Robert Coe (1596 – bef. 1690) was an early English settler,

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, and a founder of five towns in

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and

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: Wethersfield, Stamford, Hempstead,

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, and

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. Coe took passage from England to the

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in 1634 during the Puritan migration to New England. He is considered the founder of the Coe family in

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and was the primary

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of Coes. He has many notable descendants, including the 43rd President of the United States,

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, British Prime Minister

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, the screenwriter of ''Gone with the Wind'',

Sidney Howard Sidney Coe Howard (June 26, 1891 – August 23, 1939) was an American playwright, dramatist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award in 1940 for the screenplay for '' Gone with the Wind'' ...

, and the namesake of the largest

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Henry W. Coe State Park Henry W. Coe State Park (often known simply as Henry Coe or Coe Park) is a state park of California, United States, preserving a vast tract of the Diablo Range. The park is located closest to the city of Morgan Hill, and is located in both S ...

. In England, Coe began his career as a public official with an election to the

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of cloth. In the

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, he held appointed positions as a

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and a

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of the General Court. Under the governance of the

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, he was appointed as

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of Jamaica, and the

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and high sheriff of

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Family history

The Coe family, originally recorded as "le Queu" and then "Coo", were

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considered

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and acquired wealth through the cloth trade. The name was derived from

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"ka" meaning

jackdaw Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus ''Coloeus'' closely related to, but generally smaller than, crows and ravens ('' Corvus''). They have a blackish crown, wings, and tail, with the rest of their plumage paler.Madge & Burn (1994) 136� ...

, which is also the meaning of Coe in

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. The

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of the Coe family uses the

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, a small black bird like the jackdaw. The birds on his supplementary seals had legs, unlike the mythical martlet, more closely resembling the jackdaw. The first Coe was probably known as "the Jackdaw". In the 14th century, John Coo, the earliest known historical direct ancestor of Coe, served with

John Hawkwood Sir John Hawkwood ( 1323 – 17 March 1394) was an English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or ''condottiero'' in Italy. As his name was difficult to pronounce for non-English-speaking contemporaries, there are many variations of it in ...

in the

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. He was awarded the title of

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for the Battle of San Gallo in 1364. He established the Hawkwood Chantries in

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in honor of Hawkwood. He is referred to as "Cocco" by Italian historians. Many of Coo's descendants resided at Hedingham, were educated at the

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, practiced

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, held offices in England, and were extensive landowners. One Coo was listed as a justice of the peace in

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, others became

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. Many were

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, and

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s. 17th century lord of the manor John Coo owned many lands, including at Hedingham.

Biography

Coe was born to Henry and Mary Coe () at

Thorpe Morieux Thorpe Morieux ( ) is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is 10 miles south-east of Bury St Edmunds and 10 miles north east of Sudbury. Located in Babergh district, the parish contains the hamlets of Thorpe Green and Alms ...

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, and baptized there on October 26, 1596. He was described as a "fine example" of a

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and a "great force of character" by J. Gardner Bartlett, the American

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. His father, Henry, had been a yeoman, probably a clothmaker, and for several years was

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. In

Boxford, Suffolk Boxford is a village and civil parish in the Babergh District, Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around six miles east of Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury straddling the River Box and skirted by the Holbrook. The parish includes the hamle ...

in April 1625, Coe was elected as the

of cloth and in 1629 as the questman of the church. His first wife and mother of his four children died in Boxford in 1628. He remarried shortly after. His only daughter, a twin to his middle son, died before 1634. Historical records refer to him as "The Founder of the Coe Family in America". He and his family left for America on April 10, 1634 in search of

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from

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

aboard the ''Francis'', commanded by John Cutting. Coe settled for a brief time in Watertown, a

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suburb in the

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, with several other Puritan families from Boxford who arrived with

John Winthrop John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the fir ...

. He was made a

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, but soon left the area due to overcrowding with permission of the General Court. Coe was a founder of two towns in the

Connecticut Colony The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636, as a settlement for a Puritans, Puritan congregation o ...

. In June 1635, Coe joined

Andrew Warde Andrew Warde (1597–1659) was a colonist, judge, farmer, and a founding father of the Connecticut towns of Weathersfield, Connecticut, Wethersfield, Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, and Fairfield, Connecticut, Fairfield. Life Andrew Warde ...

and a few others in starting a new plantation at

Wethersfield, Connecticut Wethersfield ( ) is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 27,298 at the time ...

