Name: Timothy
E. PETERMAN
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Father: Raymond
W. PETERMAN
Mother: Ella
Louise (1927) ROBINSON (1927-1999)
Misc. Notes
TIM IS NOT
AN ANCESTOR. BUT HE IS A "COFFEY" RESEARCHER, WHO DESERVES CREDIT FOR
MUCH OF WHAT IS IN THIS BOOK. FOLLOWING ARE SOME NOTES ABOUT HIM AND ABOUT HIS
INTERESTS:
Fred,
I'm very
pleased to hear from you. Do you
recall the name Roy Robinson? He
grew up near Humeston, Iowa and was good friends with his cousin, Leo Coffey,
son of Newt & Gerdie. Roy
Robinson was born Nov. 6, 1899 & died on Jan. 8, 2000, at the age of
100. Roy Robinson was my
grandfather. His daughter, Louise
(1927-1999), married Raymond W. Peterman & I am the second of their four
sons.
(LFC
NOTE: FOLLOWING SHOWS OUR RELATIONSHIP, STARTING WITH OUR MOST RECENT
COMMON ANCESTOR (MRCA) NEWTON ELI COFFEY)
Newton Eli COFFEY (2 May 1823 - 13 Jan 1890) & Martha
Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 - 27 Mar 1904)
Benjamin Coe COFFEY* (24 Nov 1845 - 16 May 1926) & Lucy BARBRE (5
May 1846 - 30 Dec 1887)
Lena Leota COFFEY (1 May
1877 - 2 Aug 1928) & Perry Allen ROBINSON (9 Jun 1874 - 6 Jan 1945)
Roy Ronald ROBINSON (6 Nov 1899 - 8 Jan 2000) & Elvessa Lena ELLIS
(2 Feb 1905 - 25 Jan 1994)
Ella Louise ROBINSON (28 May 1927 - 23 Mar 1999) & Raymond W.
PETERMAN (24 Jun 1918 - )
Timothy E. PETERMAN (8
Jan 1959 - )
William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar
1855 - 12 May 1920)
Newton COFFEY (23 Sep
1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (12 Sep 1878 - 16 Jan 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER
(1903 - 1983)
Leo Frederick COFFEY
(8 Jan 1942 - ) & Carol Lee LEHMAN (24 Jan 1943 - )
Roy was the
son of Perry Robinson & Lena Coffey.
Perry was the son of John Kivet Robinson & Martha Aten. Lena Coffey was the daughter of Ben
Coffey & Lucy Barbre. So you
see, my great grandmother, Lena (Coffey) Robinson, was a double first cousin to
Newt Coffey. My great grandfather,
Perry Robinson, was a double first cousin to Gertrude (Robinson) Coffey. All of the children of Newt &
Gerdie were quadruple second cousins to the children of Perry & Lena.
One quarter
of my ancestry is the same as one half of your ancestry. So even though, technically, you &
I are quadruple third cousins, once removed, we are indeed, closely related.
I am very
pleased to learn of your project.
Are you familiar with the work of Darrel & Illa Coffey of Menominee,
WI? Illa & I collaborated for
many years & made many discoveries simultaneously.
You have my
permission to include the Chesley Coffey article on the CD, with credit to
me. Go ahead & put the essay
on the website. You might include
a link to my e-mail address, in the event that someone wants to contact me.
(TEPETER100@AOL.COM)
I joined the
Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) back in 1982. I have been the Membership Secretary & Registrar of the
Kansas Society SAR since 1995. My
grandfather, Roy Robinson, joined the SAR in 1996. I can send you some brochures on the SAR, but you can
download these as .pdf files from www.sar.org
I have
established SAR approvals on the following of our ancestors:
(SEE LIST
LATER IN THIS NOTE)
The
following have been submitted to the SAR for approval, but have not been
reviewed yet:
Joseph
Robinson
Jesse Barbre
John Hampton
I will mail
you copies of the approved applications.
If you can get a good image, you can include on the CD. For membership info, I suggest that you
mention my name, with an e-mail link, as a possible sponsor, since I would
sponsor any Coffey, etc. cousins & also the National website. I have written a letter, a copy of
which I will send as an attachment, which you can also include.
Thanks again
for writing.
Timothy
Peterman
Kansas City,
MO
(FOLLOWING
IS A LETTER TIM HAS BEEN SENDING TO HIS COUSINS:)
Dear Cousin,
I am writing to you today to invite you
to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). I am mailing this letter to a number of
my cousins and other relatives. A
5-generation pedigree chart is enclosed to show the relationship.
The SAR is a patriotic, historical, and
educational organization, established in 1889 and chartered by the U.S.
