Ann Mourning (Christian) Coleman (abt. 1706 - aft. 1764)

Born about 1706 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Coleman — married about 1731 in Goochland County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1764 after about age 58 in Goochland County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Ann Mourning Christian was born circa 1706 in Charles City County, Virginia to Thomas and Rebecca (New) Christian. Ann's father sold 175 acres on Beaverdam Creek to Samuel Coleman on the 17th of July 1731, which was recorded on their Wedding Day.^{[citation needed]} She died after 1764 in Goochland County, Virginia.

Children of Samuel and Ann Coleman were:

1. James Jeremiah Coleman, SGT in REV WAR 1733–1788
2. Samuel Coleman 1735–1803
3. Daniel Coleman
4. John Coleman

Deeds

From her father to her husband, Samuel Coleman:

• 17 Jun 1731, Thomas Christian to Samuel Coleman, both of Goochland County, £25, 175 acres bound by Beaverdam Creek
  witnesses: Robert Christian, John Cox, John Coleman
  20 Jul 1731 Court: Rebecca, wife of Thomas Christian relinquishes dower right, Teste: Henry Wood, Cl. Cur.^[1]

• 9 Jun 1756, James, Samuel and Ann Coleman of Goochland County to John Pleasants & Son of Henrico, £63/3/10, on or before 1 Jun 1760 with interest, receipt of £0/10, 248 acres on Beaverdam Creek where Ann lives, 4 negroes: Peter, Tom, Philice, and Benny, and household goods, horses, cows, and pigs
  witnesses: Thos. Pleasants, Geo. Robinson, Robert Pleasants Jr., Jacob Oglesby, Ben Watkins
  18 Jun 1756 Court: James and Ann M. Coleman acknowledge deed of mortgage and ordered recorded, Teste: Val. Wood Cl. Cur.^[2]

St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book

Ann Mourning Coleman was reimbursed in 1758 for keeping Rachel Gavin, in 1759 through 1764 for keeping Mrs. Gavin, and in 1761 for keeping David Clark(e) for five months.^[3]

Research Notes

It's been repeated that the date of the deed from Thomas Christian to Samuel Coleman was his and Ann's "wedding day". However the deed neglects to mention their marriage or Ann at all. Their marriage record is missing from the Douglas Register (although their son Samuel's marriage to Ann Wright in 1756 is there), and from the Goochland County Marriage Bonds 1730-1853 microfilmed and available online. It seems that the deed date has been chosen as an approximaton of their wedding date.

Sources

1. ↑ Deed books (with wills, inventories, etc.), 1728-1901, Virginia. County Court (Goochland County), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1948 (DB1:263-265) film 31654 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-9QN1?i=146&cat=406600 NB: Weisiger's abstracts of Goochland County Wills and Deeds reprint by Iberian Press from 1995 errs in stating the tract was 115 instead of 175 acres
2. ↑ Deed books (with wills, inventories, etc.), 1728-1901, Virginia. County Court (Goochland County), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1948 (DB7:99) film 31655 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-9VN6?i=313&cat=406600
3. ↑ Vestry book, 1744-1860, St. James-Northam Parish (Goochland County, Virginia), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1947 (nonpaginated) film 33855
   16 Dec 1758: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KFVD?i=40&cat=365237
   9 Oct 1759: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KXBW?i=41&cat=365237
   25 Sep 1760: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KFZW?i=44&cat=365237
   29 Oct 1761 & 25 Nov 1762: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KFD4?i=45&cat=365237
   2 Dec 1763: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KFVP?i=47&cat=365237
   10 Dec 1764: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-KF9L?i=51&cat=365237

• Coleman Descendants -Genealogy of Coleman and related pioneer families: http://colemangenealogy.ucan.us/colg04.htm

• My Genealogy Home Page: Information about Thomas Christian http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/r/a/Richard-M-Graham/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0202.html

• Waltons of Old Virginia : and sketches of families in Central Virginia

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Christian-541 created through the import of Christian Family Tree(6).ged on Apr 13, 2012 by Michael Christian.

• WikiTree Profile Christian-1117 created through the import of creekmore Family Tree.ged on Oct 26, 2013 by Donna Creekmore

• Thanks to Carole Anne (Brown) Whittemore - 7th great-granddaughter for contributing an earlier version of the biography on August 24, 2016.