, 1775.
6. Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1747; d. May 28, 1832.
7. Samuel, b. July 1, 1752 ; d. at Boston ;
8. Wm., b. July 1, 1752; d. July 9, 1752.
Margaret, wife of Nathaniel, d. July 17, 1752, and Nathaniel m. for his second wife, Mary Braddick, (widow,) and dau'r of Richard Christophers, July 13, 1754 ; had a dau'r Katherine, who d. young, and Mary, her mother, d. Nath'l m. for his third wife, Love, the widow of Lemuel Rogers, and dau'r of George Richards, Nov. 18, 1759, and had children, John, Benjamin, William, Russell and Love.
COIT, RUSSELL, (son of Nath'l and Love,) m. Lucretia Wolf, Nov. 19, 1791, and had children, viz. :
1. Nath'l, b. Aug. 13, 1792 ; m. Nancy Neil.
2. Love, b. Nov. 2, 1794; d. 1795.
3. Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1796. 1
4. Second Love, b. Nov. 19, 1798 ; m. Dr. West, of Tolland.
5. Nancy, b. Feb. 21, 1804; m. John Miller.
6. John Wolf, b. Jan. 29, 1803.
7. Wm. Avery, b. Oct. 30, 1806.
Lucretia, wife of Russell, d. 1832, and Russell d. Feb. 22, 1850.
COIT, NATH'L, son of Nath'l and Margaret, (Douglass, ) b. 1738, m. Baradil Latimer, (dau'r of Jona.,) July 5, 1764, and had issue, viz .:
1. Nathaniel, b. April 11, 1765 ; d. single at sea.
2. Margaret, b. Aug. 21, 1767; d. 1814.
3. Barradill, b. Aug. 9, 1769 ; m. Stephen G. Thatcher, Oct. 27, 1798.
4. Anne, b. April 10, 1771.
5. Catherine, b. April 13, 1775; m. Richard Chappell, Feb. 5, 1797; d. March 13, 1849.
6. Richard, b. March 26, 1777; d. at sea.
7. Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1779 ; drowned about 1785.
8. Sarah, b. July 28, 1781 ; d. Aug. 7, 1781.
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Nathaniel, the father, d. of the " prison and ship fever," April 24, 1783, and his widow Baradil d. March 4, 1817, aged 63 years.
COIT, SOLOMON, CAPT., b. 1744-5; son of Nathaniel and Margaret (D.) m. Hannah Jordan, Feb. 26, 1775, of Saco, and had issue, viz .:
1. Margaret, 3 b. 1779 ; § m. Nicholas Scammon, a farmer, March 5, 1808.
2. Hannah, S Hannah resides at Saco.
3. Mehetabel, b. 1781 ; m. 1. Wentworth, and 2. Patterson.
4. Nath'l, d., aged 14 years.
5. Mary, d., aged 7.
6. Solomon, b. 1693 ; d.
Capt. Solomon, the father, d. in the West Indies about 1793. Hannah, his widow, m. Capt. Jos. Perkins, of Arundel, (now Ken- nebunkport,) in 1797.
Solomon, Jun., son of Solomon and Hannah, sailed from Ports- mouth about 1814. He was master of the privateer Mars, and was never heard from.
COIT, BENJAMIN, (son of Col. Samuel and Sarah,) of Gris- wold, had two wives : first, Abigail, dau'r of Roger Billings, of Pres- ton, m. Jan. 30,"1753, and had children, viz .:
1. Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1753 ; m. Ruama Hall, dau'r of John, of Preston.
2. Roger, b. March 28, 1755; m. Olive Brewster, daughter of Simeon, of Preston.
3. Daniel, b. Jan. 28, 1757 ; m. Olive Tyler, dau'r of Gen. John, of Preston.
4. Benjamin, Jun., b. Dec. 21, 1759; m. Sarah, dau'r of Wm. and Sarah Coit, of Norwich.
Abigail, the mother of the above children, d. Jan. 27, 1760, aged 38. He m. for his second wife, Widow Mary Boardman, a daugh- ter of Captain Tyler, May 28, 1760, and had other children, viz .:
5. Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1761 ; d. single, 1790.
6. George, b. Sept. 19, 1764 ; d. in London, England, Sept. 28, 1787.
7. William, b. August 21, 1766 ; m. Miss Cornell ; merchant in N. York.
8. Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1768 ; m. Nathaniel Shipman, of Norwich, Oct. 14, 1794.
