John Coffey, the eldest of eight children born to Edward Coffey and his wife Ann Powell, was born around 1700, though the precise date is uncertain. [There is some speculation that John and his brother Edward were twins.] John had not attained majority when his father died in 1716. By his father's will, signed February 14, 1715/16 and proved November 20, 1716, John inherited half of his father's plantation. Around 1728 he married Jane (Jean) Graves, daughter of John and Hannah Graves of St. Anne's Parish. The couple had nine children : James, William, John Edmund, Winifred, Thomas, Reuben, Benjamin, and Elizabeth. All appear to have survived into adulthood.
In the late 1740s, John and his family sought greater opportunity in the western wilderness, settling on a small farmstead in Albemarle Co., VA. As his health was failing, John made out his will, dated March 31, 1774. He died within a year, probably shortly before his will was proved in March 1775.
[NOTE: Since documentation is annoyingly weak--and frequently contradictory-- for the earliest generations of the Coffey family, additional WELL-DOCUMENTED information from other family researchers is welcome.]
John Coffey, the eldest of eight children born to Edward Coffey and his wife Ann Powell, was born around 1700, though the precise date is uncertain. [There is some speculation that John and his brother Edward were twins.] John had not attained majority when his father died in 1716. By his father's will, signed February 14, 1715/16 and proved November 20, 1716, John inherited half of his father's plantation. Around 1728 he married Jane (Jean) Graves, daughter of John and Hannah Graves of St. Anne's Parish. The couple had nine children : James, William, John Edmund, Winifred, Thomas, Reuben, Benjamin, and Elizabeth. All appear to have survived into adulthood.
In the late 1740s, John and his family sought greater opportunity in the western wilderness, settling on a small farmstead in Albemarle Co., VA. As his health was failing, John made out his will, dated March 31, 1774. He died within a year, probably shortly before his will was proved in March 1775.
[NOTE: Since documentation is annoyingly weak--and frequently contradictory-- for the earliest generations of the Coffey family, additional WELL-DOCUMENTED information from other family researchers is welcome.]
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