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JOHN COLEMAN (d. by 1770)
REBECCA REED (1729–aft. 1774), daughter of George Reed and Sarah Whitmarsh
John Coleman died before 26 February 1770. John of Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts married Rebecca Reed of Dighton after 10 January 1752 (intention) in Dighton. [1][2]
Rebecca, the daughter of George Reed and Sarah Whitmarsh, was born on 16 July 1729 in Dighton. [2][3] The widow Rebecca Coleman married Sylvester French of Dighton on 30 January 1770 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [3][4, 146][2] Sylvester was probably the son of Ebenezer and Keziah French, born on 11 June 1735 in Berkley. [4, 132] Sylvester died on 14 January 1774 in Berkley. [4, 27] Sylvester of Berkeley married first Margaret Pool of Berkley on 30 March 1757 in Berkley. [4, 41]
The probate court ordered John Coleman of Dighton's inventory to be taken on 26 February 1770. It was presented on 30 April 1770. John's widow Rebecca was the administratrix. She posted bond on 26 February 1770. [5]
Sylvester French of Berkley made his will on 13 January 1774; the court ordered his inventory to be taken on 26 January 1774. Sylvester made bequests to his wife Rebecca and his children Thomas, Rebecca, Margaret, and Isaac French. He named his brother-in-law James Macomber of Taunton his sole executor. [6] The children Sylvester named were the children of his first wife Margaret. [4, 27]
Children of John Coleman and Rebecca Reed:
i. Deborah Coleman was born on 3 April 1755 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She married Apelles Slocum.
ii. John Coleman was born on 10 July 1757 in Dighton. [3] He died on 17 November 1815, age 58 years, four months, and eight days, in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [7] He married Joanna Metcalf on 4 November 1779 in Templeton. [7] Joanna, the daughter of George and Joanna (Pond) Metcalf, was born on 2 February 1763 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [8] She died on 23 March 1831, age 68 years, one month, and 22 days, in Templeton. [7]
iii. Alanson Coleman was born on 17 April 1764 in Dighton. [3] He married Philena Briggs of Berkley on 17 April 1787 in Berkley. [1][4, 128, intention 23 December 1786]
Endnotes:
1. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495), entries for John Coleman, Alanson Coleman and Alonson Coleman.
2. Jacob Whittemore Reed, History of the Reed Family in Europe and America (Boston: John William and Son, 1861), 388–9.
3. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Dighton.
8 Alson Colman Son of John Colman by Rebekah His wife was Born Apri ye 17:1764.
12 Rebekah Reed the Daughter of george Reed by Sarah his wife was born July ye 16th anno 1729.
61 Debarah Colman the Daughter of John Colman by Rebacker his wife was Born Apriel ye 3 ano 1755.
61 John Colman the son of John Colman by Rebackah his wife was born July ye 10 ano 1757.
107 Jany 30 1770 Sylv French of Berkley to Rebeckah Coleman of Dighton
4. Scott Andrew Bartley, "Berkley, Mass., Vital Records, Book 1," Mayflower Descendant 51 (2000), 25–48, 130–3.
5. "Massachusetts, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1635–1991," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069) > Bristol > probate records Cole, Phebe–Collins, Sally, image 514.
6. "Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686–1880," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 10099.
7. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester: Franklin P. Rice, 1907), 98, 180.
8. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 , vol. 1, vol. 2 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910)., 1: 149; 2: 341.
Last revised: 09-Dec-2023