John
Coward
Sr
aka Cowherd
Born about in North Farnham Parish, Rappahannock, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of William Coward
and Mary (Speight) Coward
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Wimberly (Griffin) Coward
— married
1723 in Bertie County, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Edward Coward, James Coward, William Coward, Solomon Coward, Nancy Coward and James Coward
Died
at about age 31
in Bertie County, North Carolina
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Biography
John Coward was born in 1707 in Virginia. He was the son of William Coward and Mary Speight. The name of his wife is not known, but he had at least 4 children: James, William, Edward, and Soloman.[1]
John Coward wrote his will on 8 Mar 1737; it was probated in Aug 1737 in Bertie County, North Carolina. His will identifies wife Elisabeth, sons William and John, executor Joseph Wimberley.[2] His will also identifies a younger son Edward and an unborn child.
Sources
- ↑ Robert J. Robinson. Coward-Cowart Chronicles, 1650-1997: A genealogy of James and Mary (Alloway) Coward Descendants. Quitman, Georgia. 1997.p. 3, 6
- ↑ John Coward will, written 8 Mar 1737, probated Aug 1737. Bertie Precinct, North Carolina. Grimes, John Bryan. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Caroline Department of State, 1910. Ancestry Record 4197 #512
- Kristie Dixon, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kristie and others.
- Scarborough, Eleazer Pate. Coward History. Photocopy of typed document dated August 23, 1982.* Scarborough, Eleazer Pate. Coward History. Photocopy of typed document dated August 23, 1982.
- Joe A. Cowart. Cowart Genealogy --Some Descendants of James Cowherd, before 1660 - before 1717. Cocoa, Florida. 1997. Page 1.
- Early Cowart History. Accessed by Michael Boynton on November 30, 2015 at 3:24 AM. Available at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~washcowart/source%20material/earlyhist.html
- North Carolina, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Kristin Merritt for creating Coward-171 on November 26, 2013. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Kristin and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Leonard Cowherd
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N102941
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~0.78%
Sally (Seay) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XS4864012 [compare], yourDNAportal SAL6543b98f, Ancestry member sssmith44
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~0.39%
Susan (Mocsny) Thomas :
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+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A551259 [compare], Ancestry member SThomas826
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~0.39%
S Wroten :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HQ608628C1 [compare]
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~0.39%
Michael Wroten :
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~0.39%
Kenneth Hendrix :
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~0.39%
Sandra Gavin :
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~0.39%
Mickey (Brinson) Hooks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UJ4053442 [compare], Ancestry member mickey_hooks
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~0.39%
Robert Smith :
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~0.39%
Wynon Stewart :
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Unmerged matches › James Coward (1740-1790)
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I dont think its David in the will. Its Edward. The first letter is an E (compare it to Elizabieth) and the second letter is d, which you can see how they hook the top of the d's to the left. then its separated and then you have ward. The unborn child is Benjamin as you alluded too.