Coffee/Coffey of Ireland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia
Peter Coffey, Sr. was born ca 1690/1700 in Ireland. He died after 1763 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
"Peter Coffey from Newgate (prison) to Virginia on Ship Forward Galley, received onboard October 28, 1730."[1]
He was listed as an early settler of Prince Edward County, Virginia. "Peter Coffey, 220 acres on Vaughans Creek, 20 September 1748; Peter Coffey 192 acres on Vaughans Creek, 20 September 1748."[2]
Issue:
- Joshua Coffey, born 1745 in Prince Edward County, was Captain of the Virginia Mounted Guards. He removed first to Granville County, North Carolina; listed on the 1790 Rockingham County, North Carolina Census. He married in 1769 Elizabeth Graves (born 1751, died 1804). Lieutenant Joshua Coffey served in the North Carolina Militia in 1780. Issue:
- General John Coffee, born 1772 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, married in 1809 in Haysborough, Tennessee, Mary Donelson, a niece of Mrs. Andrew Jackson.
- Rev. Joshua Coffee, born 1789 in North Carolina, died 3 October 1842 in McMinnville, Tennessee. In 1810 he married Jane Trousdale.[3]
- Thomas Coffee.
- Michael Coffee married Margaret. His LWT dated 23 June 1804, probated November 1810 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Issue:
- Michael Coffee.
- Robert Coffee.
- Thomas Coffee.
- John Coffee.
- Sophia Coffee.
- Mary Coffee.
- Margaret Coffee.
- Peter Coffey, born 1750 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, married Sarah Smith on 14 November 1773 in Granville County, North Carolina. His LWT dated 18 October 1803, probated 6 February 1804 in Hancock County, Georgia. Issue:
- Elizabeth Coffey, born 1775.
- Nancy Coffey, born 1778 married Abram Heard.
- Susannah Coffey, born 1780.
- John Coffey, born 1782 (General in the War of 1812 from Telfair County, Georgia).
- Sarah Coffey, born 1784.
- Joshua Coffey, born 1786.
- Mary Coffey, born 1789.
- Cynthia Coffey, born 1791.
- Martha (Patsy) Coffey, born 1793.
