Benjamin Coe (abt. 1709 - bef. 1800)

Born about 1709 in Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Prudden) Coe — married 1735 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 1800 before about age 91 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Origins

Benjamin Coe was born at Jamaica, Long Island, about 1709. He was the son of Joseph Coe and his wife, Judith Wheeler. ^[1]

Marriage and Children

Benjamin Coe married Rachel Prudden about 1735.The records of the Morristown Church do not exist so there is no record of the marriage. Rachel Prudden, born about 1718, was the daughter of Elder Joseph and Joanna (Lyon) Prudden of Morristown, N. J.; she died at Morristown, Dec. 20, 1776, aged fifty-eight years^[1]

Benjamin and Rachel had fourteen children. The baptismal records for ten of those children are recorded between 1743 and 1761; baptismal records for the older children (in the Morristown Church) do not exist.The family Bible of Aaron Williams, who married one of the daughters, Elizabeth Coe, states she was the youngest child of a family of fourteen children. Benjamin and Rachel's children were all born near Morristown, New Jersey.^[1]

• 70. i. Ebenezer, b. about 1736
• ii. Abigail, b. about 1738, d. about 1760; m. July 4, 1759, John Primrose of Morristown, N.J., b. about 1735, d. Mar. 12, 1781, aged forty-six years. No children recorded. He m. (2), Mar. 17, 1702, Eunice Morris; they had seven children.
• iii. Sarah, b. Jan 17, 1739-40, d. Aug. 14, 1762, in her twenty-third year; m. Mar. 10, 1757, Nathaniel Condit…”
• iv. (Philip?, b. 1742 -- Speculative)
• v. Phebe, bapt. Dec. 23, 1743, m. at Morristown, July 15, 1762, Edward Byram.
• vi. Patience, bapt. Dec 20, 1745; d. y.
• 71. vii. Uzal, bapt. June 7, 1747.
• 72. viii. Benjamin, bapt. Nov. 5, 1748.
• 73 ix. Moses, bapt. Oct. 7, 1750.
• x. Peter, bapt. Jan. 21, 1753.…”
• xi. Patience, bapt. Feb. 29, 1755.
• xii. Rachel, bapt. June 6, 1757. M. at Morristown, N.J., Nov. 21, 1773, Uriah Allen, b. at Hanover, N.J., June 13, 1756, son of Aaron and Abigail (Bonell) Allen. In 1777 they removed with her father’s household to Westmoreland Co., Pa., where according to tradition her husband was killed in an Indian raid. Children: Aaron, Moses.
• xiii. Jane, bapt. Apr. 22, 1750, removed to Westmoreland Co., Pa., with her father in 1777, and there m. (1) about 1778 Matthew Lamb, who was killed by Indians a few years later. Children: John, Rachel. She m. (2), about 1783, Abram Fulton, b. at Articlave, co. Derry, Ireland, about 1750, son of Abram and Margaret (Guthrie) Fulton, who came to America and located in western Pennsylvania about 1772. Children: Benjamin, Henry, Joseph, Jane, Elizabeth, Abram, Margaret, Moses A., Robert, James.
• xiv. Elizabeth, bapt. Apr. 10, 1761, went to Westmoreland Co., Pa., with her father in 1777; m. June 5, 1780, Aaron Williams, b. in Sussex Co., N.J., May 2, 1753, son of Josiah and Phebe (Rogers) Williams. They lived on Turtle Creek and later on Peter’s Creek, Washington Co., Pa., where he built a mill…He d. May 10, 1829, and his wife d. June 19, 1847. Surviving childhood were two children: Phebe and Benjamin, who was the father of Rev. Aaron Williams D. D., a prominent Presbyterian minister…”

Death

When Benjamin died is uncertain. He appears to be the Benjamin Coe listed in the 1790 US Census for Allegheny County. Military records apparently show him still living in 1791. No further records are currently known, and he is assumed to have died before 1800.^[1] Where he is buried is unknown.^[2]

Time Line

about 1715
Benjamin went to Hanover, N.J. with his parents^[1]

1733
Benjamin was one of the seceders from the Hanover Church who soon after organized the Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N.J.^[1]

8 Sep 1756
A corporation charter was granted to the Morristown Church by Gov. Belcher, and Benjamin Coe was named as one of the seven charter trustees,
His name appears on the records of their meetings down to 12 Sep 1777, when he was dismissed to the Redstone Presbytery in Westmoreland Co. (now Fayette Co.), PA^[1]

12 Sep 1777
Dismissed from the Morristown Church to the Redstone Presbytery in Westmoreland Co. (now Fayette Co.)^[1]

Private Benjamin Coe served with Westmoreland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Coe is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023712.