9. Martha, b. Oct. 16, 1770 ; m. Dwight Ripley, of Norwich, April 24, 1794.
10. Betsey, b. Oct. 29, 1772 ; m. Rev. Jona. Pomeroy, of Northampton, Mass., Dec. 24, 1795 ; d. 1834.
11. Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1775 ; was lost at sea.
Mary, second wife of Benjamin, d. June 15, 1800, aged 70. Ben- jamin, the father, d. April 21, 1812, aged 81. " Benj'n Coit, Esq." received to communion at 2d church in Preston, July 6, 1806. He and his wife Abigail, owned the covenant at Preston, Oct. 20, 1754.
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COIT, SAMUEL, JUN., son of Col. Samuel, of Preston, m. Mercy Clark, of Preston, May 7, 1754, and had issue :
1. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1755 ; d. Feb. 1, 1826, aged 72.
2. Mercy, b. May 13, 1756 ; d. Feb. 2, 1790.
3. Solomon, b. Jan. 21, 1759 ; d. in the army, Aug. 17, 1776.
4. Bethany, b. Nov. 23, 1760 ; m. Jno. Wingate, of Plainfield, N. H., Jan. 28,1796.
5. Samuel, b. Oct. 23, 1762 ; m. Mary Burton, of Preston, June 25, 1785. 1
6. Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1764.
7. James, b. Feb. 3, 1768 ; m. Lovitt, of Lisbon, Nov. 27, 1800.
8. Polly, b. June 3, 1770 ; m. Turner.
9. Clark, b. May 7, 1772 ; d. at his brother James', in Hastings, N. Y., July 25, 1844.
Mercy, the mother, d. Nov. 12, 1800, aged 73. Samuel, the father, d. at Preston, March 13, 1806, aged 73. Mr. Samuel was re- ceived to the second church in Preston, in 1801.
COIT, OLIVER, son of Col. Samuel, m. Zipporah Morgan, of Preston, Nov. 21, 1758. Children :
1. Farewell, b. Dec. 24, 1758.
2. Huldah, b. Feb. 20, 1760 ; d. Aug. 3, 1790.
3. Experience, b. March 12, 1763 ; d. Feb. 13, 1850, aged 86.
4. Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1765 ; d. Feb. 10, 1850, aged 84.
5. Olive, b. April 2, 1766 ; d. July 8, 1772.
6. Elisha, b. Dec. 10, 1769.
7. Oliver, b. June 9, 1771 ; d. Dec. 17, 1843, aged 72.
8. Second Olive, b. Dec. 7, 1773 ; d. 1839, aged 65.
9. Daniel, b. July 7, 1776 ; d. 1801, aged 28.
10. Samuel, b. July 6, 1778; d. of yellow fever in Cuba, July 10, 1799, aged 21.
11. Benjamin S., b. July 1, 1782; d. Oct. 28, 1822, aged 40.
Capt. Oliver Coit d. in Preston, Oct. 3, 1809, aged 72. Zippo- rah, his widow, d. Aug. 11, 1827, aged 90. (See Note of Oliver.)
COIT, WHEELER, son of Samuel and Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1738, m. Mehetibel Lester, dau'r of Timothy, of Preston, Dec. 26, 1765. Issue :
1. Lucy, b. Oct. 18, 1766 ; m. Eb. Ledyard, Jun., of Groton, Oct. 14, 1789, and m. second, Thomas Fanning.
2. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1767; d. Dec. 27, 1788, aged 21.
Mehitabel, wife of Wheeler, d. March 3, 1774, aged 28, and he m. Sibil Tracy, of Norwich, second wife, Dec. 8, 1774. Issue :
3. An infant, d. July.
4. Daniel, b. Aug. 12, 1777 ; m. Hezekiah Lord, Oct. 3, 1804, d. May, 1805.
5. Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1780 ; m. John Coit, of New York, Dec. 14, 1802.
6. Mehitabel, b. Nov. 5, 1784 ; m. John L. Boswell, of. Norwich.
7. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1786 ; m. Hon. Tho's Day, of Hartford.
8. Lydia, b. Sept., 1788 ; m. Eliphalet Terry, Esq., of Hartford.
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9. Samuel Tracy, b. May 9, 1790 ; m. Penelope M. Abbott.
Sybil, second wife, d. Feb. 27, 1793, and he m. for his third wife, Hannah, a widow, and a granddaughter of Rev. B. Lord, of Norwich, Nov. 14, 1793, and by her had issue :
10. Hannah Ann, b. Oct. 24, 1797 ; d. May 20, 1816, aged 21.
11. Joseph Lord, b. June 14, 1796, d. 1836.
Wheeler, the father, d. in Preston, Oct. 1, 1796, aged 57.