(originally Pyquag), in the fertile

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Valley, where he lived for five years. A division within the church caused Coe, Warde, and eighteen others to form the Rippowam Company, with the intent of acquiring Rippowam lands from the

New Haven Colony New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The colony joined Connecticut Colony in 16 ...

. The land had been previously purchased from the

Siwanoy The Siwanoy () were an Indigenous American band of Munsee-speaking people, who lived in Long Island Sound along the coasts of what are now The Bronx, Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. They were one of the western ba ...

peoples. In 1640, Coe and Warde were designated by the general court as representatives in colonial government matters; they secured the land and founded a new plantation called Toquams, later renamed Stamford. Stamford was included in the creation of the

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. On April 5, 1643, Coe was appointed as Stamford's

, the equivalent of a

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. The following year, another dispute caused Coe and the town

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, Richard Denton, to leave the

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in favor of the

. They crossed the

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to what is now

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and founded Hempstead, where Coe was appointed the magistrate and the church elder. During his eight years leading Hempstead, he became an extensive landowner. In 1652, Coe and Edward Jessup became the majority landowners of a settlement west of Long Island in what is now

. The town was originally called Middleburgh, then Hastings, and finally Newtown. Coe was made the town's magistrate and served for four years as a deputy of the general court, the same "representative" government style as in the British colonies. As the deputy, Coe traveled in 1653 to Boston and

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to ask for protection against a threatened

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attack. After the settlement was well-established, Coe relocated again in 1655 to Rustdorp, a town on a large tract of land south of Newtown, which he purchased along with his youngest son Benjamin and several others. Rustdorp was later renamed

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appointed Coe magistrate of the town under the jurisdiction of

New Netherland New Netherland () was a colony of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod. Settlements were established in what became the states ...

, an office Coe held until 1664. When the English population on Long Island revolted against Dutch rule and transferred their allegiance to Connecticut, Coe was designated as

for Jamaica under British auspices. After

surrendered to the English fleet,

governor

Richard Nicolls Richard Nicolls ( – 28 May 1672) was an English military officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Province of New York from 1664 to 1668. Early life Richard Nicolls was born in in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He ...

appointed Coe as the

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. His final position was as high sheriff of Yorkshire until 1671, after which he retired from public office at the age of 75. Near the end of his life, Coe settled his estate among his three sons. He married a third wife when he was over 80 years of age. He bought a farm of fifty acres at Foster's Meadow in Hempstead on November 29, 1678, where he lived until his death (which occurred sometime before 1690, when his will was executed). His home on Long Island stood until 1930, when it was demolished to accommodate the construction of the

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Legacy

Freeport, New York Freeport is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village in the town of Hempstead, New York, Hempstead, in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), ...

was originally named "Coe's Neck", after Coe, and remains the name of a local park.

Cos Cob, Connecticut Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,873 at t ...

is named after Coe, derived from "Coe's Cob" meaning "Coe's wall". Coe has many notable descendants and towns and important landmarks bearing the names of his descendants.

Coe Township, Michigan Coe Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,032 at the 2020 census. Communities * The village of Shepherd is within the township and the Shepherd post office, with ZIP code 48883, al ...

is named after

George Coe George Coe (born George Julian Cohen; May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. He was a cast member for the first season of ''Saturday Night Live'' and voiced the character of Woodhouse in '' Archer''. Early life Coe was bor ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and Coe Township, Rock Island County, Illinois is named for Albert S. Coe who served in the

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and developed the area's

agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

industry. Coe, Indiana is named for one of the founders of

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and a frontier physician, Isaac Coe. The namesake of

, the largest

and the second largest state park in the state and popular campground Coe Ranch, Henry Willard Coe, Jr. The visitor center near

Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in the United States, U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and ...

Everglades National Park Everglades National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the Un ...

is named for descendant

Ernest F. Coe Ernest Francis Coe, also "Tom Coe" (March 20, 1867 – January 1, 1951) was an American landscape designer who envisioned a national park dedicated to the preservation of the Everglades, culminating in the establishment of Everglades National Par ...

, who founded the park.U.S. Government
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act
, Public Law 105–82 November 13, 1997. Retrieved on January 30, 2010.

