I am looking for information on Coulters, particularly John. My family traces back as John Coulter was married to Mary in Northern Ireland. His son John married to Sarah McKeag came to WI. His son John was married to Sophia Spoerl. His son John was married to Clara Ramthum - these are my great-grandparents.


Thank you

Do you know where abouts in Northern Ireland they came from. I live in County Down and my mother was a Coulter.
Did you read Coulter from Northern Ireland 1735

John Coulter and Sarah McKeag were from Carrowdore, County Down, Ireland. Attatched is a picture of John and Sarah. Any info would be appreciated.

Will...My Coulter's trace to Templepatrick, County Down around late 1600's to early 1700's. Eleanor Coulter then immigrated to Sussex, Deleware with her 5 or 6 sons in the early 1700's. Do you have any knowledge of this line? Is "Coulter from Northern Ireland 1735" a book? Thanks...Richard

Another Coulter researcher has indicated to me that my John Coulter, born 1750 PA was connected to this family. I have never seen documentation to support this. John married Mary Semple about 1770 and migrated to Greenbrier valley in VA by 1780. Do you have any clues?

Vanessa

Hello Trisha,
My Great Grandfather was David C. Coulter,Sr. (Lived in the town of Wayne, WI.) he was the youngest son of John Coulter,Sr. & Sarah (Mckeag) Coulter who came to New York from County Down, Ireland. What information are you looking for & what kind of info do you have on this Coulter Family Tree Line??? John Henry Vorpahl,Jr. West Bend, WI.

Was your Sarah McKeag, married to John Coulter, the daughter of James McKeag and Sarah (Sally) McQuoid

Hello Isabella:
Not sure if we have touched base before.
Where was your McQuoid from? I am searching for info on my gr-gr-gr grandparents; Felix and Sarah Jane (McQuoid) Keenan; b. 1814/1819;IRL. Their son, John Keenan was baptized in Kircubbin, Co.Down, IRL in 1835. If any of this makes a connection, drop me a line as this is my brick wall.
Thanks
Chuck Keenan

Will: In my family tree is a John Coulter from Moygannon, Co. Down married to Isabella Houston from Anaghanoon in 1880. His father was John Coulter as well. Any relation to you? Thanks...Kerry Montgomery

Kerry, thank you for your reply. My mother was Helen Lindsay Coulter. I can remember her saying some of her relations had worked in the area of Anaghanoon. Sorry I have no other details.

Hello Will,
I found you on the message board. I see that you live in N Ireland. I'm researching my husband's family tree and have a Joseph Coulter born1802 in Dromara. He was married to Jane Watt 1827 in Dromara. I would like to go back further but am stuck. If you can help, I would be grateful. There mau even be a connection!!!
Thanks
Elizabeth

THIS IS THE COULTER LINE I AM FOLLOWING CAN YOU PLEASE HELP

David Coulter b.1793,Kildrum Parish,Cavan CDounty, Ireland & wife Susanna Craig,b.1895, Monesk,County Cavan together with their sons: Samuel b. 1824 Carballyquill,Cavan;George Thomas b.1826, Cavan;David Jr. b. 1830, Cavan;John b. 1832 Cavan immigrated to Canada in 1834.e Mid 1870's, George and his older sons William, David, & John E. , together with daughter Ann Jane (as cook / housekeeper) started north to locate new farms. They probably took passage on a ship that was traveling North which stopped at Bruce Mines, Ontario. Thence by a ship, probably called the Kate Marks, which plied between Bruce Mines and Marksville (later renamed Hilton Beach), to St. Joseph's Island, where George's brother David Jr. had purchased an existing farm/ homestead called "Liza's House" from Allen Wilfred Rains who had just purchased a sizable section of land at the southern end of Sugar Island , Michigan.
Samuel the older brother, also located a homestead on the property 3 lots north of his brother David's farm. George & family more than likely helped Sam raise his barn which has 1878 scribed in it's gable. These Coulter farms are located just north of Richard's Landing, and across the St. Marys River from Neebish Island, Bruce Township, Chippewa County, Michigan.
George undoubtly had crossed the river and scouted out a farm in Bruce Twp. about 9 miles south of Sault Ste Mariee, Michigan. George then filed an intent to become a U.S. Citizen in Sault Ste Mariee, Michigan (Port of Entry to the U.S.A.) dated 1878 and moved in.

About the same time, George's Uncle William & George's brother John, with their families together with George's pregnant wife: Catherine & their small children crossed Lake Huron to Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan where they settled.
George's son George Thomas Jr. was born in Huron County, Michigan, November 7, 1876. Another son Harry Earl (Henry) was also born in Huron County, Nov 12, 1878. We have not been able to document the birth of these two boys. The above dates were obtained from their U.S. Army service records (Both boys served during the Spanish American War.
Family history:Original family wee Scotts who imigrated or wer planted in Ireland in early 1600.