COIT, JOHN, son of Samuel and Sarah, m. Mehitabel Tyler, daughter of Gen. John, of Preston, Feb. 6, 1766, and had issue:
1. Lydia, b. Dec. 13, 1766 ; m. James Lord.
2. Nathaniel, b. May 5, 1768 ; m. Betsey Morgan, of P., March 14, 1792.
3. Sarah, b. May 1, 1770 ; m. James Rogers, of Norwich, Jan. 16, 1799.
4. Olive, b. Feb. 22, 1772 ; m. Col. Moses Tyler, May 29, 1793, and 2. Rev. G. Dorman, in 1835.
5. John, b. Dec. 20, 1773 ; m. Betsey Coit, his cousin, daughter of Wheeler, 1802.
6. Sophia, b. Oct. 14, 1775 ; m. Roland Burbank, of W. Springfield.
7. James Tyler, b. Oct. 1, 1778 ; drowned at St. Mary's, Georgia.
8. Hon. Roger, b. Jan. 25, 1786 ; m. 1. Frances Coit, dau'r of D'l and Mercy, Nov. 15, 1808.
9. Rebecca, b. Feb. 2, 1783 ; m. D. T. Coit, March 27, 1805.
John, the father, d. at Preston, March 7, 1808, aged 67. His widow, Mehitabel, d. Jan. 3, 1806, aged 73 years.
COIT, WILLIAM, son of Samuel and Sarah, (b. 1735,) m. Sarah, dau'r of Ebenezer Lathrop, of Norwich, March 21, 1759. His wife Sarah d. Feb. 21, 1780, aged 45. He d. Nov. 16, 1821, aged 86 years. Hem. a second wife, Elizabeth, (Palmes,) widow of Joseph Coit. She d. Aug. 28, 1803. Issue :
1. Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1760 ; m. Gen. Joseph Williams, of Norwich.
2. Wmn., Jun., b. April 27, 1761 ; d. aged 24, April 25, 1785.
3. Elisha, b. Dec. 22, 1762; m. R. Manwaring.
4. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1765 ; m. Benj'n Coit, of Norwich, Oct., 1788.
5. Lydia, b. Sept. 4, 1766 ; m. Thomas Fanning, June, 1789; d. Nov. 1, 1789.
6. Daniel, b. April 2, 1768 ; d. at Port au Prince, 1790.
7. Levi, b. April 24, 1770; m. Lydia Howland, of Norwich.
8. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1772; m. Dwight Ripley, of Norwich, Feb. 24, 1796.
9. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1773 ; d. May 1, 1844, aged 70; single.
COIT, HON. ROGER, b. Jan. 25, 1786, son of John and Mehita- bel ; he resided many ycars at Plainfield, and while there was six years high sheriff of Windham county, and sustained that high rep- utation which men of his deportment and good common sense, with a gentlemanly ease of manner, always will, in all good society. He held several places of trust in the town and state, in which he was
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ever careful to honor his office, rather than have the office honor him. He has resided also at Norwich, and in his old age has re- moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He m. first, Frances Coit, daughter of Daniel and Mercy, of Preston, Nov. 15, 1808, and had children, viz .:
1. John, b. Aug. 28, 1809; m. Camela L. Fuller, of Plainfield, March 10, 1836.
2. Susan, b. Oct. 8, 1810 ; m. Daniel Packer, Jun., Sept. 21, 1831 ; d.
3. Catherine, b. Dec. 4, 1811 ; m. Elisha Morgan.
4. James Mason, b. Feb. 15, 1813; m. Mary Ann Lathrop, of Norwich.
5. Lydia Lord, b. Aug. 9, 1814 ; m. P. Spooner.
6. Frances, b. June 9, 1816; m. G. Webb.
7. Jane, b. Jan. 6, 1818 ; d. March 12, 1844, aged 26.
8. Samuel, b. Feb. 17, 1819 ; m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Gladding, of P .; many years in a bank ; now of New York city.