Mount Coe Mount Coe is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine, within Baxter State Park, about northwest of Mount Katahdin. Mt. Coe is flanked to the northeast by South Brother, and to the southwest by Mount O-J-I. The Mount Coe trail starts ...

and

Coe Glacier Coe Glacier is in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Cascade Range on the north slope of Mount Hood, at an elevation between . Between 1907 and 2004, Coe Glacier lost 15% of its surface area. The glacier terminus retreated ...

are named for Henry Coe, a

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

and journalist who ascended Mount Adams in the 19th-century. He

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ted the town of

Hood River, Oregon Hood River is a city in and the county seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is a port on the Columbia River, and is named for the nearby Hood River. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 8,313. It is the only city in O ...

, which was settled by

Nathaniel Coe Nathaniel Coe (September 6, 1788 – October 17, 1868) was an American pioneer, Whig Party (United States), Whig politician, War of 1812 veteran, and frontier agriculturist who founded Hood River, Oregon. He was considered a radical for his stro ...

, a pioneer politician and his father. They cultivated the

Hood River Valley Hood River Valley is the river basin of Hood River in northern Oregon, U.S. It is bounded by the Columbia River to the north, Mount Hood to the south, the Cascade Range crest to the west and an apparently unnamed ridge system to the east which c ...

with fruit trees.

Coe College Coe College is a private liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was founded in 1851 and is historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The college is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and the Associati ...

, is named for Daniel Coe, another descendant, and Coe Elementary School in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

is named after descendant Frantz Hunt Coe, though the original building burned down in 2001. Coe Circle, a park in

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

, is named after descendant

Henry Waldo Coe Henry Waldo Coe (November 4, 1857 – February 15, 1927) was a United States frontier physician and politician. Coe was born in Waupun, Wisconsin, to Samuel Buel Coe and his wife Mary Jane (née Cronkhite). After his education and training, ...

, where he commissioned the installation of a

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statue of

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

. Dudley Coe Hall at

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. It was chartered in 1794. The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...

, formerly the infirmary, is named for the son of Thomas Upham Coe, an alum and prominent doctor and lumber baron of

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's List of municipalities in Maine, third-most populous city, behind Portland, Maine, Portland ...

. Portraits of Thomas Upham Coe are in the

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is an institutional archives and library system comprising 21 branch libraries serving the various Smithsonian Institution museums and research centers. The Libraries and Archives serve Smithsonian Institution ...

and the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

. Coe Hall at

Wiley University Wiley University (formerly Wiley College) is a private historically black college in Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is one of the ol ...

was named for Herman Gurnee Coe, the commissioner of

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, and his daughter, Isabel, who taught there. Coe's second great grandson, Jonas Coe, fought alongside

George Washington George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...

in the

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. He served in the

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in the

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and gave the military sermon upon Washington's death after having become a reverend.

Notable descendants

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, 43rd

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, who was twice

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of the

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, American actor known for ''Scandal'' File:Richard Freeman Post, c. 1982, Niels Bohr Library & Archives.jpg, Richard F. Post, a recipient of the

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singer and guitarist

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Tree of notable descendants

* Henry Coe (1555 — 1630), m. Mary Vincent ** Robert Coe, Sr. (1596 – 1690), m. Mary *** John Coe, Sr. (1625 — 1693) **** John Coe, Jr. (1657 — 1735) **** Samuel Coe, Sr. (1672 — 1742), m. Margaret Van Zandt ***** Samuel Coe, Jr. (1718 — 1759), m. Phebe Seaman ****** William Coe (1748 — 1829), m. Martha Connelly ******* John Coe I (1784 — 1818), m. Polly Cooper ******** John Coe II (1814 — 1892), m. Katharine Hopper ********* John W. Coe III (1840 — 1889), m. Elizabeth Jackson ***** John Coe (1719 — 1782), m. Hannah Halstead ****** Jonas Coe (1759 — 1822), m. Elizabeth Miller ******* Eliza Coe (1803 — ), m.

John Brown John Brown most often refers to: *John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to: Academia * John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Ir ...

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John Crosby Brown John Crosby Brown (May 22, 1838 – June 25, 1909) was a senior partner in the investment bank Brown Bros. & Co., founded by his family. Early life and education Brown was born on May 22, 1838, in New York City. He was the son of banker James B ...

(1838–1909), m. Mary Elizabeth Adams *********

William Adams Brown William Adams Brown (December 29, 1865 – December 15, 1943) was an American minister, professor and philanthropist. Early life Brown was born in New York City on December 29, 1865, and named after his maternal grandfather, the Rev. William Ad ...

