The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: PA/NJ
Qualifying Service: Sergeant
Peter COE was baptized on 21 January 1753 at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, the son of Benjamin and Rachel (Prudden) Coe.
He was married to Mary Shearer Allen on 22 August 1781. There are likely many other children than those listed below. However, these are the only ones that have been proven through SAR and DAR applications.
Benjamin was born on 8 June 1783 and married Susannah McKibben.
Sarah was born on 15 December 1784 and married Josiah Scott.
Peter made an application for a military pension on 13 November 1832 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He entered service in February 1776 for a one-year term in the Company of Captain Peter Dickerson, under the command of Colonel Dayton of the 2nd Regiment from Morris County, New Jersey. The Company marched from Amboy to Albany, New York by marching up the Mohawk River, then no to Johnstown. Much of the Regiment left from Johnstown to continue to a nearby Fort, but Peter’s Company stayed in Johnstown for about two months at the garrison. When the Regiment returned, the Army marched back to Albany and then to Ticonderoga for winter quarters under Colonel Wayne. He remained there until March 1777, when he was discharged and returned to Morris County after about a year of service.
Shortly afterward, the family moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 1779 Peter volunteered for one month and marched under General Hand up the Big Beaver and attacked a group of Native Americans. Shortly after that, he again volunteered for one month and marched to the Allegheny River under Colonel James Smith, and returned home.
The Patriot died in October 1836 in Hanover Township, Beaver County [was Washington County until 1800], Pennsylvania; his burial place is unknown, but probably near Coe Station.
Sources:
Gardner, Bartlett, J., Robert Coe, Puritan, his Ancestors and Descendants, 1340-1910 with Notices of Other Coe Families, Massachusetts. Boston: self-published, 1911, 104-105.
Revolutionary War Pension File S3167.
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DAR NOTE -EL - THE NAME OF BENJAMIN COE’S WIFE IS SUSANNA MCKIBBENNOT SARAH MCKIBBEN - Feb 2017