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John Coleman

Also Known As: "Orphat"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pine Forest, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: February 15, 1763 (39-40)
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Coleman, of “Picadilly” and Mary Coleman
Husband of Eunice Hawes and Eunice "Nicie" Coleman
Father of Spencer Monroe Coleman; Frances "Frankie" Coleman; Samuel Coleman; Hawes Coleman; Rebecca Coleman and 12 others
Brother of Samuel Coleman; James Coleman; Ann Coleman; Sarah Coleman; Susanna Coleman (died young) and 9 others

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About John Coleman


Children of Mary E. CLAYTON and Robert E. COLEMAN are:

xi. John COLEMAN was born 1723 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and died 15 FEB 1763 in Pine Forest, Spotsylvania, Virginia. He married Eunice HAWES 1745, daughter of Samuel HAWES and Elizabeth Anne SPENCER. She was born 1725, and died 8 FEB 1806 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia


JOHN COLEMAN of Spotsylvania Co. VA

  • b. 1723, according to his son, Hawes, who said his father was 40 yrs. old when he died
  • d. 15 Feb 1763 \(WB D, p. 47, Spotsylvania Co.\)
  • m. 1745 Eunice Hawes (b. 1725 d. 8 Feb 1806)

Eunice \(U-nice-ee\) was a daughter of Samuel Hawes and Elizabeth Ann Spencer (from the Blaydes Bible\). In 1745, the year of his marriage, John Coleman was deeded 316 acres of

Spotsylvania Co. land by his father. \(DB D, p. 172, Spotsylvania Co. Records\) Eunice was paid for provisions furnished the Continental Army \(Minute Bk. 1774-82, p. 185 Spotsylvania Co. Records\).

On 6 Nov 1769, Joseph Graves, with Richard Coleman and John Carthrae, paid a L1,000 bond as guardians of "John Coleman’s orphans": John, Mary Ann, Haws and Spencer. \(Frances Coleman, oldest child of John and Eunice, was already married to Joseph Graves.\)


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John Coleman's Timeline

1723
1723
Pine Forest, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
1740
1740
Age 17
Westmorland, King George County, VA
1740
Age 17
Westmorland, King George County, VA
1744
December 1744
Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
December 1744
Orange, Virginia, United States
1748
1748
Caroline County, Virginia
1748
Virginia, USA
1750
1750
King and Queen County, Virginia, United States