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Jonas Coe, 1759-1822

Jonas was born to Hannah (Halstead) and John Coe March 20, 1759 in New Hampstead, New York. He was a grandson of Samuel Coe who emigrated from England about 1712. John participated in the Revolution with Jonas and four...

Reformed Dutch Church in America

The post last week was a biography of Swiss-American Philip Milledoler and for this week the Dutch-Americans will be the subject. The Dutch settled New Amsterdam in the early seventeenth century. Their influence was...

James Hall, 1744-1826

James was born August 22, 1744 in York County, Pennsylvania, the third son of his like-named father and judicious mother, Prudence (Roddy) Hall. His parents left Pennsylvania with their nine children heading west, then...