Below are Abraham Coffman's found during research. There were so many of them, I had to chart them to keep it straight. If the information is undocumented,it will be entered in italics. My goal is to link my Harmon Coffman to his father who I used to think was the second Abraham Coffman in this list (the one married to Margaret Haun or Howey. Then more research made me believe it was Margaret Triplett instead.
I received an email in 2006 from another Coffman researcher who suggested that Margaret Howey died in 1801 or 1802 and that Abraham married again. I have been unable to find a male Coffman, no matter WHAT first name, marrying a Triplett. And I've found no evidence that his wife died either. So I am still searching.
| First/Middle Name | Birth | Death | Parents Father & Mother |
Spouse(s) | Residences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham3 | 175? PA | ? | ? | ? | Pennsylvania, ? | |
| An Abraham Coffman is in the 1800 Pennsylvania Census in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. Unknown if this is the same as the Abraham listed in AGBI. | ||||||
| Abraham | About 1763/64 VA
Read his will. |
8-Sep-1849 KY | unknown | Margaret Triplett I used to think it was Howey or Hawn Hawn: 12 Aug 17961 |
Virginia, Kentucky | |
| The Virginia Marriages to 1800 has the following entry: Cauffman, Abraham | Howey, Margaret | Date: 19 Jul 1796 | Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia5 | ||||||
| Abraham | ? but had a daughter, Elizabeth Ann "Patsy" Coffman Atcher 1819 - 1856 Married 14 Aug 1842 to James Atcher, Sr. |
This entry originally posted separately but obviously I'm beginning to believe that this one and the one above should be combined. | Margaret Ann Tripplett | ?, Kentucky | ||
| Abraham | Unknown VA | Indiana | John ANicholas Coffman & Mary Wisecarver | Peggy Hugby (KY) | Virginia, Indiana | |
| A - Sometimes father of the above Abraham listed as Nicholas Coffman. | ||||||
| Abraham | 1 Jun 1763 VA | 1843 IN | Jacob Coffman & ? | Anna (Ann) Thursby | Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana | |
| The above three are often confused. I've found their parents or their spouses mixed. For example, all data matching one of the above except the spouse will be Anna Thursby. | ||||||
| Abraham | 16 Jan 1776 VA | 1837 OH | David Kauffman & Dorthy Strickler | Mary Strickler | Virginia, Ohio | |
| Abraham | About 1774 | ? | ? | Polly Weaver 19 Jul 17972 |
Virginia | |
| Abraham | 1796 PA | 1854 IN | ? | Jane Spear | Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana | |
| Abraham4 | 16 Jan 1776 in Dunmore County, VA | 1837 in Licking County, OH | David Kauffman & Dorthy Strickler | Mary Strickler Married 3 Aug 1781 |
Virginia, Ohio | |
| Any entry below cannot be 'my' needed Abraham as his birth is too late. Abraham has to be old enough to father a child in 1802. | ||||||
| Abraham | 17 OCT 1809 VA | 23 AUG 1881 VA | Christian Coffman & Anna Wenger | Mary Tuckwiller | Virginia | |
References:
1. www.familysearch.org - link to exact record.
2. www.familysearch.org -
link to exact record. Also at www.ancestry.com. Marriage location: Shenandoah County, Virginia.
3. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Vol.31, page 412 on www.ancestry.com.
4. Rootsweb: Brumbach & Associated Families.
5. Ancestry.Com database [$].
Last update: April 25, 2008