John
D.
Coffey
Jr.
Born about in Essex, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Bluford Coffey
and Jean (Graves) Coffey
Brother of
Amy (Coffey) Foley, James Edwin Coffey, William Coffey, Edmond Edward Stewart Coffey, Winifred (Coffey) Moran, Thomas B. Coffey Sr, Reuben Coffey, Benjamin Franklin Coffey and Elizabeth (Coffey) Fields
Husband of
Dorcas (Carter) Coffey
— married
1755 in Albemarle, Virginia
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 77
in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
John Coffey, Jr. was born about 1733. He is the son of John Coffey and Jane Jean Graves. [1]
"The third child of John and Jane Coffey was probably John, born about 1733 in Essex county. [Colonial Virginia] He is reported to have had 2 wives, (1) Dorcas Carter and (2) Nancy Richardson... [2]
Researchers Notes
"Meredith Coffey was born about 1769, died in 1838, in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married Ester (Hester) ______ about 1797. He is assumed to be the son of of John Coffey, whose first wife was Dorcas Carter and his second wife was Nancy Richardson. John Coffey is the son of John Coffey and Jane Graves. [3]
On 08 May 1760 John Coffey, Jr. purchased 90 acres of land on Ivy Creek In Albemarle County, Virginia.
John Coffey made his last Will in March 1774 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
He died after 1810 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA.
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Stephanie Sanchez, Sunday, November 3, 2013.
- ↑ James Bluford Coffey: His Ancestors and Descendants in America, Volume 2, by Marvin Dale Coffey, 1984, page 34
- ↑ COFFEY COUSINS, North Side of Clinch Mountain, Tennessee and Beyond by Bennie Louis Coffey Loftin, page 9 http://www.coffey.ws/familytree/CCCNewslettersOnline/BCL019.pdf
- "History of Watauga County, North Carolina"] by John Preston Arthur; on Google Books
- "Purkiss and Jones Families Records" by J. D. Purkiss and Lester C. Jones
- Albemarle County Historical Society - Letter 14 Mar 2000
- Coffey Cousins Clearinghouse - Letter 20 Apr 2000
- IGI North America v3.06-5.0 compiled by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on FamilySearch.org; citing Church Record
- PAF Fille compiled by LDS Church at Family History Center citing batch#7426831; sheet#30
- "Branch of Coffey Tree" by Crane
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Coffey-384 was created on 18 Feb 2012 by Chilton Hawk through the import of Leehawk201202171001146495.ged
- WikiTree profile Coffey-872 was created on 04 Sep 2013 by Larry Chesebro' through the import of LarryChesebro'Coffey.ged
- WikiTree profile Coffey-929 was created on 03 Nov 2013 by Stephanie Sanchez
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Grace McChesney
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A111278 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A111278 [compare], Ancestry member glboerner
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B39720
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~1.56%
Jeanine (Coffey) Celentano :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jkcelen2
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Katherine Hanson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132212 [compare], Ancestry member Roseydoveluvsjesus
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~1.56%
P Epperson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T639506 [compare], FTDNA kit #463363
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~0.78%
J Houser :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Terri (Coffey) Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch PX7659641 [compare]
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~0.78%
Janet (Ford) Hallstrom :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Steve Marcum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A164051 [compare], Ancestry member jsmarcum
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~0.78%
Charles Dellinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cdelli
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Cathy (Richardson) McKenzie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Golfis4n2me
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~0.78%
Carla (Parker) Grytdal :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AU5807121 [compare], Ancestry member gcgrytdal
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~0.78%
Jimmy Parker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EY1393692 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sandra Nowak :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
David Gunter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DavidGunter1967
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~0.78%
Lucy (Ivey) Norton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #919377
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~0.39%
Deborah Patty :
23andMe
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N Gauthier
Coffey-872 and Coffey-384 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same spouse and same daughter Sarah "Sally" and same Rhea=Ray son=in-law
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Janis (Joseph) Denison
Edward, Jr. & John D. both born on July 16, 1700 in Essex County, VA & both died in 1744?
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on Coffey-872 (merged)
by Janis (Joseph) Denison
Bob Keniston Jr.
Coffey-929 and Coffey-872 appear to represent the same person because: Dates, parents, siblings match.
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by Bob Keniston Jr.
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