Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Benjamin Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 May 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 11 Jun 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
          Death: 7 Oct 1849 - Wrentham, Massachusetts 3
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: mortification

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lucy Newcomb (29 Aug 1776 - 1 Sep 1869) 4 
       Marriage: 22 Sep 1796 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Coan (1797-      ) 6
                2. James Coan (1799-1799) 6 7
                3. Peter Coan (1801-1869) 6
                4. Shubael Coan (1803-1819) 6
                5. Benjamin Coan (1805-1815) 6
                6. Thomas Nickerson Coan (1808-1816) 6
                7. Abraham Coan (1810-1899) 6
                8. Hannah Coan (1813-1880) 6
                9. Lucy Coan (1817-      )
Notes
Medical:
age 74-3 3
Marriage Notes (Lucy Newcomb)
Lucy Maria COAN b: 1817 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Hervey COAN b: ABT 1818 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Julia C. COAN b: JUN 1819 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Caroline COAN b: ABT 1822 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
(Rootsweb wfrounds)

picture Betsey Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Apr 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 4 Jun 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Coan (1766-1808)
         Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (1772-1854)



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Betsey Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1830
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *David D Smith (Est 1830 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Isaac Finney Smith (1860-      )



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Christian Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 19 Feb 1769 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaiah Snow (13 Nov 1767 -       )
       Marriage: 1788 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ruth Snow (1789-      ) 10
                2. Sophia Snow (1797-      ) 11



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Elisha Davis Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Mar 1795 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 10 May 1795 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Davis Coan (1771-1851) 12
         Mother: Mary Atkins (1776-1836)



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Elisha Davis Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Apr 1771 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 2 Jun 1771 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 4 Mar 1851
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Atkins (30 Jun 1776 - 18 Oct 1836)
       Marriage: 8 Jul 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Elisha Davis Coan (1795-      ) 9



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Emma Coan 
      Sex: F
AKA: Amme Collins 14
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Aug 1799 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 2 Sep 1799 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
          Death: 14 Oct 1887 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 16
 Cause of Death: old age

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Coan (1766-1808)
         Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (1772-1854)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jonathan Collins (14 Sep 1793 - 13 Mar 1865)
       Marriage: 22 Oct 1818 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah H Collins (1818-      ) 14
                2. Betsey Collins (1820-      ) 14
                3. Emma Paine Collins (1820-      ) 18
                4. Mary Coan Collins (1823-1901) 19
                5. Dorcas Lombard Collins (1827-1904) 20 21
                6. Jonathan Collins Jr (1830-      ) 21
                7. Dorcas L Collins (1825-1827)
Notes
General:
Emma or Amy Coan does not have a Truro birth record.
Medical:
age 88-1-18
Emma Collins (mn Coan)
widow
b Truro
d/o Samuel & Betsey Coan, both b Truro 22

picture Ezra Phinney Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Oct 1841 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Samuel Coan (1792-1847)
         Mother: Hannah Avery (1803-      )



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George Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1806 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Apr 1865 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: lung disease

Notes
Medical:
age 59
married
shipmaster
res Roxbury
b Charlestown
[parents omitted] 24

picture Hannah Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Apr 1782 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
        Baptism: 5 May 1782 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 30 Dec 1806 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 27
 Cause of Death: childbirth

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Israel Lombard (14 Mar 1776 - 26 Apr 1821)
       Marriage: 25 Mar 1800 - Truro, Massachusetts 28
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Binny Lombard (1802-      )
                2. Israel Lombard (1804-1862)
                3. Lombard (1806-1806)



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Hannah Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Apr 1813 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Oct 1880 - Attleboro, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Coan (1775-1849) 1
         Mother: Lucy Newcomb (1776-1869) 4
Notes
General:
Census: 1850 Mansfield, Bristol, MA
Census: 1860 Norton, Bristol, MA
Census: 1870 Attleboro, Bristol, MA
Census: 1880 Attleboro, Bristol, MA

