Eleanor (Ryan) Coffelt (1732 - 1822)

Born 1732 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Wife of Phillip Coffelt — married about 1758 (to about 1791) in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1822 at about age 90 in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Eleanor Ryan's father was Edward Ryan, as evidenced by his will dated January 1772, mentioning his daughter Eleanor Ryan and her husband, Philip Coffelt. After Phillip Coffelt had married Ellen Ryan, they settled in Greenbriar Virginia, but afterwards migrated to Greene County, east Tennessee before it became a state. Philip and Ellen Coffelt had eight children: Twins, Henry and John born November 13, 1761: Daniel born 1772; James born ~1773 married Sarah Wyatt; George born ~1781; Jacob born 1782 married Susan Wyatt; Rebecca born ~1780 married John Bible; and Sarah. Eleanor Ryan Coffelt died sometime after 1803, in Greene County. ^[1]

Notes

Date of Death ? : 1822, 1827

Sources

1. ↑ "The Coffelt History Notebook" by Robert K. and Sue Swaner Coffelt, September 1991

BIOGRAPHY: Source: Benton County Arkansas Biographies, 1889 "Rev. Wyatt Coffelt, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and also farmer and stock raiser of Benton County, Arkansas was born in Knox County, Kentucky, February 3, 1812, and resided in his native state until he was fifteen years of age, when he was taken to Monroe County, Tennessee by his parents Jacob and Susannah (Wyatt) Coffelt, who were born in Greenbrair County, Virginia, in 1782 and 1786 respectively. Jacob Coffelt was a son of Philip Coffelt who was of German birth, and served under Col. Washington in the French and Indian War at Braddack's defeat. He also served through the Revolutionary War. His Wife Ellen (Ryan) Coffelt , was captured by the Shawnee Indians during the French and Indian Wars, and after eleven weeks of captivity succeeded in effecting her escape. She was born in Ireland and came to America with her parents at the age of five years.

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