Thomas Withers Coffer (or Cofer)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 16 Sep 1782, Fairfax Co, Virginia

Notes:

THOMAS WITHERS COFFER, born 1713, and a Vestryman of Truro from 1765 to his death, in 178I, was a son of Francis Coffer, (born 1683, died I740) and Mary Littlejohn Withers, his wife. His seat was at or near the present residence of M. D. Hall, Esq., whose wife is one of his descendants; so he was one of the "upper" Vestrymen, being a neighbor, as neighbors were accounted then, of Capt. Payne, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Ford and Mr. Ellzey. His wife was Mary Farguson, who was born in 1715 and died in 1758. Their son Francis Coffer was born in 1748, and was a Vestryman from 1776 to 1785. He married a Miss Gunnell. Thomas Coffer, their son, born 1773, was captain of a company from Fairfax in the war of 1812. He married Anne Simpson, and died in 1862, leaving eight children, namely: William Coffer, married Miss Harmed, line extinct; Hannah Coffer, married Silas Burke; Jane Coffer, married Levi Burke; Elizabeth Coffer, married George Selectman; Thomas Coffer, married Jane Selectman; Henry Coffer, married Harriett Taylor; Joshua Coffer, married Hulda Simpson; Armistead Thompson Mason Coffer, died unmarried. The descendants of Hannah, Jane, Henry and Joshua Coffer have restored a pew in Pohick Church in memory of Thomas Withers Coffer.
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Will:
Thomas Wither Coffer voted, had accounts at Colchester, and was on the rent rolls for 600 acres 1764-1774. He was a vestryman of Truro Parish 1765-1781. His will, dated 1 January 1781 and admitted to record 16 September 1782, named sons Francis, John and Joshua, daughter Sarah Littlejohn and grandson Thomas Coffer. (Fx. Wills D:260)
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Family/Spouse: Mary Ferguson (or Farguson). Mary (daughter of John Ferguson (or Farguson) and Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Ferguson (or Farguson)) was born on 30 Jun 1715 in King George Co, Virginia; died after 1761 in Fairfax Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married (Miss) Gunnell about 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Lieutenant Samuel Littlejohn about 1765 in Union Co, South Carolina. Samuel (son of Marcellus Littlejohn and Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Littlejohn) was born in 1733 in Stafford, Stafford Co, Virginia; died on 5 Jul 1813 in Cherokee, South Carolina; was buried in Littlejohn Rock, Asbury Church, Cherokee, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]