Person:Ruben Coffey (1)
Ruben Coffey
b.Abt 1744 Virginia
d.1818 North Carolina
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1728
  1. Rev. James Edwin Coffey1729 - 1786
  2. William Coffey1731 - 1828
  3. Winifred Coffey1739 - 1823
  4. Ruben CoffeyAbt 1744 - 1818
  5. Benjamin Coffey1747 - Aft 1833
  6. Edmond Coffey
  7. Thomas Coffey
  8. Elizabeth "Betty" Coffey
  9. John Coffey
Spouse and Children
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m. 9 Mar 1769
  1. Thomas Coffey - Bef 1840
  2. Sally Coffey
  3. Jane Coffey1768 - Aft 1850
  4. John Coffey
  5. Reuben CoffeyAbt 1772 - 1851
  6. Joseph Coffey1774 - Abt 1835
  7. Jesse CoffeyAbt 1775 - Abt 1840
  8. Elizabeth B Coffey1776 - 1868
  9. Elijah Coffey1779 - 1863
  10. James D Coffey1786 - 1868
  11. Nancy Coffey1788 -
  12. William H CoffeyAbt 1789 - 1844
  13. Benjamin CoffeyAbt 1790 - 1843
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Facts and Events
Name Ruben Coffey
Alt Name Reuben Coffey
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1744 Virginia
Marriage 9 Mar 1769 Albemarle County, Virginiato Sarah "Sally" Scott
Census? 1790
Census? 1800
Census? 1810
Death? 1818 North Carolina
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Notes

This Ruben Coffey was the grandfather of Nancy Coffey, who married Revolutionary War soldier William Gragg, born April 15, 1758 (Nancy, born in 1816 was William Gragg's 2nd wife). Some sources claim that Nancy Coffey's father was a Ruben Coffey, this appears to be in error, as other sources have her parents as Joseph Coffey and his wife Isabella Lindsey.


of the Globe settlement

Which Reuben Coffey's daughter?

William Gragg (American Revolutionary Soldier) born April 15, 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia married Nancy Coffey on July 4, 1837. Nancy Coffey born in 1813.

Source: Revolutionary Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke county Volume 1 by Emmett R White pages 102-103 published 1985.

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