Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of L Robinson

Lewis, Sarah (b. 19 Apr 1813, d. 20 Feb 1882)

Note: !BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 79, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 5, Row 6;
Sarah Robinson, wife of G.M., died 20 Feb 1882, 68-10-1 (19 Apr 1813); buried next to husband.

1880 CENSUS; Seward, Kosciusko, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254290 National Archives Film T9-0290 Page 188A
Enumerated with husband and son;
Sarah ROBINSON Wife F M W 67 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NJ Mo: PA.

Note: MARRIAGE: Kosciusko Co, IN Marriage Book 2:95; James Robinson + Rachael Anderson, m 4 Mar 1845.

CENSUS:
1850, Franklin Twp, Kosciusko Co, Indiana, p 391a, ln 17-20;
17) ROBINSON, James, age 27, M, Farmer, $600 RE, b KY;
18) Rachael, age 23, F, b OH;
19) Mary A, age 2, F, b IN;
20) Sarah J, age 10/12, F, b IN.

Note: !BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 79, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 8, Row 6;
Samuel S. Robinson, 25 Mar 1824, 27 Jun 1913.

MARRIAGE: Kosciusko Co, IN Marriage Book 3:473; Samuel Robinson + Mary A. Graham, m 28 Nov 1855.

CENSUS:
1850 Franklin Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN, p 391a, ln 6-9, 17 Oct 1850;
6) Samuel S. ROBINSON, age 26, M, Farmer, $600 RE, b KY;
7) Eliza A, age 21, F, b OH;
8) Harriet E, age 2, F, b IN;
9) Wilson R, age 1/12, M, b IN.
CENSUS 1880; Seward, Kosciusko, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254290 National Archives Film T9-0290 Page 189C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Samuel S. ROBINSON Self M M W 56 KY
Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: KY
Ruhamah ROBINSON Wife F M W 45 NY
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Austim ROBINSON Son M S W 21 IN
Occ: At School Fa: KY Mo: OH
Alferd E. ROBINSON Son M S W 19 IN
Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: OH
Susie ROBINSON Dau F S W 17 IN
Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: OH
John KEMP Other M W 14 IN
Occ: Farm Hand Fa: OH Mo: IN
Frank BROWN Other M S W 19 IN
Fa: MI Mo: NY.

Note: !BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 79, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 8, Row 6;
Mary A. Robinson, his wife, 1 Nov 1831, 10 Jan 1868; buried by husband.

Note: MARRIAGE: Kosciusko Co, IN Marriage Book 3:136.

!BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 78, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 3, Row 6;
Robinson, Andrew 15 Aug 1829, 28 Feb 1883; buried next to wife.

CENSUS:
1850, Franklin Twp, Kosciusko Co, Indiana, 18 Oct 1850, p 392b, ln 10
9) ROBINSON, Andrew, age 20, M, Farmer, $1000 RE, b IN;
(living by brothers William, George, and Henry).
1880; Seward, Kosciusko, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254290 National Archives Film T9-0290 Page 188A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Andrew ROBINSON Self M M W 50 IN
Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: KY
Rebecca ROBINSON Wife F M W 48 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Silas M. ROBINSON Son M S W 19 IN
Fa: IN Mo: OH
Harmon E. PAXTON Nephew M S W 11 IN
Fa: IN Mo: IN
Silas M. PAXTON Nephew M S W 8 IN
Fa: IN Mo: IN.

Note: !BURIAL: "Kosciusko County, Indiana Cemetery Records", v1, Franklin and Seward Twps, by Lester H. Binnie, Oct 1974, 977-282 V3k v1; p 78, Franklin Cemetery, Lot 3, Row 6;
Robinson, Rebecca 12 Dec 1831, 6 Nov 1899; buried next to husband.

1880 CENSUS: Seward, Kosciusko, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254290 National Archives Film T9-0290 Page 188A
Enumerated with husband, son and 2 nephews;
Rebecca ROBINSON Wife F M W 48 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA.

NOTES: Andrew Robinson either married this Rebecca PAXTON, or her cousin Rebecca PAXTON. Need to research further.

Note: SOURCE: Letter from Dad in 1988, when he visited Milton Broadbent; Pearl married Dr. Harvy Cook.

Note: !BURIAL: Boone County Cemeteries, Nebraska vol 4, 978.251 V3b v4; Sunset Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Boone, NE; p 26, ln 45; Robert T. Robinson (Co. D 11th Wis. Inf.), b 1839, d 1912, GAR.

!INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 21 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents.
Roll ?, PG 121, LN 2.
1870 CENSUS: Address; To be researched.
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar, Boone Co., NE.
Age 41 in 1880. Married. Farmer.
Enumerated with wife & children. Lives near his
cousins, John & James Robinson.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 8, LN 1.
1) Robinson, Robert, 41 WM Farmer IN KY KY
2) " Rachel 40 WF wife IN PA PA
3) " Prior 15 WM son at-home WI IN IN
4) " Henry 13 WM son at-home WI IN IN
5) " Schuylor 11 WM son at-home WI IN IN
6) " James 9 WM son at-home NE IN IN
7) " Clara 6 WF dau " NE IN IN
8) " Euretta 3 WF dau " NE IN IN.
CENSUS 1890, Union Veterans, Cedar Pct., Boone, NE.
CENSUS 1900, Cedar Pct., Boone Co., NE, #1240917, ED 17, Sh 7, 1 Jun 1900, family 297; enumerated with wife, 2 kids & widowed son-in-law; b Feb 1839, age 61, m 38y, b IN, parents b KY; son-in-law is Sebastian S. Rohrea, widow of dau Clara, b IL.