(1865–1943), Helen Gilman Noyes ********** Winthrop G. Brown (1907 – 1987) ***** Daniel Coe (1730 — 1777), m. Sarah Palmer ****** John D. Coe (1755 — 1777), m. Sarah Coe ******* Hannah Coe (1784 — 1837), m. Halstead Gurnee ******** Walter S. Gurnee (1813 — 1903), m. Mary Coe ********* Augustus C. Gurnee (1855 — 1926) ******* Dolly Coe (1800 — 1887), m. Peter Post ******** Edwin Post (1821 — 1893), m. Mary Doolittle ********* Freeman Post (1875 — 1889), m. Miriam Colcord ********** Richard F. Post (1918 — 2015), m. Marylee Armstrong ***********

Markie Post Marjorie Armstrong Post (November 4, 1950 – August 7, 2021), known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress. Her best known roles include bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in '' The Fall Guy'' on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public def ...

(1950 – 2021), m. Michael Ross ****** Matthew Coe (1757 — 1838), m. Martha Gurnee ******* Stephen Coe (1787 — 1838), m. Leah Henion ******** Matthew Coe (1815 — 1872), m. Susan Farwell ********* Frantz Hunt Coe (1856–1904), m. Carrie Everett ********** Herbert E. Coe (1881 — 1968), m. Lucy Campbell ********** Harry Coe (1885 – 1977) ******* Matthew D. Coe (1797 — 1881), m. Ruth Deyo ******** Herman Gurnee Coe (1826 — 1917), m. Katherine McClung *** Robert Coe, Jr. (1626 — 1659), m. Hannah Mitchell **** John Coe, Sr. (1658 — 1741), m. Mary Hawley ***** Robert Coe (1684 — 1762), m. Barbara Parmalee ****** Jonathan Coe (1710 — 1795), m. Elizabeth Elmer ******* Robert Coe (1740 — 1830), m. Chloe Thrall ******** Roswell Coe (1780 — 1825), m. Polly Porter ********* Willis Coe (1819 — 1912), m. Hannah Fenton ********** George Washington Coe (1843 — 1920), m. Lois Ann Ives *********** George Henry Coe (1882 — 1967), m. Blanch Mays ************

Jack Coe Jack Coe (March 11, 1918 – December 16, 1956) was an American Pentecostal evangelist, nicknamed "the man of reckless faith". He was one of the first faith healers in the United States with a touring tent ministry after World War II. Coe was or ...

, Sr. (1918 — 1956), m. Juanita Scott ************* Jack Coe, Jr. (1944) ****** Mary Coe (1717 — 1789), (m. 2nd) James Crampton ******* Molly Crampton (1748 — 1797), m. James Kilbourn ******** Hiram Kilbourn (1786 — 1847), m. Eliza Seaman ********* Sarah Kilbourn (1839 — 1903), m. Elezear Bishop **********

Billy Bishop Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and a ...

(1894 – 1956), m. Margaret Burden ****** Thomas Coe (1727 — 1810), m. Mary Goodell ******* Zachariah Coe (1757 — 1841), m. Miriam Calkins ******** Cyrus Coe (1786 — 1853), m. Elsie Fenton ********* Nathaniel Coe (1836 — 1917), m. Emma Stinton ********** Clarence E. Coe (1873 — 1943), m. Laura Bauder *********** William Fenton Coe (1916 — 2006), m. Audree Hall ****** Levi Coe (1760 — 1832), (m. 2nd) Deborah McCall ******* Walter Coe (1798 — 1868), m. Mariana Kilbourne ******** Edward Coe (1834 — 1909), m. Louisa Bonney *********

(1867 – 1951) ******* Levi Coe (1810 — 1832), m. Lavinia McNeil ***** Joseph Coe, Sr. (1686 — 1754), m. Abigail Robinson ****** Joseph Coe, Jr. (1713 — 1784), m. Abigail Curtiss ******* James Coe, Sr. (1740 — 1794), m. Rachel Benton ******** James Coe, Jr. (1769 — 1845), m. Nancy Pratt ********* Almon Coe (1796 — 1853), m. Climena Spelman ********** Samuel Buel Coe (1835 — 1910), m. Mary Cronkhite ***********

(1857 — 1927), m. Viola Boley ******* Curtis Coe (1750 — 1829), m. Anne Thompson ******** Eben Coe (1785 — 1862), (m. 1st) Mehitable Smith, (m. 2nd) Mary Upham *********

