John Coker (1698 - 1761)

Born 9 Jun 1698 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 22 Apr 1761 at age 62 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

John was born in 1698. He was the son of Benjamin Coker and Martha Perley. He passed away in 1761.

JOHN COKER, son of Benjamin and Martha (Perley) Coker, born at Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, 09 Jun 1698,^[1][2][3] died at Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, 22 Apr 1761 (mr Coker Died);^[4] married before 1734,^[5] MARY MOORE, daughter of William and Sarah (Wiggin) Moore, born about 1704,^[6] died at Stratham, 13 Feb 1754 (Mrs. Coker died).^[7]

Names

JOHN COKER^{[8][9][10][11][3][12][13][14][15][5][6][16][17]}

Events

Birth: 1698-06-09, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, New England^[8][11][3]
Residence: 1734-09-21, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, now present husband of Mary Coker, dau. of William Moore^[16]
PropBot: 1734-09-21, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, ... I William More of Stratham In ye Proe N=Nampshe: In N=Engld Husbandman for … Love Good Will & Affection wch I have & do Bear towards my Daughter Mary Coker & for many other Causes Moving me hereunto have Given & Grantd … Grant unto my sd Daughter Mary Coker & to her now present Hosban John Coker to him ye sd Jno Coker … a Sartin parsil of Land Contning two Ekars lying & Being In said township of Stratham & Boundd as folloth viz: opon Efram Levits Land Nothest & Est upon ye Country Rode & to Begin at sd Epram Levtts Line by sd Country rod & to Spread In Breadth from sd Levtts Line Sixteen Rod Bounding upon ye sd road as ye Road now goes & to sprd twenty Rods from ye sd Road near Norwest ortill it makes up ye sd two Acres of Land To have & to hold ye sd two Acres of Land wth ye dweling House sd Jno Coker has built upon ye sd two Acres of Land … this 21th day of Sept: 1734 ----- William Moore (seal) … In ye Psence of us – Will: Moore Thos Aboone [?] … Portsmo: Dece: 30th:1734 --- then Mr Willm: More … Acknowledgd … Cor: Josh: Peirce Just: Pacs

Recordd … 30th of Dece: 1734} P Josh: Peirce Recorde:^[16]
PropBot: 1734-12-06, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, ... We Theophilus Rundlet & Leah Rundlet his Wife Both of Stratham In ye Proe: of N=Hampshe: In N=Engld Laborers for … one hundred & twenty Eight Pounds In Money … pd: by Jno Coker of Stratham In ye Proe: of N=Hampshe: aforesd: Marriner … Convey … a Certain piece or Pcell of Land Lying & Being wth in ye Township of Stratham, aforesd wch piece or Pcell of Land Contains ten Acres of Land & about Sixty five square Rods of Land & is part of yt tract of Land wch my Honed: father Jams: Rundlett Decd Lived on wch sd ten Acres & Sixty five rods lof Land is Boundd as followeth, Viztt) Beginning at a Bunch of Elders Standing by ye NorthSide of a Brook of water & also Standing In ye Line of yt Land wch I Sold to Jno Clark & from thence running North & by East Bounding on sd Jno Clarks Land thirty one Rods & one feet to the Land of Wm Pottle & from thence running East South East Bounding on sd Pottles Land fifty three Rods to ye Land of Josiah Smith & from thence running South & by West Bounding on sd Smiths land thirty two Rods & twelve feet to a Stake Standing In sd Smiths Line & from thence Runing North aboiut 66 or 67 Degrees West to ye Bunch of Elders first Mentiond To have & to hold … this 6th day of Dece: … 1734 ---- Theophilus Rundlet (seal) Leah Rundlet (seal) … In Psence of us – Edwd Gilman John Clark … Dece: ye 7th: 1734: then … Theophs: Rundlet & Leah Rundlet … Acknowledgd … Before me – Moses Leavit Just: Peace

Recordd … ye 30th of Dece: 1734} P Josh: Peirce Recorded:^[17]
Residence: 1734-12-06, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Marriner^[17]
Residence: 1743-09-24, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, when his child died^[15]
Will: 1761-04-20, Made^[13][18]
Will Witnesses: 1761-04-20, Samuel Leavitt, Zebulun Ring, Saml. Lane^[19]
Residence: 1761-04-20, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Yeoman^[18]
Death: 1761-04-22, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, mr Coker Died^[4]
Will Proved: 1761-04-30^[13][20]
Estate-Inventory: 1761-04-30, Warrant authorizing Samuel Veasey, yeoman, and Samuel Lane, tanner, both of Stratham, to appraise the estate^[21]
Estate-Inventory: 1761-06-24, Inventory; amount, £18,028.1.4; signed by Samuel Veasey and Samuel Lane^[21]
Estate-Account: 1768-11-30, Account of the executor; receipts £171.13.1, personal estate; expenditures, £86.18.2; mentions Mercy Giles, a daughter; allowed^[21]
Residence: Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire^[22]
Ref #: FS:Family Tree:KZ3Y-HWC^[23]

