William Coffee (1740 - 1798)

Born 1740 in King George, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (McAllister) Rush — married [date unknown] in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1798 at about age 58 in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Coffee (Coffey) was born about 1740 in George, Virginia. He was the son of Peter Coffee and Susannah Matthews. He married Mary McAllister about 1766 in Virginia. Children: William, Abner, Lisa, Dise, David Daniel, Eady, Matilda (Tildy), Agnes, Pleasant B, Joshua McAllister. He died in 1798 in Buckingham, Virginia.

William served as a sergeant during the American Revolution for Virginia. He was discharged 11 Oct 1777. ^[1]

Suit brought by Joshua Coffee in 1777 against William Coffee, exr of Peter Coffee: ^[2] Joshua claimed that his father and asked him to move to a portion of his plantation land which he did. He claimed that he had made considerable improvements. When Peter died, Joshua said he was deprived of his gift and right in the land by the conditions of the will. The will directed the land to be given to Susannah and upon her death, to his sister Elizabeth. Joshua said in his letter to the court that Peter had either forgot his gift or was influenced by some person unknown when he wrote his will. Summoned were William Coffee, Susannah Coffee and Elizabeth Coffee. There is a page with William Coffee asking his attorney to handle it and has his signature. I could not find a resolution to this case in these files. Holmes-16158 20:05, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Several children of William were learned in a suit brought by Phillip Mathews against the heirs of Peter Coffee, Sr. in 1823/1824. Named as heirs of William Coffee: Holmes-16158 16:35, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

1. Abner Coffee
2. David Coffee
3. Joshua Coffey
4. Dicy Land, wife of Moses Land?
5. Edith Inge, wife of William Inge
6. Matilda Tibbs, wife of Thomas Tibbs
7. Aggy James, wife of Menser James

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-B8BC : 20 February 2021), William Coffee, May 1777; citing May 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,382.
2. ↑ Digital images can be found here: https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=147-1771-007#img
3. ↑ Prince Edward County, Virginia chancery records index; index 1830-020; 94 pages in file

• Revolutionary War Enlistment Record

• Revolutionary War Discharge Record

• Compiled Service Records, Revolutionary War

• Land Record, Prince Edward, Virginia

• Land Record, Amherst, Virginia

• Land Record, Buckingham, Virginia

• SAR #40254

• American Genealogical Biographical Index

• William is mentioned in the will of his father written in 1771: "To my son William COFFEE - 150 acres on Vaughans Cr in P, to be laid off agreeable with the course now begun, it being the same tract he already obtained a deed for, only with some additional alterations." He is also named one of the executors.