Reverend Elihu Coleman

Elihu was the son of John and Priscilla Starbuck Coleman. He was a minister of the Society of Friends. While he was yet a young man, was one of the earliest advocates of emancipation in America, and wrote articles stating his displeasure in the keeping of slaves. The home of which Elihu built and in which he lived is still standing, and evidence of the thoroughness of its construction and the excellence of the Nantucket timber of which it was built. On 10-06-1720 Elihu married Jemima Barnard b. 9-14-1699 d. 12-29-1779, she was the daughter of John Barnard and Sarah Macy Barnard. Childen were Ruth b. 9-09-1721 d.5-25-1763, Eunice b.10-18-1724 d. 12-28-1768, Phebe b.6-10-1726 d. 12-1797, Anna b. 12-24-1728 d. 11-03-1769, Priscilla b. 8-15-1731 d. 10-04-1770, Mary b.7-25-1733 d.????, Abigail b. 9-21-1735 d.????
(not sure on burial)

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Rev Elihu Coleman

BIRTH 12 Feb 1699
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

DEATH 24 Jan 1789 (aged 89)
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL

Quaker Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
MEMORIAL ID 85558104 ·

Family Members

Parents

John Coleman
1667–1762

Priscilla Starbuck Coleman
1676–1762

Spouse

Jemima Barnard Coleman
1699–1779 (m. 1720)

Siblings

Jethro Coleman
1706–1785

Priscilla Coleman Bunker
1713–1797

Children

Eunice Coleman Macy
1724–1768

Nantucket Founders and Descendants
Elihu Coleman descends from a Nantucket founder.

Elihu was a Friend (Quaker)

Elihu Coleman was a part of the Abolitionist Movement.

He was a minister of the Society of Friends. While he was yet a young man, he was one of the earliest advocates of emancipation in America, and wrote articles stating his displeasure in the keeping of slaves.

The home he built and in which he lived is still standing, evidence of the thoroughness of its construction and the excellence of the Nantucket timber of which it was built.

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Profile last modified 8 Mar 2021 | Created 30 Aug 2011

Elihu Coleman (1699 - 1789)

Elihu Coleman

Born 12 Apr 1699 in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Son of John Coleman Jr and Priscilla (Starbuck) Coleman

Brother of Persis Coleman, Nathaniel Coleman, Jethro Coleman, Barnabas Coleman, Phebe (Coleman) Folger, Priscilla (Coleman) Bunker, Mary (Coleman) Russell and John Coleman

Husband of Jemima (Barnard) Coleman — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Ruth (Coleman) Coffin, William Coleman, Eunice (Coleman) Macy, Phebe (Coleman) Folger, Anna (Coleman) Gardner, Priscilla (Coleman) Coffin and Abigail (Coleman) Coffin

Died 24 Jan 1789 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

See Also:

Nantucket, A History, R. A. Douglas-Lithgow, publ. 1914 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London.
Lois Hirsch, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Lois and others.
Quakeriana Notes (Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., 1933-1942), volume 2, page 5, article "Anti-Slavery Reprint: Lydia S. Hinchman, of Haverford and Philadelphia, has published (1934) a reprint of a famous anti-slavery tract by Elihu Coleman, of Nantucket, entitled A Testimony against the Antichristian practice of making Slaves of men." (1733); digital image of announcement with an unsourced biography of Elihu Coleman found at Archive.org.