Joel
Coffey
Born in North Carolina
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of James Edwin Coffey
and Elizabeth (Cleveland) Coffey
Brother of
James Coffey, Elizabeth (Coffey) Whiteside, John W. Reid Coffey, Archelaus Coffey, Martha (Coffey) Durham, James Edwin Coffey Jr., Reuben Coffey, James Ambrose Coffey, Eli Coffey, Rice Coffey, Joel Coffey and Lewis Russell Coffey
Husband of
Martha (Sealey) Coffey
— married
1753 in North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Nathan Coffey
Died
at about age 59
in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2017
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Biography
Joel Coffey served with Salisbury District Brigade, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Joel Coffey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023808.
Joel Coffey was born in 1730. He was the son of Rev James Coffey and Elizabeth (Cleveland) Coffey.
Joel served as a private from Salisbury District, North Carolina in the American Revolution. He married Martha Sealey in 1753. (She was born in 1737.) They had at least one son, Nathan Coffey, born in 1760, who also served as a private from Salisbury District, North Carolina, in the war.
Note: The DAR lists only patriotic service, a paid for services rendered as per N Carolina War Pay Vouchers #1148, ROLL S.115.77
He passed away in 1789.
Sources
- Book 'Descendants of Salathiel Coffey' by W . T. "Bill" and Pearl Dungan 1961.
- "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W8-XQN?cc=1498361&wc=QDRZ-1F5%3A1589672430 : 7 October 2016), Clayton, William to Coffield, Grifsom > image 975 of 1008; citing State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joel:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Ronnie DeWayne Broadfoot 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member krbroadfoot
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Roger Netz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A345614 [compare], Ancestry member netzrog
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~0.78%
Edward Berry :
23andMe, GEDmatch WN124890C1 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WN124890C1 [compare], Ancestry member eaberry
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~0.78%
Cindy (Strange) Zellman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Don Jones :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Elinor (Berry) Hutchinson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member euhutchinson
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~0.78%
Roy Robinson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #16910
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~0.39%
Timothy Peterman :
23andMe, GEDmatch T853738 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T853738 [compare], Ancestry member TPeterman
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T853738 [compare], FTDNA kit #12148
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~0.39%
David Alexander :
23andMe, GEDmatch M541111 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QU4083187 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T524499 [compare], FTDNA kit #249312
Rejected matches › Joel Coffee (abt.1730-1789)
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I agree with your below remarks. I would be interested in looking over your info with sources. I'm a sixth great grandson of Joel.
David Alexander
I believe you are right also. All the research I did - I kept finding Chesley Joel or Joel born 1727 or 1730. And this profile fits *that* guy. But I believe this Joel (Coffey-3045) is the brother of Rev James and Elizabeth. Both James and Chesley (Coffey-3045) would be the sons of (also) John and Jean Coffey. What makes this all confusing is that Rev. James and Elizabeth did also have a son named Joel (or Chesley Joel). This Joel (Coffey-3045) (who I believe is Chesley Joel, not just Joel) also had a son named Joel. I collected a bunch of info with sources - if anyone is interested in sussing this out.
Can you share the sources that you have collected to explain which Joel is which? I was just making a formatting edit detected by the Bio Check tool and was told that Joel was too young to be James’s son.
I'm really sorry, in retrospect I wish I had saved it all but since I wasn't going to add this guy...Sure would like to find more "sure" info for my branch though...and pictures...always with the pictures. :-)