R E C O R D OF THE ODE FA M I LY , 1 5 9 — 1 8 6 5 6 . gtfn - fimk ’ I - PR PRIN IN OFFI CE 6 1 8 JA B R G 1 CO . JOHN A. GR A Y S F E OOF T , ST —A 1 8 5 6 . R E C O R D OO E FAM I LY . LOE” DA $ fl r a b g m . 1 5 9 6 — 1 8 5 6 . fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fishy- £01 k JO HN ’ A. GRAY S FI RE - PROOF PRI NTING OFFI CE 1 6 1 8 J , ACOB ST . N O T E THE f ll in Rec rd rof I o ow g o does not p es s to be complete . t is designed merely to preserve the knowledge of the settlement and early history of the family in n an d n n o w i i this cou try, to enable its represe tatives l v ng to trace their connec n tion with the original stock . The compiler u dertook the work of gathering these n statistics more tha twenty years ago . He visited the cemeteries and searched the fir OBERT COE records of most of the towns where the st R and his children resided , and has consu lted such works in the libraries of the Historical Societies of Mass a ch u s etts n Ne w a , Co necticut, and York, as were supposed to contain f cts bear u l r x u i ing upon the s b$ect . He cou d not incu the e pense of p blish ng the results of i his in$ uiries in deta l ; but he deems it a sacred duty to preserve this brief outline , that the honored an d pious men who brought to these shores the n ame he i n herits may not be altogether unkn own or forgotten by their posterity . A D B ra D $ I . Co . ork Se tem ber 1 1 8 5 6 . Y , p C c C f ‘ C F AMILY RECORD . THE COE f Su f f olk s h ire amily came to this country from , d Englan , where they had resided for many generations . The ’ n n o w is F earliest otice of them , which can be found”, in ox s “ R OGER o f Book of Martyrs , which states that Coo , Milford , ' Su fi o lk s h ire 1 5 5 5 , was burned by Q ueen Mary, September, , at Ye xf o rd n d e , in that shire . A full accou t of his trial and f n i e s e FO$ v l . s o . 3 349 is given by , , page , folio edition Little known respecting the fam ily till the removal of Robert Coe n to this country . In the authentic family record , he belo gs to the T ATI N FI R S GENER O . ”e R OBER T Co o n Suf f olk sh ir 1 5 9 6 . was born in e , England , in 1 5 9 1 e With his wife , Anna , born , and their thr e sons , he sailed ' Su fi o lk s h ire m 9 from Ipswich , , in co pany with 7 others , in the 4 h n m A 1 0th 1 6 3 . ship Francis, Jo Cutting, aster , pril , They reached Boston in the following June , only six years from the d fi n R o ate of the rst settlem ent in th e Massachusetts Colo y . w f ‘W bert Coe settled ith his amily in atertown , near Boston , w as 1 4 3 d 6 3 . and made a freeman there , September , ’ I n x B M r t a I n Cu s Fo s ook of arty s, the or hogr phy is 0 0 0 . the records of the in Pa f fi W n l l L tom House, preserved the State pers O ce, estmi ster Ha , ondon, the n 0 0 0 8 . I n n New n 0 0 . name is writte ma y of the early records of Engla d, it is n n I in th e n R d Ja The oldest origi al sig ature, which have found is Tow ecor s of a L I n a bu a . d s 1 4 6 6 R obart oe t . a w r 1 3 C maic , , w itten February , . The name is , n w n 2 1 6 6 3 is Hobart o C . sig ature ritte March , , 4 A I ECO D F M LY R R . I 1 6 35 “ n , all the towns in the Bay began to”be much strait ened by their own nearness to one another . Accordingly, , leave being granted by the Council , several families from n an d Watertow , Newtown , Dorchester formed settlements on l W e th ers fi e d . the Connecticut river at Windsor, Hartford , and The Watertown people , among whom was Robert Coe , settled n W eth ers fi eld I n at ($ ua g) , which they purchased from the “ n ra dians . The letter of dismissio g nted by the Church a”t d 2 9 th Watertown , in the Massachusetts, ated of May last , to Robert Coe and five others, was ratified and confirmed by h f 2 6 t 1 6 36 . the first court holden at Hart ord , April , f ef A di ficulty soon arose in the church , and after fruitless f at . o forts by the church Watertown , and by Mr Davenport N e w f . Haven , to e fect a reconciliation , it was proposed by Mr Davenport that one party should remove . Accordingly , on h R 4 A . o 30t o f 1 6 0 . the October, , Mr ndrew Ward , and Mr in bert Coe , behalf of themselves and about twenty other R i o wam s d planters, purchased pp , (Stamfor , ) of New Haven f o r 33 . Colony , £ , and commenced a settlement there At the 5 1 6 43 general court in New Haven , April , , a court having the same powers as that at New Haven , was established at Stamford , and Robert Coe was appointed one of the assistant d j u ges . I n u 1 6 43 n the a tumn of , a deputatio was sent from Stam f th e ord to Long Island , to examine the country ; and in spring following , Robert Coe , Richard Denton , (pastor of the f an d church at Stam ord , ) several others formed the first Eng lish settlement at Hempstead , L . I . 1 6 5 2 l c M es at In , he removed to a p ace alled p , and aided in ‘ s ettle m n t wh ich n o w establishing a e was named Middelburg, ( Newtown , L . I . ) He was a magistrate , during his whole resi r ff dence there , and took a leading pa t in all the a airs of the . 1 6 5 3 town In , he was appointed a deputy to proceed to Bos ton , and invoke the protection of the New England Colonies u h against the D tc and Indians , who had conspired against the I n English settlements on Long Island . November of the h e h same year, was sent, wit delegates from the other English w th e Of to ns , to confer with burgomasters New Amsterdam , in reference to some plan for the common safety . A Y ECO D F M I L R R . 5 1 6 5 6 m l Early in , he , with several others , co menced a sett e Th n ment in Jamaica . e first tow meeting was held February 1 8 th t , when a house lot was given to Rober , and another to his son , Benj amin Coe . The land occupied by the settlers was pur o f chased the Indians , the certificate of purchase being signed 2 l s t 1 6 5 by Robert Coe and seventeen others , March , 6 . He n i 1 6 5 9 was appoi ted a mag strate of the town in , and represent it in f in 1 6 6 4 ed the General Convention at Hart ord , May , by which body he was appointed Commissioner for Jamaica . He continued to be one of the most active and prominent men in ff 1 6 72 6 public a airs, till about , at which time he was 7 years f o . old . The time his death is not known ’ W ’ t H ’ A l n l Co . R See Hutchi son s Hist. ; inthrop s His ; o mes nnals ; ecords of ’ d C . C l 1 0 3 Th m C n . o on ; Trumbull s Hist of onn ; Mass Historical ol , vol , series ; p ’ R ’ L . I . New An l N son s Hist. ; Documentary Hist of York ; iker s na s of ewtown , Jamaica Town R ecords . SECOND GENERATION . 1 2 2 R e vi z R obert and”Anna had thr e children , John , obert , n and Be jamin . N2 1 2 O , 6 6 . c J H was born in England, in He a companied W eth ers fi eld his father to Watertown , , Stamford , Hemp d a n d . n stea , Newtown In the last named place he e j oyed h n — Offi muc disti ction held the ces of magistrate deputy, and ff h Overseer ; and was prominent in all the a airs of t e town .