Children of John and Mary (Moore) Coker:

i. MARY COKER; married ,^[12][24] BRADSTREET WIGGIN, son of Chase and Martha (Weeks) Wiggin, born at Stratham, 25 Nov 1724,^[12][25] died at Stratham, 08 Oct 1757 (Bradstret Wiggin Died).^[26]

ii. MERCY COKER; married ____ GILES,

iii. MARTHA COKER; married JOSEPH YOUNG,

iv. SARAH COKER; married SAMUEL MARBLE,

v. HANNAH COKER, born at Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, 12 Oct 1739,^[10] died at Stratham, 17 Jan 1810;^[10][27] married ,^[10] JOSEPH FIFIELD, born at Stratham, 15 Mar 1721,^[28][29] died at Stratham, 01 Apr 1792.^[30][31][27]

vi. ____ COKER, born before 24 Sep 1743 (when died),^[15] died at Stratham, 24 Sep 1743 (John Cokers child died).^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C); Essex, Newbury, Births, Pgs 38-39 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=7535278&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt)
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.); Pgs. 8-9 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=5384060&indiv=try)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Essex, Newbury, Pg 39 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=7535278&indiv=try)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hardy, Charles C., "Deaths in Stratham, N. H., Commencing August 20, 1741."; 48:338
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Ancestry.com), 1979; Pg. 490, Image 504 - Moore, 26 Capt. William
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry. Second Edition, Volume One: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants Through Five Generations, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004; Pg 065, Image 081, Gen 4 - Wiggin, Jonathan, Abigail, Sarah
7. ↑ Hardy, Charles C., "Deaths in Stratham, N. H., Commencing August 20, 1741."; 48:27, (1894 Jan) - Deaths in Stratham, NH, 1753-1754
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988; Essex, Newbury, Births, Pgs 38-39 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=7535278&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt)
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911.Original data: Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end o); Births, Vol 1, Pg. 116 - Coker; Residence date: 1750-1849 Residence place: Essex, Massachusetts, USA
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry. Second Edition, Volume One: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants Through Five Generations, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004; Pg 161, Gen 5 - Fifield, Joseph, Lt; Residence date: Residence place: USA
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Pgs. 8-9 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=5384060&indiv=try)
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Wiggin, Arthur C, Wiggin Genealogy (Ancestry.com) : a combination of manuscripts in the Library of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1960; Image 024, Page 020, Gen 5 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/28315/dvm_GenMono007766-00022-0)
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., "Some John Fifields and other Corrections & Additions to the Descendants of William Fifield (TAG:59)"; Pg. 95, No. 5. #88 Joseph Fifield
14. ↑ Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 7, 1760-1763, State Papers Series Vol. 37 (1939;); Probate, NH, Rockingham - Coker, John, 1761, Stratham, Pg. 135
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3} Hardy, Charles C., "Deaths in Stratham, N. H., Commencing August 20, 1741."; 32:49
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} New Hampshire, Rockingham, Deeds, 0020:0416-0417, "Moore, William (of Stratham) to Coker, Mary & John (of Stratham; his dau), property in Stratham," 1734-09-21.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} New Hampshire, Rockingham, Deeds, 0020:0417-0418, "Rundlet, Theophilus & Leah (of Stratham) to Coker, John (of Stratham), property in Stratham," 1734-12-06.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 7, 1760-1763, State Papers Series Vol. 37; Probate, NH, Rockingham - Coker, John, 1761, Stratham, Pg. 135
19. ↑ Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 7, 1760-1763, State Papers Series Vol. 37; Probate, NH, Rockingham - Coker, John, 1761, Stratham, Pgs. 135-136
20. ↑ Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 7, 1760-1763, State Papers Series Vol. 37; Probate, NH, Rockingham - Coker, John, 1761, Stratham, Pg. 136
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2} Hammond, Otis G., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 7, 1760-1763, State Papers Series Vol. 37; Probate, NH, Rockingham - Coker, John, 1761, Stratham, Pg. 137
22. ↑ Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., "Some John Fifields and Other Corrections & Additions to the Descendants of William Fifield"; p. 95
23. ↑ Family Search - Family Tree; KZ3Y-HWC (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ3Y-HWC)
24. ↑ Charles W. Tibbetts (Ed.), The New Hampshire Genealogical Record; An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted To Genealogy, History, and Biography; Volume 3 -- 1905-1906 and Volume 4 -- (1907_ (Heritage Books, Inc.; Bowie, MD; 1988;); 3:124, Stratham Genealogical Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths
25. ↑ Wiggin, Arthur C, Wiggin Genealogy (Ancestry.com) : a combination of manuscripts in the Library of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1960; Image 014, Page 010, Gen 4 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/28315/dvm_GenMono007766-00012-0)
26. ↑ Hardy, Charles C., "Deaths in Stratham, N. H., Commencing August 20, 1741."; 48:29
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1} Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., "The Descendants of William Fifield (TAG:16)"; Pg. 174, Gen 4 - 88. Joseph
28. ↑ Family Search - Historical Records; New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 for Joseph Fiffield; Name: Joseph Fiffield Date of Birth: 15 Mar 1721 Place of Birth: Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Father's Name: Edward Fiffield Mother's Name: Ellisabeth Place Recorded: Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States GS Film Number: 1000938 Digital GS Number: 4243749 Image Number: 01026
29. ↑ Tibbetts, Charles W., The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Vol. 1 (Charles W. Tibbetts; Dover, N. H.; 1904); Genealogical Records of Stratham - Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pg. 191
30. ↑ 0, Reprinted from "The American Genealogist", April 1939 and January 1940; TAG: April 1939, p. 22
31. ↑ Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., Reprinted from "The American Genealogist", April 1939 and January 1940: The Descendants of William Fifield; TAG: April 1939, p. 22

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