Henry Willard Coe Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

(1814 — 1896), m. Hannah Huntington Smith ********** Henry Willard Coe, Jr. (1860 — 1943), m. Rhoda Stutcliffe *********** Sada Sutcliffe Coe (1910 — 1979), m. Charles Robinson *********

Thomas Upham Coe Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(1837 — 1920), m. Sadie Loantha ******* Ebenezer Coe (1755 — 1839), m. Cleopatra Conklin ******** Isaac Coe (1782 — 1855), m. Rebecca Cook ******* Joel Coe (1758 — 1846), m. Huldah Horton ********

(1788 — 1868), m. Mary White ********* Henry C. Coe (1844 — 1928), m. Kittie Carlton ********* Lawrence Coe (1831 — 1897), m. Mary Graves ********** Helen Coe (1860 — 1946), m. John Howard, Sr. ***********

(1891 — 1939), m.

Clare Eames Clare Eames (August 5, 1894 – November 8, 1930) was an American actress and stage director, and the first wife of playwright Sidney Howard. Early years Eames was born August 5, 1894, in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Clare (Hamilton) ...

************ Jennifer Howard (1925 — 1993), m.

Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; July 1879 (most likely; claimed to be August 27, 1882) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produce ...

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(1958), m. Jane Musky ******** Curtis Coe (1797 — 1871), m. Hannah Clark ********* Joel Horton Coe (1827 — 1846), m. Wealthy Clark ********** Arthur Coe (1854 — 1924), m. Minnie Lees *********** Robert E. Coe, Sr. (1880 — 1970), m. Mary Shoemaker ************ Curtis C. Coe (1911 — 1996), m. Pearl Haney ************* Margaret Coe (1941), m. Mark Clarke ************** Tim Clarke ************** Karin Clarke ************ Robert E. Coe, Jr. (1915 — 2003), m. Ethel ********* Curtis N. Coe (1830 — 1908), m. Martha Hammond ****** David Coe (1715 — 1807), m. Hannah Camp ******* Jesse Coe, Sr. (1743 — 1824), m. Abigail Miller ******** Jesse Coe, Jr. (1769 — 1843), m. Olive Roberts ******** Ezra Coe (1796 — 1869), m. Elizabeth Somberger ********* George Coe (1831 — 1906), m. Harriet Van Voorhis ********** George Albert Coe (1862 – 1951), m. Sadie Knowland ******* Eli Coe, Sr. (1758 — 1835), m. Rachel Miller ******** Eli Coe, Jr. (1784 — 1847), m. Lois Coe ********* Isaac Coe (1816 — 1899), m. Sarah Bacon ********** T. Eloise Coe (1852 — 1899), m. Frank P. Ireland *********** Sarah Coe Ireland (1882 — 1977), m. William Hayward ************

Leland Hayward Leland Hayward (September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was an American talent agent and theatrical producer. He was an agent to about 150 artists in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, and produced the original Broadway theatre, Broadway st ...

(1902 — 1971), m.

Margaret Sullavan Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1933, she caught the attention of film direct ...

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Brooke Hayward Brooke Hayward is an American actress. Her memoir, ''Haywire (book), Haywire'', was a best-seller. Early life and education Born in Los Angeles in 1937, Hayward is the eldest of three children born to agent turned film, television, and stage p ...

(1937), m. Michael M. Thomas ****** Josiah Coe (1723 — 1798), m. Hannah ******* Phineas Coe (1753 — 1832), m. Rhoda Banning ******** Anson Coe (1784 — 1856), m. Anna Haynes ********* Hayden Coe (1811 — 1862), (m. 2nd) Josephine Lumpkin ********** Hayden Lumpkin Coe (1860 — 1904), m. Sara Hughes *********** Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe, Sr. (1884 — 1914), m. Annette Harrell ************

Fred Coe Frederick Hayden Hughs Coe (December 23, 1914 – April 29, 1979) was an American television producer and director most famous for '' The Goodyear Television Playhouse''/'' The Philco Television Playhouse'' in 1948-1955 and ''Playhouse 90'' from ...

