Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJohn COIT 
Birth1 Dec 1670, New London, New London, Connecticut [658, p 53; date only], [693, p 20]
Burial24 Oct 1744, Old Burying Grounds, New London, New London, Connecticut [670, p 22]
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, p 20]
Spouses
Birth24 Aug 1673, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [658, pp 22-3], [670, p 22]
Death3 Nov 1758, New London, New London, Connecticut [670, p 22], [693, p 21; date only] 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, p 53]
Marriage25 Jun 1695, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut [17, p 167; date only], [658, p 23; date only], [670, p 22], [693, p 21; date only]
ChildrenJohn (1696->1760)
Martha (1706-~1785)