Robert Coe (1596 - abt. 1689)

Born 26 Oct 1596 in Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Coe — married 1623 in Boxford, Suffolk, England

Husband of Hannah (Dearslay) Coe — married 29 Apr 1630 in Assington, Suffolk

Descendants

Died about 1689 at about age 92 in Hempstead, Queens, Long Island, Province of New York

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Robert Coe migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 125) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

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Robert was an early settler (before 1664) of Hempstead, Long Island, on Dutch-ruled western Long Island, as the town was founded by English colonists after purchase from natives in 1643, and then under a patent from New Netherland.

Biography

Robert Coe immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Hempstead, Suffolk, Long Island.

Robert Coe is often called the founder of the Coe family in America.^[1] He was born in Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk, England, the son of Henry Coe and Mary Vincent.^[2]Boxford,^[3][4] He was baptized on 26 Oct 1595 at Thorpe-Morieux, England^[2][3][4] He was married three times with all four of his known children by his first wife.

He immigrated to New England on the Francis in 1634 and settled initially in Watertown Massachusetts with his second wife and four children. He was made a freeman in Watertown on 3 September 1634. He was clearly well-educated and served in many elected positions including that of Magistrate. He moved several times during his life. He was in Wethersfield, Connecticut by 1635, Stamford in 1641, Hempstead, Long Island in 1644, Newtown, Long Island in 1652 Jamaica, Long Island in 1656 and back in Hempstead by 1687.

Birth

Baptized: 26 October 1595 at Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk, England,^[3]

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Mary Unknown about 1623 in England. She was buried 27 Oct. 1628 ^[3][5] See the note below regarding her possible LNAB.

Married: 2nd - Hannah Dearsley on 29 April 1630 in England. Hannah immigrated to America with Robert and his children. ^[3][5]

Married: 3rd - Jane Unknown on 18 Feb. 1674-5 at Long Island. Jane had been married twice before; first to John (or Bartholomew^[3]) Smith of Taunton, Mass. in about 1633, and second to Edward Rouse who died in 1672^[6]at Carolina.^[3]

Children of Robert Coe and Mary Unknown:

1. John Coe, bpt. 20 Aug. 1625 at Boxford, Eng.^[6] (History of Hempstead shows that Robert Coe's son John was born in 1626)^[4][3]
2. Robert Coe, bpt. 19 Sept. 1626. Twin of Mary Coe, m. Hannah Mitchell ^[3][6]
3. Mary Coe, bpt. 19 Sept. 1626. Twin of Robert Coe^[3][6]
4. Benjamin Coe, b. bpt. 18 Oct. 1628, m. Abigail Carman^[6] (History of Hempstead shows that Robert Coe's son Benjamin was born in 1629)^[4][3]

Possible LNAB of first wife:

Robert Coe's first wife is sometimes seen as Mary Crabbe, sister of Richard Crabbe. There is an absence of documentation of this relationship; it was certainly a possibility, however, it should probably not be assumed.

It can be found in records ^[7] that Robert Coe and Richard Crabbe referred to each other as brothers-in-law, but where the relationship comes from seems to be undocumented.

The two families are close; they both seem to have come from Suffolk, England and were of the Puritan faith. The Coe family came to Boston and then to Watertown around July 1634 and Richard Crabbe arrived at Boston then Watertown in 1634^[8] Both Robert Coe and Richard Crabbe were early settlers in Wethersfield, CT and Stamford, CT. ^[9] Robert Coe moved on to Long Island, but Richard Crabbe and his wife remained in Stamford and Greenwich at least until 1657; Richard and his wife, Goodwoman Crabbe were outspoken against the church leaders of the colony where they were tried in court and had fines levied against them. ^[10] Richard Crabbe refers to his wife as having been a well-bred woman in England, "a zealous professor from her childhood, almost beyond example."^[11]

In summation, in addition to the possibility that Richard Crabbe and Robert Coe's first wife Mary were brother and sister, Robert Coe and Richard Crabbe could have married sisters, Hannah Dearslay and Goodwoman Crabbe or just as easily, Robert Coe's first wife, Mary, could have been a sister of Goodwife Crabbe.

Death

Died: Between 20 June 1687 and 28 June 1690.^[3]

The exact date of his death is not known. The dates are when he acknowledged a deed, and the date his wife sold property of her own account.

