Fourth Generation

45. Chesley Coffey Jr. was born on 19 November 1755.

Born maybe in 1765?

He was a member of the 3rd Grand Jury in the First Circuit Court of Adair Co., KY on on 7 February 1803. ¹⁰⁶

"The third grand jury, in the county, was empaneled [sic] in the first circuit court, which was held for the county on the 7th day of February, 1803. The members of this grand jury were Charles Creel, William Lawson, Nathan Hurt, Chesley Coffey, Levi Conover, Jesse White, Robert Roland, Alexander Walker, Thomas White, Garrett Conover, Thomas Selby, Richard Morris, Solomon Rice, Henry Link, Jere Selby and James Nailor."

He appeared in the census in 1810 in Columbia, Adair Co., KY. Chesley died in Maury Co., TN on 18 September 1818.¹⁰⁷

The sale of Chesley's estate was held in Maury Co. on Nov. 9 and 10, 1818. Those recorded as buying from the estate were: Jacob Coffee, John Coffee, Landon Coffee, Nathan Coffee and Joel Coffey.

On page 340 of will book (page 91 of source) is the entry for the inventory of Chesley's estate and reads: "Inventory of property of Chesley Coffee, deceased, 19 Oct. 1818. Note on forgy [sic] and Wm. Maxwell; note on Nathan Coffee; note on Thomas Roper; by Nathan Coffee, Margaritt Coffee, Landon Coffee."

Page 341 contains this: "Appointment of Margarett Coffee, widow of Chesley Coffee, deceased, by Tyree Dollins; William Rodgers; Wm. Eastham, this 3rd Nov. 1818."

Burial site was not given.

Some researchers claim that Chesley was the son of Joshua Coffee, born 1745 in Prince Edward Co., VA, grandson of Peter Coffee of Prince Edward Co. Joshua Coffee left a will in Guilford Co., NC in which he names three children none of which was Chesley. No evidence has ever been found to prove who the parents of Chesley were.

This Chesley is the only one of the suspected five sons of Chesley, Sr. for whom an exact birth and death date has been found. He and Margaret were married before 1780 and can be found on the 1782 tax list for Wilkes Co., NC.

In his book Coffee - Gilbreath - Turnbow Families, Elmer C. Gilbreath wrote:

"Chesley Coffey, the first record we have of him is when he asked for the appointment of surveyor, 1804, in Adair Kentucky (Adair Court Order Book "A", Page 116). A deed dated Dec 9, 1800, in which he sells land to John McClain, speaks of him as Chesley Coffee of Maury County, Tennessee (Deed Book "C", Page 51). He was born before 1766 as the 1810 Census of Adair County, Kentucky shows his age as "45 and up."

Son, Isaac Nebuzaraden, b 1757 Wilkes Co., NC, d 1797, Madison Co., KY, m. Elizabeth Hayes. His son, John Hayes Coffee, b. 1793 Wilkes Co., d 1860 Russell Co., KY (m 1815 Augusta Co., VA to Mary "Polly" Burkett. Their children were: Nathaniel Hayes, America, Fielding Gatewood and James L. James L., b 1827 Russell Co., KY m May 1849 to Susan Ann Bradshaw. Their son, Oliver Hill, b. Dec 11, 1851 Russell Co, d Nov 25, 1950, Hamburg, IA. Oliver m Elizabeth Frances Tiller, Feb 1, 1874.. Their son, Evverley Judson was b May 22, 1879 in Russell Co., and d Apr 17, 1960 in Killing, SK. Married Sep 9, 1908 to Laura Jeanette Procter. Their son, Ralph De???re, b Oct 20, 1909, Thurman, IA, m 21 Mar 1940 to Beatrice Falconer. Source: Coffey Cousins' newsletter, Mar., 1997, and Donna McDonald, 140 Edgehill Close NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A-2X1

Some of the family information (birth and death dates) came from Norma Paul (npaul@nethere.com)

[Virginia did not become a state until Jun. 25, 1788. It was the 10th state to be admitted to the union]

Chesley Coffey Jr. and Margaret Baldwin¹⁰⁸ were married. Margaret Baldwin was born in Wilkes Co., NC.

Chesley Coffey Jr. and Margaret Baldwin had the following children: