Theophilus Coleman

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A024356
SPOUSE: 1) ABIGAIL ROBERTSON
Child [Spouse #] Spouse

1. JANE [2] ALEXANDER CALDWEL PURVINES (2nd husband. First husband is not listed)

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Abigail is seen as 23 years younger than her husband so there may be some errors in their dates or he may have been married prior. After his death, Abigail remarried.

MRS. ABIGAIL COLEMAN, whose maiden name was Robertson, was born in Surry county, North Carolina, and was married there to Theophilus Coleman, who was born in Virginia. They had four children in North Carolina. Mr. Coleman became a soldier in the war with England in 1812. He never returned, and his family never knew his fate. Mrs. Coleman with her four children, moved, in 1815, to Cumberland county, Kentucky, and to Sangamon county, Illinois; arrived in the fall of 1820, on Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury township. pg 209 of History of Sangamon Co., Ill.

1. SARAH, born Jan. 6, 1801, in North Carolina, married in Kentucky to Joshua Crow, came with her mother to Sangamon county. They moved to Cass county, where she died many years ago, leaving seven children.
2. ELIZABETH, born May 19, 1804, in North Carolina, married John G. Purvines. See his name.
3. JANE, born Jan. 28, 1806, in North Carolina, married George K. Hamilton. See his name. He died, and she married Alexander C. Purvines. See his name.
4. JOHN /?., born Feb. 29, 1808, in North Carolina, married Nancy Harris, had two children in Sangamon county, and moved to Crawford county, Mo., where they had four children, and Mrs. Coleman died. He married again, had four children, and is now a widower and resides in Missouri.

Mrs. Abigail Coleman was married in Sangamon county in 1824, to Robert Hamilton. They had two children in Sangamon county

1. MAHAL A married Mr. Rice, had one child, and Mr. Rice died. She married James Pease, had three children, and he died. Mrs. Mahala Pease resides near Cuba, Mo.
2. JAMES C. married in Missouri, enlisted in a Union regiment from that State, and died in the army. Mrs. Abigail Hamilton died in Sangamon county, and Robert Hamilton died in Arkansas.

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Abigail's memorial page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18366332/abigail-hamilton