Person:Mary Coons (4)

Both Else^[1] and Freundlich^[2] agree that John' first wife was a Coons and a sister of his second wife, Abigail Coons. Only Else gives her name as "Mary"; Freundlich has the first wife's given name as unknown. If the name "Mary" is correct, it's conceivable that the 1815 land petition by Mary Coone of Matilda was hers.^[3] It should name her father, and may name her husband (if any) even though no husband is indicated by the index entry.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Else, Helen Palmer. Footprints of the Van Camps. (1988?).
2. ↑ Genealogical information from Charlene Freundlich, Henrietta, NY.
3. ↑ Upper Canada, Canada. Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865). (Upper Canada, Canada)
   Film C-1651 Page 701-702, 20 Jan 1815.

   INDEX: COONE, Mary Place: Matilda Year: 1815 Volume: 98 Bundle: C 10 Petition: 114 Microfilm: C-1651 Reference: RG 1 L3
   Petition
   Mary Coons, age 21 years, daughter of Jacob Coons of Matilda County, a U.E.Loyalist.
   Williamsburg 20-Jan-1815.