Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn COIT
Birth1 Dec 1670, New London, New London, Connecticut658,693
Death22 Oct 1744, New London, New London, Connecticut658,2209 Age: 73
Burial24 Oct 1744, Old Burying Grounds, New London, New London, Connecticut670
FatherJoseph COIT (1643-1704)
MotherMartha HARRIS (1646-1713)
Individual Notes
• [He] spent a long life there [New London] (as it would appear), in the pursuit of his father’s business of ship-building. For this purpose, the town granted him, in 1699, a place for a new ship-yard near the Point of Rocks, where, in 1729, he build a wharf.693
Spouses
1Mehitabel CHANDLER
Birth24 Aug 1673, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts658,670
Death3 Nov 1758, New London, New London, Connecticut670,693 Age: 85
FatherDea. John CHANDLER (1634-1703)
MotherElizabeth DOUGLAS (1641-1705)
Individual Notes
• There is a traditional remembrance in New London of Mehitable Chandler Coit, as a person of unusual energy and power - physically and mentally; and possibly her numberous descendants owe to her some of their most valuable qualities.658
Marriage25 Jun 1695, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut17,658,670,693
ChildrenJohn (1696->1760)
 Martha (1706-~1785)
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