LORI: maria fontana is listed as one of the children of samuel daniel coe and lydia hamlin. lydia was born 6 march 1813 and d. 9 june 1854, dau. of gershom hamlin of portland, maine. she is listed in the coe book as fontania m. coe, born 15 july 1848. she was the 7th of 10 children. there is no further info on this lady since all the author did was follow the men. samuel daniel died march 26, 1889. he died at elkhart, ill. your line starts with samuel daniel coe and goes back this a'way: alexander; daniel; lt. samuel; capt. john; and then to robt. the puritan. from robt. the puritan it goes: robert; henry; john coo; john coo; john coo; thomas coo; john coo; john coo; and finally to john coo of gestingthorpe b. 1340 in essex, england and d. ca-1415 in england. all of this is from the coe book and what research i have done on this line in england it seems to be accurate. gary in oregon