John Coffey (abt. 1775 - abt. 1816)

Born about 1775 in Lancaster County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Givens) Coffey — married about 1793 in Lancaster County, South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1816 at about age 41 in Lancaster County, South Carolina

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Biography

John was born about 1775. He was the son of Hugh Coffey and Agnes Montgomery. He passed away about 1816.

From Klayder book: "John Coffey, second child of Hugh Coffey Sr/Agnes Montgomery; b 1775, Lancaster Co., SC. He died ca 1816. A Power of Attorney described below in Lancaster Co., S.C. and is believed to have been buried there. He was married ca. 1793 in Lancaster Co., S.C. to Esther Givens. Family tradition says that they were second cousins. She was born in 1775 and was the daughter of William Givens and Jennet, maiden name unknown. Esther died after 1850 near Campbell Station in Maury, Co., Tenn. It is said that she lived to be over 100. They had four children, all born in Lancaster Co., S.C.:

Nancy Agnes,

William G,

Hugh Wiley, and

Samuel C.

In 1817 (John Coffey is believed to have died ca. 1816) his widow and their children went to Maury Co., Tenn. Their daughter Agnes Nancy was married in 1811 in Lancaster Co., S.C. to Samuel Caskey. They, Samuel's parents, and probably other family members went to Maury Co., Tenn. at that time. It is likely that Esther G. Coffey and her three sons went to Tennessee with her daughter Agnes Nancy and the Caskeys. They were among the first pioneers in that area."

Sources

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 12.9 cM segment on chromosome 19, consisting of Betsy (Coffey) Berry, GEDmatch kit # A419214, and Michele Dowdey, her 4th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # H858281, and Jim Williams, her 4th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # A296081. (Michele and Jim are 6th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Hugh Coffey and Agnes Montgomery, the 3x great grandparents of Betsy (Coffey) Berry and 5x great grandparents of both Michele Dowdey and Jim Williams.
• Annie Velma Urquhart Klayder, Urquhart, Coffey, Boland, and Allied Families of the South: Genealogy and Family History with Photographs, Sketches, and Maps (Phenix City, Alabama: Columbus Productions, Inc, 1991), p 210-211, John Coffey (1775 - ca 1816) D-2, and Family.