Congress in 1906. Membership is open
to men, over the age of 18, who can prove descent from at least one ancestor
who served on the American side during the Revolutionary War. Young men (under age 18) can become
Youth Registrants in the SAR and activate their membership at age 18, or they
can join the Children of the American Revolution (CAR). Women with a Revolutionary War ancestor
join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Many Americans have ancestors who were
involved in the Revolutionary War, either through military service or public
service. Most are unaware of this
heritage. The independence of
America and the freedoms we cherish were won, not only by the actions of great
men like George Washington, but by the combined actions of countless thousands
of patriots working together. This
heritage is always on the verge of being lost. Membership in the SAR is a good way to preserve this for
posterity.
As many of you know, I have been doing
genealogical research for many years.
I have identified approximately 50 ancestors on all sides of the family
who were involved in the Revolutionary War. Of these, 25 have been registered by the SAR (a list is on
the back of this letter). This means
that a professional genealogist at the National Society, SAR headquarters in
Louisville, KY has reviewed the lineage and the ancestorÕs service, the
documentation for both, and verified that both are authentic. This is important because genealogy has
become one of AmericaÕs leading hobbies and countless thousands of bogus (or at
least undocumented) genealogical claims have been published in both book form
or on the internet.
I joined the SAR back in 1982, at the
age of 23. I have served as
Registrar & Membership Secretary of the Kansas Society, SAR since 1995.
If you are interested in joining the
Kansas Society, I will help you.
Just let me know. If you
are interested in joining one of the other state societies, let me know, and I
will refer you to a local chapter through the National Society SARÕs referral
system.
Perhaps you are not interested in
joining the SAR today, because of commitments to family or work, but would like
to join some time in the future.
Save this letter. It
contains information that will assist you in the future. In the meantime, I encourage you to
visit our national website:
www.sar.org
I will be looking forward to hearing
from you. You can contact me by
e-mail (TEPeter100@aol.com).
Sincerely,
Timothy E.
Peterman
Registrar
& Membership Secretary, KSSSAR
The following is a list of my ancestors
that have been registered by the National Society, Sons of the American
Revolution (SAR), in recognition of the service that the ancestor performed
during the Revolutionary War.
Since the SAR has verified, by documentation, the lineage that connects
me to the ancestors, the SAR genealogists would also approve, without
additional documentation, the generations shared by other descendants with
me. If a cousin were to apply for
membership in the SAR, he would only need to document the generations that we
donÕt share. He would merely cite
my SAR number (121096) for the generations that we do share. The Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR) is a similar, but totally independent, organization. I can NOT guarantee that the DAR would
recognize the shared generations.
This list is being distributed to people
who share at least one of these ancestors. All male relatives are invited and encouraged to join the
SAR. All female relatives are
encouraged to try to join the DAR.
I will gladly provide DAR applicants with copies of the documentation I
used with the SAR.
Revolutionary War Ancestor Side of the Family Ethnic
(Great-grand
parent/ grandparent/parent) Origin
*Peter
Kivett (North Carolina) Robinson/ Robinson/ Robinson Germany
Pvt. Henry
Kivett (North Carolina) Robinson/ Robinson/ Robinson Germany
Pvt. John
Aten (Pennsylvania) Robinson/ Robinson/ Robinson Netherlands
Pvt. Nathan
Coffey (North Carolina) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson Ireland/England
*Robert
Vermillion (Maryland) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson France/England
*Francis
Burch Vermillion (Maryland) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson France/England
Sgt. Matthew
McGlasson (Virginia) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson Scotland
Sgt. James
Weeks (Virginia) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson England
Capt. John
Hathaway (Virginia) Coffey/ Robinson/ Robinson England
*Note: Those without a rank are recognized
patriots.
(LFC NOTE: I
only included ÒCoffeyÓ ancestors in extracting the above list.)
Many years of research went into the
discovery and documentation of these lineages. This list is NOT the end of the story. In my genealogical research, I have
identified about 30 other Revolutionary War ancestors and am slowly working to
get them approved by the SAR. A
few other relatives have been members of the SAR or DAR. They include: my father, Raymond W. Peterman (NSSAR 121469); my mother,
Ella Louise (Robinson) Peterman (NSDAR 714158); my grandfather, Roy Ronald
Robinson (NSSAR 146678); my grandmother, Elvessa (Ellis) Robinson (NSDAR
198373), my fatherÕs cousin, Harold Lynn (NSSAR 135970); my uncle, Roy Ellis
Robinson (NSSAR 157044); my aunt, Martha Lee (Robinson) Veasman (NSDAR 514492);
and my great-aunt, Jessie (Ellis) Mudd (NSDAR 258565).
If you care about this heritage and want to preserve it for your immediate family, an SAR membership is a good way of doing this.
Tim Peterman