MILITARY: Civil War; enlisted Sep 1861, Co D, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry; Battle of Cotton Plant, Arkansas and many minor engagements and skirmishes; 18 months then honorable discharge in Feb 1863;
MILITARY: 1890 Union Veterans, Cedar Rapids, Boone Co., NE, Roll 137, ED 24, #30, Robinson, Robert T., Private Co. D, 11 WI Inf, 12 Sep 1861-24 Jan 1863, 1y4m12d; lung trouble.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: History of Boone County, Nebraska 1871-1985 Vol 1, pub 1986 by Curtis Media Corp, Dallas, TX, 978.251 H2b V1;
p 581, sec F595, Robert T Robinsin, by Neva Robinson (by Compendium of History Reminiscense & Biog., 1912);
Robert T Robinson, retired farmer, son of Henry and Sarah (Farmer) Robinson, was born in Indiana, Feb 13, 1838, and was fifth in a family of eleven children, who are all deceased excepting three: our subject, one brother, who resides in California, and a sister living in Utah. The father died May 16, 1872 in Fremont, Nebraska, and the mother in 1877 in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska.
At the age of sixteen Mr. Robinson went with his parents to Wisconsin engaging in farming, and on September 13, 1861 he was married to Rachel McClintick, also of Indiana...
In September, 1861, Mr. Robinson, enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry, serving eighteen months, during which time he participated in the battle of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, and many minor engagements and skirmishes and in February, 1863, he received his honorable discharge, after which he returned to Wisconsin and went to farming.
In 1871, Mr. Robinson came to Nebraska, locating in Fremont County for a few months, and in the spring of 1872 came to Boone County homesteading one hundred and sixty acres of land i Sec. 8, T18, R7, which is now a part of the city of Cedar Rapids. He lived on the homestead twenty-five years and then sold out, going to Oregon in 1897, expecting to make his home in that state, but returned to Boone County, Nebraska within four months and purchased ten acres adjoining Cedar Rapds to the northwest where they lived until October, 1909, when they moved to Cedar Rapids and purchased a good home which is their present residence. Mr. Robinson was instrumental in organizing school district number six in the early days.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have had seven children born to them, whose names are as follows: Pryer B., who is married, has three children and lives in Cedar Rapids; Henry L. is married and has one son, and also lives in Cedar Rapids; Schuyler C., married, has six children and lives in Boone County; James A., is married, has two children and lives in Cedar Rapids; Clara, married S.S. Rohere, died in 1899, and left one son; Euretta B., lives at home; and an infant, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have passed through all the trying experiences and discouragements of pioneer life, and had trouble with the Indians, etc. During the three days' terrible storm in April, 1873, the family nearly perished. They were a family of nine living in a dugout of one room, snowed under and unable to get out for either wood or water, consequently had scarcely anything to eat, subsisting o two meals in three days. They also passed through the grasshopper siege and the years of drouth, but through all kept faith in Nebraska.

p 582, sec F596, Robinson, Robert T. and Rachel, by Euretta Ione Milburn;
Robert T. Robinson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1839. He and three of his brothers came from Wisconsin to the vicinity of what is now Cedar Rapids, Nebraska to homestead there. Robert settled on land just south of Cedar Rapids close to the river. They lived in a dugout for the first several years. He acted as postmaster for the area. It was called Dayton and all the mail was delived by horseback from Columbus. His wife, Rachel, was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, also, in 1840. They were both buried just east of Cedar Rapids in what is now known as the East Cemetery.
Robert served in the Civil War and after his return two sons, James and Schuyler, were born...
Ione recalls when the first railroad was built through Cedar Rapids running close by their home. All the children walked the rails to school...Since the railroad was so close, the children all enjoyed watching the trains go by and waving at the conductor who would occasionally throw them a bag of candy. Of course, all the hardships of these times were endured including disease, grasshoppers and depression years.

BIOGRAPHY: Cedar Rapids, Nebraska 1884-1984, 978.251/C1 H2C, p 8-9, Pioneer Sketches;
"Robert T. Robinson -- born February 13, 1838 in Indiana. He married Rachel McClintick, sister of Jane, on September 13, 1861. They had seven children. Rachel, who was born in 1840, died in 1915.
"Robert came to Cedar Valley with other members of the Robinson family in 1872. He took a homestead of Section 8, Township 18, Range 7, south of Cedar Rapids. He was instrumental in organizing shcool district #6. Robert and a brother, Beecher, are credited with having broken the first sod in the entire Cedar Valley.
"A Civil War veteran, he served with Company D, 11th infantry from Wisconsin. Robert died in Cedar Rapids on August 1, 1921."
p 71, listed as attending the first service of the Methodist Church, in the dugout of Mr. Robinson, along with James, Beecher, John and Arthur Robinson, Jim & Morton McClintick, etc. After the meeting in the dugout, services were held in the Robinson schoolhouse, a sod building located east of the town of Dayton. The Robinson's are listed as members of the congregation who helped the building committee.
p 98, Civil War Vetrans, in 1881, a G.A.R. Post was organized, R.T. Robinson listed as a member, along with J.H. and G.A. Robinson. Also listed as a member of the post in 1887.
p 153, in the Memories of Ione Robinson Milburn, taken from a tape made by Rolland Young August 7, 1966, whe says, "I do have remembrance of the blizzard of '88 when the Robinson family went into the dugout where they lived. They had always taken their implements in to keep the Indians from stealing them. So they were in there all during the blizzard, and it seems as though Grandfather took the pitchfork and stuck it up through the snowdrift to find out if the blizzard had abated so they could come out. They found out that it had cleard up, but while they were in there they had burned pretty near all of their furniture up to keep from freezing. I don't remember the elder Mr. Robinson, but I do remember their four sons. That family was one of the first to come to Cedar Valley. The sons were Robert, John, James, and Will." (she probably meant Beecher rather than Will).

