Elizabeth (Richards) Coit (1733 - 1826)

Born 9 Feb 1733 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Wife of Samuel Coit — married 18 Feb 1753 in New London, New London Co, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1826 at age 93 in New London, New London, Connecticut

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Elizabeth was born in 1733. Elizabeth Richards ... She passed away in 1792.^[1] There is confusion as to her maiden name as explained below. Consensus is her parents were David Richards and Elizabeth Edgecombe.

Samuel Coit m. Feb. 18, 1753, at New London, to Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9. 1733/4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733/4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a daughter of David Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ;m. April 3, 1733) and his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London.

Note: The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel Coit, No. 89, m. Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This statement is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.

Early Connecticut Marriages gives their names as Samuel Coyt and Elizabeth Richards.

Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Name Elizabeth Richards, Gender Female, Age 20, Birth Date 9 Feb 1733, Birth Place New London Marriage Date 18 Feb 1753, Marriage Place New London, Connecticut, Parent Name David, Parent Name Elizabeth, Elizabeth Richards and Samuel Coit

Their children: Elizabeth Coit 1753–, Samuel Coit 1755–1756, Rhoda Coit 1757–, Lydia Coit 1759–, Samuel Coit 1761–, David Coit 1764–1831, John Coit 1767–1853, Grace Coit 1770–, Lucretia Coit 1773–, Richard Coit 1776–.

Sources

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Early Connecticut Marriages
• Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
• Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
• History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 406.
• Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
• James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1920.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84222367

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.