Samuel Coy Sr. (abt. 1695 - bef. 1773)

Born about 1695 in Mohegan (now Norwich), Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Read) Coy — married 22 May 1717 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died before 18 Dec 1773 before about age 78 in Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Samuel, son of Matthew Coy and Ann Brewster, was born circa 1695 at Windsor, Hartford County, CT. He died at Ellington or Windsor, Hartford County, CT, between 27 Oct 1766 and 18 Dec 1773 when land of his widow was mentioned.

He married Elizabeth REED, daughter of Josiah REED Jr and Elizabeth AMSDEN, on 22 May 1717 at Norwich, New London County, CT; children (surname COY):^[1][2]

1. Abraham Coy - b. 22 Dec 1718; m. Abigail PEASE
2. Ziporah Coy - b. 11 Apr 1720
3. Samuel Coy - b. 5 Mar 1723; d. 6 Apr 1778; m. Sarah HALL
4. Elizabeth Coy - b. 3 May 1726
5. Josiah - bp. 7 Jul 1728
6. David Coy - bp. 24 Jan 1731; m. Abigail —
7. Uriah Coy- b. 4 Aug 1734; d. bef 1825; m. Hannah
8. Silas Coy- b. 14 Sep 1737; d. 21/2 Sep 1762; m. Deborah HALL

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, (online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2015), v1, p 95; giving dom, place, dob of ch Abraham, Ziporah, Samuel, Elizabeth.
2. ↑ Jane Belcher, "William Reed of Weymouth and Boston, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants," The Connecticut Nutmegger, (Glastonbury CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-), AmericanAncestors.org, 2007, 40:184 & 353-56; giving dom, place, ch, spouses.

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• Lucius Barnes Barbour, Williston Walker and Winslow Tracy Williams, Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut, Volume 1, 1659 to 1848 (Hartford, Connecticut: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913, reproduced by The Photoduplication Program of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000), 95
• Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of Norwich, Connecticut, from its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainerd, 1878. Reproduced by The Photoduplication Program of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000), 258
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• Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, compiler, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006 [CD]), 3499
• Gale Ion Harris, "Early Coy and Harris Families of Eastern Connecticut," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-), 168:69 & 149.