Note: BURIAL: Boone County Cemeteries, Nebraska vol 4, 978.251 V3b v4; Sunset Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Boone, NE; p 24, ln 46; Rachel M. Robinson (wife of Robert T.), b 1840, d 1915, Legion Womens Relief C.

!INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1880 CENSUS: Address; Cedar, Boone Co., NE.
Age 40 in 1880. Married. Keeping house.
Enumerated with husband & children.
Roll T779 #37, VOL 1, ED 126, SH 8, LN 2.
CENSUS 1900, Cedar Pct., Boone Co., NE, #1240917, ED 17, Sh 7, 1 Jun 1900, family 297; enumerated with wife, 2 kids & widowed son-in-law; b Sep 1839, m 38y, 7 kids, 5 living, b IN, parents b PA <-??.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: History of Boone County, Nebraska 1871-1985 Vol 1, pub 1986 by Curtis Media Corp, Dallas, TX, 978.251 H2b V1;
p 581, sec F595, Robert T Robinsin, by Neva Robinson (by Compendium of History Reminiscense & Biog., 1912);
"...on September 13, 1861 he [Robert T. Robinson] was married to Rachel McClintick, also of Indiana, daughter of Hugh and Nancy (Steen) McClintick. Mrs. Robinson's mother died many years ago, and the father came to Nebraska to live with his daughter in 1890, where he died in 1893. She has a sister residing in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska..."

BIOGRAPHY: Cedar Rapids, Nebraska 1884-1984, 978.251/C1 H2C, p 8-9, Pioneer Sketches;
"...He [Robert T. Robinson] married Rachel McClintick, sister of Jane, on September 13, 1861. They had seven children. Rachel, who was born in 1840, died in 1915."

Note: !INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 19 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents.
Roll ?, PG 121, LN 3.

Note: !INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 16 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents.
Roll ?, PG 121, LN 4.

Note: !INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 14 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents.
Roll ?, PG 121, LN 5.

Note: !INFO SOURCES (Donna):
BIRTH: Census.
1860 CENSUS: Address; Dayton, Richland Co., WI
Age 12 in 1860. Attending school.
Enumerated with parents.
Roll ?, PG 121, LN 6.

Note: SOURCE:
http://members.aol.com/janau/coe.htm#1312 3/98;
Captain John COE; born: 10 May 1658 in Stratford, CT; married: 20 Dec 1682 Mary HAWLEY (dau of Lieut Joseph
HAWLEY and Catherine BIRDSEY; b. 16 Jul 1663 in Stratford, CT; d. 9 Sep 1731 in Stratford, CT; buried: Cong Ch Burial
Ground, Stratford) in Stratford, CT; died: 19 Apr 1741 in Stratford, CT; buried: Cong Ch Burial Ground, Stratford; Son of
Robert COE and Hannah MITCHELL

Children:
1. Robert b. 21 Sep 1684 in Stratford CT m. 21 Dec 1708 Barbara PARMELEE in Durham? CT d. 2 Feb 1762 in
Middlefield CT - 2. Joseph b. 2 Feb 1686-7 (Stratford CT) m. 21 Nov 1708 Abigail ROBINSON (Durham CT) d. 15
Jul 1754 (Durham CT) - 3. Hannah b. 14 Apr 1689 (Stratford CT) m. 16 Sep 1709 Deacon James CURTIS d. Mar
1758 (Durham CT) - 4. Mary b. 11 Aug 1691 (Stratford CT) m. 27 Nov 1712 Samuel PICKETT d. 19 Feb 1763
(Durham CT) - 5. John b. 5 Dec 1695 (Stratford CT) d. (Haddam CT) - 6. Sarah b. 26 Mar 1696 (Stratford CT) m. 4
Mar 1718/9 Deacon Israel BURRITT d. 6 Feb 1731/2 (Durham CT) - 7. Ephraim b. 18 Dec 1698 (Stratford CT) - 8.
Catherine b. 23 Sep 1700 (Stratford CT) m. (1) 11 Nov 1725 Joseph FAIRCHILD (2) 24 Aug 1728 David
CALHOUN - 9. Abigail b. 11 Nov 1702 (Stratford CT) m. 1 Jun 1727 John GUTHRIE d. Mar 1747 (Southbury CT)
Ebenezer b. 18 Aug 1704 (Stratford CT)

Cap't John was a veteran of the French and Indian War and a letter he wrote from that era survived him and is cited below.
Again, David Benton Coe's work on this ancestor speaks for itself:

