Robert Coe (colonist)
| Robert Coe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 October 1596 England |
| Died | 1689 Unknown |
| Resting place | Unknown |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Early settler of American colonies |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Crabbe, Hannah Dearslay, Jane Rouse |
| Children | John, Robert, Mary, Benjamin |
Robert Coe (26 October 1596 – 1689) was an early English settler and the progenitor in New England of many Coes in America. Robert Coe was born at Thorpe-Morieux, in the county of Suffolk, England, and baptized in the ancient church there on October 26, 1596, as recorded in parish registers. His father, Henry Coe, had been a yeoman, probably a clothmaker, and for several years was church warden.
In 1625 Robert Coe is shown as living in Boxford, Suffolk, then a thriving rural and manufacturing parish eight miles south of Thorpe-Morieux, where he lived until leaving for America in 1634. Robert Coe and his family took passage from the port of Ipswich in Suffolk county aboard the Francis, commanded by Capt. John Cutting.
Once in New England, Coe and his family located for a brief time in Watertown, Massachusetts, where several other Puritan families from Boxford had located.
In June 1635 Robert Coe joined a few others in starting a new plantation at Wethersfield, Connecticut, in the fertile Connecticut River Valley. There he lived about five years where his house was situated at what is now the northwest corner of East Main and Broad Streets. A division within the church caused Robert Coe and his adherents to purchase lands for a new plantation at Stamford, Connecticut.
While in Stamford he rose to become a magistrate on April 5, 1643, and to serve as a deputy to the General Court at New Haven the same year and also in 1644. Once again a dispute within the church caused Robert Coe and the Rev. Richard Denton to cross the Long Island Sound in 1644 to Long Island, then under Dutch rule. There Coe helped to establish a new settlement called Hempstead. A church was immediately organized with Robert Coe chosen as the elder. There he remained for eight years, acquired extensive land, and was magistrate of the town under the Dutch government.
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