Occupation

Robert Coe appears in 1625 in Boxford, co. Suffolk Eng. when he is elected to the office of overseer of cloth at Boxford and remains living there until 1634, when he and his family head to America^[2][3]

Deeds and Legacy

Robert Coe was amongst the first settlers to Wethersfield, CT

On the 30th day of June 1656, Robert Coe, along with eighteen other men, purchased the town of Stamford, CT, of the New Haven Company. These men had previously bought the Indian right to the settlement.

Timeline

• 1587 -- Parents' Marriage: Date: 21 Sep 1587, Place: Bildeston, Suffolk, England^[12][13]
• 1596 -- 26 Oct. 1596 Robert Coe was baptized at a small parish in Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk Co., England^[14]
• 1625 -- 18 April 1625 Robert Coe was elected to the office of overseer of cloth at Boxford, England.^[3] He remained living in Boxford until he immigrated with his family to America^[14]
• 1629 -- Robert Coe was chosen questman (sideman today) of the Boxford, Eng. church. ^[3][14]
• 1633 -- On 12 Nov. 1633 Robert, Mary, John, Robert, Benjamin, Mary Coo and the other passengers on the ship Francis take and Oath of Allegiance at Ipswich, England^[14]
• 1634 -- On 30 April 1634 Robert Coe and his family sailed from Ipswich, England on the ship Francis, captained by John Cutting^[2][3]
• 1634 -- About July 1634 Robert Coe and his family would have landed in Boston and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts^[2][4][3]
• 1634 -- Robert Coe was admitted as freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 3 Sept. 1634^[2][4][3]
• 1635 -- On 29 May 1635 Robert Coe formally left Watertown, Mass. church^[2]
• 1635 -- In June 1635 Coe family joined other settlers and began a plantation at Wethersfield, Connecticut^[2][3]
• 1637-1638 - The settlers of Massachusetts Bay Colony and New England experienced a very hard winter. "This was a very hard winter. The snow lay, from Nov. 4th to March 23d, half a yard deep about the Massachusetts.. and so the more north the deeper..and the spring was very backward...with flakes as great as shillings...This was the year 1637."^[15]
• 1640-1641 -- After a disagreement between factions in the church at Wethersfield, Robert Coe and his family left Wethersfield, CT and settled, briefly, in Stamford, CT, where the same issue with the church arose. ^{[4][3][16][17]}
• 1644 -- By 1644 Robert Coe moves his family to Long Island^[18]
• 1644 -- Robert Coe was listed as an originial owner of the fifty original proprietors of Hempstead^[3][19]
• 1653 -- Robert Coe was appointed deputy for Newtown.^[4][3]
• 1656 -- In 1656, Robert Coe, along with several other settlers, purchased land from the Indians south of Newtown, Long Island, founding the town of Jamaica, Long Island (or Rustdorp in Dutch records) by patent from the Dutch government dated 21 March 1655-6. ^[4][3][18]
• 1658 -- Robert Coe was appointed magistrate for Jamaica, Long Island in 1658 by the Dutch government. He held the office until 1664.^[7]
• 1665 -- Robert Coe expresses opposition to Quakers. ^[4]
• 1669 -- Robert Coe becomes Sheriff of Yorkshire.^[4][3]
• 1671 -- Robert Coe retired from public office and settled into private life.^[7](History of Hempstead has his retirement as 1672.)^[4]
• 1674-5 -- In Feb. 1674/5 Robert Coe married, for the third time, Jane _______, who was the widow of (1) John Smith and (2) Edward Rouse^[5]
• 1678 -- Robert Coe bought a fifty-acre farm from Jonah Fordham at Foster's Meadow in Hempstead on 29 Nov. 1678 ^[3][5]
• 1687 -- On 9 June 1687 Robert Coe, and his wife Jane Coe, deeded to their son, John Smith, after their decease, all right, title, and interest a house and fifty acres of land at Foster's Meadow.^[5][3]
• 1690 -- On 28 June 1690 Jane Coe sells the Foster's Meadow property as a widow.^[5]

