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Family: PATRIOT Benjamin Coffey/Coffee / Mary 'Polly' Hayes (F6559)  ^{[1, 2]} 

• Father | Male PATRIOT Benjamin Coffey/Coffee

  
  

  Born	1747	Essex Co., Virginia Colony
  Died	4 Jan 1834	Hawkins Co., Tennessee
  Buried
  Married	1773	North Carolina
  Father	John Coffey/Coffee | F7493 Group Sheet
  Mother	Jane/Jean Graves | F7493 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary 'Polly' Hayes

  
  

  Born	1742	Amherst County, Virginia Colony
  Died	1829	Hawkins Co., Tennessee
  Buried
  Father	George Hayes | F6564 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Dyer | F6564 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + John Coffey/Coffee

  
  

  Born	Abt 1776	Rowan Co., North Carolina
  Died	15 Mar 1845	Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., Tennessee
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Rucker | F6558
  Married	1 Mar 1804	Wilkes Co., North Carolina

  
  

  Child 2 | Male George Hayes Coffey/Coffee

  
  

  Born	1 Apr 1782	Rowan Co., North Carolina
  Died	1861	Grainger County, Tennessee
  Buried
  Spouse	Margaret L. Rucker | F6563
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Children of Benjamin Coffey/coffee and Mary Hayes: John Coffey (____ - 1846) William Coffey (____ - 1847) Bennett Coffey (1779 - 1857) George Coffey (1782 - 1861)

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84191736. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40391091 Spouse: Mary Hayes Coffey (1742 - 1829) Children: John Coffey (____ - 1846) William Coffey (____ - 1847) Bennett Coffey (1779 - 1857) George Coffey (1782 - 1861) BENJAMIN (S/O JOHN)5 COFFEY (JOHN (S/O EDWARD)4, EDWARD (S/O JOHN SR. )3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died Jan 04, 1834 in Hawkins Co., TN. He married MARY 'POLLY' HAYES Abt. 1775 in Burkes, North Carolina, daughter of JESSE HAYES. She was born 1760 in North Carolina, and died in Tennessee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin Coffey was a Private in the NC line during the Revolutionary War. He applied for and then received his pension on September 30, 1833 while living in Hawkins County, TN. He died January 4, 1834 after receiving [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7664065/thomas-coffey. Thomas Coffey Birth 7 Mar 1742 Essex County, Virginia Death 25 Apr 1825 (aged 83) Patterson, Caldwell County, North Carolina Burial: Harpers Chapel Cemetery Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Family Members Spouses Elizabeth Margaret Smith Coffey, 1744?1776 (m. 1762) Sarah Fields Coffey, 1750?1828 (m. 1778) Children Elizabeth Coffey Allen, 1765?1852 James Coffey, 1772?1851 Mary Coffey Coffey, 1775?1828 Smith W. Coffey, 1776?1841 Martha Coffey Dowell, 1780?1855 William Coffey, 1782?1839 Reuben A. Coffey, 1785?1854 Elijah Coffey, 1788?1864 Lewis Coffey, 1796?1854 Jesse S. Coffey, 1799?1858 Larkin Coffey, 1800?1881 McCaleb Coffey, 1803?1881 Thomas Coffey was the son of John Coffey and Jane Graves. According to the Last Will and Testament of John Coffey, Thomas along with his siblings John, Edmond, Winifred, Reuben, Benjamin and Elizabeth inherited their father?s estate after the death of their mother, Jane Graves Coffey. The two eldest sons, James and William inherited five sterling shillings each. Thomas and his brother, Benjamin were the executors of the will which was executed in March of 1775. According to the book, "Thomas Coffey and His Descendants", Thomas Coffey moved from Virginia to Wilkes County, North Carolina (present day Caldwell County) after his marriage to his second wife, Sarah Fields sometime between 1775 and 1780. He and his family were members of the Yadkin Grove Baptist Church which was built on the Coffey plantation on the east bank of the Yadkin River.