Capt. John Coe, born at Stratford, Conn., May 10, 1658, when a small child was taken by his mother to New
Haven, Conn., upon her marriage to Nicholas Elsey of that place, and he lived there until attaining his majority. On
Jan 12, 1678-9, his mother, Hannah Elsey of New Haven, conveyed to him the real estate of his father in
Stratford, consisting of the home lot of about one acre on the west side of Main St., and various other parcels
containing twenty-nine acres of upland, nine acres of meadow, two acres of swamp, thirty-six acres of woodland,
and rights in ten acres of commons. (Stratford Land Record, vol. 1, p. 106) On Dec 13, 1689, he exchanged his
homelot for one of one acre across the street, then belonging to Thomas Uffoot and formerly to the Hurd and
Barlow families. On this land he built a capacious dwelling which he occupied the rest of his life, and which was a
homestead of the family for six successive generations. Capt. Coe was a man of ability and energy of character,
and besides acquiring a handsome estate and well establishing in life a large family of children, he also became the
leading man of the town in public affairs. His business interests were many, as he was a farmer, land speculator,
merchant, miller, and innkeeper, as appears from his account book in the possession of his descendant, Mr. David
Coe of Stratford. Besides holding numerous town offices, in 1701 and 1715 he was deputy for Stratford in the
Connecticut Assembly. (Col. Rec. Of Conn., 1689-1706, p. 859; and 1706-1716, p. 519.) In military matters he
was also prominent, being successively commissioned ensign on May 25, 1698, lieutenant on May 20, 1706, and
captain on Oct 18, 1709. (Col. Rec. Of Conn.) Nor was his military service confined to mere militia training as he
was in active service in the French and Indian War in 1708. While on this expedition he dispatched a letter to his
wife which illustrates the spirit of the times and so seems worthy of presentation. The original letter is now in the
possession of his descendant, Mr. David Coe of Stratford, Conn.

Westfield Mass.
Aug 23d 1708
My Dear Wife:
Thies come to bring my harty love and efections to you and
to tell you of my earnest desiar to imbrace you in the arms
of my love hoping they may find you and ouers in health.
I have been very well ever since I left you for which I prays
God. The post from Albani last weeke brings news that
the enimy disagre and the french indians are turned bak;
the scouts from dearfield have not yet discouvered the
army. We look for a post from Albani tomorrow after
which we are in great hope of being drawn off or the
greater part of us. I am just now agoing to Northampton
to wait on our govener which makes me in so much hast.
So I remain til death your loving husband
John Coe
Our soldiers here are all well.
[Superscribed] To Mrs. Mary Coe Living at Stratford, these dd.

The will of Capt. John Coe of Stratford, dated Jan. 29, 1740:

Having already given and advanced in position my four sons
, viz., Robert and Joseph in lands in Durham, John in lands
in Haddam, and Ephraim in lands in Middletown, I give to my
son Ebenezer all lands and buildings in Stratford.
(Also mentioned) To daughters Hannah wife of James Curtis
of Durham, Katharine wife of David Calhoun of Stratford,
Mary wife of Samuel Pickett of Durham, and Abigail wife
of John Guthrie of Durham; to granddaughter Mary Buritt
daughter of my late daughter Sarah Buritt late wife of
Israel Buritt of Durham...
Probated May 5, 1741
(Probate Records, Fairfield Conn, vol. 1741-48, pp. 58-62)

Cap't John Coe died Apr 19, 1741; both he and his wife were interred in the Congregational Church Burial
Ground in Stratford.

He married Dec. 20, 1682, Mary HAWLEY, born at Stratford, July 16, 1663, died there Sept 9, 1731, daughter
of Lieut. Joseph and Catherine (BIRDSEY) HAWLEY

Sources: Record of the Coe Family

BURIAL: Cong Ch Bruial Ground, Stratford, CT.

Note: BURIAL: Cong Ch Buial Ground, Stratford, CT.

SOURCE: John Lockwood Romer, Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and Allied Familes and Tales of the Neutral Ground (W>C> Gay Printing Co., INC Buffalow, NY 1917) (Marianne).

Note: SOURCE:
http://members.aol.com/janau/coe.htm#2624 3/98;
Robert Coe baptized: 19 Sep 1626, Boxford in Suffolk, England; married: @1650 Hannah MITCHELL (dau of Matthew
MITCHELL and Susan BUTTERFIELD; baptized: 26 Jun 1631, Halifax in Yorkshire, England; m. (2) Nicholas ELSEY and
moved with her COE children to New Haven; d. 2 Apr 1702 in New Haven, CT) in Stamford CT; died: @Sep 1659 in
Stratford, CT; Son of Robert and Mary COE

Children:
1. Hannah b. 14 Dec 1651 - 2. Susanna b. 16 Aug 1655 (Stratford CT) m.11 Jan 1671/2 Capt and Hon John
ALLING d. 2 Apr 1746 (New Haven CT) bur Grove Street Cem (New Haven) - 3. Sarah b. @ April 1656 (Stratford
CT) m. (1) @1680 Timothy GIBBARD (2) @1687 Hon Jeremiah OSBORNE - 4. John b. 10 May 1658 in Stratford
CT m. 20 Dec 1682 Mary HAWLEY in Stratford CT d. 19 Apr 1741 in Stratford CT

David Benton Coe's research includes the following highlight's of the second generation in America of our mutual family

Robert Coe, son of Robert, born at Boxford, Co. Suffolk, England and baptized there Sept. 19, 1626, was
brought to New England by his father in the spring of 1634 when seven years of age, and taken in the successive
removals to Watertown, Mass, and Wethersfield and Stamford, Conn.
Although his father and brothers removed
to Long Island in 1644, he remained permanently in Connecticut, perhaps in care of his father's interests there,
some of which were not disposed of for some time. About 1650 he married and settled at Stratford, Conn.,
where he purchased a homestead of the widow of Thomas Ramble as appears in the following deed recorded in
1652:

The lands of Robert Coe purchased by him of Widow
Ramble; one house lot, three acres and a quarter, ore
or less, butting east upon the highway, and bounded
with Samuel Sherman on the north, Thomas Ufford on
the south, and west upon the swamp, etc.
(Stratford Land Records, vol. 1, pp. 58-9)

This homestead was located on what is now the west side of lower Main St., between South Ave. And Birdsey
St. Besides this homestead he also had forty-seven acres of land elsewhere in Stratford.

