Edward John Coy (1725 - 1795)

Born 6 May 1725 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of S. Amy (Titus) Coy — married 3 Jan 1755 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1795 at age 70 in Upper Gagetown, Canning, Queens, New Brunswick

Biography

Edward Coy was born 6 May 1725 at Pomfret, CT^{[1] [2]}.

• Note these sources do not give his parents. Some secondary sources give him as the son of Jonathan and Abigail Coy of Pomfret, CT, however there is no trusted link between them. Further his date of birth precludes it, if accurate, as the records show their John was born too close to that date, and had three other wives.
• They were both likely descendants of Matthew Coy and Elizabeth Roberts but Jonathan was more likely Edward's uncle than his father.

On January 3, 1755, he married Amy Titus^[3] (born 1733, died 30 April 1808)^[1]. Their children included:

1. Sarah Coy b. 15 Jul 1756 in Pomfret, d. 31 Jul 1829 in Saint Marys, York County, m. 26 Apr 1781 in Maugerville, Sylvanus Plummer b. 12 Sep 1750 in Newburyport, MA, died 24 Jan 1807 in Sheffield, NB, s/o Sylvanus and Rebecca Plummer^[1]
2. Amasa Coy b. 31 Jul 1757 at Pomfret^[4], died 18 Jul 1838 in Fredericton^{[5] [6]}, who married (1st) 1797 Elizabeth Holley and married (2nd) c1808 Mrs. Mary Spafford Smith, née Barker, b. c1776, died 4 Jul 1864^[1]
3. Asa Coy b. 1759 at Pomfret, CT, d. c1784^[1]
4. Lavinia Coy born 1761 in Pomfret, married Gershom Bonnell born 1761^[1]
5. Hannah Coy born 20 Sep 1763 in Maugerville, m. Grottos Cromwell^[1]
6. John Coy b. 27 Jan 1766 Maugerville, d. 18 Dec 1814 Averys Portage, m. Amy Parent b. 1775, d. 7 Dec 1860, d/o Daniel Parent and Abigail Weeks: they settled at Nashwaak Village and had seven children^[1]
7. Edward Coy b. 27 Feb 1768 in Maugerville, died 14 Jan 1849, m. c1798 Janet Murray b. c1777 in Scotland, d. 2 Jan 1855: settled in Sheffield, NB and had nine children^[1]
8. Mary Coy b. 1 Sep 1771 at Upper Gagetown, m. (1st) 15 Feb 1793 David Morris, m. (2nd) 30 Jun 1819 Leverit Bradley: settled in Saint John in 1805^{[1] [7]}
9. David Coy (Rev.) born 1776 at Upper Gagetown, d. 28 Dec 1866 in Upper Gagetown, m. 18 Feb 1808 Mary Ebbit, daughter of Joseph b. 1778, d. 1868: they had two sons:
10. Amy Coy born 1777 in Upper Gagetown, NB, married Thomas Turney^[1]
11. Benjamin Coy born 1778 at Upper Gagetown, died 14 Apr 1865 in Upper Gagetown, m. 30 Jan 1803 Sarah Cottle born 1777, died 1865, d/o Nathaniel Cottle and Catherine Fletcher: had two sons^[1]

Edward and Amy emigratead to New Brunswick in 1763, and were among the first settlers in Maugerville. They relocated to Upper Gagetown, then Canning, Queen's County, where Edward died 19 Nov 1795^[1]. He is buried in the Upper Gagetown Cemetery^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} First Families cites the following sources: MC1/Plummer, 7 pages: see also MC1/Coy #1, 4 pages: see also MC3/633 Life of Mrs. Mary Bradley 1849, 13 pages: Edward’s surname had previously been “McCoy” but, his grandfather, who raised him, dropped the “Mc”: see MC1286 Volume VII Dictionary of Canadian Biography, pages 215-216: see MC80/132 Lillian M.B. Maxwell’s The old grave-yard, page 68: see also MC80/1214 Ina MacLaggan et. al. Nashwaak families 1785-1885, pages 30-31: see MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 262-263: see MC80/1495 Lola B. Hubbard’s Coy connections: some descendants of Edward and Anne (Titus) Coy of Sunbury County: see also MC80/1707 J. Blois Corey’s New Canaan early settlers, page 23: see also MC239 Coy Family fonds.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #128970087
3. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870; Volume: Pomfret; Page 51 showing Coy, Edward, m. Ame Titus, Jan. 2, 1755, found in Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74N-7Q4 : 11 February 2018), Edward Coye in entry for Amasa Coye, 31 Jul 1757; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution : with an historical essay by Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877; Publication date 1864; Publisher Boston : Little, Brown and Company, see page 340 for Amasa
6. ↑ United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada Loyalist Directory: Amasa Coy
7. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics Volume 94 Number 2605; Date January 10 1894; County Saint John; Place Saint John; Newspaper The Daily Sun; showing New Brunswick Writers: Mrs. Mary BRADLEY, a native of Gagetown (Queens Co.) born Sept. 1, 1771. Her father was Edward COY, the first Englishman to settle at that place.

• Find A Grave
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128970087/edward-john-coy

• Probate record. https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7759&section=NameIndex

• http://www.geni.com/people/J-Edward-Coy/6000000016687615031