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Robert Coleman 1620 – 1689 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1620

Birth Location: Essex, England

Death Date: Aug 1689

Death Location: Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

Father: Richard Coleman

Mother: Rebecca Claiborne

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Grizzell, Ann Spilsby

Children(s): Thomas Coleman, Capt Coleman,

The story of Robert Coleman Sr began in 1620 in Essex, England. Robert Coleman Sr married Elizabeth Mott Grizzell, Ann Spilsby, and had children including Thomas Coleman, Capt Robert Coleman,. Robert Coleman Sr passed away in 1689 in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Coleman Sr began in 1620 in Essex, England.
  • Robert Coleman Sr married Elizabeth Mott Grizzell, Ann Spilsby, and had children including Thomas Coleman, Capt Robert Coleman,.
  • Robert Coleman Sr passed away in 1689 in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Coleman
1590 – 1679
Birth Location: Suffolk County, England
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Rebecca Claiborne
1593 – 1650
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Grizzell
1632 – 1682
Birth Location: Rappanhannock, Essex County, Virginia, USA
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Ann Spilsby
1624 – 1700
Birth Location: Rappanhannock, Essex County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Thomas Coleman
1652 – 1705
Birth Location: Abington Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
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Capt Coleman,
1656 – 1713
Birth Location: Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, Colonial America
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Robert Coleman's Ancestors

Self
Robert Coleman
1620 – 1689
Birth Place: Essex, England
Parents
Richard Robert Coleman
1590 – 1679
Suffolk County, England
Rebecca Claiborne
1593 – 1650
Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (James) Coleman
1570 – 1628
Great Braxted, Essex, England
Lady (Margaret Elizabeth Mary de) Spencer
1571 – 1630
Suffolk, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William Coleman
1544 – 1596
Sarah Cutler
1552 – 1594
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Coleman's Descendants

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Robert Coleman (16 Aug 1620 – Aug 1689) m. Elizabeth (Mott) Grizzell (18 Jul 1632 – 1682) m. Ann Spilsby (6 Jun 1624 – 1700)
  1. 1. Thomas Coleman (10 Jul 1652 – 1705)
  2. 2. Capt (Robert) Coleman, (13 Jan 1656 – 13 Aug 1713) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Spilsby (21 Feb 1656 – 20 Aug 1717)
    1. 1. Robert (Spilsby) Coleman (10 Apr 1682 – 13 May 1748) m. Mary (Ann) Clayton (1682 – 1735)
      1. 1. Samuel (Spilsby) Coleman (27 Apr 1704 – 10 Jun 1748) m. Elizabeth (' Betty') Wyatt (28 Feb 1708 – Jun 1771)
        1. 1. Spilsby Coleman (1736 – 11 Oct 1764)
        2. 2. Thomas Coleman, (1738 – 7 Mar 1778)
      2. 2. James Coleman (1705 – 22 November 1764)
      3. 3. John (Orphat) Coleman (1723 – 15 Feb 1763)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Frances) Coleman (Jun 1685 – 26 Mar 1747) m. Daniel (Gustin) Brown (2 May 1687 – 11 Mar 1747)
      1. 1. Anne Brown (ABT 1705 – 1735) m. Samuel Fargeson (1693 – 18 May 1777)
        1. 1. Francis Ferguson (1723 – 21 Jan 1768)
        2. 2. Daniel Farguson (1723 – )
        3. 3. Benjamin Ferguson (1725 – 18 Mar 1762)
        4. 4. Samuel Ferguson (1727 – )
      2. 2. Mary Brown (28 February 1705 – 1783)
      3. 3. William Brown (21 Sep 1707 – 20 Sep 1776) m. Mary Neville (1717 – Dec 1777) m. Lucy Brown (1730 – )
        1. 1. Jotham Brown (1740 – 1799)
        2. 2. Ann Brown (1752 – )
        3. 3. Rev (Daniel) Brown (Jun 1755 – Feb 1835)
        4. 4. William (Covington) Brown (1760 – 1806)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Brown (1708 – 1808)
      5. 5. Francis Brown (1711 – 1811) m. Betty (Jordan) Foster
        1. 1. James Brown (1750 – Oct 21, 1823)
      6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Browne (1712 – 1781) m. Buford (Beauford) Pleasant (1 Dec 1696 – 24 Feb 1784)
        1. 1. William (E) Pleasant(s) (13 Aug 1727 – 17 Sep 1797)
        2. 2. Sarah Pleasant (16 Aug 1729 – 21 Nov 1735)
        3. 3. Obedience Pleasant (1730 – 29 May 1798) m. James (Hamilton Hamlett) Hamblett??, (1720 – 1798)
        4. 4. Beaufort (Buford) Pleasant (15 Sep 1731 – 1781) m. Lucy Kimbrough (Abt. 1735 – 1805)
        5. 5. Ann Pleasant (15 Feb 1733 – 1780)
        6. 6. Mary (Louise) Pleasant (2 Jan 1735 – 1781)
        7. 7. Peter Pleasant (29 JAN 1737 – )
      7. 7. Daniel Brown (1713 – 1772) m. Frances Neville (1722 – 1770)
        1. 1. Nathaniel Brown (1740 – Aug 1777)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Brown (1745 – 1785)
        3. 3. Mary (Anna) Brown (24 Dec 1751 – 1778)
        4. 4. Thomas (Cowan) Brown, (9 Aug 1761 – 17 Apr 1857) m. Mary Brown
        5. 5. Sara Brown (16 Jan 1763 – Apr 1862)
        6. 6. Daniel Brown (1765 – Mar 1834)
      8. 8. Thomas (Coleman) Brown (1717 – 21 Dec 1758) m. Sarah Glenn (1719 – ) m. Eleanor (Kavanaugh) Stubblefield (1728 – 1758)
        1. 1. Mary Brown (1741 – )
        2. 2. John Brown (1743 – )
        3. 3. Thomas (Coleman) Brown (1745 – 1790)
        4. 4. Evan Brown (1745 – )
        5. 5. Gideon Brown (1755 – )
        6. 6. Eleanor Brown (1758 – )
      9. 9. William Brown (1717 – 1 Oct 1793)
      10. 10. Coleman (R) Brown (01 Dec 1748 – 1819) m. C Brown (1757 – 1851)
        1. 1. Grizel ("Gilly") Brown (29 Dec 1785 – 15 Nov 1867)
        2. 2. Thomas (Coleman) Brown (abt 1791 – 1880)
        3. 3. Daniel (Nalle) Brown (23 January 1796 – 28 Mar 1858) m. Catherine (Ann) Meador (12 Nov 1806 – 02 Jan 1874)
        4. 4. John (P) Brown (1798 – 1819)

Robert Coleman's Timeline

2 Records

1620
16 Aug 1620
Birth of Robert Coleman Sr in Essex, England
Essex, England
1689
Aug 1689
Age 69
Death of Robert Coleman Sr in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1620
    Event Place: Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1689
    Event Place: Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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