About 1779 (Military Service)
Benjamin served in the American Revolutionary war, as a Ranger on the Frontier under Ens. Moses Coe in Westmoreland County
1782 (Military Service)
Benjamin also served under Capt. Joseph Beelor in the 2nd Battalion, of Washington County in 1782.
He received Depreciation Pay for his service, possibly 1791.^[3]
Note: Benjamin's son Benjamin, b. 1748, also served in the war.^[4]

20 Dec 1782
Benjamin Coe registered in Westmoreland Co., Pa., a slave named Titus who had been baptized at Morristown, as a member of his family, Aug. 30, 1767.^[1][5]

1783
Benjamin Coe Sr. was taxed for two horses, two cattle, and one sheep in a rate for Huntington Township, Westmoreland Co.^[1]

• Also in Huntington Township that list included “Coe, Ebenezer” with 2 horses, 2 cattle and 4 sheep. There was also a “Coe, James” with 1 horse and 2 cattle. Also in Huntington Township was “Byram, Edw’d” with 2 horses and 2 cattle; Benjamin’s daughter, Phebe, married an Edward Byram at Morristown, July 15, 1762 so this was probably their family living near old man Benjamin.

About 1784
After the War, Benjamin Coe crossed the Allegheny River into the wilderness of the “Indian Country,” and built a stockade on the river about twenty miles north of Pittsburg near the present town of Tarentum, which was called “Coe’s Station”^[1]

1790
Census, Depreciation Tract, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Benjn Coe, 4 males under 16, 5 males 16 and over, 4 females^[6] (NOTE: The Depreciation Tract in what would become Allegheny County was created in 1783. Certificates of Depreciation were issued in 1784 to Revolutionary soldiers to supplement money they had received that had depreciated in value. ^[7]) Benjamin Sr. received a Depeciation Certificate (probably in 1791), and would be one of the males over 16. His sons Ebenezer Coe and Benjamin Coe are probably two of the other adult mals, as they do not appear anywhere themselves as heads of families.)

Miscellaneous Notes

Note: #NI1851

Note NI1851Benjamin Coe

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=cfdbdf09-da30-4ffa-aad5-656eb4c8baa8&tid=4717143&pid=-1559326353

Benjamin Coe and Rachel Prudden

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=18306593-b00c-4670-a08c-8d107af2dc00&tid=4717143&pid=-1559326353

Note Found on Roots Web

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=071676d8-ac31-4b8e-adae-9d896eafc3c4&tid=4717143&pid=-1559326353

Benjamin Coe

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=4c835cce-0d97-49d7-bebb-e688456abecf&tid=4717143&pid=-1559326353

• On Ancestry.com I have found a line in the 1790 U.S. Census that appears to locate the household of the “missing” Ebenezer Coe. The Census Place is Franklin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M637_9; Page: 72; Image: 49; Family History Library Film: 0568149. The name appears to be “Ebineser Cho”, but the last name could easily be read as “Coo” which is another form of “Coe”. The first column on that line has a “2” and the third column on that line has a “4”. That should translate to 2 free males over sixteen years and four free females of unrecorded age living in the house of Ebenezer Coe.

• A Moses Coe [and Jacob Long Jun.] were “Recommended to the Governor [of Virginia] as proper Persons to Serve as Ensigns of the Melitia. [sic]” This happened “At a Court Continued and held for Yohogania County October 27th, 1778.” A Moses Coe, in 1776, was also involved in two estates at this court. This is all recorded in “Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennslyvania” by Boyd Crumrine. This book was “Reprinted with an Added Forward and an Index, and Re-paged” by “Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974, 1981”. “Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995”. I wonder whether this Moses Coe was the son of the Benjamin Coe born 1709, or the son of another Coe.

Research Notes

UNRESOLVED QUESTION - Move to Pennsylvania

• A Benjamin Coe was in the land west of the Allegheny Mountains before the Benjamin Coe born 1709 was dismissed to the Redstone Presbytery after Sept. 12, 1777. A petition to the Pennsylvania government for protection against the Indians was signed in “Pittsburg” dated June 14, 1774. Among the many signers were a Benjamin Coe, a Peter Coe, and Arthur St. Clair. This petition is reprinted in “Early History of Western Pennsylvania and the Western Campaigns, 1754-1833” published by Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, Pennsylvania, 1989. This may or may not be the Benjamin Coe who was baptized in 1748.

