Wilfreda,
Very nice to hear from you. We may have corresponded about twenty years ago. I’m the guy who wrote the book on the
Coe family.
Your family has very unique DNA, the only family I have found with Haplogroup “I1.” This Haplogroup is most common in Scandinavia. With the Vikings having ruled much of
England for several hundred years, it is surprising we don’t find more
English families of this Haplogroup. The
Coe family of
Desborough, Northamptonshire, appears to be the parent family of
Coes with your DNA type. Robert also traces his ancestry to
Desborough, and shares common DNA with your family.
Daniel
Coe who married Lydia
Hudson is my gggggg grandfather. He did have a son John
Coe, born 1744 in
Worcester County, MD. John was captain of the Sinapuxent Battalion during the American Revolution and married Sarah
Holton. His family moved to Greensboro, NC, after the Revolution and is well documented. His grandson General
Levin Hudson Coe was nominated for
Vice President of the United States in 1848.
William
Coe (1730-1782) of
Baltimore County, MD, appears to have been an immigrant, with likely roots in
Desborough, Northamptonshire,
England. Descendants of the above Daniel
Coe are of Haplogroup R1b1, thought to be Anglo
Saxon DNA, and most common among the
Coe families of East Anglia,
England.
I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. You can find a complete history of your family here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...For information on what we are doing in the
Coe DNA Project, please see:
http://blog.myspace.com/carlrcoeFor information on the award winning book, “The
Coe Families of
Maryland and Virginia” (
Columbus, OH: 2002), 2 vols., 1467 pages, please see:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=409192&l=7888af262...Thank You,
Carl Robert
CoeMarysville, OH 43040-9012
http://blog.myspace.com/carlrcoehttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562709570