Samuel Coit, son and fourth child of John Coit and Grace Christophers, born in New London, Oct. 14. 1726, spent his life there in the ancestral occupation of shipbuilding. He married Elisabeth Ely, daughter of David Richards and Elisabeth Edgecombe of New London, Feb. 18, 1753. She was received to the Congregational Church, March 28, 1740. She was born Feb 9,1733, and died Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94. He died in November, 1792, aged 67, and lies in the new burial ground. His death was from small pox, contracted during a visit to New York city in his son John's fishing vessel.
Samuel Coit, b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726, at New London; he was a ship builder and lived in New London; he served as a private in the Revolutionary War; died from from, smallpox contracted during a visit to New York City on his son John Coit's fishing vessel, and was buried in the Second Burying Ground there. He m. Feb. 18, 1753, at New London, to Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9. 1733/4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733/4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a dau. of David Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ;m. April 3, 1733) and his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London.
Note: The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel Coit, No. 89, m. Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This statement is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.
Sources:
Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 406.
Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1920.
A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, Vol. III, 1861,
By Abner Morse, pages 94, 95
Samuel Coit, b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726, at New London; he was a ship builder and lived in New London; he served as a private in the Revolutionary War; died from from, smallpox contracted during a visit to New York City on his son John Coit's fishing vessel, and was buried in the Second Burying Ground there. He m. Feb. 18, 1753, at New London, to Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9. 1733/4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733/4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a dau. of David Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ;m. April 3, 1733) and his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London.
Note: The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel Coit, No. 89, m. Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This statement is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.
Sources:
Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 406.
Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1920.
A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, Vol. III, 1861,
By Abner Morse, pages 94, 95
Samuel Coit, son and fourth child of John Coit and Grace Christophers, born in New London, Oct. 14. 1726, spent his life there in the ancestral occupation of shipbuilding. He married Elisabeth Ely, daughter of David Richards and Elisabeth Edgecombe of New London, Feb. 18, 1753. She was received to the Congregational Church, March 28, 1740. She was born Feb 9,1733, and died Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94. He died in November, 1792, aged 67, and lies in the new burial ground. His death was from small pox, contracted during a visit to New York city in his son John's fishing vessel.
Samuel Coit, b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726, at New London; he was a ship builder and lived in New London; he served as a private in the Revolutionary War; died from from, smallpox contracted during a visit to New York City on his son John Coit's fishing vessel, and was buried in the Second Burying Ground there. He m. Feb. 18, 1753, at New London, to Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9. 1733/4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733/4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a dau. of David Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ;m. April 3, 1733) and his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London.
Note: The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel Coit, No. 89, m. Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This statement is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.
Sources:
Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 406.
Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1920.
A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, Vol. III, 1861,
By Abner Morse, pages 94, 95
Samuel Coit, b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726, at New London; he was a ship builder and lived in New London; he served as a private in the Revolutionary War; died from from, smallpox contracted during a visit to New York City on his son John Coit's fishing vessel, and was buried in the Second Burying Ground there. He m. Feb. 18, 1753, at New London, to Elizabeth Richards, b. Feb. 9. 1733/4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733/4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, 1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a dau. of David Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ;m. April 3, 1733) and his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London.
Note: The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel Coit, No. 89, m. Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This statement is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.
Sources:
Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 406.
Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1920.
A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, Vol. III, 1861,
By Abner Morse, pages 94, 95
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