MommiesAngel,
How can I help?

RR Coulter

Hi Richard, I have the line you're asking about. Eleanor (Torbett) was married to James Coulter. She was born abt
1676 in Templepatrick,Ire., but James was born in Scot. abt. 1665. My search says Lanarkshire but I can't vouch for accuracy. They had 6 kids. Joseph-John-Charles-Samuel-William and (James) my line. Their father was Nathaniel, he was born abt. 1627 He had Michael-Mary-John-James and Robert. If you have this information by now, please disregard, and good luck. Bob Coulter

Hi Bob - Wow. Thank you. I did not have that information. I've been stuck on Eleanor for years. Where/what source did you get that information? Thanks again...Richard Coulter

Hi Richard glad this helped you. Sorry I can't say where I found the information on Eleanor. I have a bad habit of finding things and not remembering where I found it. I can't remember how many leads I went through before I found her. Her dads name is John born abt. 1650. Guessing in Ire. also. As I mentioned before, please don't take all this as fact. Would you know for a fact who the father of John Coulter is?(abt 1750) I have him as James born abt.1700. Son of Eleanor. I'm thinking I'm wrong.
John is my line into WVa. Hope any of this helps. Bob Coulter

Hello Bob - Well there are so many John's and James' it can get really confusing. The James you are referring to (James born abt. 1700), I show as one of Eleanor's sons, married to ??? (I do not have her name). I show that they had a son named Andrew, but must admit I don't have much info or source data there.

Hi Richard, I have the info on James. He was married to Margaret"Peggy"Hutson born abt.1706 in Scot. Son John was married to Mary Semple lived in Pa.until the trip to Greenbrier Co.,WVa. Trying to figure out why and when John left De. for Pa. Seems most of the Coulters came through Va. to now WVa. Do you have any info on Eleanor when she came to De.,and who she was with? Bob

Thanks for the information on James Coulter and Margaret Hutson. Gives me a clue as to where to look for some source documentation.

As far as the migration from DE to PA, this seems to run in the family as I have quite a few Coulters making the move. Particularly to Bedford County PA and surrounding areas. E.G. Thomas Coulter (s/o William Coulter, s/o Eleanor) was the sheriff of Bedford County PA. The genealogy gets a little tricky because new counties were being created from pieces of existing counties. So a particular family may show up in records of one county, then 5-10 years later show in another county, when in fact they haven't moved at all.

In regards to your last inquiry, information on Eleanor:

Eleanor appears to be the progenitor of the Coulter line in the new world. She is the first Coulter to appear in Sussex County DE records in about 1719. She was a widow and records show she had 6 grown children: John, James, Samuel, Charles, Joseph and William. I am descended from William.

My husband descends from Corbin Coulter, grandson of Joseph Coulter who was the son of Eleanor Coulter of Sussex Co., DE. I have been involved with a group of Coulter researchers who have worked on this family for a number of years. We feel that Eleanor Torbett was the husband of James Coulter of Dumfries, Scotland based on the results of a researcher in Scotland. James apparently died in Scotland and Eleanor moved to America with her six sons.

Sandy Coulter

Hi Sandy, I was wondering where you found Joseph's line. In all my searching I have the sons married, all except Joseph, only saying that he died young. I have wives and kids for the rest of them. Could you tell me the names of his wife and kids. Thanks Bob

Hi Sandy, I forgot to mention that what I found on Eleanor and James, was that James died at sea. All I've found seems to think it might have been between Scot.and Ire. Bob

Yeah. I'd be interested in information on Joseph's line as well. That is a complete missing link for me.

Sandy - I believe we have spoken in the past and I think I've even acquired info from you. Good to see you are still about.

Bob - What is your source/speculation for James' death at sea. It would make sense that the Eleanor in Scotland is the same Eleanor in Delaware. In fact, highly probable. However, I do not have any ship info for their journey. I have read speculation that the Coulter's owned ships due to the fact that James and others were merchants in Scotland. It is possible then that Eleanor used one of the family ships to make that journey with her children.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the English/Scots/Irish were pretty good about ships logs. However, I have heard that if you were traveling on your own vessel that you did not have to record yourself or your family members. Take that with a grain of salt because I am not certain.