, Jr. (1914 — 1979), m. Alice Griggs ***** John Coe, Jr. (1693 — 1751), m. Hannah Parsons ****** Simeon Coe, Sr. (1721 — 1782), m. Anna Morris ******* Simeon Coe, Jr. (1755 — 1838), m. Eunice Strong ******** Simeon Maltby Coe (1784 – 1848), m. Mary Miles *********

(1811 — 1869), (m. 1st) Almira Mason, (m. 2nd) Rhoda Mason ********* Albert S. Coe (1817 — 1869), (m. 2nd) Lucy Cornelia Hollister ********** Emma Louisa Coe (1865 — 1935), m. Wallace Hugh Whigham ********* Jonathan Coe (1819 — 1885), (m. 2nd) Sarah Murray ********** Clarence Clinton Coe (1864 — 1936), m. Claudia Smith ********* Decius O. Coe (1820 — 1870), m. Eveline Stevens ***** Ephraim Coe, Sr. (1698 — 1765), m. Hannah Comfort ****** Ephraim Coe, Jr. (1724 — 1778), m. Anne Canfield ******* Daniel Coe (1755 — 1820), m. Martha ******** Daniel Coe (1794 — 1872), (m. 2nd) Mercy Wattles ********* May Coe (1846 —1931), m. James A. Jewell ********** James R. Jewell (1878 — 1962), m. Edna Keith ******* Seth Coe (1771 — 1816), m. Eunice Roberts ******** Orris Coe (1815 — 1895), m. Paulina Bushnell *********

Edwin Coe Edwin Delos Coe (June 11, 1840May 5, 1909) was an American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing northern Walworth County in 1878 and 1879. He subsequently serve ...

(1840 – 1909), m. Emma Spaulding ********** Robert K. Coe (1880 — 1952), m. Vera Christensen ***** Abigail Coe (1702 — 1747), m. John Guthrie ****** Sarah Guthrie (1744 — 1792), m. Reuben Murray ******* Aurora Murray (1785 — 1867), m. Isaac Jerome ******** Leonard Jerome (1817 — 1891), m. Clarissa Hall ********* Jeanette Jerome (1854 — 1921), m.

Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British aristocrat and politician. Churchill was a Tory radical who coined the term "One-nation conservatism, Tory democracy". He participated in the creation ...

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(1874 — 1965), m. Clementine Hozier ***********

Diana Churchill Diana Spencer Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill. Personal life Diana Churchill was born at 33 Eccleston Square, London, on 11 July 190 ...

(1909 — 1963), (m. 2nd)

Duncan Sandys Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys (; 24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987), was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill and played a ...

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Edwina Sandys Edwina Sandys (born 22 December 1938) is an English artist and sculptor. Early life The daughter of Duncan Sandys, and a granddaughter of Winston Churchill, Sandys was a debutante and was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. After attending a gente ...

(1938), m.

Piers Dixon Pierson John Shirley Dixon (29 December 1928 – 24 March 2017), known as Piers Dixon, was a British Conservative Party politician who represented Truro between 1970 and 1974. Early life The son of diplomat and writer, Sir Pierson Dixon, he ...

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Hugo Dixon Hugo Duncan Dixon (born December 1963) is a British business journalist and the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the financial commentary website Breakingviews which he co-founded. He was the editor of the ''Financial Times'' Lex column ...

(1963) ***********

Randolph Churchill Major (rank), Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was an English journalist, writer and politician. The only son of future List of British Prime Ministers, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill a ...

(1911 — 1968), (m. 1st) Pamela Digby, (m. 2nd) June Osborne ************

(1940 — 2010) ************ Arabella Churchill (1949 — 2007) *********** Sarah Churchill (1914 — 1982) *********** Mary Churchill (1922 — 2014), m.

Christopher Soames Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, (12 October 1920 – 16 September 1987) was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previously Member of Parli ...

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Nicholas Soames Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching, (born 12 February 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as the MP fo ...

(1948), (m. 1st) Catherine Weatherall, (m. 2nd) Serena Smith ************ Emma Soames (1949) ************

Rupert Soames Rupert Christopher Soames OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman. He is chair of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and was the chief executive of Serco from 2014 to 2023. He is a grandson of Winston Churchill, a nephew of on ...

(1959), m. Camilla Dunne **********

Jack Churchill John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set ...

