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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Private / Civil Service
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Author: Joe L Warne
JAMES COE (Capt. Ebenezer* (22), Capt. John 3, Robert 2, Robert'), born in the old Coe homestead on Lower Main St., Stratford, Conn., Feb. 3, 1741, always lived in his native town and was a farmer. On Jan. 27, 1763, he purchased a homestead from Daniel Foote, located on the corner of Main St. and Mitchell's Lane, on which he settled, and it is still (1910) owned and occupied by his descendants. His house was situated on the north part of this estate. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a man of exemplary life and character. James Coe appears as private in Capt. James Booth's company of guards detached from the fourth regiment of militia and stationed at Fairfield in the spring of 1777; service eighteen days. (Conn. Hist.Soc. Coll., vol. 8, p. 181.) In the U. S. Census of 1790 he is given as the head of a family in Stratford, Conn., comprising three males over sixteen years, one male under sixteen years and three females. His will dated Jan. 29, 1790, probated Sept. 15 following, names wife Huldah, sons Josiah, Isaac, and James (of whom the latter eventually succeeded to all of his father's homestead), and daughters Phebe Birdsey, and Anne and Huldah Coe. (Stratford Probate Records at Bridgeport, Conn., vol. 2, p. 186.) He died July 31, 1790, and, with his wife, is buried in the Congregational Church Burial Ground at Stratford, Conn. He married Oct. 30, 1766, Huldah Wilcoxson, born Oct. 14, 1739, died Nov. 17, 1813, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Hubbell) Wilcoxson of White Hills, Huntington, Conn.
Children born and recorded in Stratford, Conn.:
i. Phebe 6 , b. Feb. 11, 1768, d. July 17, 1831, in New Hartford, N. Y.; m. Dec. 31, 1788, John Birdsey, b. in Stratford Feb. 16, 1761, d. Oct. 16, 1839, in Paris, N.Y., son of Rev. Nathan Birdsey. He was a farmer and removed from Stratford, Conn., to Southwick, Mass., and thence to New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y., and finally to Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y. Children: Charles, Levi, Nathan, Abigail d. young, Abigail, Sarah, a Daughter d. young. 154. ii. Josiah, b. Mar. 4, 1769. 155. iii. Isaac, b. Nov. 22, 1772. iv. Anne, b. Apr. 9, 1775; m. (1), Ephraim Chamberlain of Southwick, Mass. They removed to Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Children: Lewis, John. She m. (2), Ellis of Champion, N. Y., and later they removed to Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y. Children: Ephraim, John. v. Huldah, b. Mar. 9, 1778, d. Feb. 14, 1875, aged nearly ninety-seven years; m. June 1, 1800, James F. Chamberlain of Southwick, Mass. They removed to Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. Child: Isaac. vi. James, b. Mar. 9, 1778, d. Sept. 18, 1778. 156. vii. James, b. Apr. 5, 1781.
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