Hi Richard, The info on James's death is just a statement. I have the printout sheet on him. I found it on Ancestry.com. Submitted by Janet Ariciu. It says he died in 1708 at sea or Ire. I think it might be at sea, or seems some mention of a burial would have been made.
Maybe by now Janet might know. Sorry thats all I have on him. You could contact Janet,or if you care to e-mail me, my E-Mail is RCoulter39@aol.com . Bob

Bob, this information comes from Sussex County Orphan Docket Records, Book 1, 1744 Page 3:
Att. A Court of Orphans held at Lewis Town this 9 day of June 1744
Magistrates present Ryves Holt, Ruder Parker, Woodman Stockley & Jacob Phillips Esq
Justices of sd Court with Jacob Kollock, Register.

James Rickards who intermarried with Ann Coulter widow of Joseph Coulter dec'd came into court and charged himself with ? the amt of viz: dec'd ? ? appr L19"19"0
against which ? afsd administrator paid out sundry amount of payments by him made which were due from ? afsd ? & ? pray allowance for ? same? grant viz:
to Jacob Kollock ? one of the Trustees Ballance due on a Land Mortgage ........

You may contact me at sandyc@cebridge.net if you wish.

Sandy

Richard, I've going through some of my old file as I've not worked on the Coulter line in a while. I've found an email from Warren Coulter, now deceased, who mentions a book "The Tobacco Lords" by Thomas Devine. The book was published in Britain and is hard to obtain. The researcher we hired in Scotland found in this book a reference to James Coulter, and Hugh Coulter was the captain of a ship that went bac kand forth between Glasgow and VA. Earlier, and I haven't found my source yet, I found a reference where Michael Coulter of Glasgow bought in a ship load of tobacco.

You may contact at sandyc@cebridge.net if you wish.

Sandy Coulter

I am also looking for a John Coulter who we believe was born in Ireland about 1740 and came to the New York sometime around 1765. He married an Abigail Parshall in New York in 1765, and later moved to Pennsylvania. John may have had a brother Simon. John had 9 kids: Thomas, David, Samuel, Jonathan, James, Mary, Abigail, John, and Elizabeth. I would love to find out where John came from, or trace the family back to their roots. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Jonathan Coulter

I have just read about John Coulter and his son Thomas (who died 24 Oct 1844 in Richland County, OH) in an online book by Williwm Duff, _History of North Central OH: embracing Richland..._. He must have been in OH from ca. 1814.

Yes, that is my Thomas Coulter. He moved west in 1811 and helped establish Coulterville, later renamed Perrysville, OH. Thanks for the note about the online book - I will check it out!

Jonathan

Sandy,

My apologies for the break in correspondence. It was our anniversary so we took a little time off.

Very sorry to hear about Warren. I have obtained information from him in the past as well. He had a great deal of knowledge and he will be missed.

The book has me intrigued and so I have begun the journey of trying to find it. At this point in my genealogical research I have a vast amount of information (which needs some better organization), but I am starting to focus more on actual sources. So any source info that you have would be greatly appreciated.

Look forward to talking more and sharing info.

Richard in TN

Congratulations on your anniversary!

Unfortunately, Warren passed away 24 Dec 2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas from cancer. His twin brother, Wayman, passed away 13 Sept 2008. Thankfully, Warren shared his research with a number of us through the years.

I found the book on the Tobacco Lords using a Google search, but found it greatly exceed my budget. Warren directed me to another, which I have just ordered: THE STEEL BONNETS by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. I don't know why I took so long to decide to read it. I found it on eBay.

If you would like, please contact me at sandyc@cebridge.net.

Sandy

Have been reading your information regarding the Coulters. I have been trying for many years to find the wife of James Coulter, son of Eleanor Torbett and James Coulter. I note you have a Margaret Peggy Hutson as his wife. May I ask where you were able to obtain this information. I am related through his son Andrew Coulter

Yeah. Just did the Google search. That's a little more than I want to pay too. However, I'll keep looking.

Thank you for the e-mail address. My personnal one is Venomous_1@hotmail.com. In case we need to share some files or something. However, I prefer to keep an open forum type correspondence (like this one) so that others may read who may have more pieces to the puzzle.

I only get the opportunity to wor an hour or so a week on this, so please bear with me if I don't gt back to you right away at time.

Thanks...Richard in TN

Hmmm...I think it was Bob (RCoulter39) that posted that. I never had a name, only that James' spouse died on January 5, 1769 in Delaware. Now, unfortunately, I was very freewilly during my early years of research and did not obtain and/or record the proper source info that I should have.

However, being as how I have an exact date for James' spouse, I'm going to say that somewhere I got it from a cemetery insciption. Also, since I've never personally been to Delaware, I would say I got it somewhere on the internet. Perhaps you should try searching cemetery records from Sussex County, DE on Ancestry or Rootsweb.

To be honest, James' is a collateral branch for me, so I didn't spend much time there, but if I come across the info I will be more than happy to share. I have about 6-7 bankers boxes FULL of data though.

Richard in TN