From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Aug 2 00:04:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7264wjb029646; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:04:58 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7264p2r019804 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:04:51 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k723PxFI002472 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:25:59 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k723Pxbv002471 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:25:59 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k720giFI002110 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:42:44 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k723LPfY008449 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 21:21:25 -0600 X-Envelope-From: ColonialKin@aol.com Tue Aug 1 21:21:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k723LPjb008436 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 21:21:25 -0600 Received: from imo-m18.mx.aol.com (imo-m18.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.208]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k723LJWx019730 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 21:21:22 -0600 Received: from ColonialKin@aol.com by imo-m18.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id e.234.42034c80 (30737) for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:21:10 -0400 (EDT) From: ColonialKin@aol.com Message-ID: <234.42034c80.32017426@aol.com> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:21:10 EDT To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: Thunderbird - Mac OS X sub 308 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] CARTER-COFFIN: NH/ME late 1700s Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com John CARTER, born between 1770-1775, presumably in New Hampshire, married at Barrington, New Hampshire on 21 February 1794 Lydia COFFIN, born around 1774 in NH, both "of Dover" (NH) at the time of their marriage. In the 1790 Federal Census of Dover New Hampshire, there is a Stephen Coffin with 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16 and 2 females. Lydia, unmarried in 1790, would fit into the profile of this family. [Eliphalet Coffin, also in the same census, has already been elminated as the father of Lydia.] However, in the 1800 Federal Census of Dover New Hampshire, there is only one family by the name of Stephen Coffin [Copffin sic] enumerated at Dover. His household included 1 male age 0-10 years, 1 male 26-45 years, 3 females 0-10, 1 female 10-16 and 1 female 26-45. The inclusion of children under the age of 10 makes it unlikely that this Stephen couldl be the father of Lydia. It is tempting to assume that Stephen Coffin of the 1790 and 1800 census at Dover are one and the same - and, that he is the same Stephen Coffin, "of Dover" who married at Madbury NH in December of 1788 Deborah TWOMBLY, she "of Madbury." In addition, the inclusion of a female age 10-16 lends credence that she is one of the 2 females in the 1790 census. John and Lydia (Coffin) Carter removed to Parsonsfield ME after the birth of their first child at Lee, New Hampshire. That first child was named Stephen, perhaps memoralizing her father or her brother. Of their nine children, they were named (in this order): Stephen, Lydia, Mary, Love, John, Solomon, Betsey, Gardner and Samuel. The given names of Love and Gardner are common within the Coffin family. In 1850, there is no evidence of John Carter; however, at Parsonsfield, Maine, we find a Lydia CARTER residing in the household of John Durgin. She was age 76 and born in NH. Not yet proven but quite sure that Julia Durgin was her granddaughter. The highly respected Coffin Genealogy which was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, makes notice of a Stephen Coffin, son of Abner and Mary (Rawlings) Coffin, born in 1744 but does not follow him further. It also makes notice of Lydia Coffin, his sister, who married Josiah Durgin and resided at Lee, New Hampshire (where the first child of John and Lydia (Coffin) Carter was born. We have found no probate records or vital records to prove (or disprove) the possibility that Lydia () Carter was the daughter of this Stephen Coffin. Any suggestions would be most welcome - or correspondence with anyone who shares this line. At this point, the parentage of John Carter remains even more of a mystery than his wife. Janet (ColonialKin@aol.com)