It seems likely that Robert Coe was of a delicate constitution, and as he was cut off by death at the early age of
thirty-three years, he acquired no prominence in public affairs as did his father and brother John; but there is
evidence from some memorial lines written after his decease by Rev. Abraham Pierson of Branford, Conn., that
the young man was esteemed for piety and exemplary character.

The descendants of Robert Coe were a prolific and vigorous race and for a century after his death lived in
Connecticut. Then about 1756 some descendants settled in western Massachusetts, and after the Revolution,
branches were established in New Hampshire and in New York State, whence they have spread to all parts of
the United States. Most of the descendants of Robert Coe have been Congregationalists, several members of the
family being ministers in that church.

Robert Coe died intestate about September 1659, and was buried at Stratford. On Oct 20, 1659, his widow
presented an inventory of £179-18-0. The court ordered the estate to be divided among the widow, son John
aged one and a half years, daughter Susanna aged six and a half years, and daughter Sarah aged three and a half
years; son John to have his portion at twenty-one and the daughters theirs at eighteen or at marriage. (Fairfield
Co. Probate Records.)

He married about 1650 HANNAH MITCHELL, baptized at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, June 26, 1631,
daughter of Matthew and Susan (Butterfield) Mitchell. Her parents came to New England with their family in the
spring of 1635, and located at Wethersfield, Conn., where her father was a prominent man. She married second
Nicholas Elsey of New Haven whither she went to reside, taking her Coe children with her; and she died at New
Haven, Apr 2, 1702

Sources: Record of the Coe Family, David Benton Coe Robert Coe baptized: 19 Sep 1626, Boxford in Suffolk, England; married: @1650 Hannah MITCHELL (dau of Matthew
MITCHELL and Susan BUTTERFIELD; baptized: 26 Jun 1631, Halifax in Yorkshire, England; m. (2) Nicholas ELSEY and
moved with her COE children to New Haven; d. 2 Apr 1702 in New Haven, CT) in Stamford CT; died: @Sep 1659 in
Stratford, CT; Son of Robert and Mary COE

Children:
1. Hannah b. 14 Dec 1651 - 2. Susanna b. 16 Aug 1655 (Stratford CT) m.11 Jan 1671/2 Capt and Hon John
ALLING d. 2 Apr 1746 (New Haven CT) bur Grove Street Cem (New Haven) - 3. Sarah b. @ April 1656 (Stratford
CT) m. (1) @1680 Timothy GIBBARD (2) @1687 Hon Jeremiah OSBORNE - 4. John b. 10 May 1658 in Stratford
CT m. 20 Dec 1682 Mary HAWLEY in Stratford CT d. 19 Apr 1741 in Stratford CT

David Benton Coe's research includes the following highlight's of the second generation in America of our mutual family

Robert Coe, son of Robert, born at Boxford, Co. Suffolk, England and baptized there Sept. 19, 1626, was
brought to New England by his father in the spring of 1634 when seven years of age, and taken in the successive
removals to Watertown, Mass, and Wethersfield and Stamford, Conn.
Although his father and brothers removed
to Long Island in 1644, he remained permanently in Connecticut, perhaps in care of his father's interests there,
some of which were not disposed of for some time. About 1650 he married and settled at Stratford, Conn.,
where he purchased a homestead of the widow of Thomas Ramble as appears in the following deed recorded in
1652:

The lands of Robert Coe purchased by him of Widow
Ramble; one house lot, three acres and a quarter, ore
or less, butting east upon the highway, and bounded
with Samuel Sherman on the north, Thomas Ufford on
the south, and west upon the swamp, etc.
(Stratford Land Records, vol. 1, pp. 58-9)

This homestead was located on what is now the west side of lower Main St., between South Ave. And Birdsey
St. Besides this homestead he also had forty-seven acres of land elsewhere in Stratford.

It seems likely that Robert Coe was of a delicate constitution, and as he was cut off by death at the early age of
thirty-three years, he acquired no prominence in public affairs as did his father and brother John; but there is
evidence from some memorial lines written after his decease by Rev. Abraham Pierson of Branford, Conn., that
the young man was esteemed for piety and exemplary character.

The descendants of Robert Coe were a prolific and vigorous race and for a century after his death lived in
Connecticut. Then about 1756 some descendants settled in western Massachusetts, and after the Revolution,
branches were established in New Hampshire and in New York State, whence they have spread to all parts of
the United States. Most of the descendants of Robert Coe have been Congregationalists, several members of the
family being ministers in that church.

Robert Coe died intestate about September 1659, and was buried at Stratford. On Oct 20, 1659, his widow
presented an inventory of £179-18-0. The court ordered the estate to be divided among the widow, son John
aged one and a half years, daughter Susanna aged six and a half years, and daughter Sarah aged three and a half
years; son John to have his portion at twenty-one and the daughters theirs at eighteen or at marriage. (Fairfield
Co. Probate Records.)

He married about 1650 HANNAH MITCHELL, baptized at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, June 26, 1631,
daughter of Matthew and Susan (Butterfield) Mitchell. Her parents came to New England with their family in the
spring of 1635, and located at Wethersfield, Conn., where her father was a prominent man. She married second
Nicholas Elsey of New Haven whither she went to reside, taking her Coe children with her; and she died at New
Haven, Apr 2, 1702

Sources: Record of the Coe Family, David Benton Coe

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Robert COE bapt: 26 Oct 1596, Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk, England; married: (1) bef 1625 Marie (b. unknown d. 27 Oct
1628, Boxford, Suffolk, England ) in Suffolk, England (2) 29 Apr 1630 Hannah DEARSLEY in Assington, Suffolk, England;
died: @1689, Hempstead, LI, NY; Son of Henry and Mary COE

Children (all by 1st marriage)
1. John bap 20 Aug 1625 (Boxford, Suffolk, Eng) d. Long Island? - 2. Robert bap 19 Sep 1626 in Boxford, Suffolk
England m. @1650 Hannah MITCHELL in Stanford? CT d. @Sep 1659 in Stratford CT - 3. Mary bap. 19 Sep 1626
(Boxford, Suffolk, Eng) d. (CT?) - 4. Benjamin bap 18 Oct 1628 (Boxford, Suffolk, Eng) d. Long Island?

