John Coe (abt. 1625 - abt. 1693)

Born about 1625 in Boxford, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1693 at about age 68 in Newtown, Long Island, New York [uncertain]

Biography

John Coe immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Coe immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Long Island

John Coe was born in Boxford, co. Suffolk, England to Robert Coe and Mary (_____) and baptized in Boxford, England on 20 August 1625. John came to America with his family in the spring of 1634, at the age of eight years, where they settled in New England. He moved to and settled in Middleburg (Newtown), Long Island when his father, Robert Coe, founded it in 1652. John was a farmer and the operator of a gristmill on the Flushing Creek. He married about 1656. About 1663 he was made captain by the English. He led a force of three hundred men, who marched through the English towns in the western part of Long Island and overturned the Dutch government and threatened the Dutch towns with attack. Captain John Coe led a public life, serving as magistrate, deputy, and overseer of Newtown for several years. In 1689, John Coe was commissioned sheriff of Queens Co., Long Island until 1690-91 under Capt. Leisler, who secured control of the New York government in a revolution. Upon its failure, John Coe was arrested, indicted for treason, and imprisoned in New York; he was in jail for over fifteen months. John Coe retired after this. Capt. John Coe probably died about 1693 at Middleburg (Newtown), Long Island where he had resided since 1652. ^[1]

Children:

1. John Coe, b. 1657 at Newtown, L.I., d. 22 June 1735, believed to have died unmarried
2. Robert Coe, b. 1659 at Newtown, L.I., d.21 June 1734 at Newtown, Long Island
3. Hannah Coe, b. at Newtown, L.I.
4. Mary Coe, b. at Newtown, L.I.
5. David Coe, b. 1665 at Newtown, L.I., d. 21 Dec. 1723, believed to have died unmarried
6. Jonathan Coe, b. 1668 at Newtown, L.I., d. about 1750, marr. Esther
7. Samuel Coe, b. 1672 Newtown, NY, d. 19 Sept. 1742, Kakiat, NY, m. Margaret Van Zandt

Timeline

• 1625 - Born in Boxford, co Suffolk, England and bapt. on 20 August 1625^[1]
• 1634 - John came to Boston in July 1634 at age eight with his parents and siblings^[1]
• 1635 - Moved with along with his family to Watertown, CT and then to Wethersfield, CT.^[1]
• 1640-41 - The Coe family settled briefly in Stamford, CT^[1]
• 1643 - The Coe family once again moved to Hempstead, L.I. where John first appears in records as Grantee of Land at Hempstead.^[1][2]
• 1652 - John settled permanently in Middleburg (Newtown) L.I. when his father founded the town. He was a farmer and built and operated a gristmill at Flushing Creek^[1][3]
• 1656 - John was taxed 12 sh. for paying the Indians for a title to lands in Newtown^[1]
• 1656-7 - John married^[1][4]
• 1658 - John was appointed magistrate for Newtown by the Dutch government^[1][5]
• 1659 - He sold lands he owned in Hempstead on 2 May 1659.^[1][2]
• 1661 - John was appointed magistrate for Newtown by the Dutch government^[1][5]
• 1662 - John was appointed magistrate for Newtown by the Dutch government^[1][5]
• 1663 - John was part of the revolt of Long Island against the Dutch and in August 1663 he corresponded with the Hartford, CT colony about annexation to CT; Capt. John Coe traveled to Hartford as a deputy of the English on L.I.^[1][3]
• 1664 - on 12 May 1664, Capt. John was appointed commissioner (magistrate) to Newtown, L.I. ^[1][6]
• 1675 - In Sept. 1675, Capt. John was taxed for 3 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 6 sheep, and nine pigs. And on 5 Sept. 1675 he was among others who were witnesses against Quakers Samuel Scudder and Mary Case.^[1]
• 1686 - On 26 Nov. 1686 John's name appears on a list of Newtown freeholders.^[1]
• 1689 - in 1689, Capt. John was commissioned Sheriff under the Leisler regime. When Leisler's revolt failed, John was arrested and indicted for treason; he was imprisoned for over a year.^[1][3]
• 1692 - John petitioned to be released from prison and afterwards retired to a private life.^[1][3]
• 1693 - John is believed to have died about 1693, although there are no records of either his death or any probate.^[1]

