Person:Katharine Myles (1)

Thomas Gray died in 1607, and his widow married on 23 Dec. 1610 at Harwick, England, Rowland Coytemore, of Wapping (next to London, in Middlesex), a widower, who died in 1626; she came to New England in 1636 or 1637 as a wealthy widow and settled in Charlestown, Mass.; was admitted to the church in 1638, and died 28 Nov. 1659. Her will, dated 28 or 30 April 1658 named 14 grandchildren, including the 5 children of her daughter Katherine. ^[5]

Referred to as “co-heiress” of Robert Myles of Sutton, England.^[6]

5g grandmother Oliver Wendell Holmes, through daughter Elizabeth with second husband Rowland Coytmore. Notable Kin also calls her an ancestress of 2 presidents.

Text references

1. ↑ Nichols, Elaine C., “Genealogical Notes: Myles of Sutton, Suffolk,” NEHGR, 138:39, Jan 1984.

   Citing parish register

2. ↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995).
3.   Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
   p. 469.

   Katherine was the ancestor of John Quincy Adams and Franklin Roosevelt through her daughter with her second husband, Elizabeth Coytmore. She is the ancestor of Calvin Coolidget through her daughter Katherine Gray with her first husband.

4. ↑ p9-10, in Appleton, William S. Early Wills Illustrating the Ancestry of Harriot Coffin: with Genealogical and Biographical Notes. (Boston: Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1893).
5. ↑ Graves Family Associatiation, http://www.gravesfa.org./gen028.htm
6. ↑ Poole, Hobard Armstrong, Manuscript transcribed by AAA Maitland, Compiled 1905-1960, Transcribed 1998, http://www.antonymaitland.com/