As described below, the immigrant, Robert arrived with his second wife Hannah and his family by his first wife, Mary in the
early 1630's aboard the Francis. His admission as freeman to the Massachusetts Bay Colony occurred in 1634. In 1635 he
helped to found Wethersfield CT, a town of much importance throughout much of my ancestry. He removed to Stamford CT
as part of a church split and held many influential offices there. Another church dissension sent him with a group to Hempstead, Long Island where he is noted as an official for the Dutch government. He is cited as one of the founders of Newtown and
Jamaica NY on Long Island and eventually retired back to Hempstead NY.

This ancestor is thoroughly described by David Benton Coe in his 1885 genealogy; I cite it below:

"Robert Coe, the progenitor in New England of most of the Coes in America, was born at Thorpe-Morieux, a
small rural parish in Suffolk county England, and was baptized in the ancient and picturesque church there, Oct
26, 1596, as recorded in the old parish registers still preserved. His father Henry Coe was a substantial yeoman,
probably also a clothmaker, and a man of character and standing in the community, holding for several years at
Thorpe-Morieux the honorable position of church warden.

But few memorials of Robert Coe in England have been discovered, and of his early life no details are known.
Doubtless he remained in his native parish with his parents during their residence there until after 1610, but his
exact residence thereafter is uncertain until he appears in 1625 in Boxford, co. Suffolk (then a populous and
thriving rural and manufacturing parish), about eight miles south of Thorpe-Morieux, where he lived until his
removal to America in 1634. His education was superior to that of the majority in his station of life at that period,
and perhaps at some time he may have attended the Boxford Grammar School, founded by Queen Elizabeth in
1596. It is also likely that he early learned the clothmaking business, then flourishing in Suffolk, as the first record
found of him in manhood is his election to the office of overseer of cloth at Boxford, Apr 18, 1625, implying he
was versed in that business. That he was of good repute and held in esteem is shown by the fact that in 1629 he
was chosen "questman" of the Boxford church, an office now called sidesman. (Church Wardens' Accounts of
Boxford.)

Religious conditions and environment were the dominant factors in determining for Robert Coe a career different
from the lives of his ancestors. During his early manhood Puritanism, which had been growing in England for a
generation, became paramount in Essex and Suffolk, and persecution of its adherents resulted in the great Puritan
emigration to New England in 1630 under the leadership of Gov. John Winthrop of Groton, co. Suffolk, the
parish adjoining Boxford on the north. Brought up amid Puritan influences, Robert Coe became imbued with their
fervid faith and desire for religious liberty, and joined the throng that left their beloved ancestral home and braved
the perils of the deep and the hardships of pioneer life in a wilderness infested with hostile savages, to found a
nation in the New World.

In the spring of 1634, Robert Coe took his family to Ipswich, the port of Suffolk county, and about fifteen miles
east of Boxford, and there on Apr 30, 1634, they were among the eighty-three passengers who embarked for
New England in the ship Francis, commanded by Capt. John Cutting. At the Record Office in London is still
preserved the roll of the ship's passengers taken at the Custom House in Ipswich, on which appears Robert Cooe
aged 38, Anna Cooe his wife aged 43 and children John Cooe aged 8, Robert Cooe aged 7, and Benjamin Cooe
aged 5. (See Hotten's "Original Lists" of early emigrants to America, pp 278-80)

In those days a voyage to New England took about ten weeks, so Robert Coe probably arrived in Boston in July
1634, and he immediately went to Watertown, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where he found located many
settlers who came with Gov. Winthrop in 1630 from the vicinity of Boxford in England. The first mention of his
name in New England is his admission as a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on Sep 3, 1634, showing
previous admission to the church which was a requisite to be freeman, i.e. , a citizen entitled to vote and hold
public office (Records of Massachusetts Bay Colony, vol. 1, p. 360.) His residence at Watertown lasted less than
a year as the town became crowded by the influx of new settlers; so in Jun, 1635, Robert Coe joined with a few
others in starting a new plantation at Wethersfield, Conn., in the fertile valley of the Connecticut River, being
dismissed from the Watertown church May 29, 1635, as appears from the following document:

Whereas there was a dismission granted by ye Church
of Waterton in ye Massachusetts, date 29th of May last
to Andrewe Warde, Jo: Sherman, Jo: Stickland, Rob'te
Coo, Rob'te Reynoll, & Jonas Weede, wth intent to forme
anewe in a Ch: Covennte on this river of Conectecott, the
saide prties have soe accordingly done wth the publicke
allowance of the rest of the members of saide Churches,
as by certificate nowe prduced apprs. It is therefore in this
prsent Cort ratified & confirmed, they prmissing shortlie
publicquely to renewe the [said] Covennte uppon notice to
the rest of ye Churches. April 26, 1636
(Col. Rec. Of Conn., vol 1, p2)

Robert Coe resided at Wethersfield, Conn., about five years. His house stood on a three acre homelot situated at
what is now the northwest corner of East Main and Broad Streets. Besides this homelot he also owned several
other parcels of land in Wethersfield, amounting to twelve acres of meadow, thirteen acres of swamp, and over a
hundred acres of upland, recorded Apr 28, 1641 These lands he sold to James Boosey who had them recorded
May 11, 1644. On may 4, 1641, Robert Coe had recorded a tract of nine hundred acres which he bought of
Matthew Mitchell (his son-in-law), bounded west on the Connecticut River and south on Sturgeon River (now
called Roaring Brook) and extending three miles easterly up same, and north on land of Mr. Chaplin. This latter
great tract, situated in the present town of Glastonbury, he sold to Robert Rose who had it recorded Nov 4,
1643. (Town Records, vol. 1, pp. 196, 81, 117.)

