Deacon John Coleman

1635 - 1711  (76 years)

• Name	Deacon John Coleman  [1]
  Title	Deacon
  Born	1635	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	16 Dec 1696	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Died	21 Jan 1711	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Buried	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Hill Cemetery [2]
  		Deacon John Coleman (1635 - 1711) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes a confusing biography and headstone photo. Created by: the moo Record added: Aug 14, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15358973
  Notes	Parents: Thomas Coleman & Frances Belcher Wives: Mary Stebbins, Hannah Porter, Mehitable Root 1st wife Hannah Porter m. 5/29/1663 children:Thomas b. 1664 Hannah b. 1667, d. 1722, m. Thomas Nash 1685 Lieut. John b. 1669, m. Hannah Wright Dr. Noah b. 1671, m. Hannah Guernsey Sarah b. 2/15/1673, m. John Field, Jr. Bethia b. October 14, 1676. Slain by Indians on Sept. 19, 1677 in Hatfield along with her mother, Hannah Porter Coleman. During this raid two of John and Hannah's children above; Sarah and another, were taken captive, among others. The Coleman children were both retrieved the next Spring from Canada. The story is told many times in history books and little Sarah's shoe, that she was wearing when retrieved, is in a museum. 2nd wife Mehitable Johnson (1st m. Samuel Hindsale and 2nd Root, killed in same raid as John's wife Hannah and child Bethia/Mehitable Johnson Hinsdale Root Coleman) children:Ebenezer born Aug. 29, 1680 married Ruth Niels. Deacon Nathaniel Coleman b. October 18, 1684 in Hatfield, m. Mary Ely, b. Feb. 29, 1684, in Mass. in 1705 Their son; Amos m. Ruth Cornwell, his son; Nathaniel (Rev. War)m. 2nd Rebecca Damon, his son;James m. Sally "Sarah" Yoke, their son; Matthew Hubbard m. Sabra Ann Goddard 3rd wife Mary Day (1st husband Samuel Ely, their daughter Mary Ely later marries the son of John Coleman and Mehitable Johnson; Nathaniel b. 1684, her 2nd h. Stebbins / Mary Day Ely Stebbins Coleman) No children for John Coleman and Mary Day Ely Stebbins Coleman. John was b. c. 1635 England, d. January 21, 1711. First born child to Thomas Coleman and his first, Unknown, wife. His second wife is Francis. John is called Deacon John in the records of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Deacon John, freeman 1672, joined his father, Thomas Coleman, and others from Wethersfield, to become a first settler in Hadley, Massachusetts. Deacon John Coleman's will, dated January 19, 1711 can be found in Vol. 3, Page 261, of the Probate Court Records at Northampton, Massachusetts. He left a sizeable estate, including lands in Wethersfield, to his son, Lieut. John Coleman (3rd child by 1st wife Hannah).
  Person ID	I2422	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	3 May 2013

  
  

  Family	Mary Day,   b. 28 Oct 1641, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 17 Oct 1725, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 83 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1696	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1]
  	"John Coleman of Hatfield & Mary Stebbin of this towne were joyned together in marriage: 16th Decemb'r 1696" [1]
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S26921] Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887, (''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org)), LDS film 185414, image 34, p 20 (Reliability: 3), 21 Jun 2011. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 15358973 (Reliability: 2), 3 May 2013.