9. Henry R., b. Oct. 5, 1820 ; m. Fanny, dau'r of O. Olmsted, of Hartford ; now Cashier of the bank in Litchfield.
10. Ruth Harwood, b. Jan. 18, 1822 ; m. Rev. Andrew Dunning, Aug. 14; d. aged 26.
11. Olive Tyler, b. Nov. 17, 1823; d. aged 22.
12. Harriet G., b. Oct. 12, 1825 ; d. aged 20.
13. Betsey P., b. Jan. 30, 1827 ; a noble girl ; unmarried in Ohio.
14. Daniel Roger, Esq., b. Aug. 23, 1829 ; a lawyer in Ohio.
Mrs. Frances, wife of Hon. Roger, and mother of the above fam- ily, d. Sept. 26, 1843, aged 53. Mr. Coit removed to Cincinnati, where he m. for his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Cogswell, (maiden name Rowland, of Ct.,) and where he now resides, and has a dau'r, Mary Rebecca, by his second marriage, being fifteen children by two wives.
COIT, ELISHA, (son of Wm. and Sarah, above,) was a mer- chant in the city of New York. He m. Rebecca Manwaring, of N. L., Jan. 20, 1793, and had children born in New York, viz .:
1. Martha M., m. Hon. Thomas S. Williams, of Hartford, late chief justice of the supreme court of Conn., his second wife ; no issue by either.
2. Mary Ann, m. first, Rev. Henry Blatchford, and second, Hon. Samuel Hubbard, LL. D., of Boston, late judge of the superior court in Mass., now deceased.
3. William D., unmarried.
4. Susanna M., m. Thomas Adams, of Castine, a merchant at Boston.
5. Sarah L., m. Charles Scudder, merchant, of Boston.
6. Gurdon Saltonstall, m. Mary Ann Burbige, of N. York.
7. Rebecca M., d. in infancy.
COIT, NATH'L, son of John and Mary, m. Eliz'th Davis, Feb. 16, 1687. Issue :
1. Mary, b. March 9, 1688.
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2. John, b. March 9, 1691.
3. Daughter, b. May 31, 1993.
4. Abigail, b. April 26, 1695 ; d. 1698.
5. Joshua, b. July 5, 1697; d. 1697.
6. Martha, b. July 14, 1698.
7. Abigail, b. Jan. 13, 1703.
8. Steven, b. Nov. 1, 1704 ; d. 1705.
His wife, Elizabeth, d. Feb. 11, 1700, and Nath'l Coit m. Abigail Stevens, Feb. 17, 1702, and had issue above. Abigail, second wife, d. Jan. 8, 1710, and Nath'l m. Widow Hannah Sargent, for third wife, Nov. 30, 1711. Nath'l, the father, d. Jan. 10, 1743, aged 84. He had been selectman, representative, &c.
March 11, 1650-1 .- John Coite, " the younger, hath given him by the townsmen of Pequot, one acre of meadow lying in its length, by Wm. Welman, towards the weast, and will mea. towards the east, land laid out by the measurers in Quaganapauxet." It appears by this, John, Jun., was at N. L. for a time.
" John Coite, Sen., hath given to him 20 acres, Feb. 19, 1654."
COIT, JOHN, of Gloucester, son of John and Mary Jenners, m. Mary Stevens, dau'r of Wm., May 21, 1652, and had issue in Mass .:
1. John, b. Aug. 14, 1653.
2. Mary, b. June 4, 1655.
3. Abigail, b. March 29, 1657 ; m. Isaac Eveleth, Nov. 13, 1677.
4. Nath'l, b. April 13, 1659.
5. Job, b. Aug. 26, 1661.
John, the father, d. April 25, 1675.
COIT, JOB, son of John and Mary, m. Hannah -, and had a dau'r Mary, who d. young ; perhaps others. Job d. Sept. 15, 1690. There is a certificate of the marriage of Mary Coyt with Joseph Whitne, from Charleston, S. Carolina, certified by A. Garden, min- ister, Aug. 2, 1736, recorded at Norwalk, Ct.
Joseph, John and Joshua Coit, had graduated at Harvard College, before 1776, and fifteen at Yale College, before 1851.
Dr. Isaac, of Southwick, d. 1813.
This informal, extended list of the family of Coits, containing many facts, is far from a full list of that worthy family. For many of the facts, (not the form,) I am indebted to Rev. Mr. Learned, of Canter- bury, (a descendant of the family, ) and others ; though I should not have published it in its present informal shape, except by the earnest solicitation of one of the family.
