LDS Ancestral File record AFN:HH28-WH lists John COE b. 1779 "Worcester County, MD", died 13 Sep 1852 Guilford County NC, bur. Moriah Methodist Church; married Hannah McCAIN or McLEAN 10 Sep 1799, Guilford Co. NC. In the 1850 Guilford County census, John Coe appears on page 308B, household 9 in the southern division of the county. He is listed as age 70, a "Meth. clergyman", and is listed as born Worcester, Ma., or at least that's what it looks like to me. Could this be Worcester MA rather than MD? IS there even a Worcester Co. MD? In 1850 he is living with Dorcas Coe age 63 and Martha Pearson age 67. John P. Coe age 41 is next to him, born Rockingham Co. NC, as were both Dorcas and Martha. John P. has the following family: John P. Coe 41, farmer, b. Rockingham Co. NC Sybil Coe 35 b. Randolph Co. NC Lorenzo W.? Coe 17 b. Guilford Co. (this name is hard to read) William W. Coe 12 b. Guilford Co. Louisa J. Coe 9 b. Guilford Co. Martha M. Coe 7 b. Guilford Co. John W. Coe 4 b. Guilford Co. Mary E. Coe 1 b. Guilford Co. The next house is Wesley A. Coe 26, blacksmith, b. Guilford Co. Matilda C. Coe 26 b. Randolph Co. Mary Coe 3 b. Guilford Co. Martha Coe 1 b. Guilford Co. John B. Linthecum 16, blacksmith, b. Guilford Co. There are some other Coes in this census as well. Can anyone give me more information on this family? I would particularly like to know if John Coe Sr. is the father of Isaac Coe 1802-1863, as is indicated in the Ancestral File entry, and to resolve the place of John Coe's birth. If he was really born in Massachusetts, then is he from the line of "Robert Coe, Puritan"? And can somebody fill in the missing generations? If it's really Maryland, then can anyone fill in a Maryland COE connection? And who is Dorcas, and what happened to Hannah McLean Coe? Elizabeth Harris state coordinator, NCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/