A few years after the settlement of Wethersfield a disagreement arose in the church there; the exact nature of
which is not certainly known, but it has been claimed that it was caused by a faction to which Robert Coe
belonged desiring a form of church government of a nature similar to that of the present Presbyterian church. After
fruitless efforts by the churches at Watertown and New Haven to reconcile the dissension, it was proposed that
on faction should withdraw. Accordingly in November, 1640, Robert Coe and his adherents purchased lands for
a new plantation at Stamford, Conn., and removed thither, under the following agreement:

November 4, 1640
Whereas Andrew Ward and Robt. Coe of Weathersfield
were deputed by Weathersfield men on the 30th of the
8th moneth comonly called October 1640 to treate wth
the court att Newhaven about the plantation (lately
purchased by said towne) called Toquams, wth being
considered of, itt was agreed upon by the said court and
ptyes aforesaid that they shall have the said plantation
upon these tearmes following: First, thatt they shall repay
unto the said towne of Newhaven all the charges wch they
have disbursed about itt, wch comes to 33 £ as appeares
by anote or scejule hereunto annexed. Seconly thatt they
reserve afifth pt of the said plantation to be disposed off
att the appoyntof this court to such desireable psons as
may be expected, oras God shall send hither, provided
that if wthin one whole yearesuch psons doe not come to
fill up those lotts so reserved, thattthen itt shall be free
for the said people to nominate and present to this court
some psons of their own choyce wch may fill up some of
those lotts so reserved, if this court approve of them.
Thirdely thatt they joyne in all poynts wth the plantation
in the forme of govermt here settled according to agreemt
betwixt this court and Mr. Samuell Eaton about the
plantation of Totokett. These articles being read, together
wth Mr. Sam: Eatons agreemts in the hearing of the said
partyes or deputyes, itt was accepted by them in wines
thereof they subscribed their names to thearticles in the
face of the court.
(Colonial Records of New Haven, vol. 1, p.45.)

The settlement at Stamford, Conn., took place in the early spring of 1641, and Robert Coe was granted a
homelot of fourteen acres, but two of the company of twenty-eight proprietors having a larger amount. (History of
Stamford, p. 19.) He seems to have been the leading man at Stamford, being appointed a magistrate there on
Apr.. 5, 1643, and serving as deputy to the General Court at New Haven the same year and also in 1644
(Colonial Records of New Haven, vol. 1, pp 85, 120); but his residence there was destined to be of brief
duration. With the growth of the town from new settlers and attempts by the government at New Haven to
regulate its affairs, in a short time a difficulty arose in the Stamford church similar to that which had caused the
withdrawal from the Wethersfield church; and the faction led by Rev. Richard Denton and Robert Coe, despairing
of success in lining at peace in their views under Connecticut jurisdiction, in 1644 crossed the Sound to Long
Island (then under the Dutch government at New Amsterdam, after its conquest by the English in 1664 called
New York), where a new settlement was established which was named Hempstead. A church was immediately
organized of which Robert Coe is said to have been chosen elder, and here he remained eight years, acquired
extensive grants of land, some of which he retained until near the close of his life, and was the magistrate of the
town under the Dutch government.

But the energetic and enterprising spirit of Robert Coe craved for further activities, and in the spring of 1652 he
was the leader in the formation of another new settlement a few miles further west on Long Island at a place then
known as Mespat, which had previously been settled in 1642, but had been destroyed in the following year in an
Indian attack, and abandoned. A patent was obtained from the Dutch government at New Amsterdam (later New
York) and the land was bought from the Indians. The proprietors immediately organized a new church of which
Rev. John Moore became pastor and Robert Coe elder. The new settlement was at first called Middleburg, and
later for a few months in 1664, Hastings, but in 1665 was permanently named Newtown. On a rate made in 1656
for the Indian payment, fifty five proprietors appear; the land was purchased at 1 sh. Per acre and the assessments
varied from 2 sh. To £4, only Robert Coe and Edward Jessup paying this largest sum. Mr. Coe remained at
Middleburg (Newtown) for four years, being the most prominent man in the town and the local magistrate during
the whole period of his residence there. In 1653 he went to Boston as the deputy of the town to invoke the
protection of the Massachusetts Bay Colony against the Indians who were threatening to attack the English
settlements on Long Island, and in November of the same year he was sent as a deputy to New Amsterdam to
confer with the Dutch government for the common safety. ("Annals of Newtown," pp. 17-20, 43, 418, 31-3.)

