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captain of militia and served in the French and
Indian War, 1708. His will, dated January 29,
1740, was proved May s, 1741. He married,
December 20, 1682, Mary Hawley, born July 10,
1663, in Stratford, died September 9, 1731, daugh-
ter of Lieutenant Joseph and Catharine (Birdsey)
Hawley. He died April 19, 1741. Captain Joseph
Coe, son of Captain, John and Mary, was born
February 2, 1687, in Stratford, and settled at Durham,
Connecticut, in 1706. There he filled many
stations of honor and responsibility, including rep-
resentative, lieutenant and captain in T729, and died
July 15, 1754. He married, in Durham, November
21, 1708, Abigail Robinson, born April 3, 1690, in
Guilford, daughter of David and Abigail (Kirby)
Robinson, died July 6, 1775. David Coe, second
son of Joseph and Abigail, was born February 18,
1716, in Durham, and settled in Middlefield, where
he was a prosperous and influential farmer. In
1759 he was lieutenant of the Sixteenth Company,
Sixth Regiment of Militia, and captain in 1764.
Though too old for military service in the Revolu-
tion, he was among the most patriotic supporters
of the colonial cause, whose triumph he enjoyed
many years, dying January 14, 1807. He married,
in 1740, Hannah Camp, born November 15, 1720,
died October 16, 1808, daughter of Nathan and
Rhoda (Parsons) Camp, descended from Nicholas
Camp, born before 1630, in England, son of John
and Mary Camp. In 1638 he came from Nasing,
County Essex, was at Watertown, Massachusetts
at Wethersfield, Connecticut; in 1639 was at Guil-
ford and, as early as 1646, had a house lot of six
acres, one right and two parcels at Milford, Con-
necticut. His name is on the list of free planters
there dated November 20, 1639, and he joined the
church at Milford, November 2, 1643. His wife,
Sarah, died September 6, 1645, and was the first
white adult buried at Milford. In 1670-71-72 his
son, Nicholas Camp, bom 1630, was representative
; was taxed on £ 199 of property at Milford
conducted a store at "the West End." He was
accepted an inhabitant of Derby in May, 1673, and
died at Milford, June 10, 1706. He married, July
14, 1652, Katherine Thompson, widow of Anthony
Thompson. Joseph Camp, third son of Nicholas
and Katherine, was bom December 15, 1657, in
Milford, graduated from Harvard College in 1677,
and died May 20, 1750, at Milford. He married
Hannah Rogers, bom 1664, died January 9, 1740,
daughter of Eleazer Rogers, who was a freeman
at Milford in 1669. The eldest son of Joseph
and Hannah (Rogers) Camp was Nathan Camp,
born 1690, died February 27, 1767. He was an
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early settler in Durham, which town he represented
in the General Assembly fifteen years. He
married, January i, 1717, Rhoda Parsons, born
1694, in Northampton, Massachusetts, died July i,
1767, in Durham, daughter of Samuel and Rhoda
(Taylor) Parsons of Northampton and, late in
life, of Durham. Hannah Camp, daughter of
Nathan and Rhoda, became the wife of Captain
David Coe, as above shown. Cornet Joseph Par-
sons was an associate of William Pynchon in the
settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts, and his
name appears on a deed from the Indians to the
colony, July 15, 1636. He was one of the founders
of Northampton, one of the first purchasers from
the Indians there in 1645. He accumulated a large
estate and died October 9, 1683. He was a son of
Sir Thomas Parsons, and came from Gravesend,
England, sailing July 4, 1635, in the ship "Transport."
He married, November 26, 1646, Mary,
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Ford) Bliss,
of Hartford. Their son, Samuel Parsons, was
born January 23, 1652, in Springfield, and went
with his parents to Northampton, whence he
removed, in 1709, to Durham, Connecticut. He
married (second) about 1691, Rhoda, daughter of
Robert and Thankful (Woodward) Taylor. Their
daughter, Rhoda, became the wife of Nathan
Camp, as previously related.
Jesse Coe, second son of Captain David and
Hannah (Camp) Coe, born November 14, 1743, in
Durham (now Middlefield), was a farmer in the
"South Farms" section of Middletown, where he
died October 25, 1824. He married (third), in
1795, Lucy, widow of Samuel Johnson, born April
28, 1752, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Miller)
Atkins. Ezra Coe, seventh child of Jesse and
Lucy (Atkins) Coe, was born June 26, 1796, in
Middletown, remained on the paternal homestead,
which he inherited, and died March 31, 1855. He
married about 1816, Phebe Hubbard, bom about
April 14, 1795, died May s, 1870, second daughter
of Samuel and Huldah (Crowell) Hubbard, of
West Long Hill, Middletown. She was a sister of
Hon. Alfred Hubbard, of Long Hill.
Lucy Ann Coe, daughter of Ezra and Phebe,
became the wife of Henry Loveland Plum, as
hereinbefore noted.
Loren Hubbard Plum, son of Henry L.
and Lucy A. (Coe) Plum, was born April
22, 1854, in Westfield, and continued on
the paternal farm until his death, which
occurred March 22, 1901. He attended