dwight, I have actually found coker's to be german , irish , french, & english from what I have seen its in the spelling of coker that gives the origin kiker, coaker, coker are english spelling of name kocker german, cocker supposively is irish, coquer is french ....how much of this is true but even the coker name in england from my understanding actually started from france and came thru the blood line of king henry the 8th wife that is why the silver in the crest from my understanding gold being of king silver being of queen. garycoker ----- Original Message ----- From: Dwight Stipes Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Coker] Re: sally coker Hi, I Have a question about John Michael Coker signing in German ??? Why?? why do you think he signed in German?? Was he from German/Germanic or was some one of his children married to a German?? I was had the impression the Coker was English. Some what confusing can you inlightin me. Thank you TTYL, Dwight Stipes ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Coker] Re: sally coker > Your Sarah Coker was the daughter of John Michael Coker and wife Susanna. In > John's will he stated that all of his estate real and personal to be given to > wife Susanna and after her death it was to be divided in the following: to > daughters Susanna Coker Robill (Robill later became Roberts) 8 pounds and > balance of estate to be equally divided between Susanna Coker Roberts, Caty > Sexton and Sally Weatherhold or Wheatherhold. Catherine Sexton was a fifth > great grandmother to me. John Michael Coker's will was signed in german. > The will was probated March 1799. Most of John Michael Cokers land (along > with plantation) was sold to Pryor and Catherine Sexton, some shortly before > his death and the rest shortly after his death. > > Hope this helps you out. > > Paula in Tulsa > Researching Sexton, Cokers, and Piersons > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ > SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com