• I think that the following military service was done by the Benjamin who was Ebenezer’s brother, not the Benjamin who was Ebenezer’s father.

1778 April 2d “Received of Timothy Matlack Esq’r Commissions for the officers above mentioned.”

“A return of the field officers, captains and subalterns in the Third Battalion of the County of Westmoreland Militia commanded by Col. James Smith.

Field Officers.

Colonel. James Smith, Esq’r.

Lieut. Colonel. Providence Mounts, Esq’r.

Major. Joseph McGarrough, Esq’r.

Captains. 1. James Leech. 5. David Vance.

2. George Baird. 6. John Sampson

3. Hugh Mitchell. 7. John Christy.

4. James Darrans.

1st Lieutenants. 1. Ebenezer Goe… 7. George Gray.

2nd Lieutenants. 1. Benjamin Goe…

- “Penn. Archives, Sixth Series Vol. II, Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Westmoreland.”,p.280

1778 and 1779 “Pay Roll of Capt. James Leech’s Com’y of Westmoreland Co. Militia in ‘78 and ‘79.”

Names Rank

James Leech Capt.

Ebenezer Coe Lt.

Ben’a Coe Lt.

William Kerr Ens’n…

- “Penn. Archives, Sixth Series Vol. II, Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Westmoreland.”,p.325

COUNTY FORMATION FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA^[8]
Westmoreland County was set off in 1773
Washington County was set off in 1781
Fayette County was set off in 1783
Allegheney County was set off in 1788

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} "Robert Coe, Puritan - His Ancestors and Descendants - 1340-1910 - With Notices of Other Coe Families" by J. Gardner Bartlett, Published for Private Circulation by the Author, Boston, Mass., 1911 pp 104-106 (https://archive.org/stream/robertcoepuritan00bart#page/104/mode/2up: Accessed 21 Jan 2022)
2. ↑ "Benjamin Coe ", Find A Grave: Memorial #43685478, Created by: Laurence Overmire 29 Oct 2009; accessed 22 Jan 2022
   NOTE: Has no photograph of gravestone or any other documentation for specific death dates or location. Do not use information form this memorial unless supported by reference to original documents.
3. ↑ "Benjamin Coe, Sr., Ancestor No. A023712, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.; accessed 22 Jan 2022
4. ↑ "Benjamin Coe, Jr., Ancestor No. A023717, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.; accessed 22 Jan 2022
5. ↑ "A List of Negro and Mulatto Slaves", in Albert, George Dallas, editor History of the county of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Philadelphia, (Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co., 1882). Appendix A, p. 449
   Others on the same page include:
   Oct. 10, 1782 -
   William Goe for: Male, [age] 27, James; male, 24, Anthony; male, 11, Scotland; female 45, Jane; female, 36, Ann; female, 18, Dye; female, 14, Daphney; female, 8, Priscilla; female, 5, Hannak; female, 2 1/2, Lucey.
   John Goe for : Female, 20, Jane.
   Margaret Goe for: Female, 24, Rachel
   Dec. 20, 1782 -
   William Goe for: Male, 22, Sam
   0n p. 448
   24 Dec 1781
   John Coe, for: Male, 39, Keziah; female, 17, Delia; female, 15, Susan; male, 14, Peter
6. ↑ "Depriciation Tract, Allegheny, Pennsylvania"; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 223; Image: 126, in 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
7. ↑ "Military Bounty Lands.", in Pennsylvania Land and Property , FamilySearch Research Research Wiki; accessed 22 Jan 2022
8. ↑ Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Genealogy, FamilySearch Research Wiki, accessed 21 Jan 2022

See also:

• Benjamin Coe, in FINICUM Family Tree, by PatDnSaunders, accessed 21 Jan 2022

• Family Data Collection - Births Title: Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp. (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication, i(Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). - This collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000).

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 T , (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Acknowledgements

• Coe-1060 was created by Matt Pryber through the import of Pryber_2013-09-27.ged on Jan 20, 2014.

• Coe-1066 was created by Eric Pace through the import of Pace - Hallinan Family Tree (2).ged on Jan 21, 2014.

• Coe-1219 was created by Pat Saunders through the import of Eben_Coe_4gen.ged on Sep 22, 2014.

• Coe-1599 was created by Pat Saunders through the import of Descendants_Benjamin_Coe.ged on Feb 18, 2015.