Jacob Coffelt (abt. 1782 - abt. 1827)

Born about 1782 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of Phillip Coffelt and Eleanor (Ryan) Coffelt

Husband of Susanna (Wyatt) Branson — married 22 Dec 1804 in Greene County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died about 1827 at about age 45 in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Jacob Coffelt was born about 1782 in Virginia. He was the son of Phillip Coffelt and Eleanor Ryan.

He married Susanna Wyatt in Greene County, Tennessee. Their children were Martha, Rebecca, Nancy, Emily, James, Jacob, Wyatt, Pleasant, Thomas, Enoch, Daniel, Henry and possibly (according to family reports) Abraham and Isaac.^[1]

He died in 1827 in Monroe County, Tennessee.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Kauffelds (Coffelt) in America, Coffelt and Coffelt, 1995.
2. ↑ Wyatt Coffelt's Goodspeed bio.: http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/arkansas-biographies/ar-benton-county-biographies/wyatt-coffelt-genealogy-benton-county-arkansas.html#

• 1810 Census Knox Co., KY Jacob Coffelt 10100-20100-00 male: 1 (under 10)James, 1 (16-26) Female: 2 (under 10) Martha & Rebecca, 1 (16-26)
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-GT2 : accessed 5 October 2021), Jacob Coffett, South East side of Cumberland River, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 286, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 23; FHL microfilm 186,183. 1 m 26-45 Jacob, 1 m 10-15 James, 3 m <10 Wyatt, Pleasant, Thomas, 1 f 26-45 Susanna, 2 f 10-15 Rebecca & Martha, 1 f <10 Nancy. All shoulder to shoulder on same page, Sam Wyatt with a son and two daughters:

James [Sarah] Coffett 286

Saml Wyatt 286

Vincent Wyatt 286

Jacob [Susanna] Coffett 286

• Knox County, Kentucky tax lists (copied from FS profile https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZNJ-RTJ):

1808: Jacob Coffel; James, Samuel, Thomas Wiett; John Bennt, Michel Bennet.

1810: Jacob Coffelt; Samuel, Thomas Wiatt, James Wyatt; John, Levy Bennett.

1811: Jacob, James Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomes Wyatt; John, Levi Bennett.

1815: Jacob, James, John Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomas, Vinson Wyatt, Amos, John, Levi, Thomas Bennett

1816: Jacob, James, John Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomas Wyatt: Amos, Ezekiel, John, Levi, Thomas Bennett.

1818: Jacob, James, John Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomas Wyatt: Ezekiel, Levi Bennett;

1819: Jacob, James Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomas Wyatt; Ezekiel, Levi Bennett; No John Coffelt,

1820: Jacob, James, John Coffelt; James, John, Samuel, Thomas, Vinson Wyatt;

1822: Jacob, James, John, John Coffelt (2 Johns); Davis, James, John, Sanuel, Thomas, Vincent Wyatt; Ezekiel, John, Levi, Thomas Bennett;

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 9.3 cM segment on chromosome 19, consisting of Betty (Sprague) Crippin, GEDmatch kit # UC9312780, and David Rhamy, her 5th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # AH737766C1, and Shane Coffelt, half her 6th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # WC7086218. (David and Shane are his 7th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Johann Kauffeldt, the 5x great grandfather of Betty (Sprague) Crippin, 7x great grandfather of David Rhamy and 6x great grandfather of Shane Coffelt. DNA test taker Betty (Sprague) Crippin is the 3x great granddaughter of Jacob Coffelt, the son of Phillip Coffelt, the son of the common ancestor Johann Kauffeldt.