Research Notes

• The Coe Book^[1] clearly states that the name and parentage of John Coe's wife is unknown. It goes on further to state that the births of his children are not recorded. Gardner specifies that he was able to ascertain the names of John Coe's children that were named in his will.
• In The Great Migration Begins.., Anderson also notes that the wife's name is unknown. "m. by about 1657 ______ ______"^[4]
• A John Coe married Mary/?Margaret ?Meacock by 1657 in Newtown, LI, ^[7]
• The Coe Families of Maryland and Virginia, by Carl Robert Coe shows Hulda Holsten as John Coe's wife, but there is no documentation for her or their marriage. Link at Rootsweb.com
• In the Annals of Newtown, page 400, the family history for Capt. John Coe is briefly mentioned to include his children and some of their spouses, but there is no reference to John Coe's wife ^[3]
• There is an interesting comment in Robert Coe, Puritan that his “descendants were mostly Presbyterian”. One of John Coe's descendants, Daniel Coe would eventually have a Presbyterian college named after him in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Coe College.

Transcription from Find A Grave Website

Unverified information:

John Coe

Birth: 1625

Haverhill, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England

Death: 1693

Newtown, Suffolk County, New York

The son of ROBERT COE and his first wife, Mary COE and brother of ROBERT COE, JR. and Benjamin Coe, he was baptized at Boxford, Suffolk Co., England on August 2, 1625. The family immigrated (with a step-mother) and moved frequently.

He is first found in records in 1648 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY where he appears in a list of grantees. He eventually owned 150 acres of land in Hempstead. John removed to Middleburg (Newtown) LI with his father in 1652 as original settlers. He sold his land in Hempstead on May 2, 1659 and he signed his name "Robart Coo" on the deed. He was a farmer and operated a gristmill on Flushing Creek, a job that was carried on by his descendants for several generation.

He was appointed magistrate for Newtown by the Dutch government in 1658, 1661, and 1662. John Coe was instrumental in an attempt to break away from the Dutch. In August, 1663, he sent a letter to Hartford concerning annexation of Long Island to Connecticut. In October, 1663, he was made Captain and Commissioner at Newtown and represented Long Island at the General Court in Hartford.

He marched through the English towns in the western part of L. I. and overturned the Dutch government. On Feb. 28, 1664/5, he was deputy for Newtown at a meeting at Hempstead called by Gov. Nichols to reorganize the government of Long Island. In April 1666, he was an overseer of Newtown. His name appears on the list of patentees (freeholders) of Newtown. From December 13, 1689 to January 19, 1690/1, he was sheriff of Queens Co., Long Island.

When the regime to overturn the Dutch government failed, John Coe was arrested & indicted for treason and imprisoned in New York for over a year in 1692. No further record appears of him and the exact date of his death is unknown but estimated at 1693. There were no probate records of his estate. He was the father of several children, but the name of his wife is not known by me.

Family links:

Parents:

Robert Coe (1596 - ____)

Mary Crabbe Coe (____ - 1628)

Siblings:

John Coe (1625 - 1693)

Robert Coe (1626 - 1659)

Benjamin Coe (1628 - 1696)

Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial

Find A Grave Memorial# 37824825. (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37824825&ref=acom : accessed 3 June 2017)

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 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20} Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett (Boston: Bartlett, 1911), Pages 78-79; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/robertcoepuritan00bart#page/78/mode/2up : accessed 31 August 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Printed Records of Hempstead, vol. 1, pp. 32, 107-8 (https://archive.org/details/cu31924092207764/page/n111 : Accessed 18 December 2019)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Annals of Newtown, pp. 44, 55-58, 117, 121, 400 (https://archive.org/details/annalsofnewtowni00rike/page/400 : Accessed 18 December 2019)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. Page 130. www.Ancestry.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Ibid,, p. 418
6. ↑ Col. Records of Conn., vol. 1, pp 425-8
7. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, page 340 NEHGS and Link on Ancestry.com

• Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett (Boston: Bartlett, 1911), Pages 77-80; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/robertcoepuritan00bart#page/76/mode/2up : accessed 31 August 2016).
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Volume: 214; SAR Membership Number: 42718. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Link at Ancestry.com
• New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. NEGHS Link: Page 974

Acknowledgements

Deborah Ann Pridgen imported the data for John Coe from Pridgen Family Tree(2).ged on 15 May 2012 [Thank Deborah Ann for this] WikiTree profile Coe-604 created through the import of Pridgen Family Tree(2).ged on May 15, 2012 by Debbie Misner. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Debbie and others.

This page was updated by Gerrie Schneider,WikiTree profile Coe-604 with biography and sources, on 11 Mar 2015. Go to the Changes Tab for the details of edits by Gerrie and others.