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Martha (Coffey) Stapp (abt. 1690 - abt. 1772)

Martha "Patsy" Stapp formerly Coffey aka Stepp
Born about in Essex, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 1709 in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 82 in Orange, Virginiamap
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Biography

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Martha (Coffey) Stapp was a Virginia colonist.

Martha "Patsy" Coffey was born in 1690 in Essex Virginia to Edward Coffey and Ann Ester Powell.

Father: Edward Coffey, A (John) was born 1670 in Elizabeth City, Essex County, Virginia or England/Ireland and died 1716 in Essex County, Virginia.

He married *Annister* *Ann Ester* Powell Bet. 1690 - 1699 in Essex County, Virginia. Daughter of Thomas Powell and Mary Place. She was born Bet. 1683 - 1685 in Essex County, Virginia 11, and died Bef. 18 Dec 1744 in St. Anne's Parrish, Essex County, Virginia .[1]

Martha Coffey married Joshua Stapp 1688 - 1783. They were married in 1709 in Virginia. Per U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900.

(Descendant note: 0.78% Beth Jenkins Find Relationship : MyHeritage DNA This is the expected percentage of my own dna for her to be in the generation to be married to Joshua Stapp Sr.).

Marriage

Husband: Edward Coffey Wife: Ann Ester Powell Child: Martha Coffey Child: Edward Coffey Child: John Coffey Child: Annister Coffey Child: Austin Coffey Child: Elizabeth Coffey Marriage: 1699 in Essex, Virginia, United States. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=3918055&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt and http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=252651&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt 4/27/22 Bad Links.

Research Notes

  • Since Martha's mother was named Ann Ester (Annister), this makes sense that their daughter is named Annister or Annester, a contraction of Ann Ester.
  • Don't think Martha was married to John Cleveland. Her sister Elizabeth Coffey was married to John Cleveland. Needs further investigation.
  • Don't think Martha's middle name was Elizabeth; records confused Martha with her sister Elizabeth.

Sources

  1. ↑ [|Gaines_Coffey Rootsweb]
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
  • The Strength of Our People By Norva Balser Warner. Page 42. My signed copy includes a printout of the author's family tree which is used for some documentation.




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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:

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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
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  • A child's birth date (Coffey-11 born 1690) should not be before a parent is six years old (mother Powell-162 born 1685) .
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
LaMarr-8 Ruth LaMarr
In reply to Karen Coffey's comment...I would say that Anne Ester Dulin was not her mother and that her birth date is correct, but I have no proof of this.
posted by Ruth LaMarr
Karen Coffey
Martha's parents did not marry until 1699 / 1700. Her brothers Edward and John were older. She must have been born 1702-1703. Explain how a child of 6 or 7 gets married in 1709 and has a child???? I think we all need to rethink Martha's line.
posted by Karen Coffey
Billups-130 Cynthia (Billups) B
Coffey-398 and Coffey-11 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same death date. Birth date is a guess anyway.  : )
posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
Norman-801 Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Don't think Martha was married to John Cleveland. Her sister Elizabeth was married to John Cleveland.

Don't think her middle name was Elizabeth either.

posted by Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)

Rejected matches › Martha (Sealey) Coffey (1775-1839) › Mary (McCann) Cleveland (1741-1808)

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