Date: 9/14/98 9:36 PM RE: COE, Daniel b. 1700 Sussex Co DE USA Ralph, It looks as though our families followed similar migration patterns. After leaving Worcester County, MD, my great great grandfather Rouce Coe moved to Ross County, OH, sometime before 1850. He may have been there as early as the mid-1840s. He purchased a 201-acre farm about five miles west of Waverly, March 28, 1855. Rouce's brother Benjamin Coe, who was born in 1812 in Worcester County and was later a shoemaker in Bourneville, in Southern Ross County, married Eliza McGinnis in Fayette County, May 19, 1839. Their great grandson, William Oliver Coe, ran four times for governor of Oklahoma. He lost the 1950 race by a mere 850 votes, the closest statewide election in the state's history; and in 1954 was defeated in a runoff election with Governor Raymond Gary, whose sister Mary Jane was married to Clarence C. Coe, born Aug. 28, 1920, at Madill, OK, son of Grover Cleveland and Maggie (Rogers) Coe of Grayson County, TX, and Madill, OK. After my great great grandmother's death, Benjamin Coe's widow Eliza and Rouce Coe were married, September 17, 1871, in Fayette County. She died November 10, 1899, and was buried at Roxabell Cemetery. From the chart you sent, I see that you were born at Roxabell. Rouce Coe, who was born in 1809 in Worcester County, MD, died January 8, 1894, in Pike County, OH, and was buried at Brown Cemetery, just south of Bourneville. My great grandparents William, born Dec. 5, 1836, at Baltimore, MD, and Sarah (Edwards) Coe are buried at the same cemetery. My grandfather James Franklin Coe, who was born February 24, 1882, in Pike County, moved here to Marysville from Chillicothe about 1915. Elizabeth Bethard has always been an interesting mystery. It is clear that she and Daniel Coe produced a child. On December 29, 1735, Daniel Coe was tried in Somerset County, MD, for carnal knowledge with her. The trial continued for some time and he was eventually found guilty and ordered to pay thirty pounds "whatsoever for every Reason of the birth maintenance Nourishing and Bringing up of the said Child . . ." On June 15, 1736, Elizabeth Bethard was put on trial for committing fornication with Daniel Coe "and did permit the same Daniel Coe then and to have carnal knowledge of her Body and to beget then and there a Bastard Child." She was fined thirty shillings and indentured to William Fassett. My great great grandfather Rouce Coe was later named for Fassett's son Rouce Fassett. As you know, on March 16, 1781, Daniel Coe Bethard was made an ensign under Captain Isaac Evans with a group of Revolutionary soldiers from Worcester County. The group included Daniel and Rebecca (Avery) Coe's sons Captain John Coe and Lieutenant Asa Coe. In 1848 John's grandson, General Levin H. Coe, was nominated for Vice President of the United States. Rouce Coe's father Benjamin was a son of Avery and Sarah Coe of "Coe's Addition," Bishopville, MD. Avery, who was born about 1746 in Worcester County, was a son of Daniel and Rebecca (Avery) Coe. This is where our families diverge. I hope this is helpful. Please let me know how I might be of further assistance. Carl Robert Coe