Timothy Coe (abt. 1631 - abt. 1689)

Born about 1631 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1689 at about age 58 in Accomack, Virginia

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Biography

Timothy was a Friend (Quaker)

Birth 1631 England Death 1689 Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial Quaker Burial Ground Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia, USA

Name Timothy Coe Arrival Year 1652 Arrival Place Virginia

Sources

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 Surnames, C-D, page 72.

Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I Patent Book 4, page 407.

• Find A Grave, (Quaker Burial Ground - Guildford, VA), Find A Grave Memorial

• Quaker History, Eastern Shore Quakers by Grady Gordan Brickhouse, Eastern Shore Quakers

https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carlrcoe&id=I457

Notes

Timothy Coe left a will dated September 7, 1688, which was probated June 20, 1689. He left at least four sons and two or more daughters. The will reads as follows:

"In the ffeare and dread of Almighty God I Timothy Coe Going weake in body but of Sound and perfect memory praised be to God I do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form ffollowing And first I comitt my Soule to the hands of Almighty God my Savior and my boddy I comitt to ye Earth to be buried as my ffriends and Dear wife shall See meet And for what God hat/i Graciously lent inc I give and bequeath as follows. And first of all I give to my Son Timothy all my Land front ye bridge over to the Gutt against George Johnsons and So downward to him & to his heirs for ever in want of heirs to fall to ye other children. I give unto my son John Coe ye remainder of my Land from Said bridge up to Morris Dennises to him & to his heirs for ever my Will is that my Dear wife shall for & during her widowhood shall ably enjoy the Seat or place where She now liveth as like with So have privilege through the which devident for her occasions. The rest of my Estate I give equally amongst my Dear wife and the rest of my Children and my will is that if any of them is stubborn or disobedient to their mother and will desert and go from her without her approbation then in that case they Shall be excluded from any Such part as otherwise they should Enjoy ______ And my Will is my Sonns Shall be of age at Twenty one years and the Girls at 20 And I appoint my wife to be my whole & Sole Executrix of this my last will & testament I ____ if also ye George Johnson, Thomas Brown [Browne] William Knock [Nock] and Thomas Ffookes [Foulkes] may be assistants to my Dear wife. Sealed with my Seal & Dated this Seventh day of this ninth month yeare 1688. Timothy Coe. Witness: George Johnson, Richard Moore, Mary Johnson, William __________. June ye 20th day Sarah Coe relict of Timothy Coe Presented ye Last Will & Testament of her deceased husband that it might be Recorded and produced George Johnson, Richard Moore, Mary Johnson. Recorded June ye 26th 1689."

Timothy Coe's death did not spell the end of Quaker persecution. As so many Accomack Quakers had done before, in 1692 Sarah Coe took their children and moved to Somerset County, Maryland, although her Accomack home was still used for mid-week Quaker meetings. Her oldest son Timothy also left and moved on to Sussex County, Delaware, although he later spent considerable time back in Accomack County. Others of the Muddy Creek Meeting who left that year were John Drummond, Roger Michael and Thomas Everden; also George Truitt of the Mulberry Grove Meeting.

Sarah Coe later returned to Accomack County, as did her sons Timothy and Benjamin. She died there intestate in 1718. On August 5, 1718, Benjamin Coe petitioned the court of Accomack County for the administration of his mother's estate. The court granted him letters of administration and appointed Charles Stockley and John Metcalf as securities on his behalf.