Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn COIT 
Birth1 Dec 1670, New London, New London, Connecticut2028, p 53; date only,417, p 20
Burial24 Oct 1744, Old Burying Grounds, New London, New London, Connecticut1839, p 22
FatherJoseph COIT (1643-1704)
MotherMartha HARRIS (1646-1713)
Individual Notes
• [He] spent a long life there [New London] (as it would appear), in the pursuit of his father’s business of ship-building. For this purpose, the town granted him, in 1699, a place for a new ship-yard near the Point of Rocks, where, in 1729, he build a wharf.417, p 20
Spouses
Birth24 Aug 1673, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts2028, pp 22-3,1839, p 22
Death3 Nov 1758, New London, New London, Connecticut1839, p 22,417, p 21; date only Age: 85
Ancestral File #GRGG-X82035
FatherDea. John CHANDLER (1634-1703)
MotherElizabeth DOUGLAS (1641-1705)
Individual Notes
• There is a traditional remembrance in New London of Mehitable Chandler Coit, as a person of unusual energy and power - physically and mentally; and possibly her numberous descendants owe to her some of their most valuable qualities.2028, p 53
Marriage25 Jun 1695, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut1864, p 167; date only,2028, p 23; date only,1839, p 22,417, p 21; date only
ChildrenJohn (1696->1760)
Martha (1706-~1785)