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Author: Shaun Philmore Smith
JOHN COY, b Nine Partners NY 1748 (Rev War Pension Application, hereafter #W22854, p. 4): d Minot ME 11 Sep 1834 (#W22854 p.8; g.s., Harris Cemetery, Minot, ME; U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963; Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities, Town of Minot, hereafter, ORM, p. 377): m Gloucester MA 28 Nov 1773 MOLLY MILLETT of Gloucester MA (Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, hereafter Gloucester MA VR, p. 375), b Gloucester MA 3 Sep 1755 dau of John & Mary (Woodhouse) Millett (Gloucester MA VR, p. 475; her parents’ marriage on 28 Jun 1753 recorded in Gloucester Birth Marriages and Deaths, p. 762): d Minot ME 28 Dec 1838 (ORM, p. 380).
John’s first enlistment was for two months in the spring of 1775 at Cape Ann under the command of Captain Foster, where he was erecting watch boxes on the coast. During his second enlistment which started sometime in June of 1775, John served as a private in the Revolutionary War with Capt Joseph Roby’s company, Col. Moses Little’s 17th regiment, muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted June 1 (also given May 29), 1775; service, 2 mos. 5 days; also company return [probably Oct.,1775]; age, 25 yrs. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War [1898], hereafter MSSR, p. 4:142; #W22854).
On June 15, 1775 John marched to Salem. On June 16, 1775 he marched to Mystic (Probably Mystic Lake area). On June 17, 1775 the Regiment marched to Cambridge, and John was at Prospect Hill during the Battle of Bunker Hill. In John’s pension file, he states that he had no ammunition and was ordered to carrying off and taking care of the wounded. After the battle of Battle of Bunker Hill, John stayed near Boston. He was eventually wounded at Roxbury Neck, Massachusetts (also known as Boston Neck) by a bursting bomb. After being wounded, he finished his enlistment in a Continental Bake House, which ended about March, 1776 (#W22854).
John and Molly removed from Gloucester MA to Bakerstown Plantation ME in about 1778, which became Poland ME and part later set off as Minot ME (#W22854, John states that in 1832 he lived in Minot for about 54 years).
Children: i. JOHN, b Cape Ann MA 24 Aug 1775 (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, hereafter NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Charleston ME 26 Dec 1851 (g.s., Village Cemetery, Charleston, ME): m int Minot ME 26 Mar 1796 OLIVE WASHBURN of Poland ME (ORM, p. 78), b Bridgewater MA 31 Aug 1777 dau of Eliab & Anna (Edson) Packard (Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, hereafter Bridgewater MA VR, p. 334): d Charleston ME 22 Sep 1860 (g.s., Village Cemetery, Charleston, ME). ii. MARY/POLLEY, b New Gloucester ME 07 Oct 1777 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Minot ME 1854 (g.s., Brookvale Cemetery, Auburn, ME): m Minot ME 22 Jan 1799 JAMES HILL of New Falmouth ME (ORM, p. 105), b abt 1766: d 1814 (ORM, p. 368; g.s., Brookvale Cemetery, Auburn, ME). iii. EUNICE, b Poland ME 28 Sep 1780 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Norway ME 04 May 1864 (g.s., Pine Grove Cemetery, Norway, ME): m DANIEL BUCK, b 4 Nov 1787 (prob born in Worcester, MA, the birth date is from a family bible in the possession of Leland S. Buck of South Harrison ME in the 1970s): d Norway ME 06 Jun 1863 (g.s., Pine Grove Cemetery, Norway, ME) iv. HENRY, b Poland ME 21 Jul 1782 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): 29 Apr 1835 (g.s., Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, ME): m Minot ME 27 Oct 1805 CELIA JOHNSON of Minot ME (ORM, p. 107), b 31 Mar 1783: d 22 Apr 1875 (g.s., AE 92 yrs and 22 ds, Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, ME). v. JUDITH, b Poland ME 21 Nov 1784 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Minot ME 21 Aug 1841 (g.s., Harris Cemetery, Minot, ME): m Minot ME 04 Jun 1810 AMOS HARRIS, JR. of Minot ME (ORM, p. 112), b Poland ME 31 Jan 1786 son of Amos & Isabel (Parsons) Harris (NEHGR, p. 88:61; his parents’ marriage on 03 Dec 1779 recorded in New Gloucester, ME Vital Records): d Minot ME 26 Oct 1863 (g.s., Harris Cemetery, Minot, ME). vi. SOLOMON, b Poland ME 15 Sep 1786 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d 29 April 1835 (g.s., Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, ME): m Minot ME 21 Jan 1809 DEBORAH HOLMES of Minot ME (ORM, p. 112), b Poland ME 25 Nov 1786 dau of Gershom & Sarah () Holmes (NEHGR, p. 88:57): d 10 Mar 1851 (g.s., Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, ME). vii. ESTHER, b Poland ME 21 Jun 1788 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Norway ME 1 Oct 1858 (A history of Norway, Maine, p.472): m int Minot ME 2 Feb 1812 ISRAEL MILLETT of Norway ME (ORM, p. 92), d Norway ME 18 May 1826 (Whitman, Charles F., A history of Norway, Maine, p. 472). viii. ELIZABETH, b Poland ME 24 May 1790 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): m Minot ME 25 May 1812 ISAAC ALLEN JR of Minot ME (ORM, p. 114), b Poland ME 10 Dec 1787 son of Isaac & Abigail () Allen (NEHGR, p. 88:59). + ix. IRENA, b Poland ME 31 May 1792 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Bridgewater MA 8 Jun 1853 (Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, p. 442): m Minot ME 8 Nov 1812 ISAAC CROOKER of Minot ME (Minot VR, p. 39; ORM, p. 114), b Pembroke MA 12 Oct 1785 son of Joshua and Ruth (Joyce) Crooker (Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, p. 69): d Portland ME 3 Apr 1829 (g.s., Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, ME); she m (2) Norway ME Nov 1834 JAMES BUCK (Bradbury, O.N., Norway in the Forties, p. 594), b. Worcester MA 18 Sep 1781 son of Peter and Jemima Sarah (Fay) Buck: d Norway ME 22 Jan 1871 (Whitman, Charles F., A history of Norway, Maine, p. 369). x. NATHAN, b Poland ME 14 Apr 1793/4 (NEHGR, p. 88:50; Year 1793 from Bible in the possession of Leland S. Buck of South Harrison ME in the 1970s): d 22 Jun 1849 (g.s., Craigie Cemetery, Oxford, ME): m Minot ME 14 May 1837 JULIA ANN BUCK of Minot ME (ORM, p. 168), dau of James and Susanna (Young) Buck of Norway, b Norway ME 29 Dec 1811, d Oxford ME 11 Aug 1895 (g.s., Craigie Cemetery, Oxford, ME; King, Marquis Fayette, Annals of Oxford, Maine, 1903, p. 170). xi. CYRUS, b Poland ME 04 Sep 1796 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): m int Turner ME 8 Nov 1819 HANNAH A GALLISON of Norway (Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities, Town of Turner, hereafter, ORT, p. 17), dau of Joseph and Hannah (Atwood) Gallison (Lapham, William B, History of Norway, Maine, p. 511). xii. ALMIRA, b Poland ME 14 Dec 1798 (NEHGR, p. 88:50): d Brighton MA 25 Jul 1862 (Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915): m int Minot ME 05 Jan 1822 JOHN BEAL of Norway ME (ORM, p. 122), son of William and Jerush (Fluent) Beal, b Norway ME 1799, d Waltham MA 12 May 1891 (Whitman, Charles F., A history of Norway, Maine, p. 369; Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915).
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