(1880 — 1974), m. Gwendoline Bertie *** Benjamin Coe I (1628 — 1694), m. Abigail Carman **** Joseph Coe I (1665 — 1742), m. Judith Wheeler ***** Joseph Coe II (1704 — 1760), m. Esther ****** Joseph Coe III (1738 — 1825), m. Abigail Moone ******* Joseph Coe IV (1768 — 1842), m. Mary Gibbons ******** Joseph Gibbons Coe (1796 — 1855), m. Sarah Winans ********* Sylvester Coe (1821 — 1891), m. Ann Rowland ********** Clarence S. Coe (1865 — 1939), m. Lula Joy ********** William T. Coe (1870 — 1950), m. Anabel Collins ***** Benjamin Coe (1709 — 1800), m. Rachel Prudden ****** Moses Coe (1750 — 1813), m. Sarah Howell ******* Jeanette Coe (1782 — 1865), m. John Gibson ********

William Harvey Gibson Brigadier General William Harvey Gibson (May 16, 1821 – November 22, 1894) was a Republican Party of the United States, Republican politician from Ohio. He resigned from the Ohio State Treasurer's office in disgrace after failing to report hi ...

(1821 – 1894), m. Martha Creeger ******** James Gibson (1823 – 1898), m. Margaret Poole ********* Albert Gibson (1851 — 1909), m. Lillian Griffith ********** Emily Gibson (1884 – 1966), m. Warder Braerton ******* Daniel Coe (1801 — 1851), m. Mary Gladden ******** Sarah Coe (1831 — 1901), m. John Robinson ********* James E. Robinson (1868 — 1932), m. Lula Flickinger ********** Pauline Robinson (1896 — 1949), m. Marvin Pierce *********** Barbara Pierce (1925 — 2018), m.

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...

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(1946), m. Laura Welch *************

Barbara Bush Barbara Bush (; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush. She was previously second lady of the United States fr ...

(1981), m. Craig Coyne *************

Jenna Bush Jenna Welch Bush Hager (née Bush; born November 25, 1981) is an American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the host of '' Today with Jenna & Friends'', the fourth hour of NBC's morning news program, ''Today.'' Hager and her frater ...

(1981), m. Henry Hager ************

Pauline Robinson Bush Pauline Robinson Bush (December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953), commonly known as Robin Bush, was the second child and first daughter of the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and his wife, First Lady Barbara Bush. After s ...

(1949 — 1953) ************

Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush family, Bush political family, he was an unsuccessful candidate for pre ...

(1953), m. Columba Gallo *************

George P. Bush George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party' ...

(1976), m. Amanda Williams ************

Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955) is an American businessman and investor. He is the fourth of six children of former president George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush (née Pierce). His five siblings are George W. Bush; Jeb Bush, a former go ...

(1955), m. Sharon Smith *************

Lauren Bush Lauren Bush Lauren (born Lauren Pierce Bush, June 25, 1984) is an American businesswoman who is the CEO and co-founder of FEED Projects. She is also known for her previous career as a fashion model and designer. She is the daughter of Neil B ...

(1984), m.

David Lauren David Lauren (born 1971) is an American businessman. He is the middle child and younger son of clothing designer Ralph Lauren, and he is married to Lauren Bush. Early life David Lauren was born in 1971 to Ricky Ann (née Loew-Beer) and fashion ...

************ Marvin Pierce Bush (1956), m. Margaret Molster ************ Dorothy Bush (1959), (m. 2nd)

Robert P. Koch Robert P. Koch (born January 13, 1960) is the president and CEO of the Wine Institute, acting as its chief lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, California. Life and career Koch is the son of George William Koch, past president of the ...

**** Benjamin Coe II (1660 — 1707), m. Mary Everett ***** Benjamin Coe III (1702 — 1788), m. Abigail ****** Benjamin Coe IV (1738 — 1818), m. Bethia Grummon ******* Abigail Coe (1776 — 1853), m. William Whitehead ******** William Adee Whitehead (1810), m. Margaret Parker ********* Cortlandt Whitehead (1842 — 1922), m. Charlotte Burgoyne King ********** John Whitehead (1869 — 1934), m. Martha Sharpe *********** Aliph Van Cortlandt (1905 — 1973), m.

Floyd Crosby Floyd Delafield Crosby, ASC (December 12, 1899September 30, 1985) was an American cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1931 for '' Tabu: A Story of the South Seas'', his debut film, before going on to shoot over ...

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, m. Jan Dance ******* Aaron Coe (1779 — 1857), m. Catherine Elmer ******** Julia Coe (1807 — 1848), m. Nathan W. Condit ******** Philemon Elmer Coe (1815 — 1873) Sources:DuBin, Alexander. ''Five Hundred First Families of America''. New York: Historical Publication Society, 1975.

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