Research Notes

• There does not appear to be a death date on record for Robert Coe Sr., but Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins.." does have that he made a land transaction in 1687 and in 1690 his widow, Jane, sells land on her own. Estimating 1689.^[3]
• Wikipedia shows Robert Coe's death date as 1689 using Robert Coe, Puritan,^[20] which references Printed Records of Hempstead, vol. 8, p.246-7^[21]It was from this record that Robert Coe's death date was estimated to be 1689.
• Death: Date according to Wikipedia^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia: Robert Coe (colonist).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families, Page 72
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26} Anderson. The Great Migration, vol II C-F. (2001): pages 125-132.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} History of Hempstead, LI, by Moore Archive.org
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Page 76, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910: with notices of other Coe families.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Page 77, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Page 75, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families.
8. ↑ VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986. page 23 Name: Richard Crabbe Arrival: 1634 Place: Boston Source Pub: 9448. Ancestry.com
9. ↑ Adams, Sherman W.. The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington : and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time. New York: Grafton Press, 1904. pg. 147 Ancestry.com
10. ↑ Records of the colony of jurisdiction of New Haven : from May, 1653 to the union : together with the New Haven code of 1656. Hartford Conn.: Printed by Case, Lockwood and Co., 1858. pg. 377 Ancestry.com
11. ↑ Records of the colony of jurisdiction of New Haven : from May, 1653 to the union : together with the New Haven code of 1656. Hartford Conn.: Printed by Case, Lockwood and Co., 1858. pg. 246 Ancestry.com
12. ↑ US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Ancestry.com Birth date: 1560 Birth place: En Marriage date: 1587 Marriage place: En
13. ↑ Bildeston, Suffolk, England; Collection: ; BTs; Date Range: 1579 - 1596; Film Number: 919565, England and Wales Marriages, 1538-1940. Ancestry.com Marriage date: 21 Sep 1587 Marriage place: Bildeston, Suffolk, England Residence date: Residence place: England
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3} Page 71, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families.
15. ↑ Winthrop, John, Winthrop's Journal, History of New England, 1630-1649: Volume 1. Page 269. www.Link at Archive.org
16. ↑ Pages 73-74, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families
17. ↑ J. Hammond Trumbull, ed. The Memorial History of Hartford County Connecticut 1633-1884. Vol. I-II. Boston, MA, USA: Edward L. Osgood Publisher, 1886. Page 438. Link at Ancestry.com
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Page 74, Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families.
19. ↑ "The Fifty Original Proprietors of Hempstead," The Nassau County Historical Society Journal 29:24-37
20. ↑ Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett, 1911. Page 71-77.
21. ↑ Printed Records of Hempstead, vol. 8, p. 246-7

See also:

• Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett, 1911. Page 71-77.Archive.org
• Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C–F. (Boston; NEHGS, 2001): pages 125-132. Can be viewed on Ancestry.com Can also be viewed at Robert Coe at NEHGS
• Great Migration Newsletter, V. 9. p. 4(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)subscription site
• Wikipedia: Robert Coe (colonist).
• Moore, Charles B., Early History of Hempstead, Long Island. New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1879. Archive.org. Page 8.
• Cutter, William Richard,. Genealogical and family history of western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912. Pg. 1402. Ancestry.com
• Research and compilation was done by Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com Transcription of Francis Passenger List
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library.
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
• POPE, CHARLES HENRY. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998. 550p. Robert Coe - Ancestry.com Birth date: abt 1596 Birth place: Arrival date: 1634 Arrival place: Massachusetts M
• COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Robert Coe - Ancestry.com Arrival date: 1634 Arrival place: Massachusetts
• Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 18 May 1931, 9216; 13 Jul 1931, 9216 Robert Coe - Ancestry.com Birth date: 1596 Birth place: Eng, New York
• Drake, Samuel G. Results of Some Researches Among the British Archives For Information Relative to the Founders of New England: Made in the years 1858, 1859 and 1860 (Boston: New England and Hist. Register 1869) pp 54 and 55 Digital copy (https://archive.org/stream/resultofsomerese00drak#page/54/mode/2up : Accessed 6 Dec. 2016)

Acknowledgements:

• Originally this profile was created by the import of the data for Robert Coe from LJ Pellman Consolidated Family_2011-03-21.ged on 21 Mar 2011. This person was created through the import of LJ Pellman Consolidated Family_2011-03-21.ged on 21 March 2011.

• Coe-1171 was created by Alva Crom through the import of CROM FAMILY.ged on Jul 17, 2014.

• Coe-1063 was created by Matt Pryber through the import of Pryber_2013-09-27.ged on Jan 20, 2014.

• This page was updated by Gerrie Schneider,WikiTree profile Coe-151 with biography and sources, on 3 Oct 2014.

• Thank you to Debbie Misner for adopting and editing this profile on 1 Aug 2013.

• Thank you to Matt Pryber for his contribution to profile Coe-1063, and profile Coe-151 on 21 Apr 2014 .