The settlement at Newtown being well established, Robert Coe made over his interests there to his eldest son
John Coe, and in the spring of 1656 was again the leader of another new settlement, he and his youngest son
Benjamin Coe and several others having purchased of the Indians in September preceding, a large tract of land
south of Newtown, and removing thither founded the town of Jamaica (in the Dutch records also called
Rustdorp), by patent from the Dutch government dated Mar 21, 1655-6. At the first town meeting held Feb 18,
1655-6, a house lot was granted to Robert Coe and another to his son Benjamin Coe; also on Jan 13, 1657-8, is
recorded:

It is this day granted by ye town that Mr. Robert Coe
and his son Benjamin shall take up, posess, and enjoy
ten acres of land apiece at ye rear off theire home lots."
(Records of Jamaica, vol. 1, pp. 1,5,6)

The Records of Jamaica contain also the following references to Robert Coe: Apr 30, 1659, the town engaged to
pay Mr. Coe of Rustdorp £11-17-0; Dec 20, 1662, the town appointed Mr. Coe, goodman Benedict, goodman
Smith, and Daniel Denton a committee to settle the minister; Feb 14, 1662-3, Mr. Coe, goodman Benedict, and
Daniel Denton appointed to make a rate for the maintenance of Mr. Walker, the minister; Aug 30, 1663, Mr. Coe
and Ralph Keeler appointed to make a contract with George Norton to build a meeting-house 26 ft. Square.
Robert Coe's title of "Mr." (then a mark of distinction) shows his high position in the community.

On Nov 20, 1660, Robert Coe aged sixty-four years deposed in regard to certain boundaries in Hempstead; and
in a petition to the Dutch government dated May 9, 1661, Robert Coe refers to Richard Crabbe as his
brother-in-law. (Dutch Mgg. At Albany, NY vol. 9) (Just how Robert Coe bore this relationship to Richard
Crabb has not been established, The latter was of Wethersfield 1637 to 1641, and then successively at Stamford
and Greenwich, Conn., and Oyster Bay, L.I., where he died in 1685. The name of his first wife is not known. He
married second, after 1675, Alice, widow of Peter Wright of Oyster Bay.)

Robert Coe was appointed by the Dutch government in 1658 the magistrate for Jamaica, and held that office until
1664. During this period a turmoil arose in Jamaica over the prosecution of some Quaker, and on Jan 28,
1662-3, it was ordered that all records at Rustdorp be delivered to Mr. Robert Coe, actual magistrate and oldest
inhabitant of the town.

In the autumn of 1663 the English population on Long Island revolted from the Dutch government at New
Amsterdam and transferred their allegiance to Connecticut; following this revolution, in May 1664, Robert Coe
was deputy for Jamaica to the General Court at Hartford, by which body he was appointed commissioner (or
magistrate) for Jamaica. (Col. Records of Conn., vol. 1, pp. 425-8) Aug 27 the same year New Amsterdam
surrendered to an English fleet and force commanded by Col. Richard Nicolls who became its governor as an
English province, the name being changed to New York. On the reorganization of the government by the English,
Long Island returned to the jurisdiction of New York as a county called Yorkshire; Robert Coe was appointed
judge of courts held Apr 7, and July 2, 1669, and from October 1669 to September 1671, he was high-sheriff of
Yorkshire. (Report of Historian of NY, vol. 1, pp. 237, 246; also NY Civil List, p. 421.) At the age of
seventy-five the patriarch retired from the office of high sheriff, and withdrew to private life, appearing no further in
public office.

In July 1673 New York surrendered to a force of Dutch who again controlled the government until November
1674, when by treaty between England and Holland it was ceded to the former. At a court held under this
temporary Dutch regime on Dec 12, 1673, Robert Coe was unjustly sued by a Dutchman for £15, and the
fearless independence of the aged Puritan is shown when at the next court held Jan 30, 1673-4, the court
messenger announced he had served a summons on Coe to appear "who said he had nothing to do with this
council and would not come." (Records of New Amsterdam, Vol. 7, pp. 33, 48-49.)

Of the patriarch's old age but few glimpses are seen. During his active life he settled most of his estate on his three
sons; and in February 1674-5 when almost an octogenarian he married a third wife Jane, formerly wife of John
Smith and also of Edward Rouse, she being nearly a score of years his junior. On Nov 29, 1678, he bought of
Jonah Fordham a farm of fifty acres at Foster's Meadow in Hempstead where he settled with this bride of his old
age and passed his declining days. (Printed Records of Hempstead, vol. 1, p. 441.) The following land records
furnish the final mention of him: On June 9, 1687, Robert Coe and Jane his wife conveyed to their son John Smith,
late of Jamaica, a house and fifty acres of land at Foster's Meadow, after their decease, etc,:

Jun 28, 1690
Know all men by thees presents that since my son
John Smith has been so kind as to make over above
deed by bill of sale for me to sell for my comfort, I
the said Jane Coe of Foster's Meadow in Hempstead
do give to my son John Smith of St. Jonses in Kent
Co. Upon Dover River in the Province of Penn.,
whatever estate I may leave at my decease.
(Printed Records of Hempstead, vol. 8, p. 246-7)

From this document it seems likely that Robert Coe died about 1689 at the advanced age of about ninety-two
years. No record of his death or place of burial has been found, and as he disposed of all his property in his
lifetime there are no probate records of him.

In the foregoing records gleaned of Robert Coe we see in him a fine example of the Puritan of his day; a man of
vigorous physique, restless energy, strict integrity, strong convictions, and great force of character; and these
characteristics have remained impressed on his descendants for generation.
His abilities and worth were
recognized by his contemporaries by whom he was honored for many years with numerous positions of trust
which he filled with ability, performing well his part in laying the foundations of a new nation.

This ends the citation for David Benton Coe. In addition to the extensive research cited above, the burial of Robert Coe's 1st wife Mary is noted in Boxford: "Marie Coe the wife of Robert Coe the 27th of October, 1628"

Sources: Record of the Coe Family .., David Benton Coe, 1885; Burials in Registers of Boxford

Note: SOURCE: WFT #11, Tree #2089, (Marianne).

Note: From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Note: From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.