COKE, PENFIELD, was refused a settlement in Hartford, in 1664. COLE, JAMES, was an original settler at Hartford, and in the 55*
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first land division there in 1639, and drew ten acres. He was lo- cated on the eighth tier of lots, west of Trumbull Street, in Hartford, numbered 35 to 43, from Burr Street to the river. (Porter.) He had a lot of land in Wethersfield, in 1645. He was a weaver by trade, and not a man of much wealth or particular notice in the col- ony. He m. in London, before he came to this country, Ann Ed- wards, said to have been the widow of Rev. Richard Edwards, of London, who died there. She had one child by Mr. Edwards, a son, about twelve years old, by the name of William Edwards who came with her and his father-in-law, to Hartford. This boy became the ancestor of Rev. Timothy Edwards, J. Edwards, D. D., Jonathan, President of a college in N. Jersey, and Jonathan, President of the college at Schenectady ; of Gov. Edwards, of Hon. Daniel Edwards, of Hon. Pierpont, of Judge Edwards, of N. York, Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., late president of Yale College, of Hon. Theodore, and many others of the great men of this country, probably more than have descended from any other English ancestor who settled in Connecticut. (See EDWARDS.) Ann, the wife of James Cole, d. Feb. 20, 1678-9, and by her will, gave her house and lot to her son, Wm. Edwards, during his and his wife's lives ; at their decease, to vest in her grandson, Richard, son of Wm., and his heirs forever ; Richard, administrator. Estate, £103. James and Ann Cole had a son John, and other children by her second husband. There was also a John Cole, an early settler at Hartford. The relation be- tween James and John is not found, if any existed. James d. 1652.
COLE, JOHN, early removed to Farmington, and belonged to the first church organized there as early as 1651 or '52 He had two sons, Samuel and John. Soon after the settlement of the town of Hadley, in 1659, John Cole, Sen., removed there with his son John, while Samuel, his other son, was located in Farmington, and re- mained there. John, Jun., of Hadley, had sons Jonathan and Sam- uel, and their descendants are now numerous in and about Hadley, particularly Jonathan's. Samuel, son of John, Sen., of Farmington, wife Abigail, had sons Samuel, Jun., Timothy, John, Nath'l, Isaac, Joseph and Caleb. Samuel's descendants settled in Southington, New Britain, Meriden, &c. Timothy Cowles m. into the family of Hon. Wm. Pitkin, of East Hartford, where Timothy settled and became a deacon in the church there. John left no posterity. Porter says, the sons of Nathaniel settled in Canaan, except the oldest Nathaniel, who lived with his uncle John, and d. young, soon after he married, but left a son Nathaniel, whose family settled in Bethlem, Ct. Isaac
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became the ancestor of most of the wealthy Cowles's, of Farming- ton. Joseph, another brother, settled at Meriden, where he m. Mis Royce, and became a deacon of the church there. This has proved a good branch of the descendants of John, Sen .; and Caleb, the other brother, who located his family at Kensington, was the most unfortunate branch of these seven sons. The descendants of Sam- uel, Sen., of Farmington, uniformly spell the name Cowles, while the descendants of John, Jun., spell it Cowls, and the ancestor, John, spelt his name Cole. Joshua, of Colchester, 1731.
COLE, CALEB, of Norwalk, settled in Sharon, 1748; his sons were Matthew, Zebulon and David. He d. 1780. (Sedg.)
COLES, SUSAN, of Hartford, for her rebellious carriage to her mistress, was sent to the house of correction, kept to hard labor and coarse diet, brought forth the next lecture day and publicly corrected, and so weekly corrected, until an order should be given to the con- trary, March 5, 1644. (Col. Rec.) She was often adjudged to be whipped afterward. Mathew Williams' debt for wages in the hands of Belding, ordered detained by him, until an order was had as to Susan Cole's child layed to his charge, 1645.
COLES, HENRY, and wife Sarah, of Middletown, (record by his wife,) had issue, Henry, b. Sept. 20, 1647; James, b. Feb. 8, 1649; John, b. Feb. 14, 1652 ; Wm., b. April 25, 1653 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1654 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1656 ; Mary, b. June 11, 1658 ; Joanna, b. Aug. 1, 1661 ; Abigail, b. 1664, and Rebecca, b. April 5, 1667-ten children.
COLE, ICHABOD and SARAH, of Middletown, had issue born there : Stephen, b. July 17, 1708, d .; Rachel, b. Jan. 23, 1709-10. Ichabod, the father, d. April 4, 1711. (Stearns.)
COLLS, TOBIAS, of Saybrook, notices in his will, John Com- stock, H. Champion, W. Waller, R. Marvin, Rich'd Smith, W. Brockway, J. Borden, P. Lay, John Prentice, Mr. Lay and his chil- dren. He gave his property to the Lay family, principally, though he left one child. John Lay, executor. Will dated Sept. 2, 1664. Inventory presented Oct. 15, 1664.
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