Marriage 1 Marcus Maddison FISHER b: 24 OCT 1807 in Attleboro, Bristol, MA
Married: 9 NOV 1831 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Children
Martha Maria FISHER b: 17 FEB 1832 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Mary Elizabeth FISHER b: 19 NOV 1833 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Harriet Emily FISHER b: 29 DEC 1843 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Edward N. FISHER b: 1848 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA
Emma L. FISHER b: 13 OCT 1851 in Norton, Bristol, MA
Eva L. FISHER b: 1853 in Norton, Bristol, MA
Ella L. (Twin) FISHER b: 6 APR 1857 in Norton, Bristol, MA
Etta L. (Twin) FISHER b: 6 APR 1857 in Norton
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picture Hannah Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Sep 1801 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Coan (1766-1808)
         Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (1772-1854)



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James Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Jan 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 17 Mar 1799 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 13 Jun 1799 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Coan (1775-1849) 1
         Mother: Lucy Newcomb (1776-1869) 4



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Joanna Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Oct 1789 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
        Baptism: 7 Jan 1790 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 22 Apr 1875
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 30
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Shubael Coan (1764-1799)
         Mother: Deliverance Atkins (1767-1847) 31
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain James Lombard Atkins (2 Aug 1787 - 24 Nov 1821)
       Marriage: 21 Jan 1810 - Truro, Massachusetts 32
         Status: 

2. Chauncey Marcy (Mar 1800 - 8 Nov 1827)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Joanna Coan 
      Sex: F
AKA: Anna Coan
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Nov 1760 - Truro, Massachusetts 33
        Baptism: 5 Apr 1761 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Francis Smalley (18 Mar 1757 -       )
       Marriage: Est 1783
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Francis Small (1784-1849)
                2. Hannah Smalley (1797-      ) 1
                3. Samuel Small (1789-1859) 10
                4. John Small (1791-1861) 34
                5. Joanna Smalley (1794-      ) 12
                6. Christian Small (1799-      )
                7. Eliza Small (1803-1877)
Notes
General:
? m2 Jonathan COllins, 1798 Truro?

picture John Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Jul 1808 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Jun 1883 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Coan (1766-1808)
         Mother: Elizabeth Dyer (1772-1854)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hannah Selew (9 Apr 1809 - 12 May 1884)
       Marriage: 29 Nov 1832 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Sellew Coan (1833-1833) 36



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John Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 11 Apr 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Abraham Coan (1732-1794)
         Mother: Christian Hinckley (1739-1816)



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John Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Mar 1831 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Jan 1832 - Truro, Massachusetts 37
         Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Paul Dyer Coan (1802-1876)
         Mother: Nabby Knowles (1807-1888)
Notes
General:
stone:
JOHN
son of
Mr. Paul D. &
Mrs. Nabby Coan
died Sep. 20, 1832
Aged 18 ms. & 15 ds.

On earth's cold lap
this rose is laid.
The debt to nature
has been paid. 38

picture John Sellew Coan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Sep 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 25 Sep 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Coan (1808-1883)
         Mother: Hannah Selew (1809-1884)



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Lillian P Coan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1878 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Stephen Mills Coan (1828-Cir 1898)
         Mother: Mary Mason Rich (1834-After 1915) 39
Notes
General:
1891 of Boston
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Sources

1 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 168.

2 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 8. has transcription errors

3 Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1910. Boston: NEHGS), 423.

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:28. the children of James Newcomb and Tabitha his wife.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:547. Marriages.

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:94. Benjamin & Lucy Coan family.

7 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #574.

8 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 167.

9 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 8.

10 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 147.

11 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 173.

12 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 155.

13 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 158. Rev Jude Damon.

14 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 230.

15 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

16 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 115, dated 7 Oct 1887.

17 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 227.

18 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 237.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 46. 1901 #19.

20 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 46, lot 4. Clement M. & Dorcas L. Higgins family.

21 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 311.

22 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 382:21 (Truro).

23 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 315.

24 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 184:235 (Roxbury).

25 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 180.

26 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 188 [tentative person].

27 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #518.

28 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 203. Rev Jude Damon.

29 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 145.

30 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #731.

31 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 69.

32 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 206.

33 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 87.

34 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 150.

35 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 265.

36 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

37 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 266.

38 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

39 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:182. The children of Jeremiah Rich & Abigail his wife.

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